PPO at BOG on EMM Morning Question

[dstdis]

So for my upcoming trip in May, I schedule a PPO ADR for Be Our Guest before I realized it was a EMM morning (actually didn't even realize that was a thing at the time). My question is if they will let me wander the area after breakfast before the park opens? The original plan was to hit the rides early, but I'm flying solo and I have a FP for 7DMT later in the day anyway so it's not a big deal to skip the bigger rides until later. But what would be nice is an opportunity to play with my new camera taking photos of the area while the crowds are super low. Will they let me wander after breakfast or do they generally keep BOG people near the restaurant?

 

[jhoannam]

I believe the still keep the lands roped off until official open time.

 

[sharonabe]

But what would be nice is an opportunity to play with my new camera taking photos of the area while the crowds are super low. Will they let me wander after breakfast or do they generally keep BOG people near the restaurant?

You should be able to wander around that part of Fantasyland and around the Peter Pan area. They will have ropes keeping you from getting to Tomorrowland and Liberty Square, but I think the majority of FL is open to you.

 

[jsmla]

I've done this and was allowed onto Small World (but not any of the EMM attractions) which had opened early for some reason.

 

[disneyvoice]

The two times we have done EMM they have let BoG PPO breakfast folks walk around, although most didn't walk around and instead got in line for 7DMT (prior to rope drop the BoG folks were allowed to get in the stand-by line while the EMM folks used the FP line). It's a great time to use your camera!! I also bring my nice camera with me to WDW and I took a lot of great pictures during EMM. There are so few people in Fantasyland that I was able to get almost all of my shots without anyone in the picture.

 

[dstdis]

You should be able to wander around that part of Fantasyland and around the Peter Pan area. They will have ropes keeping you from getting to Tomorrowland and Liberty Square, but I think the majority of FL is open to you.

The two times we have done EMM they have let BoG PPO breakfast folks walk around, although most didn't walk around and instead got in line for 7DMT (prior to rope drop the BoG folks were allowed to get in the stand-by line while the EMM folks used the FP line). It's a great time to use your camera!! I also bring my nice camera with me to WDW and I took a lot of great pictures during EMM. There are so few people in Fantasyland that I was able to get almost all of my shots without anyone in the picture.

Thank you! I'm fairly local and finally bought an AP again after a couple of years break from the parks, so the rides aren't a big deal to me. But in the past I've tended to avoid Fantasyland entirely during the day because of the crowds, mostly spending my time there in the evening hours. And while Fantasyland is gorgeous at night, it'd be nice to be able to just take in some of the details that get overlooked in the nighttime before the crowds sweep in.

 

[NashvilleMama]

yep, we did EMM last week and you can wander around most of Fantasyland but that was it. Everything else was roped off.