Should we do evening EMH in December ?

[maryj11]

How crowded are the evening EMH in December. I was thinking of going to another park then heading to the park with EMH and only go during EMH ? Would this work or is it still crowded on rides during EMH ?

 

[Robo]

How crowded are the evening EMH in December. I was thinking of going to another park then heading to the park with EMH and only go during EMH ? Would this work or is it still crowded on rides during EMH ?

Never attending EMH's because they will be too crowded
is like never eating grapes because they will be too sour.

CAN be that way.
Doesn't HAVE to be that way.

Each EMH experience can be different.

We always go to AM EMH (virtually every day of the trip
that we did not do a PM EMH late the night before)...
never ONCE regretted an AM EMH... they are amazingly
empty and easy to ride the open attractions.
If that park THEN starts to fill 2 to 3 hours later...
We're happy with "doing" that park for the day and we
can HOP elsewhere or do lunch and take a rest until
later.

PM EMH's are a mixed bag. I've been when they were
PACKED... but on other nights (sometimes within the
same trip), the crowds were basically so low that it
was like "free rides" on all the open attractions.

Generally speaking:
Expect a PM EMH which BEGINS before 10PM to be much busier than one that BEGINS much later.
Expect the FIRST 90 min. of PM EMH to be much busier than the LAST 90 min. of PM EMH.

Those who have attended PM EMH's and say that "they
are TOO CROWDED" are right... but ONLY for the nights
they may have attended.
I can say, from personal experience, that they CAN be
EMPTY, or FULL or somewhere IN-BETWEEN for attendance,
often within the same week.

We went to PM EMH at AK on a Wed night and PM EMH at MK
on a Sun night (early Spring visit.)
The EMH's were so EMPTY that we could have
stayed on many attractions and ridden around and around.
This included Splash, BTM, and Pirates (and many more) at
MK, and Exp. Everest, Kali, and Dinosaur at AK. And
the crowds during the DAY at these parks were very
LARGE... within the first hour of EMH, they simply
"evaporated."

But, it can change so much (either way), that saying
it was "like X" on a given night, can be meaningless
on another night in the same time-period. So, you
simply don't KNOW unless you go.
It's similar to saying
that you attended on a given night and it rained, so
guests should never go on that night because it will
probably be rainy.

The rule seems to be, it is far easier for guests to
STAY UP at the end of the day, than it is for them to
GET UP at the start of the day.

And, considering that EMH's are FREE to attend...
if it's too busy, just people-watch... or hit the exit.
(Where ELSE are ya gonna go at 10pm, anyway?)

But, if its not busy... you're ALL SET for EXTRA FUN!

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[somethingblue]

Well, I don't know from experience, but we are doing the PM Extra Magic Hours at Magic Kingdom on December 20th (10 PM - 1 AM) and are hoping to get some of those Fantasyland rides done while the kiddos who frequent them are sleeping! I'm thinking that by midnight or so most of the crowds should have thinned out.

 

[WEDWDW]

Well, I don't know from experience, but we are doing the PM Extra Magic Hours at Magic Kingdom on December 20th (10 PM - 1 AM) and are hoping to get some of those Fantasyland rides done while the kiddos who frequent them are sleeping! I'm thinking that by midnight or so most of the crowds should have thinned out.

Yes,in my experience the Midnight to 1:00 AM hour will produce "manageable" crowds in Fantasyland,but you will stiill be AMAZED at the number of young children going full speed at 1:00 AM!