Deluxe Resorts to get evening EMH

[DizneyFamof4]

Just read this today from a blog.
"Guests staying at Deluxe or Deluxe Villa Resorts at Walt Disney World will be able to enjoy extended evening hours on select nights in select theme parks. Extended evening hours will begin in early October 2021. Further specifics, including dates and parks will be shared at a later time…"
For me to pay the ridiculous deluxe prices, it would have to be significant hours like 4-5 extra hrs and have a park eligible for each day of the week.

 

[happily single]

I’m not gonna lie. I’m a bit salty about this. Even a “value resort” costs over $200-250 a night. Disney is loosing my business.

 

[mom2rtk]

Lots of discussion here:

https://www.disboards.com/threads/evening-magic-hours-for-deluxe-guests-only.3843501/

 

[Sue M]

WDW keeps raising prices and reducing benefits. It’s loosing my business. I’ll still go. Looking forward to visit next month! But no longer a Passholder, and go to Universal more and have AP there. We used to go to WDW 2x a year from west coast. Now not even once a year. Universal instead. This removing EMH from moderate and value may be the nail in the coffin. And we used to stay a lot at deluxe. But with current pricing I don’t see staying deluxe anymore.
I have reservations at Universals Hard Rock in Nov. for similar price I’m paying for CBR in August, a moderate with clothing rack in bathroom!

 

[Scubadaddy32]

I have been to both WDW and Universal in the last year... Comparing Hard Rock as a deluxe even up against GDT is a stretch. Ha
I have a WDW trip coming in Sept. for 12 days. I just rebooked the trip and saved $200.00 just two days ago.
I checked a Universal trip for the exact same days this morning and that trip at the Hard Rock was over $1,100.00 more.
I do my homework and weigh everything, but, we have to be reasonable and honest when it comes to apples to apples.
The food selection alone opens a huge gap between WDW and Universal IOO, as we spent the majority of our trip at US eating at WDW for dinner. Haha

 

[DizneyFamof4]

I have been to both WDW and Universal in the last year... Comparing Hard Rock as a deluxe even GDT is a stretch. Ha
I have a WDW trip coming in Sept. for 12 days. I just rebooked the trip and saved $200.00 just two days ago.
I checked a Universal trip for the exact same days this morning and that trip at the Hard Rock was over $1,100.00 more.
I do my homework and weigh everything, but, we have to be reasonable and honest when it comes to apples to apples.
The food selection alone opens a huge gap between WDW and Universal, as we spent the majority of our trip at US eating at WDW for dinner. Haha

And I will give you the opposite. WDW has no "real" deluxe either and even though HR is not a "real" deluxe I got a deal for October at $250 per night, show me a WDW deluxe that you can get for that price? It was more like $400+ per night. And the amenities at the US resorts are much more then at WDW. SB's in lobby, gyms, bowling, lazy river at Cabana Bay which is a mid level resort. Their 2 new hotels, where you can get 2 rooms with 3 "real" beds for the price of a WDW value. Also, as for food, I will take any US counter service over WDW in a heartbeat, heck even my 10 year old DD noticed the difference on serving size etc.
When we do trips that we will be going to both parks, we rather stay the whole time at US. HaHa

 

[Turksmom]

Now that Genie+ has been announced, I'm wondering which attractions will be open during EMH- if I can do some favorites during this, I can save the $15 pp/pd. Any guesses?

 

[chalee94]

It should be similar to the pre-COVID "After Hours" deal where virtually all of the attractions (including Tier 1 like FoP) were still running. (Probably just the restaurants would be closed - as with After Hours.)

But that might cut into demand for the IAS/Tier 1 pay-to-play program so we'll see...

 

[Nabas]

It should be similar to the pre-COVID "After Hours" deal where virtually all of the attractions (including Tier 1 like FoP) were still running. (Probably just the restaurants would be closed - as with After Hours.)

But that might cut into demand for the IAS/Tier 1 pay-to-play program so we'll see...

The biggest question is, will Rise of the Resistance still be running?

Maybe that’s why they haven’t announced any dates for DHS.

The are 5000 Deluxe Resort rooms, meaning roughly 15,000 Guests.

ROTR handles less than 2000 an hour.

With Evening Extra Magic only lasting 2 hours, it would be a mess.