Electrical Water Pageant Parade

[Darin M]

Hi all,
My girlfriend and I are going this year for our second time ever. I have two questions.

1-How do I get to see it?

2-What is your opinion of it?

[JPL]

If you stand along the 7 Sea Lagoon you will have a great view of it. The beach over at the Poly or GF are great locations. I have also watched it from right in fromt of the MK. It's a nice little often overlooked parade.

[January-2007]

Here is some information on it for you from Info Central. It's a nice parade, I saw it by chance a few years ago after leaving the campfire movie early at Fort Wilderness and thought it was really neat. We plan on watching it in September. The times are all listed so you can head to one of the Magic Kingdom resorts around the time it's supposed to pass by and enjoy yourself!

[Disneym8]

My family and I have been going to WDW since 1999 and saw King Neptunes water pageant for the 1st time last year. It has been running since the World opened in 1971 from what I understand. If it is just the 2 of you then I would watch from one of the resorts in the Magic Kingdom area, but if you could splurge, take a Wishes Cruise and the boat driver pulls right up to the barges. We have done this the past 2 years and plan on doing it again next year. We go to the Hoop Dee Doo and get picked up at Fort Wilderness Campground.
The cost of the cruise is $275 plus tip. Hoop Dee Doo $59 per person. The whole experience... Priceless.

[PeterPanFan]

Ok this is cool. I have never seen this in all my trip to WDW! We are staying at the Grandfloridan this fall !!!! Were very excited and have a Magic Kingdom view so I hope we can see this from our balcony!

[KAT1811]

I love the EWP. It is one of the originals left in WDW. The show is the same one I watched as a little girl on the beach at FW with my parents and grandparents now I enjoy watching it with my parents and my children (10, 2, & 8 months). It certainly is a wonderful sight to see. If it was just DH and I we would watch it from the Poly beach with one of the Lapu Lapus that everyone on here raves about!!!

[mainemajor]

We watched it almost every night from our room when we stayed at the Poly w/ FIL.

[PAYROLL PRINCESS]

It's cute. Sometimes you can even see it if you take the boat from the MK.

[LoriMistress]

In December we're planning to see at at the WL. We've never seen it before so we're excited.

[Magic Smiles]

We have ADRs at O'Hana's on 15 Dec 07 so that we can enjoy this parade afterwards. Never have seen it and can't wait for a new experience.

[KAT1811]

We have ADRs at O'Hana's on 15 Dec 07 so that we can enjoy this parade afterwards. Never have seen it and can't wait for a new experience.

So funny I could tell you weren't from the US by the way you wrote the date!

We're looking forward to trying O'hana for the first time this year.

I hope you enjoy the EWP. It is truly a WDW classic!!!

[Tink#64]

We finally managed to see The Floating Electrical Water Pageant last year for the first time & we thought it was totally cool! DH & DS's 8 & 10 & myself all thought it was great! We like to try different dining experiences & so I made ADR for The Whispering Canyon Cafe at the WL which was the perfect time & location to see the pageant afterwards! After dinner & some shopping & checking out the resort, we walked out to the water dock & watched the parade! Then we caught a water taxi over to the MK just in time to watch Wishes from the water! That was awesome - such a different view of the fireworks! That was a great evening!

[TexasPrincessAurora]

I love it! I remember watching it as a little girl on my first trip to WDW, from the beach at FW in 1977...and it is much the same today as it was then. It's very nostalgic for me. It's a classic that everyone should experience and I'm impressed and thankful that WDW has kept it around all these years!

[Mickey91]

We love it!!!

[AmberB]

We saw the parade on a Magical Fireworks Cruise for Magical Gatherings and it was great. If you're going with a Magical Gathering, I highly reccomend the fireworks cruise. The view of the parade and the fireworks was great.

[CandleontheWater]

I love it! Its one of my favorite hidden treasures. I can still remember watching off the balcony of our tower MK view CR room in 1982. I wish I could afford that now

[mickey&missy]

I think its cool! DH said it was the "cheesiest thing he ever saw"

I will say this, last trip we stayed at WL. Our room was at the far end of the hall closest to the water. Our first night we feel fast asleep early because we got up so early to catch our flight. The next thing we know we are awoken by LOUD music. DH went out on the balcony to see what it was, it was the Water Pageant passing. It got a little annoying by the end of the week

[JWB3]

I have to agree with Melissa's DH - seemed kind of cheesy to me as well. During our past stays at WL we really got tired of it by the end of the week.

[AdventurerKim]

I agree that there is nothing really jazzy about this parade, but for me and my family, it holds a lot of memories. We used to stay at Poly in the 80's and would watch the parade and then MK fireworks; we'd get soft drinks and snacks at Trader Jack's and go out on the beach. We still see the parade whenever we're at O'hana's for dinner.

[ibrowse17]

I can remember being very excited by this as a child, and still feel a bit of that for it now. Always try to catch it at least once a trip