For Famtasmic, as we were walkng up the pathway to get to it a CM stopped us (with DD10 in her wheelchair) and asked if we'd like to sit in the front row.....I hesitated at first, knowing we'd get wet from the spray up there, and asked the rest of our party first, but we all agreed that on that HOT HOT day in October we'd LOVE to get wet! We loved it and being up front helped DD10 pay attention to the show better than she'd have been able to in the back. As I recall, we were not getting there extremely early, kind of going in with the crowds.
For the parade at MGM, we had been shopping and not noticing the time, when my father said the parade was starting soon......we just grabbed seats on the curb, with DD in her chair right behind her little sister who was sitting on the curb,and we got a great view.