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

[3Anderboys]

Thanks for the helpful info on this thread! I switched our 11-26 EMM in TSL from 7:30 to 7...just in case. I'm in the camp who thinks everyone will be let in at the same time, but I can't help overthinking it! Hopefully we don't all sit until 7:30 or I'll have some very grumpy children who had to get up super early to travel from the Poly to HS! Looking forward to see reports back when this starts.

Are you driving? Or Minnie van or Ubering? We’re at GF/MK area as well. Trying to figure out what time to call for a Minnie or Uber family. We have a party of 6 and definitely need one car seat. This is gonna be early!!

 

[jwolfpack]

We'll be heading to EMM from Poly in October, and I think we're going to drive. My crew is going to be grumpy. Thinking that we'll leave Poly by 6:30?

 

[shairpdrh]

We are coming from CCV for the first date in Sept, so we will probably try for a Minnie Van right when they start (I think based on the Disney website they start at 6:30). We need a car seat so we will hope it works out! We won't have the benefit of any reports, so I will report back here with our experience after our trip.

 

[IceQueen182]

Are you driving? Or Minnie van or Ubering? We’re at GF/MK area as well. Trying to figure out what time to call for a Minnie or Uber family. We have a party of 6 and definitely need one car seat. This is gonna be early!!

I'm a big Minnie Van fan since we'll need a car seat, too, so that's my plan. Uber is Plan B. I've had good luck getting Minnie Vans early so hopefully it's not an issue.

I'm thinking if I call for one ~10 minutes before 6:30 to give it time to arrive by then, we should be able to make it to HS by 6:45. Definitely an early morning!! I'm planning an early resort night the night before.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

For those that already have the Minnie Van connection on the Lyft app, you can pull it up at any time, move your location to WDW, and “see” what Minnie Van availability is like at that moment in time.

So... do that for a few mornings around the same time you plan to need one on your trip and you can eyeball what things “may” (key word) look like when you are there. That’s an imperfect exercise of course, but can be somewhat helpful.

 

[kat_lh]

We are coming from CCV for the first date in Sept, so we will probably try for a Minnie Van right when they start (I think based on the Disney website they start at 6:30). We need a car seat so we will hope it works out! We won't have the benefit of any reports, so I will report back here with our experience after our trip.

We'll be coming from BRV for ours - would love a report on how the Minnie van goes. Our little dude is 4 and technically okay to be without I think but I'd feel better with him in one!

 

[Tigger in a kilt]

We are going 8th October, partly in an attempt to mitigate the Columbus Day crowds (we are from the U.K. and didn’t realise we were arriving on a holiday weekend until we booked). We booked for 7:30am, and based on previous posts in this thread, that event sold out.

There is now a 7am slot available, which again based on this thread, seems to have appeared in the last couple of days. I don’t honestly know if the entry time matters, but I’m going to call Disney tomorrow and ask to move it anyway. I’m also incredibly annoyed that they seem to have increased the capacity, since they went from sold out to having more availability. It’s a pricy event (3 adults, 1 kid) if it is not going to get us much benefit. We are there for 2 weeks so I’m considering just cancelling altogether and going early on a quieter day when it’s not a holiday weekend.

Edit: Rather than waiting to call Disney tomorrow, I moved the time online - I can to cancel the existing reservation and replace it with a new one for 7am, and of course pay for the new reservation and wait for a refund. So at least it is done, though in the bigger picture I think I may end up cancelling altogether - I’m not sure it will now be a big benefit to us on a busy day if they are increasing how many people can attend the event. We are going to EMM at MK the next day, and I hope it is more successful.

 

[maiapapaya]

We are going 8th October, partly in an attempt to mitigate the Columbus Day crowds (we are from the U.K. and didn’t realise we were arriving on a holiday weekend until we booked). We booked for 7:30am, and based on previous posts in this thread, that event sold out.

There is now a 7am slot available, which again based on this thread, seems to have appeared in the last couple of days. I don’t honestly know if the entry time matters, but I’m going to call Disney tomorrow and ask to move it anyway. I’m also incredibly annoyed that they seem to have increased the capacity, since they went from sold out to having more availability. It’s a pricy event (3 adults, 1 kid) if it is not going to get us much benefit. We are there for 2 weeks so I’m considering just cancelling altogether and going early on a quieter day when it’s not a holiday weekend.

Edit: Rather than waiting to call Disney tomorrow, I moved the time online - I can to cancel the existing reservation and replace it with a new one for 7am, and of course pay for the new reservation and wait for a refund. So at least it is done, though in the bigger picture I think I may end up cancelling altogether - I’m not sure it will now be a big benefit to us on a busy day if they are increasing how many people can attend the event. We are going to EMM at MK the next day, and I hope it is more successful.

Maybe wait and see some reports of how busy the dates are that have had a 7:00 am time slot added. No one knows yet what numbers are like for this event, it still might be completely fine.

 

[Tigger in a kilt]

Maybe wait and see some reports of how busy the dates are that have had a 7:00 am time slot added. No one knows yet what numbers are like for this event, it still might be completely fine.

I think you are right, thank you. I’m panicking because we leave in 4 weeks, but realistically we do have plenty of time to see how it goes in the earlier dates.

 

[maiapapaya]

I think you are right, thank you. I’m panicking because we leave in 4 weeks, but realistically we do have plenty of time to see how it goes in the earlier dates.

Have a great trip! We are having to wait for dates to be added for our trip (not until March). I look forward to hearing the reports of how this event goes for everyone!

 

[Tigger in a kilt]

Have a great trip! We are having to wait for dates to be added for our trip (not until March). I look forward to hearing the reports of how this event goes for everyone!

Thank you. I will certainly report back, though as I have never been to WDW before, I’m not sure how helpful my idea of busyness will actually be!

 

[StacyStrong]

Every other time that I try to check my date for a 7am time slot, I get a "we're working on it" page. It makes me so nervous that they are adding more slots each time!!!
I hate that I need to keep looking because no one has any idea how this will work.

FWIW, you can currently book for 10, but not 14 on December 5th at 7:30.

 

[anomamatt]

10/15 is now sold out for 7:30 (my date). It will be interesting to see if they add a 7am time...

 

[GADisneyDad14]

I went through a sell-out run earlier today but the website was giving me weird availability on certain dates... searching for 4 would show sold out but then 5 would be available... so I hung it up and said I’d try again later.

 

[Jadeey]

We are going 8th October, partly in an attempt to mitigate the Columbus Day crowds (we are from the U.K. and didn’t realise we were arriving on a holiday weekend until we booked). We booked for 7:30am, and based on previous posts in this thread, that event sold out.

There is now a 7am slot available, which again based on this thread, seems to have appeared in the last couple of days. I don’t honestly know if the entry time matters, but I’m going to call Disney tomorrow and ask to move it anyway. I’m also incredibly annoyed that they seem to have increased the capacity, since they went from sold out to having more availability. It’s a pricy event (3 adults, 1 kid) if it is not going to get us much benefit. We are there for 2 weeks so I’m considering just cancelling altogether and going early on a quieter day when it’s not a holiday weekend.

Edit: Rather than waiting to call Disney tomorrow, I moved the time online - I can to cancel the existing reservation and replace it with a new one for 7am, and of course pay for the new reservation and wait for a refund. So at least it is done, though in the bigger picture I think I may end up cancelling altogether - I’m not sure it will now be a big benefit to us on a busy day if they are increasing how many people can attend the event. We are going to EMM at MK the next day, and I hope it is more successful.

If the TA someone asked is to be believed, it looks like the cap will still only be 200-300 even on the days with 2 times. I think it will be well worth it for you if you are there on a day that is going to be high crowds later in the day.

 

[Tigger in a kilt]

If the TA someone asked is to be believed, it looks like the cap will still only be 200-300 even on the days with 2 times. I think it will be well worth it for you if you are there on a day that is going to be high crowds later in the day.

I do hope that the total cap will be the same, but I will wait to see how others get on at the earlier dates. We need to something that day, despite the crowds, so a very early morning followed by the pool by noon sounds great! We will be up by 4am (jet lag) so we might as well try to get in as much early morning park time as we can!

 

[Babs1975]

So it looks like my date, 11/28, is now sold out. Can't even book 1 person. No 7 am slot yet. Will have to watch it like a hawk now to see if the 7 am gets added. I plan on moving to it if it does.

 

[Babs1975]

Or I can look here too! I know someone will post it!

 

[Steven G]

Oct 10 is sold out too, no extra time yet.

 

[Cowgirl_Jessie]

We are going 8th October, partly in an attempt to mitigate the Columbus Day crowds (we are from the U.K. and didn’t realise we were arriving on a holiday weekend until we booked). We booked for 7:30am, and based on previous posts in this thread, that event sold out.

There is now a 7am slot available, which again based on this thread, seems to have appeared in the last couple of days. I don’t honestly know if the entry time matters, but I’m going to call Disney tomorrow and ask to move it anyway. I’m also incredibly annoyed that they seem to have increased the capacity, since they went from sold out to having more availability. It’s a pricy event (3 adults, 1 kid) if it is not going to get us much benefit. We are there for 2 weeks so I’m considering just cancelling altogether and going early on a quieter day when it’s not a holiday weekend.

Edit: Rather than waiting to call Disney tomorrow, I moved the time online - I can to cancel the existing reservation and replace it with a new one for 7am, and of course pay for the new reservation and wait for a refund. So at least it is done, though in the bigger picture I think I may end up cancelling altogether - I’m not sure it will now be a big benefit to us on a busy day if they are increasing how many people can attend the event. We are going to EMM at MK the next day, and I hope it is more successful.

We are going on the 8th as well and just saw the 7:00 added. I used your idea of canceling the 7:30 and adding the 7:00 through mydisney experience; it was super quick and easy to do. Great idea and thanks for sharing!! Now to see how it works on the credit card...