Wood Nymph
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- Sep 19, 2012
The Magic Kingdom special fireworks are both on the 3rd and the 4th. We watched the fireworks on the 3rd from the Grand Floridian and they were very impressive. They dropped fireworks from drones, something I didn't realize until later. It was a great view from the resort. Then we rushed to the taxis at GF and got back to the Beach Club surprisingly quickly. There wasn't any traffic at that time. I'm sure that wasn't the case about 20 minutes later.We can’t... we have BCV from 6/23-6/30, if I extend it till the 4th, I wouldn’t need a split stay. We originally wanted to be at BCV for the 4th, but then thought it would be a beautiful view from GF or Poly, and we’d get to see two sets of fireworks right from our hotel. But our friends keep telling us how we can’t miss EPCOT’s show, but not sure we want to brave the crowds in the park or driving wise. We will most likely make the week of the 4th part of our annual trip, so it’s not the only time we’ll have the chance to see them, just having 2nd thoughts. The did say they’d pick us up and drive us back, but don’t want to put them out.
Thanks for the response!!
The Epcot fireworks include the normal Illuminations fireworks and then about five minutes of additional fireworks. The fireworks at ground level are really impressive. You really need to be inside the park for the full effect. We were staying at the BC so it was an easy walk back to the resort. You could grab a taxi at the BC to return to the Poly. The traffic into the MK resort area shouldn't be as bad as the traffic leaving the area.
I would do it again this Fourth of July if we hadn't already had a trip booked for June 12-16th with our family. I'm already wishing we could just book a trip back there, but that would be crazy.