How early can I park at Epcot?

[DisneyLover216]

We want to park at Epcot and take the monorail to Magic Kingdom for an 8:15am ADR at Crystal Palace. We will spend some time at MK and then take the monorail back to EP for the remainder of the day. It will not be an EMH day at Epcot. How early can we get access to the parking lot?

Thanks.

 

[figment_jii]

We want to park at Epcot and take the monorail to Magic Kingdom for an 8:15am ADR at Crystal Palace. We will spend some time at MK and then take the monorail back to EP for the remainder of the day. It will not be an EMH day at Epcot. How early can we get access to the parking lot?

I think your bigger issue might be whether the monorail will be running early enough. I thought the monorail only runs from one hour prior to park opening until one hour after park closing. Epcot generally opens at 9:00 am, so then the monorail will start at 8:00 am. That won't leave you enough time to get to MK for your ADR.

In terms of the parking lot, I figure they have to open early enough to allow the guests with 8:00 am ADR at Akershus to park and get to the venue.

 

[DisneyLover216]

I think your bigger issue might be whether the monorail will be running early enough. I thought the monorail only runs from one hour prior to park opening until one hour after park closing. Epcot generally opens at 9:00 am, so then the monorail will start at 8:00 am. That won't leave you enough time to get to MK for your ADR.

In terms of the parking lot, I figure they have to open early enough to allow the guests with 8:00 am ADR at Akershus to park and get to the venue.

Thanks, Figment! That's a good point. We may just have to take the bus to MK and leave the car parked that day.