How to anticipate EMHs?

[AuntieKels]

When we visit Disneyland we always plan our days by the EMH schedule. Since the park calendar wont be published until after our ADR day how can we anticipate which parks we'll want to start our day in? I tried looking at the weeks just before that are currently published but it doesn't look like WDW consistently has the same EMH for each park every week.

Maybe it isn't the best idea to plan on visiting the park with EMH every morning at WDW?

Any tips?

Thanks!

 

[SaintsManiac]

I look at historical calendars on Touring Plans.

 

[AuntieKels]

I look at historical calendars on Touring Plans.

Can I see that without paying for a subscription?

 

[Robo]

Can I see that without paying for a subscription?

There are a lot historical calendars on line.
The ones below are from the very site on which we are posting.

Here's 2016-



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/jan16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/feb16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/march16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/april16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/may16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/june16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/july16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/august16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/september16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/october16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/november16.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/december16.cfm









Here's 2017-



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/january17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/february17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/march17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/april17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/may17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/june17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/july17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/august17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/september17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/october17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/november17.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/december17.cfm





Here's 2018-



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/january18.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/february18.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/march18.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/april18.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/may18.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/june18.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/july18.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/august18.cfm



http://www.wdwinfo.com/wdwinfo/hours/september18.cfm

 

[Robo]

Maybe it isn't the best idea to plan on visiting the park with EMH every morning at WDW?

Some don't recommend visiting AM EMH. Some do.

My wife and I love the morning EMH's.



We go nearly every morning when there is one

available.

We used to go to "EE" (early entry) back before EMH

was started.



But, she always warns me to NOT TELL EVERYONE about how

fun and easy the AM EMH's are, because then the early

parks will be too BUSY for us to enjoy.



But, I always tell HER not to worry.



Most folks simply will NOT get up early on vacation!

Nothing will change their minds.



So I am here to say,

"THANK YOU" to all of the sleepy-heads...

They make my AM EMH's about the best, most private and

carefree times we ever have at the parks!



And I know I won't be seeing them coming in until,

oh, 10:30-11:00am, when I'm on my way Park-Hopping OUT of that park!

 

[AuntieKels]

@Robo It sounds like we have a similar park visiting strategy! We have lunch around 11 and head back to the hotel right after. In the afternoon we usually visit a non-EMH park

 

[SaintsManiac]

My favorite parks to do AM EMH are AK and MK. I think you really get the best bang for your buck there.

 

[GADisneyDad14]

When we visit Disneyland we always plan our days by the EMH schedule. Since the park calendar wont be published until after our ADR day how can we anticipate which parks we'll want to start our day in? I tried looking at the weeks just before that are currently published but it doesn't look like WDW consistently has the same EMH for each park every week.

Maybe it isn't the best idea to plan on visiting the park with EMH every morning at WDW?

Any tips?

Thanks!

This isn't 100% reliable since they can mix up things in any given week... but there are some more-or-less 'normal' EMH days of the week at each park that are 'usually' on the schedule...

MK AM - Fridays
MK PM - Wednesdays

Epcot AM - Thursdays
Epcot PM - Tuesdays

DHS AM - Sundays
DHS PM - Pretty much N/A but they've done 'a few' here and there since TSL opened

AK AM - Saturdays & Mondays
AK PM - N/A

Repeating my disclaimer... you can't always rely on these patterns and it won't apply to major holiday weeks, weekends, etc, where they may tinker or add EMHs. And you never quite know when they'll do random things like the nearly 2 straight months of AK AM EMHs we saw in May-June (just as an example). But for ROUGH planning purposes this kind of works.