World of Color Superthread

[skiingfast]

Anyone have any idea on what the approximate times have been that the different color fastpasses are being given out on weekdays lately?

We're planning on attending Thursday, September 8 and would prefer red, but would settle for yellow, and would prefer to avoid blue altogether. We've watched from all 3 zones and really prefer being right up on the boardwalk if possible.

It's sure to change because the 8th will be almost offseason and right now it's still busy summer.

If you really want red it will probably be early afternoon. I'd suggest stopping by the distribution area at GRR and ask what color they are on. Also if you get one color early you might ask to trade it later.

 

[pycees312]

i know many of people have given their opinions and here goes mine about World of Color. we decided our last trip to go ahead and do it since it's been more than a year. The standing wait time was horrible. But what jept me going was thinking it's all going to be worth the wait... well wrong.. i am only 5' tall and my lil one is 8. My DS who is 6'5 and the twins did not go on this trip. Anywho we ended up in the blue section on the second tier per the image of the area posted. Very close to the green section though but even still this was horrible.. kids were getting lost from their parents because parent were trying to tell the kids to go to the front to see better and since it's dark it was easy to loose little ones. I personally would not have done with with my kid and i had to contantly tell this non english speaking lady by a tap on the shoulder her kid had once again moved. I didn't see much of the show only what I could see over heads of people with kids on the shoulder and tall people. It was just the pits...If Disney wants this to be something people come back to see they need to fix this asap and put some seating in even if it's cement seating. PLEASE PLEASE fix this.. it's been a year of that madness and no one at Disney has said" Hey this is not the magical experience for disney goers as we thought let's coem up with a quick solution??" i know I will not be going back ever again unless they get some tier seating...

 

[HydroGuy]

i know many of people have given their opinions and here goes mine about World of Color. we decided our last trip to go ahead and do it since it's been more than a year. The standing wait time was horrible. But what jept me going was thinking it's all going to be worth the wait... well wrong.. i am only 5' tall and my lil one is 8. My DS who is 6'5 and the twins did not go on this trip. Anywho we ended up in the blue section on the second tier per the image of the area posted. Very close to the green section though but even still this was horrible.. kids were getting lost from their parents because parent were trying to tell the kids to go to the front to see better and since it's dark it was easy to loose little ones. I personally would not have done with with my kid and i had to contantly tell this non english speaking lady by a tap on the shoulder her kid had once again moved. I didn't see much of the show only what I could see over heads of people with kids on the shoulder and tall people. It was just the pits...If Disney wants this to be something people come back to see they need to fix this asap and put some seating in even if it's cement seating. PLEASE PLEASE fix this.. it's been a year of that madness and no one at Disney has said" Hey this is not the magical experience for disney goers as we thought let's coem up with a quick solution??" i know I will not be going back ever again unless they get some tier seating...

I think your voice is a good one and - to my mind - reinforces how important it is to get a rail spot down at the front - or something like the fire hydrant at the back. There are spots where people of small stature and children can see well. But there are many more spots where they can't.

You are right that Disney can and should improve the viewing experience for WOC. However, they have their hands full with DCA at the moment and WOC is still immensely popular. How could they close WOC for 2+ months to rebuild the viewing area with everything else going on? They can't take it down until 2013 at the earliest because they want 2012 to be the year they unveil the new, improved DCA.

I hope once they improve the viewing you can go back and enjoy the show. But for some it might be best to skip this show.

 

[tylerg]

Hi ,
Have picnic dining for the first show. Per the diagram looks like the best available to me are the 2 green star areas in the yellow section . Wat staging area do I go to to get my bets shot at these and when. have a 6 year old with me.

in the photo looks like there are benches in front of the green star secton of yellow .
witch green star is best.
or is the circle a better bet.

Thanks for all the work put in here on the board

 

[HydroGuy]

Hi ,
Have picnic dining for the first show. Per the diagram looks like the best available to me are the 2 green star areas in the yellow section . Wat staging area do I go to to get my bets shot at these and when. have a 6 year old with me.

in the photo looks like there are benches in front of the green star secton of yellow .
witch green star is best.
or is the circle a better bet.

Thanks for all the work put in here on the board

I would go for west yellow queue. As discussed in the OP get there 90 minutes early if you want a front rail. The green star area in the yellow section will be better than all of the yellow star areas IMO. But the most important thing will be to be standing at the rail.

 

[Nonsuch]

in the photo looks like there are benches in front of the green star secton of yellow

There are benches in the area during the day, but they are removed before the show. The only seating is in the handicap areas.

 

[sierranevada]

Okay - strangely I find myself in a dilemma! I just saw WoC again - 9 pm show with Wine Country Trattoria dining. First time dining at WCT - have done Ariel's 3 times. I was blown away by the food at WCT so much that I switched my reservations for Oct from Ariel's to WCT and was doing 5:30 for the 9 pm show.

The dilemma is that we have also changed to the GCH concierge level instead of regular room at the DLH (it is a quick 3 day trip with only 2 nights in the parks). So... the lounge opens at 5 pm for cocktails and I am thinking we would like to take advantage of it so am thinking of doing a later dinner reservation for the second WoC show at 10:15. The only time I did the second show was about a week after it opened and queuing was very chaotic!

Has anyone done the Preferred Dining for the second show - is it less crowded?

Thanks

 

[AndyR]

Okay - strangely I find myself in a dilemma! I just saw WoC again - 9 pm show with Wine Country Trattoria dining. First time dining at WCT - have done Ariel's 3 times. I was blown away by the food at WCT so much that I switched my reservations for Oct from Ariel's to WCT and was doing 5:30 for the 9 pm show.

The dilemma is that we have also changed to the GCH concierge level instead of regular room at the DLH (it is a quick 3 day trip with only 2 nights in the parks). So... the lounge opens at 5 pm for cocktails and I am thinking we would like to take advantage of it so am thinking of doing a later dinner reservation for the second WoC show at 10:15. The only time I did the second show was about a week after it opened and queuing was very chaotic!

Has anyone done the Preferred Dining for the second show - is it less crowded?

Thanks

We've done late dining and the 10:15 show 3 times. Definately less hectic.

Andy

 

[HydroGuy]

We've done late dining and the 10:15 show 3 times. Definately less hectic.

Andy

I have only done PD for the first show and my OP reflects the queue location as of a few weeks ago.

Where does second show queue for PD and how recent is your info?

Thanks!

 

[AndyR]

I have only done PD for the first show and my OP reflects the queue location as of a few weeks ago.

Where does second show queue for PD and how recent is your info?

Thanks!

Our last one was late April. The queue was by the picnic pick up area. There were only 11 or 14 of us there, we had the place to ourselves. There's a pic somewhere in this thread of how empty it was. I'm going to be there in 10 days and will check it out again.

Andy

 

[Ross3half]

We saw WOC this past weekend with the preferred dining package at Ariel's Grotto. Tri-tip was good, fish was tasteless, and we didn't care for the desserts (Ariels Grotto lunch desserts were much tastier and much more popular according to our waiter). Kids spaghetti and chicken skewer were a hit. Dining reservation was for 6:20 and we finished up in a little less than an hour.

We went over to find the queue to line up after dinner and were shown an area but they said it was too early to be in the area for PD, so we rode Ariel and came back. By then about 20-25 people were lined up in a different area so we joined the back of the line. Quite a few people line up behind us while we waited and then just prior to entry time they pulled the back of the line around to the entry point and had them "fill in" which put us toward the back of the group...made for a lot of unhappy people around us! By the time we made our way through, we ended up with spots toward the top of the rail on the ramp that looks like it's actually part of the blue section. We wheeled our two strollers right up to the rail and the kids had a good view. Although this doesn't look like one of the ideal spots on the map, I was just happy we got a spot without people standing in front of us.

WOC was fantastic but we all agreed a different Lion King scene would have been much better (that scene was rather upsetting to one of the kids). All in all, I was glad we did it once, but I don't think we'd do preferred dining again and I don't know that we'll spend all the time required for WOC again until/if they come up with an easier system for viewing that is less time consuming. Definitely worth it to see at least once though!

 

[adoborocks]

I apologize if the question has already been asked, but if I were to pick up Fastpasses for the first performance, would it be possible later to trade them in for Fastpasses for the second performance? or... Would it still be possible to redeem Fastpasses for the second performance if I already have Fastpasses issued for the first? Thanks for your help.

 

[sonnyjane]

I apologize if the question has already been asked, but if I were to pick up Fastpasses for the first performance, would it be possible later to trade them in for Fastpasses for the second performance? or... Would it still be possible to redeem Fastpasses for the second performance if I already have Fastpasses issued for the first? Thanks for your help.

In short, no. You can only hold FP's for one WOC show, so if you want the second one, don't pick up your FP until they are distributing the second show (you can ask the CM's at the machines what color and show is being distributed). If you absolutely want to go to the second show but don't want to worry about picking up a FP at the right time, then you can reserve a preferred meal or picnic for the second show, but this is unnecessary in my opinion as long as you're willing to head to GRR in the afternoon to pick up a free FP for the second show.

 

[adoborocks]

Cool thanks for the info. Any ideas or guesses as to how long I'll have to wait till the begin distribution of second performance?

 

[HydroGuy]

Cool thanks for the info. Any ideas or guesses as to how long I'll have to wait till the begin distribution of second performance?

It is hard to say but as the OP relates it might take 3-5 hours to get all first show FPs distributed.

 

[Nonsuch]

It is hard to say but as the OP relates it might take 3-5 hours to get all first show FPs distributed.

All depends on crowds
Thursday September 1 was a slow day, and first show FPs were still available at 4PM

 

[StephNJer]

If we are purchasing the picnic meals, do we have to purchase one for even our 1 year old? Or are certain ages free?

 

[HydroGuy]

If we are purchasing the picnic meals, do we have to purchase one for even our 1 year old? Or are certain ages free?

I have not done this but generally under 3-year-olds do not need passes. I mean they have free entrance to the parks so if you wanted to get them a regular FP you could not because they do not have an entrance ticket. The same would be true for picnics.

 

[StephNJer]

I have not done this but generally under 3-year-olds do not need passes. I mean they have free entrance to the parks so if you wanted to get them a regular FP you could not because they do not have an entrance ticket. The same would be true for picnics.

Thanks! This is what I was figuring, but I didn't know if maybe things were a little different with the WOC dining packages. Saves us a bit of money, which is always good!

 

[adoborocks]

It is hard to say but as the OP relates it might take 3-5 hours to get all first show FPs distributed.

Thanks for the info and for the best, most thorough, and most current info on the web in regards to WOC! Shout out to Hoku for the recommendation to come here.