24 Hour Event in May

[mickeyluv'r]

We were at WDW the leap year 24hour day. It was well worth going.

For us, it was arrival day. to make a long story short...we had very little sleep prior to our WDW arrival. We only lasted until about midnight/maybe 12:30am.

If we go to WDW, and MK is open past midnight, we are usually there. Being in the parks late at night is super fun, in my opinion.

normally after midnight we can walk on rides. During the 24hour night, it was still pretty busy at 11pm. Rumor here was that the event was popular with the Epcot/HS/AK CM's to visit the parks. When their shifts were over that day, many went to MK.

So no, it was not a 'normal' MK day, but we didn't expect it to be a normal evening. Since it was our arrival day, we actually didn't think we'd make it to MK at all. I am SO glad we did! The feeling in MK was awesome! It was very electric! WDW sold special shirts, and gave out free buttons. We did not buy a shirt, but it was great fun all week seeing the shirts, and knowing we were a part of the fun! I'm not normally a big button fan, but those ones are pretty special!

What you should do is keep your plans in place. I think you said BOG is part of your plan...I don't recall if you said lunch or dinner. No way would I go there for lunch (that day or ever, but especially a day like that) dinner with an ADR will be fine! Mentally, it will be helpful to modify your expectations. Take a go withthe flow approach. You wont' be able to walk onto Space Mtn, but so what? Going that day will be a special memory in itself, if you allow it to be a special memory!

If however, you only see it as a negative....then swap. if everyone is at MK that day...the other parks will be less crowded. You might also strongly consider hopping. Just hop to MK for the BOG dinner.

Then again...BOG is neat to see and all...but the food was all that outstanding. A meal at 1900 Park Fare will have better food and actual princesses.

 

[stenmarks]

The 24 hour event coincides with Star Wars weekend, do you think this will split the expected crowd? We are hoping to do Star Wars Weekend on Friday if the huge crowd is at MK.

 

[HopperFan]

The 24 hour event coincides with Star Wars weekend, do you think this will split the expected crowd? We are hoping to do Star Wars Weekend on Friday if the huge crowd is at MK.

Probably not. Some will only want one or the other and others like my kids will do both.

Last year I dropped DS & DD at DHS around 4 am to get in line for celebrity autograph. I went back and took a nap before I headed to MK for 24 Hour event. They stayed at SWW all day and got to MK around 5 pm or so to meet me. Then we stayed all night. So they were up around 28 hours straight. There was no way they were missing SWW, knew Friday was the least crowded so they went anyway and when they had done enough headed over to 24 Hour event.

 

[Tasmen]

The 24 hour event coincides with Star Wars weekend, do you think this will split the expected crowd? We are hoping to do Star Wars Weekend on Friday if the huge crowd is at MK.

That's our plan too. We are hitting MK on Thursday and DHS on Friday for SWW. I do believe we will try to hit MK after our California Grill dinner that night, though. Talk about the crowds is making me question those plans though.

As to the OP's plans, DO keep BoG. I'm not sure at this point that you could even change that one if you wanted to. I've been trying to change ours to an earlier time on our last day to no avail.