EMH - How do they work EXACTLY?

[DizFan101]

Okay, I've been going to WDW since 2005 and should know this but the calendars on Disneyworld.com is throwing me off - confusing me. :

What is throwing me off is
November 14 - Animal Kingdom is open early morning and MK is open late

Now is the EMH supposed to be
that Per day is one park open early and another prk open late?
or is it per day is one park open early OR late?

because if it is BOTH i don't see any other park open the rest of the days late
other then the 14th (and 13th for DHS)

 

[glaserjm]

There will be one park open early and one open late, not every park participates in EMH everyday, it's a rotating schedule. But on a week long trip, you should get to experience an EMH for every park (although AK doesn't have night EMH that I'm aware of)

 

[It'sWDW4me]

Okay, I've been going to WDW since 2005 and should know this but the calendars on Disneyworld.com is throwing me off - confusing me. :

What is throwing me off is
November 14 - Animal Kingdom is open early morning and MK is open late

Now is the EMH supposed to be
that Per day is one park open early and another prk open late?
or is it per day is one park open early OR late?

because if it is BOTH i don't see any other park open the rest of the days late
other then the 14th (and 13th for DHS)

Every day at least one park has AM EMH or PM EMH. Sometimes only one park will open early. Sometimes only one park will stay open late. Sometimes one park will open early AND one park will stay open late.

The open AND late scenario happens a lot during peak times (summer especially).

 

[Raenstoirm]

There are 3 pm emhs and 5 am emhs each week during regular crowds. I looked at your week, the same thing applies.

 

[DizFan101]

Thanks for all your help.
I now understand everything again.

 

[skier_pete]

-Usually one park is either open late or early each day.
-Usually each park is open early one day each week, and open late one day each week.
-DAK is the exception, because they eliminated the evening EMH, but is now usually open early 2 days instead.
-Because there are a minimum of 8 EMH per week (one early, one late for each park, but 2 early for DAK) there is always at least ONE day each week where TWO parks have EMH. In the case of November 14th, it is DAK and MK. That's the only day that week - I know this because it is my week too!).

We will be at Epcot that day, as we mostly avoid EMH. (We'd rather be in the parks shorter times with smaller crowds, and we don't hop.)

 

[DizFan101]

There are 3 pm emhs and 5 am emhs each week during regular crowds. I looked at your week, the same thing applies.

i saw that too but i think one of the pm is on friday and i wont be there for that since i leave friday night.

i am not a fan of early morning hours because
a.) Everything Pop Food court is packed w/ families going to the Early Magic Hour
b.) The buses are filled GOING to the park

The late nights work better for us because usually familise w/ small kids end up leaving early anyway.
and you don't have a HUGE line trying to get in to the park because usually people will be already there. lol.
we haven't done a full EMH night since 2005/06. we stay extra to do our favorite rides and then leave. lol.

 

[Raenstoirm]

The late nights work better for us because usually familise w/ small kids end up leaving early anyway.

This is us too. We wait till the emh calendar comes out for our month before we book each year, just so we can stay in the parks till midnight each night. The fall is easy because of MNSSHP.