EMH Mornings or an early breakfast?

[fightinfire21]

My plans for our trip this September are to get into a park as soon as it opens and do the morning there while it is cooler and less crowded and then take a break and switch to a park that is less crowded later in the afternoon/evening. My question is this... should I take advantage of as many EMH mornings as possible or would it be better to schedule a breakfast inside the park before it opens?

 

[Robo]

My plans for our trip this September are to get into a park as soon as it opens and do the morning there while it is cooler and less crowded and then take a break and switch to a park that is less crowded later in the afternoon/evening. My question is this... should I take advantage of as many EMH mornings as possible or would it be better to schedule a breakfast inside the park before it opens?

I vote EMH.

I love a Disney Character Breakfast (or two), but if its RIDE-TIME you want, eat a snack and do the EMH.

Now, OTOH...
In May, 2006 this was our experience:

DAK non-EMH (9am open)
Donald's Breakfastosaurus: 8am Ressie.
Enter for breakfast at 7:55am
Breakfast finished at 8:40am
CM "held" everyone at Bone-yard area (nobody allowed to go back into DAK)
At 8:55am, we were "released" to walk on past the Tarzan Rocks/Nemo Theater (still just I-beams, under construction) to the bridge where two CM's were holding a rope.

They watched across the water until they saw the hordes of folks (being led by CM's) heading towards Asia.

They speed-walked us back to EE, but the "hordes" from the front gate beat us to the standby entrance (Asia is the shorter route to EE than Dinoland).

But, one of our CM's walked OUR group directly thru the FASTPASS entrance (she told the FP CM that we were "coming through"!)

We were on the FIRST ride, in the second car of EE that day!

COOL!

Now, I don't know if this is STANDARD PROCEDURE (so don't COUNT on it to happen) but it was a PERFECT way to start our DAK day, that morning.

 

[ticktock]

fightinfire21 as a Fl. resident I have to tell you it is NOT cool in the mornings. The temp does not go down much after dark here, also when the dew point is reached early in the morning it becomes even more muggy than usual. My husband leaves for work around 4:30 and he says it's like wading through a swamp just walking through the air outside that early.

The main benefit of mornings in Fl. is your not in the direct sunlight, remember we are closer to the equator, so the sun is MUCH stronger here.


As far as morning EMHs, I like them only if you have parkhoppers. Get in at rope drop, do as many rides as possible, than go back to your room for a rest before the BIG crowds show up around 10:00 - 11:00. Have a great trip!