fantasmic dining

[Disney_pups2]

Do Any of our DL goers have information on the new Fantasmic Dining options??? I would love to find out where the new viewing areas are and how the Terrace Belle seating is working.

[tinkwest]

Sorry. Usually avoid the parks during the last two weeks of the year as crowds are crazy. I'm hoping to see Fantasmic! sometime within the first two weeks of the new year.

[Disney_pups2]

Great Tinkwest. I'll look forward to a reply then..lol. We'll be going Feb 21-25th. The kids first time there. Special needs group so we are excited and trying to plan the best options for our group :-). Any news would be helpful. I'll be waiting

[tinkwest]

We visited this Monday but weren't there for the whole day so we did not work Fantasmic! in to our schedule. So I don't really have any more information. I can tell you that when we walked down Big Thunder Trail in the early afternoon the FastPasses were gone for the day's showing (only one show that day).

[Disney_pups2]

Thank you for the update Tink! I appreciate you remembering me :-)

[Dakota Rose]

We'll be there soon. Anybody try any of these options yet? We reserved the On the Go package. I'm just wondering where the seating will be so I can plan my attack. LOL

[Disney_pups2]

Hey Dakota Rose,
I have been trying to fish out the same info for days now. I thought someone would've had information out by now on this with marked areas on a picture and map.. etc..lol. We are going in Feb 21-25th and have made resies for Blue BAyou which is the preferred dining. All they'd tell me was that this was "front and center seating with a souvenier cushion". They also said that the Belle Terrace would have a separate viewing area from the actual Belle Terrace outside seating area. I'm excited to see what is going to happen with this. With the 4 options offered, we couldn't see much "other" space left over.. ya know?? So we opted to play it safe and take a package. Good luck to you and have a great time!!!

[Dakota Rose]

We booked the Fantasmic On the Go for our trip earlier this week.

The food was good and the service at Aladdin oasis was terrific. The servings were a little small for the men in our group. The kids meal servings were huge.

The whole fast pass line-up was a nightmare. Everything was jammed up in Frontierland about 45 minutes before we could line up. Then when it was time to line up it was like a stampede. Our group was separated and routed to two different Blue sections.

One was in front of French Market. The other was down by the docks. We were packed in so tightly you could hardly move. And we were told we had to stand. I guess that was ok because if we sat we our view was blocked by bushes and props. But when we stood our view was partially obstructed by lamp posts and a horizontal pole that I think is a mast prop for the dock area.

Once in your area you cannot leave. And if your party gets split up oh well.

I was really disappointed that we spent $20/person and had such terrible "seats." Plus we were in the same viewing area as people who had regular fastpasses. Didn't seem fair to me that I paid for mine but ended up in the same "free" seats.

CMs were totally overwhelmed by it too it seemed.

The show of course was great. I just had to bend over to see it. After the show it did seem to empty out easier/quicker.

In all I wouldn't do it again.

[Disney_pups2]

I am so sorry to hear that it was so bad for you Dakota Rose. :-(. That is just flat awful! We are doing the Blue Bayou route and are hoping that since that is the best grouping that it will be better. I really hope so. Again I am so sorry that it was not good for you and your group. That sounds like madness and horrible. Thank you for sharing your experience though. I appreciate it.