What do you think about the Early Morning Magic Fantasyland ?

[Mikie]

I guess it depends on when you get up.

Lol. I don't think they meant that 8:30 is too early an hour in the day, but that it squanders the exclusive time.

 

[Hezzy04]

I was actually shocked that they let in the rope drop crowd by 8:45 today! Was fully expecting them to make us wait until 9:00 bc of the morning event!

 

[Mikie]

I was actually shocked that they let in the rope drop crowd by 8:45 today! Was fully expecting them to make us wait until 9:00 bc of the morning event!

I would have been afraid the event guests would have felt they were rushed, or the regular guests would be upset if made to wait, but it sounds like it worked out just right today!

 

[Ametista]

Seems absurdly expensive for an hour extra. Or did I not understand what it was saying in MDE?

 

[Ametista]

Is the breakfast part of the $69 ticket?

Pretty stupid and overpriced. I'd be interested if it was way more rides operating (3 rides....really?), and at about $20-$30 a person (all you can eat breakfast included).

I think you waste your "extra" time eating a buffet of Mickey waffles and Mickey Mac n' Cheese.

 

[serenitynow]

Lol. I don't think they meant that 8:30 is too early an hour in the day, but that it squanders the exclusive time.

On the other hand, if you do breakfast at 8:30, you will have everything done in Fanasyland by rope drop and you can mosey over to Either Tomorrowland or Frontierland and get those "mountain rides" done with very little waiting. If you wait until 9:30, you have to double back to Fantasyland if you are already done riding the crowded rides there and wait in longer lines at the mountain rides. So I am not sure what the ideal time to eat is, maybe a quick snack at 8:30 for fuel and a real breakfast at 9:45?

 

[TJDisneymama]

I think it's a good idea but for $69, I'd want more than 3 rides, esp. since we never go on Pooh anyways. If they add 2 more attractions, I'm in. Until then, no.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Thanks for linking them. When I looked earlier, their wrote-ups weren't done yet.
Pretty funny that Josh and his commenters think eating at 8:30 is pretty insane, but Kenny ate then and thinks it was a good idea.

Additional now.....

http://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/disney-world-early-morning-magic-fantasyland-review-is-it-worth-it/

 

[Mikie]

On the other hand, if you do breakfast at 8:30, you will have everything done in Fanasyland by rope drop and you can mosey over to Either Tomorrowland or Frontierland and get those "mountain rides" done with very little waiting. If you wait until 9:30, you have to double back to Fantasyland if you are already done riding the crowded rides there and wait in longer lines at the mountain rides. So I am not sure what the ideal time to eat is, maybe a quick snack at 8:30 for fuel and a real breakfast at 9:45?

Agree. My gut reaction is that you wouldn't want to waste any of your exclusive time on eating. BUT thinking of your whole day as a competition for the limited resource of rides: perhaps you'd do better to eat early, when there's little competition (lines) for the buffet or tables to sit, then still get in at least 45 min of exclusive ride time, then you're best positioned to hit other attractions at 9:00 when you're competing with the whole rope drop crowd and you've got a slight edge. Maybe if you do tomorrowland at RD, then pass back through fantasyland for another go at the buffet on your way to your first fastpasses in frontierland you've made an efficient path. . .

 

[redsbe]

I can not help thinking that someday we will look back at this start to Early Morning Magic at Fantasyland as to how it was once just a nice and quiet event with small crowds and no lines

 

[jbish]

I can not help thinking that someday we will look back at this start to Early Morning Magic at Fantasyland as to how it was once just a nice and quiet event with small crowds and no lines

Those were the days......

 

[Dan Murphy]

Maybe if you do tomorrowland at RD, then pass back through fantasyland for another go at the buffet on your way to your first fastpasses

How long is the buffet available?

 

[Mikie]

How long is the buffet available?

They said 10, but I'm guessing you can't walk in and expect to eat at 9:59:59

 

[redsbe]

Makes me think back to what the early special evening party events may have been like and what they are now. Given current focus of Disney Corp. for profit over quality, and cost costing, what makes anyone think WDW will not expand number of tickets and types of these events, when they see large enough demand for people to pay extra for a few rides and food during a 1hr 45 minute exclusive event? If some people are willing to pay $60-70 to ride 7DMM, PP and Pooh multiple times in an hour, what stops WDW from considering how else to charge for such limited selective access?

 

[serenitynow]

But if you are in line at 9:59:59, do they have to let you eat?

 

[Mikie]

Makes me think back to what the early special evening party events may have been like and what they are now. Given current focus of Disney Corp. for profit over quality, and cost costing, what makes anyone think WDW will not expand number of tickets and types of these events, when they see large enough demand for people to pay extra for a few rides and food during a 1hr 45 minute exclusive event? If some people are willing to pay $60-70 to ride 7DMM, PP and Pooh multiple times in an hour, what stops WDW from considering how else to charge for such limited selective access?

Nothing at all to stop them. I could easily see this as the beginning of Attraction Meals (phrase stolen from other DIS posters on other threads) similar to Character Meals. In Epcot, set up a buffet somewhere and let people do Frozen ride, meet the princesses, Mexico ride. Frontierland Attraction meal with buffet, Splash, Big Thunder and Haunted Mansion. They could even be the same days as the fantasyland breakfast a purple band for one land, yellow for another. Not saying I love it, but I could see them liking the idea of included base hours and monetizing all early and late offerings.

 

[maxiesmom]

I was actually shocked that they let in the rope drop crowd by 8:45 today! Was fully expecting them to make us wait until 9:00 bc of the morning event!

Nope. Reports are they will let the early morning crowd in at 7:45, so they still get the full hour of an empty park.

 

[Delirium]

I know yesterday's event got glowing reviews, but I still don't see the cost/benefit, especially for a family of 4 or more. Is riding Mine Train 6 times in a row in 30 minutes really more fulfilling than riding it twice over the course of a multi-day stay (assumption based on most families hitting MK at least twice if trip is 4 or more days)? For Peter Pan, I guess there is some value in getting to see the stuff in the queue that you don't get to see with a FP, but it's still not value for the cost. As far as Pooh, I have to think that a decent percentage of the Pooh rider profile is not even big enough to ride Mine Train, which further dilutes the value.

 

[serenitynow]

All the promotional materials for the event say exclusive access until "approximately 9:00 am"

 

[Dan Murphy]

They said 10, but I'm guessing you can't walk in and expect to eat at 9:59:59

Okay, thanks.

Maybe they will do AP/DVC pricing at $35?