Frozen Ride - When will it open? (Time of day)

[akfan513]

Anyone want to take a guess as to whether it will open early on EMH mornings?

 

[HopperFan]

Typical Disney = 11:00 am for "regular guests" and 9:00 am for guests paying $69 for early entry and some School Bread.

Half of me is being a tongue in cheek cynic and the other half of me believes that the Early Morning Cupcake Hour in FL was a "test" to see what they could get away with in Froway.

Have said several times since they announced these After Hours events at MK that they are just practice runs. The real paycheck is to set these up for Frozenland, Avatarland, Toy Story Land and Star Wars land. They will be SOLD OUT.

But I do think to avoid the complete chaos that is about to happen they will open Frozenland at 9 and find a way to offer pre-park package prior. The girls stay to midnight at MK and since that is not needed in Epcot, they could start working at 8 am without issues.

 

[mom2rtk]

Have said several times since they announced these After Hours events at MK that they are just practice runs. The real paycheck is to set these up for Frozenland, Avatarland, Toy Story Land and Star Wars land. They will be SOLD OUT.

But I do think to avoid the complete chaos that is about to happen they will open Frozenland at 9 and find a way to offer pre-park package prior. The girls stay to midnight at MK and since that is not needed in Epcot, they could start working at 8 am without issues.

I think so too. But I think it will be prior to 9 AM or after park close.

 

[JimmyV]

I think so too. But I think it will be prior to 9 AM or after park close.

However, if they made the "early entry" at 9:00 (instead of earlier), they could charge a lot more and sell a lot more. A 7:00 (or even 8:00) start time will always be a barrier for a lot of people who are on vacation. But 9:00? Instant sell-out. And they could gather in all that money without disrupting "normal" operating hours. A 9:00 start to the special event just makes too much sense. But I guess I could certainly see 8:00 as well. So maybe 8:00-9:30 for early entry and 9:30 for everyone else? Either way, I think we are going to see an Early Morning School Bread Magic Hour. Every day.

 

[Accident]

I would be really surprised if it did open before world showcase at 11am. They are out and doing cleanup work and stuff back there. Malestrom had huge lines after frozen came out and that didn't change anything.. it would cost more to get world showcase ready for visitors earlier and they aren't going to let people walk past stores unopened and not able to sell you things...

now will world showcase change it's hours? that should be interesting

my guess.. for only 19.99.995, you and your family can have 2 hours with anna and elsa, dry ceral breakfast and be in norway long before everyone else!!!

 

[mom2rtk]

However, if they made the "early entry" at 9:00 (instead of earlier), they could charge a lot more and sell a lot more. A 7:00 (or even 8:00) start time will always be a barrier for a lot of people who are on vacation. But 9:00? Instant sell-out. And they could gather in all that money without disrupting "normal" operating hours. A 9:00 start to the special event just makes too much sense. But I guess I could certainly see 8:00 as well. So maybe 8:00-9:30 for early entry and 9:30 for everyone else? Either way, I think we are going to see an Early Morning School Bread Magic Hour. Every day.

While I agree with that, I still think Disney faces a huge PR backlash if they are able to open early for a paid event, but apparently not able to open early for regular (paying) guests at that time. I don't have a lot of faith lately in Disney doing the right thing when it comes to upsell events, but I still think they won't do that.

 

[gatorskin76]

I would be really surprised if it did open before world showcase at 11am. They are out and doing cleanup work and stuff back there. Malestrom had huge lines after frozen came out and that didn't change anything.. it would cost more to get world showcase ready for visitors earlier and they aren't going to let people walk past stores unopened and not able to sell you things...

now will world showcase change it's hours? that should be interesting

my guess.. for only 19.99.995, you and your family can have 2 hours with anna and elsa, dry ceral breakfast and be in norway long before everyone else!!!

I am not sure how it would much different than the people that head to Norway for Akershus.