Are ADRs affected by total gate numbers?

[holytoledo]

I have ADR's for Akershus coming up for Sat (11/26) for lunch. We were not planning / unable to come in to EPCOT until about 1:00 pm (for 1:40 ressies). Now, my paranoid brain is beginning to worry about the crowd levels due to the holidays. I have never done this before, so please forgive my ignorance! If the park is "closed" due to high volume of people, are those with ADRs allowed in the gates, or are you out of luck and forced to miss the reservation.

Help a momma of a princess lover out!

 

[vicki_c]

There are various stages of closing.

At one stage, those with ADRs will be allowed in. At a higher stage, no one is allowed in. (It is much more detailed than that, but I am just condensing.)

However, that is not something I would be concerned about Epcot - which basically never closes due to crowds - and not in the early afternoon this coming Saturday.

 

[TDC Nala]

If there is a Stage Four closing, no one will be allowed in, whether they have a reservation or not.

Epcot is so large that it is very rare for it to reach a Stage 4 closing. I think it's only happened on New Year's Eve, 1999. The biggest risk for Stage 4 closings is at MK and I'm not sure the day after Thanksgiving generally gets THAT crowded.