EMH rope drop

[ELG13]

I've yet to drag the family to a rope drop and being that this may be the last trip for a while...the only rope drop we can do at MK for our upcoming trip is the same day and the morning emh....is that just crazy?? Or worth it? We generally get plenty of rides in without rope drop but would like to do it.

 

[ELG13]

All of what @Tuvalu said. All is spot on and exactly how we have experienced it. We did have one time where Main Street opened up at about 7:45am for an 8am EMH, but that was the exception not the rule and I think it was because it was a holiday and the turnstiles were getting a bit insane (shops weren't open yet, just the actual street).

My family would definitely prefer to sleep in, but the magic that we have experienced when we have gotten there very early is totally irreplaceable (picked as family of the day at both MK once and AK once, Epcot had a surprise early opening once - Soarin' with not a single other person in the theatre was amazing, Studios open early a couple times).

See that's what sounds great to me. I just want to do it...just those experiences and memories.

 

[bub72ck]

If a park has EMH in the morning from 8-9 and we are not eligible can we still get into the park at 8 but not ride anything or will we be turned away at the gate until 9?

 

[Tuvalu]

If a park has EMH in the morning from 8-9 and we are not eligible can we still get into the park at 8 but not ride anything or will we be turned away at the gate until 9?

You will have to wait until 9.

 

[Missing_Aria]

The first 40 minutes of morning EMH is excellent. VERY few lines except for superheadliners (Seven Dwarves will get a line pretty quick, then Peter Pan and Space Mountain). Magic Kingdom is actually the worst morning EMH park (in my opinion). We do EMH rope drop every day we can. Here's our two usual EMH plans for MK...

7:40am - in line (or on Main Street if they open it up)
8am - Pan OR Space Mountain
8:10 - Pooh OR Buzz Lightyear
8:15 - Teacups OR Speedway
8:25 - Little Mermaid OR Teacups
8:40 - It's a Small World
8:55 - at Frontierland for regular opening
9am - Big Thunder Mountian
9:15 - Splash Mountain (if open)
9:40 - Jungle Cruise
10am - Pirates of the Caribbean
10:30 - FP+ for Seven Dwarves (actually 10-11am)
11am - FP+ for Space Mountain or Pan
11:30 - quick service lunch
12pm - FP+ for Enchanted Tales with Belle
1pm - Things that don't get lines... Philharmagic, Country Bears, Tiki Room, Treehouse, OR Tom Sawyer Island
2:30pm - back to the resort to relax and try to book some more FP+ for the evening (maybe catch the parade on the way out)

We do things pretty hardcore (and always have). Bear in mind that we are the family that brought you 4 parks in one day...on New Years Eve.

Holy heck can you be my fairy godmother or something?! You're seriously next level.

 

[brifraz]

Holy heck can you be my fairy godmother or something?! You're seriously next level.

Overplanning high school band director with 30-something visits to WDW + overplanning high school drama/english teacher = crazy, next level planning. But we plan like that so we can have a great time when we are there. The plan is almost never totally followed, but it means that we know exactly what we can do when things don't work out. Since we are both teachers we are always there during the most peak times of year so our planning has become slightly obsessive. We are headed to the World in a week and are planning a trip for a friend of a friend on the drive down!

 

[Missing_Aria]

Overplanning high school band director with 30-something visits to WDW + overplanning high school drama/english teacher = crazy, next level planning. But we plan like that so we can have a great time when we are there. The plan is almost never totally followed, but it means that we know exactly what we can do when things don't work out. Since we are both teachers we are always there during the most peak times of year so our planning has become slightly obsessive. We are headed to the World in a week and are planning a trip for a friend of a friend on the drive down!

Well serious hats off.

 

[bub72ck]

Overplanning high school band director with 30-something visits to WDW + overplanning high school drama/english teacher = crazy, next level planning. But we plan like that so we can have a great time when we are there. The plan is almost never totally followed, but it means that we know exactly what we can do when things don't work out. Since we are both teachers we are always there during the most peak times of year so our planning has become slightly obsessive. We are headed to the World in a week and are planning a trip for a friend of a friend on the drive down!

I'm much more impressed with four parks on NYE. Just the energy to get to all four in one day is impressive. We don't buy hopper passes much and the one trip we did purchase them we managed three parks in one day. Its pretty draining. I think we walked around 15 miles that day.