Early Admission (MM/EMH/APEE) Super Thread

[Gina]

I hate to sound like a complete idiot... but if someone can help me out here, I would love you until the end of time. I have read the main posts in the sticky, pored over the last few pages (which have just confused me more), and studied this whole thing more than I think I ever studied for my degree.

It's so simple at WDW -- you stay onsite, you get to go to EMH. Period. But with DLR, you have the relatively few onsite guests getting to do this, and people with multi-day tickets getting to do that, and Magic Mornings, and something about Mickey's something-or-another, and schedules that seem to be changing daily.

We're going to be there for our first trip from Friday, October 5th to Monday, October 8th, and have 4-day hoppers. Can someone pretty pretty please just tell me which parks we'll be able to get into early on which days? I had it planned out as just being able to get into DL early for one day with our hoppers. Is that still correct?

Thank you for any guidance you can offer this very planned-out DLR newb!!

 

[RebeccaMcK]

I hate to sound like a complete idiot... but if someone can help me out here, I would love you until the end of time. I have read the main posts in the sticky, pored over the last few pages (which have just confused me more), and studied this whole thing more than I think I ever studied for my degree.

It's so simple at WDW -- you stay onsite, you get to go to EMH. Period. But with DLR, you have the relatively few onsite guests getting to do this, and people with multi-day tickets getting to do that, and Magic Mornings, and something about Mickey's something-or-another, and schedules that seem to be changing daily.

We're going to be there for our first trip from Friday, October 5th to Monday, October 8th, and have 4-day hoppers. Can someone pretty pretty please just tell me which parks we'll be able to get into early on which days? I had it planned out as just being able to get into DL early for one day with our hoppers. Is that still correct?

Thank you for any guidance you can offer this very planned-out DLR newb!!

Gina, are you staying on site or at one of the "neighbor" hotels? If you are, and someone here will correct me if I'm wrong, then your early admission hour days for Disneyland are any day starting with S or T (Sat., Sun., Tues. and Thurs.) and for DCA the other days (Mon., Wed., and Fri.). If you're not staying on site, I think it'll be different (maybe early admission not allowed every day)....someone else please clarify that? Also, it sounds weird to me that DL would have early admission on both Saturday and Sunday, so someone please say if that's wrong please.

 

[Gina]

Gina, are you staying on site or at one of the "neighbor" hotels? If you are, and someone here will correct me if I'm wrong, then your early admission hour days for Disneyland are any day starting with S or T (Sat., Sun., Tues. and Thurs.) and for DCA the other days (Mon., Wed., and Fri.). If you're not staying on site, I think it'll be different (maybe early admission not allowed every day)....someone else please clarify that? Also, it sounds weird to me that DL would have early admission on both Saturday and Sunday, so someone please say if that's wrong please.

We'll be at one of the non-Disney hotels. Sorry, I should have clarified that!

 

[Blue32]

We'll be at one of the non-Disney hotels. Sorry, I should have clarified that!

Gina, Sunday is switching to an EE day for DCA so you will have access to one Magic Morning at DL park on Sat. during your trip.

 

[HydroGuy]

I hate to sound like a complete idiot... but if someone can help me out here, I would love you until the end of time. I have read the main posts in the sticky, pored over the last few pages (which have just confused me more), and studied this whole thing more than I think I ever studied for my degree.

It's so simple at WDW -- you stay onsite, you get to go to EMH. Period. But with DLR, you have the relatively few onsite guests getting to do this, and people with multi-day tickets getting to do that, and Magic Mornings, and something about Mickey's something-or-another, and schedules that seem to be changing daily.

We're going to be there for our first trip from Friday, October 5th to Monday, October 8th, and have 4-day hoppers. Can someone pretty pretty please just tell me which parks we'll be able to get into early on which days? I had it planned out as just being able to get into DL early for one day with our hoppers. Is that still correct?

Thank you for any guidance you can offer this very planned-out DLR newb!!

It's so simple at WDW? Really? After you choose which park you want to visit 6 months in advance so you can get EMH? It really is a matter of comfort and perspective. And in fairness you are coming to DLR in a time of huge transition for the DCA park which has led to a lot of shifting rules in recent months.

Best info now is Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri is EMH at DCA only for hotel guests. There are rumors that PH tix may be able to use their one MM at DCA. But that is uncomfirmed and we may not know for sure until Sept 30 when the rules change. Again.

DL EMH and MM is on Tue/Thu/Sat. So as the PP said you can use your MM at DL on Wed. If the rumor about DCA MM turns out to be true then you will have three days to choose from to use your MM.

As explained in the OP, PH tix have nothing to do with Mickey's Toontown Morning Madness.

Good luck!

 

[Blue32]

It's so simple at WDW? Really? After you choose which park you want to visit 6 months in advance so you can get EMH? It really is a matter of comfort and perspective. And in fairness you are coming to DLR in a time of huge transition for the DCA park which has led to a lot of shifting rules in recent months.

Best info now is Sun/Mon/Wed/Fri is EMH at DCA only for hotel guests. There are rumors that PH tix may be able to use their one MM at DCA. But that is uncomfirmed and we may not know for sure until Sept 30 when the rules change. Again.

DL EMH and MM is on Tue/Thu/Sat. So as the PP said you can use your MM at DL on Wed. If the rumor about DCA MM turns out to be true then you will have three days to choose from to use your MM.

As explained in the OP, PH tix have nothing to do with Mickey's Toontown Morning Madness.

Good luck!

..... but I think he meant Saturday to use your MM.

 

[HydroGuy]

..... but I think he meant Saturday to use your MM.

Ooops, I read the PP is arriving on a Monday for four days, but it looks like they are leaving on a Monday after four days. So, there you go. Saturday! Thanks!

 

[mysteriouspnai]

DBF and I got our APs just recently and activated them on our last trip in mid-August. We're leaving tomorrow for another trip, but we just found out that even if we had tried to register three days in advance of our trip, we wouldn't have been able to because AP early entry registration has closed. According to someone posting on Disneyland's AP facebook, it's been closed since September 4th (possibly earlier, I couldn't find anything about it prior to then). It's unfortunate because it looks like we won't be able to take advantage of APEE at all, despite getting them activated before the promotion ends.

 

[DLR29]

Totally reupdated the whole OP. Got rid of the confusing APEE stuff and added the fact that MM will not be offered on Sundays beginning 10/2/12.

 

[mommy2mrb]

Totally reupdated the whole OP. Got rid of the confusing APEE stuff and added the fact that MM will not be offered on Sundays beginning 10/2/12.

thanks for keeping this all updated for us

 

[HydroGuy]

Totally reupdated the whole OP. Got rid of the confusing APEE stuff and added the fact that MM will not be offered on Sundays beginning 10/2/12.

Just so you are aware, the DLR calendar shows EMH at DCA (not DL) on Sunday Sept 30, Oct 7, 14 and 21.

 

[ValpoCory]

Totally reupdated the whole OP. Got rid of the confusing APEE stuff and added the fact that MM will not be offered on Sundays beginning 10/2/12.

Thanks. Technically, MM will not be offered on Sundays beginning 9/30/12.

 

[DLR29]

Just so you are aware, the DLR calendar shows EMH at DCA (not DL) on Sunday Sept 30, Oct 7, 14 and 21.

Blah. I wish there was some consistency...

 

[mrsw94]

Just so you are aware, the DLR calendar shows EMH at DCA (not DL) on Sunday Sept 30, Oct 7, 14 and 21.

I know that Sunday Oct. 14th is the CHOC Walk so DL is open later. I assumed they move EMH to DCA for that morning because of it, but I guess I might be wrong!

 

[perlster]

not

FYI, the hours for Sunday, October 28 are up on the Disneyland calendar and again list "early admission" at DCAP, once again directly contradicting the information at http://disneyland.disney.go.com/calendar/early-admission/

About a week ago, I sent this message to Disney about this Sundays discrepancy.:

According to http://disneyland.disney.go.com/calendar/early-admission/
"After September 29, Extra Magic Hour will be available every day,
during a hotel stay, according to this schedule: Disneyland Park on
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and Disney California Adventure
Park on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."

This is directly contradicted by the park hours listed for the first 3
Sundays of October, where early admission is listed at Disney
California Adventure Park .


I finally received a reply.

Magic Morning is early entry to each park one hour before they open to
the public. Each park has different days of the week in which they can
be entered. Disneyland is Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday and
California Adventure is Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. If you are a
Hotel Guest, you are entitled to every magic morning that you are here.



Where to begin?

First, notice the use of the term "Magic Morning" which only applies to ticket holders, not hotel guests. Next, according to what Disney has posted on its own web site, "Magic Morning" will no longer be offered on Sunday starting September 30. Third, let us be generous and assume that "Extra Magic Hour" was actually meant when "Magic Morning" was used in the reply. If so, it simply repeats what has been posted about early admission on the Disneyland web site, but the blatant contradiction with the Disneyland calendar is completely ignored.

 

[deanimal]

That's exactly what I've been trying to point out for weeks. The reason I noticed it the day the change came out is that we are arriving for three days starting Sun, Sept 30. I had booked Sat and Sun at the BWPPI, then Monday at DLH with the plan of using my MM on Sunday, then checking in early and using my EMH on Monday and Tuesday, then leaving Tuesday night. Now the only day I could use my MM is Tuesday, which I'm getting with EMH anyway! So not impressed with the change. They basically sold me a 3 day park hopper with 4 MM days on it, then took one away a few weeks before my trip.

And now to top it off, they still don't have current info on the website. I'm wondering how many people will show up that first Sunday at DL to use their MM and only find out then that they can't use it.

 

[GrandBob]

According to http://disneyland.disney.go.com/calendar/early-admission/
"After September 29, Extra Magic Hour will be available every day,
during a hotel stay, according to this schedule: Disneyland Park on
Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and Disney California Adventure
Park on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday."
This is directly contradicted by the park hours listed for the first 3
Sundays of October, where early admission is listed at Disney
California Adventure Park .

Looks like they fixed the page. It now says:

"Starting September 30, registered Resort hotel Guests will have Extra Magic Hour access to one park according to the early admission schedule.

To see the early admission hours at each park, please check the Park Hours and Schedule."

And then later, it now correctly identifies Magic Morning days:

"Magic Mornings at Disneyland Park are available during these select days:

• Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday through September 29, 2012

• Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday beginning October 2, 2012"

-Bob

 

[deanimal]

But, the ticket page still says this at the bottom. If I was only buying park hoppers and not staying onsite, this is the only information I would see!



* Magic Morning early entry allows admission into selected attractions at Disneyland Park before the Park opens to the public on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday.

 

[DLR29]

Looks like they fixed the page. It now says:

"Starting September 30, registered Resort hotel Guests will have Extra Magic Hour access to one park according to the early admission schedule.

To see the early admission hours at each park, please check the Park Hours and Schedule."

And then later, it now correctly identifies Magic Morning days:

"Magic Mornings at Disneyland Park are available during these select days:

• Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday through September 29, 2012

• Tuesday, Thursday or Saturday beginning October 2, 2012"

-Bob

This is not the information in controversy. Further down the page it says: "After September 29, Extra Magic Hour will be available every day, during a hotel stay, according to this schedule: Disneyland Park on Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, and Disney California Adventure Park on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday." However according to the online calendar, EMH on Sunday is at DCA, not DL.

 

[CrazyDuck]

So can you summarize for me who has access to which parks on which days? This is all too confusing! Which days can hotel guests access which parks early and which days can non-hotel guests access which parks early? are non hotel guests still limited to the 1 early entry with a >3 day ticket? can DLR hotel guests still access all the early entry days at both parks?