Fantasmic! ONLY 2 Nights a Weeks

[Mom2aPrincess]

Have ya'll read this? I'm so upset!

Walt Disney World Resort Announcment
July 19, 2008

We are continually focused on providing the best possible experiences for our Guests who visit the Walt Disney World? Resort. Within the last six months, we have added significant new attractions and shows at Disney?s Hollywood Studios?, including Block Party Bash, Toy Story Midway Mania!, Pixar Place and Journey Into Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Coming in October 2008 will be the recently announced ?High School Musical 3: Senior Year? and later this year, Disney?s Hollywood Studios? will host the annual Night of Joy event for the first time and welcome back ABC Super Soap Weekend. At the same time, we have continued to update existing offerings such as Playhouse Disney?Live On Stage!

Next year, the park will unveil The American Idol Experience, host the first Grad Nite events at Disney?s Hollywood Studios? and welcome back ESPN: The Weekend and Star Wars Weekends.

We regularly evaluate and refine our operations. At the same time we unveil The American Idol Experience in January 2009, we will make an adjustment to our operation by offering Fantasmic! on select evenings each week. Fantasmic! will be performed two times weekly ?generally Mondays and Thursdays - and more often during our busiest times of the year.

On nights when Fantasmic! is not performed, Guests (with appropriate ticket media) will continue to have the opportunity to enjoy nightly fireworks spectaculars such as Wishes at the Magic Kingdom? Park and IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth at Epcot?.

[mirandag819]

Have ya'll read this? I'm so upset!

Walt Disney World Resort Announcment
July 19, 2008

We are continually focused on providing the best possible experiences for our Guests who visit the Walt Disney World? Resort. Within the last six months, we have added significant new attractions and shows at Disney?s Hollywood Studios?, including Block Party Bash, Toy Story Midway Mania!, Pixar Place and Journey Into Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Coming in October 2008 will be the recently announced ?High School Musical 3: Senior Year? and later this year, Disney?s Hollywood Studios? will host the annual Night of Joy event for the first time and welcome back ABC Super Soap Weekend. At the same time, we have continued to update existing offerings such as Playhouse Disney?Live On Stage!

Next year, the park will unveil The American Idol Experience, host the first Grad Nite events at Disney?s Hollywood Studios? and welcome back ESPN: The Weekend and Star Wars Weekends.

We regularly evaluate and refine our operations. At the same time we unveil The American Idol Experience in January 2009, we will make an adjustment to our operation by offering Fantasmic! on select evenings each week. Fantasmic! will be performed two times weekly ?generally Mondays and Thursdays - and more often during our busiest times of the year.

On nights when Fantasmic! is not performed, Guests (with appropriate ticket media) will continue to have the opportunity to enjoy nightly fireworks spectaculars such as Wishes at the Magic Kingdom? Park and IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth at Epcot?.

What a bummer and man now that will mean you will have to line up even sooner to get in since it will be more crowded on fewer nights! I am just glad there won't be a change for our Sept. trip, we are doing the fantasmic package at brown derby.

[Mom2aPrincess]

What a bummer and man now that will mean you will have to line up even sooner to get in since it will be more crowded on fewer nights! I am just glad there won't be a change for our Sept. trip, we are doing the fantasmic package at brown derby.

I know!! That's what I thought too. The lines will be LONG, the parks will be crowded as all those without park hoppers will have to go on those days, and it will be hard to get adrs for the fantasmic meal packages (We always do h&V and sometimes mama melrose too).

Personally, I'm hoping it's a total flop and they've gone back to a reasonable schedule before we go again, and I'm glad it will still be normal for our August trip too. Cameron LOVES Fantasmic and we frequently go over just for that after we finish in other parks. I think we saw it 4 times last December!

[Hedy]

Have ya'll read this? I'm so upset!

Walt Disney World Resort Announcment
July 19, 2008

We are continually focused on providing the best possible experiences for our Guests who visit the Walt Disney World? Resort. Within the last six months, we have added significant new attractions and shows at Disney?s Hollywood Studios?, including Block Party Bash, Toy Story Midway Mania!, Pixar Place and Journey Into Narnia: Prince Caspian.

Coming in October 2008 will be the recently announced ?High School Musical 3: Senior Year? and later this year, Disney?s Hollywood Studios? will host the annual Night of Joy event for the first time and welcome back ABC Super Soap Weekend. At the same time, we have continued to update existing offerings such as Playhouse Disney?Live On Stage!

Next year, the park will unveil The American Idol Experience, host the first Grad Nite events at Disney?s Hollywood Studios? and welcome back ESPN: The Weekend and Star Wars Weekends.

We regularly evaluate and refine our operations. At the same time we unveil The American Idol Experience in January 2009, we will make an adjustment to our operation by offering Fantasmic! on select evenings each week. Fantasmic! will be performed two times weekly ?generally Mondays and Thursdays - and more often during our busiest times of the year.

On nights when Fantasmic! is not performed, Guests (with appropriate ticket media) will continue to have the opportunity to enjoy nightly fireworks spectaculars such as Wishes at the Magic Kingdom? Park and IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth at Epcot?.

I've also heard a rumor (I *think* it was the Mice Age dude on the DIS podcast) that with the economy tanking, they're debating closing DHS or AK 1 day a week. I think this might be an offshoot of this.

[Mom2aPrincess]

I've also heard a rumor (I *think* it was the Mice Age dude on the DIS podcast) that with the economy tanking, they're debating closing DHS or AK 1 day a week. I think this might be an offshoot of this.

Now that you mention it, I read that somewhere, but haven't seen anything "official like" on it yet.

I am a member of a disney group that has been discussing that the parks seem more busy than normal this summer, and lots of people accustomed to getting last minute reservations have been told all resorts are full except for one during their dates. Makes you wonder.....

[m 'n c]

Wow! I thought that was one of the most popular shows out of all disney shows. Glad it will still be going as normal in September but you start to wonder who these guests they are surveying are.

[jenvance]

That is so silly. I love Fantasmic, we will have to skip it in January anyway. With a 5 month old I don't think it will be to appropriate especially since dd likes to sit all the way at the bottom.

[Magical JenK]

I LOVE Fantasmic! This is just another bummer to my December trip! I'm so mad! I was planning on seeing it on a Sunday!

And what's this about closing DHS & AK for a day during the week?! That's not very magical.

[jenvance]

I LOVE Fantasmic! This is just another bummer to my December trip! I'm so mad! I was planning on seeing it on a Sunday!

And what's this about closing DHS & AK for a day during the week?! That's not very magical.

It's not very magical at all, but I don't see why they would do that, they would lose a ton of money. I think.

[mirandag819]

I LOVE Fantasmic! This is just another bummer to my December trip! I'm so mad! I was planning on seeing it on a Sunday!

And what's this about closing DHS & AK for a day during the week?! That's not very magical.

It will still be every day in December won't it ? I thought is said starting Jan. 2009, or did I read that wrong ?