Totally stalking this thread as I'm planning to book a BB package for my aunt and I when we make our next trip! We're planning to be in the parks from Wednesday, 1/31/18 to Friday 2/2/18. Neither of us has seen the new Fantasmic, so we're SUPER excited. We've only eaten at Blue Bayou once, 5 years ago when she took me on my first trip to DL (before that, I was exclusively a WDW girl. Silly me!) I'm trying to plan out any dining reservations we'd need and when we'd see the night time entertainment each night of our trip, and I still have a few questions for you guys who've done the dining packages before.
1) Is Fantasmic only offered on Fri-Sun evenings during the value season? What about the fireworks? Right now from any predicted park hours calendar I can see, World of Color will play Wed, Thurs, Fri night, but Fantasmic and fireworks are only on Friday night...
Yes, that's correct
2) If we go to the first showing of Fantasmic, it looks like we will be able to watch the fireworks from our seats. Does anyone know if this is at all a good view? I've seen "Fantasy in the Sky" (BORING) and "
Disneyland Forever" (LOVED IT.) I don't think I've ever seen "Remember! Dreams Come True" before. Are there castle projections or anything that would make it better for us to watch this from the actual viewing area in front of the castle?
Personally, I don't think it's a great view - it's a good compromise if you want to watch them after 1st Fantasmic as there's no way you can make it round to Main St in time.
On our visit a fortnight ago we did BB on the Saturday night (there was a MHP on the Friday night). We intended to watch the fireworks after but they were cancelled due to high winds - they still did show a short 'projections' show on the water screens which was better than nothing.
The castle is a major element in the fireworks and of course it will always be better to view the fireworks in front of the castle on Main St for the best view.
3) With the BB Dining Package, how far in advance of our Fantasmic show should we show up? We don't really care if we have front row seats. From the map, it looks like every seat in the BB section is great!