Pre-park opening ADR Question

[DisneyBride2014]

Hi! I have a few questions about pre-park opening ADRs at Magic Kingdom. We have reservations for December 13th at 825am at Crystal Palace (9am park opening day). I did some searching and saw that people with 8:05 and 8:15 reservations are let in as early as 745. Would the same apply for 8:25 or do they stagger groups by reservation time? Should i show up at 745 as well?

Also, we will be staying at the Polynesian Villas. As of right now it looks like i would still be able to hop on the resort monorail as the refurbishment hours do not currently seem to affect Sundays. It seems like the refurb ending date is still TBD but is listed as December so i know the start dates each day could easily change between now and December. If the monorail schedule changes what would be the next easiest way to get there? I don't think boats and ferry would be running that early. Would we just walk to the Ticket and transportation center and take a tram over? Thanks in advance!

 

[nkereina]

Last time we did a pre-park opening ADR at MK, there was a sizeable line of people waiting to get let in to ADRs. Around 7:55, they let those people in and no one verified times. I suspect the process is the same, so you'd be let in that early as well if you're there. Only Main St and the Hub are open though, all the lands are roped off.

 

[cigar95]

Also be aware that at park opening, the seatings are not strictly by reservation times. They just want to get people seated and the characters and food flowing. So if you check in early, you might be seated by 0810.
The flip side of this is that those with 0805 and 0810 reservations can't take their time getting checked in, or they may be seated later than they want.

 

[Betty Rohrer]

not that this was asked but be aware that park opening can be move earlier like 8 instead of 9. know this happens a lot in Dec.

 

[ZoZo]

not that this was asked but be aware that park opening can be move earlier like 8 instead of 9. know this happens a lot in Dec.

That's what I wanted to point out - I sometimes see posts where people have made 8:00 am "pre-rope-drop" ADRs, only to be extremely disappointed when WDW changes park opening to 8:00, often without much advance notice. Just be aware that this might happen.

 

[DisneyBride2014]

Thanks everyone for the information. Its a MVMCP night so I'm hoping (fingers crossed) that they wont do any EMH that day but i will keep an eye on it.

 

[BRERALEX]

I have a pre-park opening ADR for 8:05 (MK opening at 9) and I am staying at CSR. What time do the buses start running or should we drive to MK? Thanks!