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Advice for Candlelight Processional [without the dinner package]?
We would not have the Dinner package so I was wondering what is the best way to see this? Is the seating less crowded at one of the show over the others? How early should we plan to get in line? We would try to see it on 12/10 which is a low to moderate crowd level but there are EMH until 11:30pm that night so maybe the crowds may pick up, IDK.
It depends on who is the narrator.
If it's someone popular like Whoopi Goldberg, you may not get it in at all without the dining package.
In 2014, I went and had the dining package to see Whoopi and they hardly let in any non-package people on the 2nd showing because the theater seating was filled up with the package folks.
For seeing Whoopi, I talked to people waiting in the non dining package line around 2pm that day and the ones near the front had lined up when World Showcase opened so they could get into the first show.
If it's someone not very popular, you could just get in line early (like around 4pm - maybe even earlier if you see the line building up) and know you'll make it in to one of the shows.
If you are just interested in hearing it and don't care about seeing it, you could sit on the edge of the fountain in the American Pavilion and hear it.
I know I'm not patient enough to wait for hours and hours like the people I talked to in 2014!
Currently the Narrator is TBD, but it is not Whoopi as she is already listed for another weekend. I certainly do not have the patience to wait for hours in hopes that I might get a seat. It seems then if we want to see it we really should make a dining reservation to do so?
Currently the Narrator is TBD, but it is not Whoopi as she is already listed for another weekend. I certainly do not have the patience to wait for hours in hopes that I might get a seat. It seems then if we want to see it we really should make a dining reservation to do so?
I would say that if it is a must do, yes, make a reservation for the CP dining package. If you want to risk the stand by, the first show would probably be your best bet but as mentioned, you could be in for a long wait with no guarantee of getting in. The fact that it is an EMH night will probably not be in your favor.
If you really want to see then show, get the package. Yes, it is obscenely expensive but CP is something that you have to do at least once. last time we went, people waited standby in line for 4 hours and still did not get in. I believe lunch at Biergarten is the least expensive meal
We have done the pkg several times. But its getting so expensive we are skipping the pkg this time.
We have watched from in back of the seats . The crowds seem to be smaller on the last show, a lot of people are getting spots for Illuminations. Some Times we have been able to even sit for part or all of the show.
The other passporters are correct the bigger the name the bigger the crowds.
We are going to stand for a while and then sit by the fountain if needed. Watching the candle lights enter the theatre and the music is the main part of the show. The narrator is kind of just for show.
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