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

[suzywindy]

When we were there in December and April they told us no boats or buses so we took a cab. Then we saw a boat coming after we got out of the cab at HS. So obviously boats do run or did run. This time we will be at the Grand and not sure if they have buses running that early either. Seems as if you cannot get a good answer from the hotels.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Just 14 TSL EMMs left.

We've had ups and downs, but it's been a pretty good run on this thread, by most accounts.

Curious to see what the future holds.

 

[Figment Mom]

If there is no availability online for a particular date does that mean it's sold out and not worth a call? Are the ever cancellations?

 

[GADisneyDad14]

If there is no availability online for a particular date does that mean it's sold out and not worth a call? Are the ever cancellations?

If not available online, that means it's sold out. But, people cancel and change plans all the time - keep checking! If it's very important to you, I'd bookmark the booking page and check a few times each day whenever it crosses your mind. Success is YMMV of course, but it's worth a shot.

 

[Figment Mom]

If not available online, that means it's sold out. But, people cancel and change plans all the time - keep checking! If it's very important to you, I'd bookmark the booking page and check a few times each day whenever it crosses your mind. Success is YMMV of course, but it's worth a shot.

Glad to know there's hope. It says it's nonrefundable so I thought there might not even be a chance.

I'm solo so fingers crossed I'll snag a single ticket.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

Glad to know there's hope. It says it's nonrefundable so I thought there might not even be a chance.

I'm solo so fingers crossed I'll snag a single ticket.

Yeah, the language on the website is a bit misleading. It’s a 1 day cancellation policy. When you go through the full booking process, it’ll show the full terms. With 1, you have a fighting chance!

 

[Candycane83]

When we were there in December and April they told us no boats or buses so we took a cab. Then we saw a boat coming after we got out of the cab at HS. So obviously boats do run or did run. This time we will be at the Grand and not sure if they have buses running that early either. Seems as if you cannot get a good answer from the hotels.

Is there anyone by the boats that early? I don’t want to wait and wait and not know if it’s coming or not lol! Maybe I’ll go wait for 10Mins and take a cab.

 

[suzywindy]

Is there anyone by the boats that early? I don’t want to wait and wait and not know if it’s coming or not lol! Maybe I’ll go wait for 10Mins and take a cab.

If they had early opening day before I would have gone out just to watch and see but of course they did not so we were afraid to take the chance of standing around waiting after buying those extra tickets so we just pre-ordered a mears taxi and the peace of mind to me was worth it. I never thought to even ask the boat captains day before to be honest - i would think they should know!

 

[disneymagicgirl]

Is there anyone by the boats that early? I don’t want to wait and wait and not know if it’s coming or not lol! Maybe I’ll go wait for 10Mins and take a cab.

I’m staying at BW and at EMM now. We just walked here, but there was a boat pulling in over at the swan when I walked outside on my way to DHS. We were walking because I find the boats slow anyways, and we did beat it here.
Left my room overlooking the quiet pool at BWI at 6:49 and arrived at security at 7:04 and outside animation courtyard at 7:11. They haven’t let us back just yet.

 

[WRLeGrand]

Just 14 TSL EMMs left.

We've had ups and downs, but it's been a pretty good run on this thread, by most accounts.

Curious to see what the future holds.

It is interesting that you bring that up. It really is a pretty awesome event in my opinion, but clearly August 29th is going to change everything. I think in the short term it really put TSL and HS in a really interesting position. The park is clearly going to be a madhouse, so Disney will likely be trying to bring more of these type events. Will they alternate a SWGE event with EMM for TSL? I hope they don't just shut the door on TSL EMM, especially since everything is going to be Tier 1 now...

 

[Alison S]

It is interesting that you bring that up. It really is a pretty awesome event in my opinion, but clearly August 29th is going to change everything. I think in the short term it really put TSL and HS in a really interesting position. The park is clearly going to be a madhouse, so Disney will likely be trying to bring more of these type events. Will they alternate a SWGE event with EMM for TSL? I hope they don't just shut the door on TSL EMM, especially since everything is going to be Tier 1 now...

Yeah I'm hoping it will be back in November, but I doubt it.

 

[Candycane83]

I’m staying at BW and at EMM now. We just walked here, but there was a boat pulling in over at the swan when I walked outside on my way to DHS. We were walking because I find the boats slow anyways, and we did beat it here.
Left my room overlooking the quiet pool at BWI at 6:49 and arrived at security at 7:04 and outside animation courtyard at 7:11. They haven’t let us back just yet.

We were there too!! I did see the boats so we took it and reached security about the same time as you. I did see the boat this morning at 6:34 from my room st Yacht Club so they do run pretty early!

 

[Candycane83]

Just a quick review, my five year old and I did take the boat this morning at around 6:50 and was inside the park by 7:10. We were directed to the breakfast area so I took a quick drink of tea for me and milk for my five year old. We went to wait and we were let in st 7:25. We took our time rode SDD with a 15min wait first. Then went to AS2 twice. Went to TSMM once then back to SDD two more times and TSMM one last time, stopped by the store. By the time we came out, the line for SDD was outside of Toy Story Land! We went for breakfast quickly, went to Lightning McQueen Academy and hopped to Epcot I really liked the experience. If my kid was a little older I think we could have done more. We went at a more relaxed pace.

 

[disneymagicgirl]

We had a fantastic time today as well. I feel like it way maybe a tad more crowded than March, but still worth it, for sure!
It was just myself and DD3 again.
We were let back at 7:25 as mentioned above. Here is our timeline as far as when we boarded each ride/met the character:

7:40 woody/bo peep
Forky-while waiting for Jesse
7:57 Jesse
8:12 SDD
8:22 TSM
8:41 SDD
8:52 SDD

At this point we could have hopped on another ride but DD3 was whining about thirst so I decided to head for the stroller and waters. We walked over to ToT and it was about 9:02 when we got there but the line was backed up all the way down the street with a BTG so we aborted the mission and went to breakfast instead.

Breakfast/potty break 9:10-9:28

At that point we headed over to the line for fancy nancy and got there about 9:30. We were first in line so dd3 got to walk back with a CM to escort fancy nancy to her area. We did the other 3 characters over there with no wait next. Then we got her face painted in the boutique next to ariel’s Show.
After that we wandered into the standby line for Disney junior and those chose dd3 to do the opening of the doors and led us a spot front and center in there.

We wandered through some shops on the way out and we’re back in our room at BWI by 11:30. Had some pool and laundry time. Now napping and maybe will hop over to MK for a few FP this evening.

I still maintain this emm is one of the best ways to spend money at wdw, if not THE best.

 

[Candycane83]

Also wanted to add a big thank you to everyone here!! You guys really helped a lot

 

[Boardgaming]

Where is breakfast for this event? Backlot Express or ABC commissary?

 

[disneymagicgirl]

Where is breakfast for this event? Backlot Express or ABC commissary?

Backlot

 

[Aj1129]

We had a fantastic time today as well. I feel like it way maybe a tad more crowded than March, but still worth it, for sure!
It was just myself and DD3 again.
We were let back at 7:25 as mentioned above. Here is our timeline as far as when we boarded each ride/met the character:

7:40 woody/bo peep
Forky-while waiting for Jesse
7:57 Jesse
8:12 SDD
8:22 TSM
8:41 SDD
8:52 SDD

At this point we could have hopped on another ride but DD3 was whining about thirst so I decided to head for the stroller and waters. We walked over to ToT and it was about 9:02 when we got there but the line was backed up all the way down the street with a BTG so we aborted the mission and went to breakfast instead.

Breakfast/potty break 9:10-9:28

At that point we headed over to the line for fancy nancy and got there about 9:30. We were first in line so dd3 got to walk back with a CM to escort fancy nancy to her area. We did the other 3 characters over there with no wait next. Then we got her face painted in the boutique next to ariel’s Show.
After that we wandered into the standby line for Disney junior and those chose dd3 to do the opening of the doors and led us a spot front and center in there.

We wandered through some shops on the way out and we’re back in our room at BWI by 11:30. Had some pool and laundry time. Now napping and maybe will hop over to MK for a few FP this evening.

I still maintain this emm is one of the best ways to spend money at wdw, if not THE best.

Thank you for your review! My DS wants to meet Fancy Nancy and Vampirina. I’m hoping to do the Lightning McQueen ride then head over to Disney Jr character meet and greets. I wasn’t sure how long the lines get there first thing in the morning so your review helped me out!

 

[ColoradoMom12]

Just a quick review, my five year old and I did take the boat this morning at around 6:50 and was inside the park by 7:10. We were directed to the breakfast area so I took a quick drink of tea for me and milk for my five year old. We went to wait and we were let in st 7:25. We took our time rode SDD with a 15min wait first. Then went to AS2 twice. Went to TSMM once then back to SDD two more times and TSMM one last time, stopped by the store. By the time we came out, the line for SDD was outside of Toy Story Land! We went for breakfast quickly, went to Lightning McQueen Academy and hopped to Epcot I really liked the experience. If my kid was a little older I think we could have done more. We went at a more relaxed pace.

Thanks for letting us know about the boat. DD and I are staying at BC in about 10 days, and I’ve been wondering how we will get to this event. The last time we did EMM in TSL was at Thanksgiving, and we encountered some very long lines for SDD. It was enough for me to rethink whether or not it was worth the expense, but even from your relaxed pace, you did more than we were able to do in November. I’m looking forward to giving EMM another try!

 

[Figment Mom]

Auuugghh! I've been trying to get an EMM ticket. Just now I finally got one to pop up instead of the "no times available" message I've been getting. But then I clicked on it and I got an error message and it's no longer available.

I got so excited for a minute. Sigh. Guess I'll keep trying.