who has used E night before

[cdnliving]

Hi. I'm just curious to know what it was like when you went on e-night? Which rides were/are open? Should you save these one's till enight? Did you arrive at the park, just before closing or did you build this into your full day experience at MK? I'd love to hear your experiences, so I can best plan my visit to MK. Thanks......

 

[disneyag]

We always take advantage of Enights. Usually the rides open are SM, SPLASH Mt, BTMR, POC, HM, Buzz. Fantasyland is not open. Usually the crowds are very manageable. Sometimes we can ride Splash Mt a second time without getting out of our log.

 

[harleyquinn]

We did it in August and it was FANTASTIC! It's the only way we'd ever ride Buzz! The lines were crazy long for it all day, but during the e-ride we rode it twice in less than 15 minutes!

Our strategy was to save Buzz and space mountain for the evening and it was great. We even went over to Splash mountain and the haunted mansion cuz they're great in the dark!

Just a warning in the begining the lines may look long, but they move fast! When we got in line for Space Mountain the line went all the way over to Buzz, but it took less than 5 minutes to get on the ride. the atmosphere was cool too cuz every one was so excited to ride everything so quickly. And with the sun down it was cooler.

Totally worth $12!

 

[ktulu]

Oh, it's great! Depending on how things look during the day, we'll save the rides that are open. We eat a hot dog at Caseys and go nuts on the rides! The lines were long, but moved pretty good. Worth $12 IMO.

 

[tar heel]

We've been to many e-nights. We always take an afternoon break on those days, then head back to MK sometime before e-night begins. We use e-night primarily to ride the mountains and Buzz. We usually start by riding Space Mountain three times, then we ride Buzz a couple times and the Tomorrowland Transit Authority. Then we head over to Tomorrowland and ride Big Thunder a couple times and Splash about three times. Sometimes we'll go ride Haunted Mansion on our way. The other rides open are Country Bears and Pirates (easy to get in during regular hours) and Astro Orbiters (We rarely do now that kids are older, but if you want to do it, this is the time).

 

[JKanownik]

We went to 2 e-ride nights last May and there were so few crowds that we were able to ride Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain Rail Road repeatedly without leaving out seats. We were there until 1:00 AM. It was so magical to see the Magic Kingdom in the dark with all the lights and the castle changing colors. Although I would never waste my time waiting in line to ride it during the day, Astro Orbiter is amazing during e-ride nights! Never a long wait and you get to see the magic from above! I wish there was one scheduled for next week. Oh well, we will get to test the evening EMH. Hopefully it wont be too crowded!

 

[lentesta]

It's one of the best WDW experiences available. I took a nap mid-afternoon and stayed until they started shutting down the rides.

Len

 

[jacksonsmom]

Looks like I am in the minority but I went last June & I thought it was a total waste of money!!!!

There were so many people there, I was really surprised because I kept hearing just how fun it is & you can ride rides over & over again.

We were only able to ride Splash, Space, Astro Obiter, Buzz Lightyear, Transit Authority & that was IT!!!

We never made it to Haunted Manison or BTMMR before they closed!
I think we waited in line for Buzz, Space & Astro at least 30-40 mins EACH!!!

It was a total waste of money.
I am not sure what happen that night, I think they let in more then the normal amount of people.
I do remember the Enights before this it rained so maybe a lot of people got "rain checks" or something.

All I know is I don't know if I would ever try another Enight!
I felt like it was a waste of money for us, maybe if it wasn't so crowded it would have been much, much better.

 

[cdnliving]

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences. On the whole, I think e-night sounds great, and we will incorporate it into one of our touring days. I am so glad it is being offered while we are at
WDW. I think taking a nap/R&R midday and returning for enight sounds like a great idea. Interesting how the early entry days follow the enights.....kinda hard to do both with kids.....