ADRs vs EMH – how to plan?

[Chynasmom]

So we can make ADRs 180 days (roughly 6 months) before our date of arrival. But they seem to publish the EMH schedule 3-4 months ahead. So our planned pre-park-opening breakfast at (for example) Crystal Palace might lose a lot of it’s “Woot!” factor* if it turns out that MK has a morning EMH that day. If I had known that day was going to be an early EMH, I might have planned for a rope drop/commando morning, followed by a lateish CRT lunch and then naps & resort-lounging in the afternoon and evening.

How do people factor in EMH when making super-advanced ADRs?

*As in “Woot! The park is so empty! We can take lovely pictures of us and the castle with no one around!”

 

[vicki_c]

Disney publishes the EMHs at the same time as the park hours, around 6 months ahead of time.

Sometimes they add extra EMHs closer to the dates, if bookings warrant it.
If you are going at a peak time (like Christmas week / Easter week), expect EMHs at MK and AK every day - 7 and 8 AM even if they are not on the calendar yet.

But other than those type of adds - the EMH hours are published with the park hours.