DHS/Toy Story Land "Early Morning Magic" (EMM) FAQ & Discussion

[KrazeeK120]

Was curious to see what shows up online now vs the results from a few days ago (quoted above). At the time of that search, none of the new 7am time slots showed up. Here's the current status:

Mon 10/8 - No spots available (it only shows a 7:30am time slot this date)
Mon 10/29 - 7:00 am time available to book, 7:30 am is not
Wed 11/7 - 7:00 am time available to book, 7:30 am is not
Mon 11/26 - both 7:00 am and 7:30 am time slots available to book (7:30am only 6 spots available)

All other dates remain available with only the 7:30am time slot showing.

I guess Disney was serious in their "Know Before You Go" text where it says "Guests with a 7:30 AM reservation will begin in Toy Story Land and breakfast will be available from 8:30 AM to 10:00 AM. Other reservation times may be available based on capacity."

Maybe this is some kind of slow loading/spread the crowd technique? Curious to see what they have in mind.

Thanks for researching this! Very interesting information. I’m going to remain optomistic about this event until I have a concrete reason not to be. I’m looking forward to reading reviews in a few weeks when the event begins.

What is a “Know Before You Go” text? I like to think that I’ve thoroughly researched Disney World up, down, and backwards, but that one has me stumped. I’ve never heard of it before.

 

[kat_lh]

Thanks for researching this! Very interesting information. I’m going to remain optomistic about this event until I have a concrete reason not to be. I’m looking forward to reading reviews in a few weeks when the event begins.

What is a “Know Before You Go” text? I like to think that I’ve thoroughly researched Disney World up, down, and backwards, but that one has me stumped. I’ve never heard of it before.

It's the text in the "know before you go" section of the website - not an actual text from Disney

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Thanks for researching this! Very interesting information. I’m going to remain optomistic about this event until I have a concrete reason not to be. I’m looking forward to reading reviews in a few weeks when the event begins.

What is a “Know Before You Go” text? I like to think that I’ve thoroughly researched Disney World up, down, and backwards, but that one has me stumped. I’ve never heard of it before.

It's just the section on Disney's website for this event: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/en_CA/dining/early-morning-magic-toy-story-land/

Third "bold" section down. Make sure to click "Read More."

As for DHS EMM, my guess is it'll be loads of fun. Maybe not 10 rides on SDD like you can with 7DMT (total speculation on my part!), but still a great opportunity for a unique park experience along with breakfast.

 

[jwolfpack]

Given the wording about 7:30 reservations in Know Before you Go, I am wondering if guests with 7:00 reservations will eat first...

 

[KrazeeK120]

It's just the section on Disney's website for this event: https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/en_CA/dining/early-morning-magic-toy-story-land/

Third "bold" section down. Make sure to click "Read More."

As for DHS EMM, my guess is it'll be loads of fun. Maybe not 10 rides on SDD like you can with 7DMT (total speculation on my part!), but still a great opportunity for a unique park experience along with breakfast.

Ohhhh ok. I read the email confirmation I got, but not the website. My date still just has the 7:30 option.

Honestly, I’ll be happy if I get to do each ride once and the meet and greet. With a nearly 3 year old, SDD is actually not our top priority. I think he’s tall enough, but I’m not sure whether or not he will want to ride. I had been trying to figure out how to do the meet and greet, TSMM, and AS2 with minimal wait and for DH and I to ride SDD (with or without the kid), and this seems to fit the bill no matter what.

 

[MIAMouseketeer]

Given the wording about 7:30 reservations in Know Before you Go, I am wondering if guests with 7:00 reservations will eat first...

That's my thought. Given that the restaurant is outside of the land, they are expecting people to come after the ride time. Not like MK where it's in the middle of everything

 

[disneyworldsk]

maybe they will tell the 7 a.m. people to eat at a different time slot? i'm so frustrated after listening to pete's review of halloween party. i have mvmcp and this emm. i'm considering canceling mvmcp after his rant about crowds because xmas first night whihc i have booked will probably be similar to pete's halloween experience. now emm i have to worry about too?! i don't want to spend money on crowds. not sure what to do now about both.

 

[3Anderboys]

I'm highly annoyed about this whole 10/29 thing. Why are they expecting this particular day to be so crowded? ugh. we booked the day it released-party of 6. 7am is available. 7:30 is not. what is the difference?

 

[Liz Z]

My 60 day windowed opened a few days ago and SDD was already gone.. And Avatar only had 3 evening slots for Monday with Sunday already gone. I couldn't believe how fast they were gone when the 60 day window just opened up.

We booked the 10/29 EMM as soon as i saw it was available for booking.

My DH is coming so he wanted to make sure he could ride the new attractions. So when i went into Touringplans fastpass availability Sunday Avatar only had a few evening slots on Monday the 29. So i grabbed a fastpass for that evening.

I had already booked Toystory EMM when it opened up for that Monday as well. Touring plans had SDD showing Distribution done for Sunday the 28 and Monday the 29th.

Epcot was our scheduled day so that's not happening. And now we have to split our day and get to AK for the evening

Now im curious about the 7/ 7:30am times. My confirmation is for 7:30am.
Are people suggesting we call and change our time to 7am or just leave it alone???


Such craziness!!

Liz

 

[KrazeeK120]

My 60 day windowed opened a few days ago and SDD was already gone.. And Avatar only had 3 evening slots for Monday with Sunday already gone. I couldn't believe how fast they were gone when the 60 day window just opened up.

People with trips starting earlier than yours may have already booked those days. How far into your trip were you looking? I’ll be there the week before you and got FoP at 60+3 with no problem, and an evening time for SDD at 60+4 (that I subsequently dumped because I bought this EMM).

 

[RachaelA]

I’m seriously so annoyed by all this now. Why are they adding more?

I might email that higher up guy (why can’t I remember his name? Lol) whose office always responds quickly to emails.

 

[jennab]

I would really like to know why they added the earlier time slot too!

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Obviously personal, but I wouldn't be too worried about whatever is up with the 7 or 7:30 time slot thing. Unless you have the first 1 or 2 EMM dates booked (and therefore are the guinea pigs), there will be plenty of time for DISer and blogger reviews to start coming in and we can all make more educated assessments if this event works for your particular touring needs/style.

 

[3Anderboys]

Just called about switching to 7 vs. 7:30. Spoke with the nicest IT guy randomly bc the nice, but not knowledgeable CM thought there was a MDE issue. He gave me a lot of the menu. Forgive me I was dictating it into a text quickly so I omitted some things I'm sure and made some mistake as well. He just fired it off and I didn't want to ask him to repeat it!
Menu: fruit, yogurt, pastries, cereals, juices, coffee and teas
mexican street corn chilaquiles
fried chicken cronut bowl with sweet potato barrels something about cinnamon sugar and a maple glaze
avocado toast with greens topped with eggs

**They also told me-he transferred me to a special events/events only coordinator to look into the booking-they have added 7 am slots to 3 dates currently-one is mine 10/29. There are zero restrictions. If you have the 7 am slot you are simply allowed in 30 minutes earlier with access to rides. Mind is blown. seriously. I asked if there were any restrictions, catches, anything noted she said none. She even called the night supervisor for that particular dept and he concurred. Hopefully, I'm not being Disney'ed and it's all correct. We switched to 7. It was relayed to her this is to stagger guest experience and make it run smoothly. Take this as you will. also, apparently you should call the late night crew. This is more information than anyone at Disney has ever shared with me!

 

[3Anderboys]

Just called about switching to 7 vs. 7:30. Spoke with the nicest IT guy randomly bc the nice, but not knowledgeable CM thought there was a MDE issue. He gave me a lot of the menu. Forgive me I was dictating it into a text quickly so I omitted some things I'm sure and made some mistake as well. He just fired it off and I didn't want to ask him to repeat it!
Menu: fruit, yogurt, pastries, cereals, juices, coffee and teas
mexican street corn chilaquiles
fried chicken cronut bowl with sweet potato barrels
avocado toast with greens topped with eggs

**They also told me-he transferred me to a special events/events only coordinator to look into the booking-they have added 7 am slots to 3 dates currently-one is mine 10/29. There are zero restrictions. If you have the 7 am slot you are simply allowed in 30 minutes earlier with access to rides. Mind is blown. seriously. I asked if there were any restrictions, catches, anything noted she said none. She even called the night supervisor for that particular dept and he concurred. Hopefully, I'm not being Disney'ed and it's all correct. We switched to 7. It was relayed to her this is to stagger guest experience and make it run smoothly. Take this as you will. also, apparently you should call the late night crew. This is more information than anyone at Disney has ever shared with me!

this was last night! didn't post until this morning. I called at 9:45 and spent 45 minutes on the phone.

 

[KCSherri]

There are zero restrictions. If you have the 7 am slot you are simply allowed in 30 minutes earlier with access to rides. Mind is blown. seriously.

WOW.

So, for the same price - I can get an extra 30 minutes??? While waving to all of the poor unfortunate souls who reserved the 7:30 time?? Crazy.

Sucks to be everyone who bought the 7:30 am and don’t know about this - so far, my date only shows 7:30, but if it switches to multiple times, you’d better believe I’m switching over to the 7:00 am slot.

It does make me wonder just how many tickets to this event they are selling, because they’ve never done this for the EMM at Magic Kingdom. Just how many guests are coming, where they have to “stagger” the entrance??

 

[KrazeeK120]

**They also told me-he transferred me to a special events/events only coordinator to look into the booking-they have added 7 am slots to 3 dates currently-one is mine 10/29. There are zero restrictions. If you have the 7 am slot you are simply allowed in 30 minutes earlier with access to rides. Mind is blown. seriously. I asked if there were any restrictions, catches, anything noted she said none. She even called the night supervisor for that particular dept and he concurred. Hopefully, I'm not being Disney'ed and it's all correct. We switched to 7. It was relayed to her this is to stagger guest experience and make it run smoothly. Take this as you will. also, apparently you should call the late night crew. This is more information than anyone at Disney has ever shared with me!

There’s no way it’s going to run smoothly if this is actually the case. I imagine the 7:30 people will be livid when they realize that people (many of whom probably booked later than they did) are getting 30 extra minutes for the same price.

I’m still very skeptical that this is how it will actually work. Time will tell, I guess.

 

[3Anderboys]

WOW.

So, for the same price - I can get an extra 30 minutes??? While waving to all of the poor unfortunate souls who reserved the 7:30 time?? Crazy.

Sucks to be everyone who bought the 7:30 am and don’t know about this - so far, my date only shows 7:30, but if it switches to multiple times, you’d better believe I’m switching over to the 7:00 am slot.

It does make me wonder just how many tickets to this event they are selling, because they’ve never done this for the EMM at Magic Kingdom. Just how many guests are coming, where they have to “stagger” the entrance??

I agree. I spoke with a friend who is doing 11/26. Her day has two as well. She changed. I don't understand how they can justify this unless they assume it won't get out bc it's small. That was my first question as well-are the numbers significantly larger than the EMM at MK. They said no. Similar to previous DHS EMM. I was lost. It's a lot of money for people to wait. She assured me no one would stand in line to ride. We shall see.

 

[jwolfpack]

If they're not changing the order (breakfast first instead of ride first) for the 7:00 reservations, I would guess that it'll run like a typical PPO reservation. They stagger the times, but actually seat...or in this case admit...anyone with a ticket for either time as they arrive.

 

[3Anderboys]

There’s no way it’s going to run smoothly if this is actually the case. I imagine the 7:30 people will be livid when they realize that people (many of whom probably booked later than they did) are getting 30 extra minutes for the same price.

I’m still very skeptical that this is how it will actually work. Time will tell, I guess.

agree! I asked this as well. She said nothing. I don't blame her. She nervously laughed.