Hi Van,
I'm so glad to hear that you love the Moms Panel as we certainly love helping Guests to plan their trips to Walt Disney World!
At the time of making your advance dining reservations for the dinner shows, you
are assigned to Category one, two, or three seats (based on your preference,
Disney Dining Plan requirements, etc)
You are not assigned your actual seats within that Category until you collect your
tickets.
So, if you want to be up front and have the best seats, I would recommend arriving to pick your tickets up as early as possible.
You can see the seating charts for each of the dinner shows by clicking on the name of each individual
Dinner Show on the Walt Disney World website and then clicking on "Seating Chart & Pricing"
For example, you can see the seating chart for the Hoop-Dee-Doo Musical Revue
HERE.
I hope that this information has been of help and wish you a magical trip!