I featured this picture yesterday, but thought it was just too cool not to post again. Plus, I am not allowed to post any other pictures of the show until June 10! |
Before attending Tuesday’s event, I asked readers what questions they have for World of Color’s producers. I was asked repeatedly about stroller accessibility and asked on your behalf. If you have not already read my post on HOW to see the show, I recommend you do that before reading this post.
Strollers will be allowed in the World of Color viewing area. Like Fantastmic!, guests will watch the show from a terraced viewing area. Within this area, guests will be free to keep children in their strollers. Here’s where it gets a bit iffy for me. Resort management expects that unlike Fantastmic! and the parades at the resort, most guests will stand for the show, which means your child could stay in his or her stroller, but they may not be able to see the show if they are sitting in it. I’m very curious to see how this all plays out and hoping that they’ve got it wrong and that after a long day walking around, most guests will be happy to “take a load off” and sit. Although I suppose if everyone sits, you wouldn’t be able to keep your stroller in the venue area. Hmmm…
At any rate, I saw the show along with less than one hundred other people in the space that could fit up to 9,000, so clearly I did not get a good feel for what it will truly be like when the show is presented to the public. I will be attending the celebrity premiere of the show on June 10, and hope to get a better feel for how the crowds will be during a “real” performance and not a dress rehearsal. However, I’m sure that showing will still not give me the true feel for the crowd situation.
As mentioned in my post about the four ways to view the show, I am very fearful that despite Disney’s best efforts to alleviate guests’ desires to camp out for spots, guests will still queue up hours ahead of time in order to get the best spots in their assigned viewing areas. While I know that guests complain about camping out for shows, I feel like guests may feel more frustrated if they get a viewing spot within their area that they are unhappy with after paying “good money” or getting to the park early in the morning to get a fast pass. At least when it comes to “camping out” you control your own destiny, so to speak. I hope that this system works out, but not sure if it will. Whenever Disneyland opens new attractions or shows, there’s always a learning curve and World of Color will not be an exception. A reader asked me if I plan on taking my family to see the show this summer, and chances are that I won’t. I think I’m going to wait a while to see how the crowd issues pan out.
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Sara says
I finally saw the show! WOC, that is. I ditched my stroller before showtime at my car and carried my toddler in a sleepy wrap (sling). It was a Godsend precisely because he could still see, I could stand up and be attentive to him, we didn’t have to worry about the stroller while exiting and he(along with most toddlers and little ones surrounding me)fell asleep about a minute into the show. 😉 Just thought I’d report back. I liked it, but didn’t love it and I thought some parts were a bit morbid(death scene of Lion King). All in all, I’m glad I did it but probably won’t view it again until he is much, much older.