TeddiBarra
Mouseketeer
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- Mar 24, 2011
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Fair enough. And whether or not it works out or not for everyone to be able to enter early, DH & I will be doing it. Not entirely sure I want to deal with the meeting up part of it all anyhow. I'd love to do Carsland with my kids, but it's also wonderful going with just two adults.
Actually the tickets aren't purchased yet. And I won't be the one paying for them, my parents will be. And getting into Carsland and having a decent chance at being able to do the stuff there, like everyone else wants to, is why they are buying 3 days tickets, even though I could knock that down in price for them for my kids to 2 days, as I have some day tickets. And so, IF the Magic Morning is actually being extended to 3 day hopper ticket holders in reality, then yes they are being bought for that purpose. We will probably wait a few weeks before buying. So if that policy should officially change at some point, or be officially clarified at some point then folks would be buying the MM for all it could be used for. And if they have a sign up that says "Magic Mornig" at DCA and people are using it, then in fact the parks ARE saying it! Like I said, I'll continue to see what happens and pass it along to the ticket buyers. Any and all parts of MM/EMH are all subject to "availability" and are ALL not guaranteed, anyway.
I did mention staying onsite my parents. In fact I even pointed out that they could book a room onsite at the Paradise Pier vs where they are booked at now, save $ on the three kids they would only need 2 day tickets for AND COME out ahead, but they can be stubborn
Never said anyone felt entitled, yet, my parents have been doing trips for years where they take the grandkids. By no means do I think that every APer should feel "entitled" to early entry. It was a little bit of a bummer when we had APs in the past and couldn't do the E/E, though we DID stay on site once during that time to be able to get the "perks". They are PAP holders, and so they buy 3 day hoppers (don't think they've ever done longer than 3 days) so they can take their grandkids (usually 5 of them).
Most of the time they don't get up early enough to use the MM at all, but they were let in 15 minutes early in December when they went with us, they briefly asked and the CM has zero problem with it. I'm not sure I would feel "entitled" if was in their shoes, but if I was, and I had done what they did (they took basically all their kids and grandkids to disneyland. most of us live in San Fran/NorCal area, but they did fly my sister and her two kids in from Michigan) I quite HONESTLY would have had no qualms ASKING if I could enter early with the rest of my family on one day a year that we had paid for and booked the entire trip for our 25th anniversary trip and between our passes and everyone else's tickets I had paid like $2500 in tickets? YEP I would ask. Like, when we celebrated my girls 5th birthdays and our 10th anniversary and we asked for "special treatment" by having a waterside table. Would I pout if told no, or have a hissy? Nope. But ask? Yes, I would.
Come on now, Disneyland IS pay to play, let's not pretend it isn't. Want early entry any day of the week to DL/DCA? Book a meal at Minnie's or Ariels. Want FOTL access? Plunk down your $300 hr for a VIP tour. There really is NOTHING wrong with ASKING for something special at Disneyland, not that I think everyone should all the time. What about folks who ask to ride the Lily Belle? Is it any different.
And I'm not so sure it's wrong for adults taking minor children to the parks to ASK if they can go in early since the kids can't (shouldn't) go without the adults and the kids admission was paid for with that perk sold. I don't think there is a moral wrong, nor a sense of entitlement to ASK.
So IF they are saying MM at DCA is valid for hopper ticket holders, and since they've advertised it as a perk to me, and since my parents registered for the AP-EE, maybe we'll just ASK if they can forfeit their vouchers for that particular day and ASK if they can go in with everyone else, if not, oh well.
Not trying to break the rules here, in fact not trying to, but I will work with what Disney is offering.
For some reason she can never keep track of a room key so I usually don't get her one....and she's 19 so it's not like she is a child. 
Long lines @ the gates next to those gates for the unwashed masses and long lines to get into DCA. 
. But they closed the gates of course. 
