World of Color Superthread

[poohj80]

Thanks! Didn't realize different restaurants offered better seating over another.

 

[blackjackdelta]

Does the VIP seating area have a reasonable view and I may be mistaken but a cm said it had benches...is this wrong?

Jack

 

[AndyR]

Does the VIP seating area have a reasonable view and I may be mistaken but a cm said it had benches...is this wrong?

Jack

The *real* VIP seating has benches and is located along the show centerline. This is not to be confused with anthing available via Dining Packages or other usual FastPass mechanisms for viewing WOC.

Andy

 

[ajgardner]

We were in the Carthay Circle viewing area last night and it had 2 benches...but I don't think that's the area you are referring to...

 

[theluckyrabbit]

The VIP Seating area does have benches and is located along the center line, but in the very back. It is reserved for Club 33 members and other designated VIPs. We've stood in the area right next to the VIP benches and, while the view is a nice "big picture" view, we prefer being closer to the front.
The benches in the Preferred Dining areas (CCR and WCT) are for disabled guests.

 

[yaya74]

Does anyone have any idea if the viewing location from CCR lunch would be the same as WCT dinner?

We will be in the park on Nov 2 (Fri) and 3 (Sat). I am also trying to figure out if we should see WOC on Friday or Sat. Any input would be gratefully appreciated .

 

[HydroGuy]

Does anyone have any idea if the viewing location from CCR lunch would be the same as WCT dinner?

We will be in the park on Nov 2 (Fri) and 3 (Sat). I am also trying to figure out if we should see WOC on Friday or Sat. Any input would be gratefully appreciated .

Everything seems to be jumbled up lately, but CCR lunch and WCT dinner apparently are not in the exact same area. Near each other but not the same.

 

[yaya74]

HydroGuy, thank you for the immediate reply.

Please allow me to ask you another question: Do you have any suggestion on whether I should see WOC on Friday or Saturday night in Nov?

We will be there on Nov 2 and 3rd. Our passes are 1 park per day. So I need to plan it accordingly. My kids are little, 4 and 1. I am tempted to see WOC on Saturday at 8pm so my 4 yo DD don't have to stay up too late. But I am also worried about crowd level on Saturday night.....

Thank you.

 

[yaya74]

I read on the other thread that Christmas parade is scheduled to be filmed on Saturday, Nov 3. I guess that will be the day when I go to DCA and watch WOC then... unless they are also filming in DCA

 

[HydroGuy]

HydroGuy, thank you for the immediate reply.

Please allow me to ask you another question: Do you have any suggestion on whether I should see WOC on Friday or Saturday night in Nov?

We will be there on Nov 2 and 3rd. Our passes are 1 park per day. So I need to plan it accordingly. My kids are little, 4 and 1. I am tempted to see WOC on Saturday at 8pm so my 4 yo DD don't have to stay up too late. But I am also worried about crowd level on Saturday night.....

Thank you.

In general there is no real reason to see WOC on one night vs. another. Unless there is something special happening along the lines of what you described.

 

[blackjackdelta]

The VIP Seating area does have benches and is located along the center line, but in the very back. It is reserved for Club 33 members and other designated VIPs. We've stood in the area right next to the VIP benches and, while the view is a nice "big picture" view, we prefer being closer to the front.
The benches in the Preferred Dining areas (CCR and WCT) are for disabled guests.

We much rather be out of the humanity where we can see the whole show, I was told there are 3 levels of VIP seating. Many kids on shoulders, I think this needs to stop, obstructs many peoples views.

Jack

 

[Keyser]

I can give a few more details about areas based on attending last night. I'll refer to the figure on the first page. What I saw was the following:
- The circle in the center (yellow in the original image) was blue.
- The area to the right of the circle in the image (green in the original image, to the left of the circle when watching the show) was also blue, connecting up to the area already marked blue. This was just like Brenda1966 marked.
- The area behind the circle was also blue, as Brenda1966 marked.
- The area directly in front of the circle (including stairs) and extending to the right in the image (left in the show) was reserved (not sure if for CCR or WCT). This area was green in the original image.
- The blue area extended along the waterfront at least as far as in the original image, and seemed to extend even in front of the center area (i.e. into the part marked green in the original image). That is, as far as I could tell (looking down at ropes, but not going there), the reserved area did not include the section that was green right along the water (this seemed to be blue).
- The area to the left of the circle in the image (i.e. to the right when watching the show) was reserved. This was yellow in the original diagram.
- I think (but didn't verify) that the row right behind that was also reserved, but the row in front of it was not reserved. Both of these areas were yellow in the original. Thinking about it, that seems weird, in that the two reserved areas seemed sort of disconnected (touching only at a corner), so I may be off about part of that, but that is really what it looked like...
- As far as I could tell, everything else was yellow.

It was interesting - the reserved area near the front stayed mostly empty until shortly before the show started (about 15 minutes or so), at which point it filled in a lot more.

 

[HydroGuy]

I can give a few more details about areas based on attending last night. I'll refer to the figure on the first page. What I saw was the following:
- The circle in the center (yellow in the original image) was blue.
- The area to the right of the circle in the image (green in the original image, to the left of the circle when watching the show) was also blue, connecting up to the area already marked blue. This was just like Brenda1966 marked.
- The area behind the circle was also blue, as Brenda1966 marked.
- The area directly in front of the circle (including stairs) and extending to the right in the image (left in the show) was reserved (not sure if for CCR or WCT). This area was green in the original image.
- The blue area extended along the waterfront at least as far as in the original image, and seemed to extend even in front of the center area (i.e. into the part marked green in the original image). That is, as far as I could tell (looking down at ropes, but not going there), the reserved area did not include the section that was green right along the water (this seemed to be blue).
- The area to the left of the circle in the image (i.e. to the right when watching the show) was reserved. This was yellow in the original diagram.
- I think (but didn't verify) that the row right behind that was also reserved, but the row in front of it was not reserved. Both of these areas were yellow in the original. Thinking about it, that seems weird, in that the two reserved areas seemed sort of disconnected (touching only at a corner), so I may be off about part of that, but that is really what it looked like...
- As far as I could tell, everything else was yellow.

It was interesting - the reserved area near the front stayed mostly empty until shortly before the show started (about 15 minutes or so), at which point it filled in a lot more.

Thanks for the details!

 

[wamommy2four]

We are arriving on a Wed. (Sept 19) around 2. We are thinking that we will plan on seeing WOC that night to try and stretch out the fun a little later since the parks close at 8 that night. So what is the best way for us to get fp for WOC? Should we reserve a dinner or will it be slow enough to just head to the fp machine at that point? Should we order a picnic lunch to make sure we get fp?

 

[papamouse1]

So.... according to Brenda1966's update and Keyser's additional info, the area should look something like this?

Seems like a pretty small area for reserved/preferred. So do we know which parts of the reserved are for CCT/dinner, VIP, and CCT/WCT?

I also wonder about the section in between front yellow and the reserved section Keyser mentioned... maybe that one small yellow section is green as well?

You realize as soon as we get this hashed out they will just change it again!

 

[jojomojo]

So.... according to Brenda1966's update and Keyser's additional info, the area should look something like this?

...

Seems like a pretty small area for reserved/preferred. So do we know which parts of the reserved are for CCT/dinner, VIP, and CCT/WCT?

I also wonder about the section in between front yellow and the reserved section Keyser mentioned... maybe that one small yellow section is green as well?

You realize as soon as we get this hashed out they will just change it again!

Only change I would make would be changing the yellow section touching the blue section green, this is where I stood for CCT lunch on 8/1. The rest of it matches the set up that night (at least, from what I could gather from a few CMs).

 

[papamouse1]

Only change I would make would be changing the yellow section touching the blue section green, this is where I stood for CCT lunch on 8/1. The rest of it matches the set up that night (at least, from what I could gather from a few CMs).

So change it like this.....

***UPDATED... info included from multiple sources about probable WCT section

Would love to hear from Keyser if this is accurate to what you saw...

 

[HydroGuy]

But CCT (CCR) lunch is preferred dining. If they are in the back green section, who is in the front section below the blue circle?

 

[jojomojo]

Yep, that's where I stood. Although, I don't think it matters with CCT if its lunch or dinner, only matters with WCT. Someone correct me if I'm mistaken.

 

[papamouse1]

From what I was told (on 8/1), the preferred dining that is green on the map is pretty much the same (of course, this would be a week before Andy was there, so maybe it changed again). I was told WCT preferred dining was PAST the circle closer to the water. I think the circle was one of the colored FPs (the guy I overheard ask a CM why he couldn't sit in the preferred dining area I was in was in the circle area). The CM said even though I dined at CCT, I was welcome to choose a spot in the WCT area.

My family and I did the WCT WOC dinner package tonite. We had the earliest reservation time for the 2nd show which was 7:00.

Our viewing location for the show was just in front of the circle. We stood on the top step. There was no one in front of us until the railing area.

Kerry

But CCT (CCR) lunch is preferred dining. If they are in the back green section, who is in the front section below the blue circle?

Sounds like the front preferred section is still preferred... being used for WCT and by CCR if they want to ..