I don't think that Disney has decided if they are going to make the 8:30 permanently 7:45. We just booked the Wonder for July 2003 and the rep said that currently the time is 8:30 but that may change. If it does, Disney will notify us. We were on the 7 day this past July and it was 8:30, but some cruises after ours had the trial time of 7:45.