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Originally Posted by neatfrk

You can get in the gates until just before the show. They won't turn you away. There's always a rush just before the fireworks of guests coming just to see the fireworks.

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That's true when the park closing time is at the same time at the firework show. Which is often the case for the other parks.

As mentioned by the OP, HS park closing is at 8:30pm on April 11th. This is the start time of Fantasmic but half an hour before the Star Wars fireworks. In order to get in the park, the OP has to be at the entrance before the park closing time.