Crystal Palace before MK opening

[vanreg]

We have a ressie for breakfast at Crystal Palace before park opening. Where do we go to get in? Our ressie is for 8:05 on a 9am opening day...how much before 8:05 will they let us in?

Last question....we are staying at BC....do the buses run that early and what time would you go to the bus stop?

 

[DISNEY1975]

I had an 8:05 ressie in 2008. We got there about 15 minutes before, as suggested...no problems. We told the person at the gate, who had our name. Sam with AK, Epcot, and DHS. They check your conf # at the gate if its before opening time.

Yes, the buses start running at 6:45am. Not sure of the path to get to MK, so I cant give you a time. Check with your hotel about how often the buses pass (ie..every 15 minutes etc..)

 

[Kanga1]

We just did this week before last. Stayed at the BC and had an 8:05 ressie at the Crystal Palace. Got to the bus stop a little after 7am and didn't wait too long for a bus. We were the only ones on the bus and the driver asked us if we were actually going to the park. (I think he would have taken us directly to the Contemporary if we were having breakfast at Chef Mickey's.) Got to the Magic Kingdom in plenty of time before they started letting in people with breakfast ressies. Great photo op!

 

[Jillinwonderland]

Buses will run early enough for you to make your 8:05 am breakfast with no worries. Once you get to MK make sure you have your ADR # as they will ask for it before letting you into the gate. If I recall correctly you go to the farthest right entrance where a CM will be waiting with a list of ADR's for breakfast. Enjoy!

 

[bored]

Buses will run early enough for you to make your 8:05 am breakfast with no worries. Once you get to MK make sure you have your ADR # as they will ask for it before letting you into the gate. If I recall correctly you go to the farthest right entrance where a CM will be waiting with a list of ADR's for breakfast. Enjoy!

This is correct!

 

[bangzoom6877]

We had an 8:05 ADR for breakfast at Crystal Palace a few weeks ago, also with a 9am park opening. We stayed at BWV, and we got to the bus stop a few minutes before 7am. The bus came less than 10 minutes later. We got to MK by 7:20am, and went to the front gates. They started letting us in at about 7:50am. I was surprised that they didn't check people's names for ADRs, but I had my confirmation number on me just in case, and would still do that in the future. We walked over to CP, and were seated at our ADR time of 8:05am. When we walked into the park, we found that most people were heading to the castle for breakfast and there was much less of a crowd going to CP, but it would have been no big deal either way.

We were out of CP about 5-10 minutes before rope drop and headed right into Fantasyland, where we rode several rides with no lines at all. It was great!