July Planning Advice - After Hours

[AugieMorosco]

Hello all! I am seeking some advice on planning our July 2020 trip.

Item 1:
We will be visiting 7/7-7/15 and were hoping for A) Toy Story Early Morning Magic, B) Hollywood Studios After-Hours, or C) Animal Kingdom After-Hours.

The only hard-ticketed event going that far into summer right now is Villains After-Hours at MK, which would be cool, but one of the other 3 would be our preference. I have no idea what to think on whether Hollywood Studios is more or less likely to add those with SWGE in full swing. Any educated guesses on whether any of these 3 will end up being offered for summer?

Item 2:
Being relatively new to WDW, I'm not familiar with how ride debuts work. Should I expect the boarding group process for ROTR will remain through summer, or are things likely to change by then? Mickey & Minnie's RR (and hopefully Remy's in EPCOT) will also be open by then. Are those likely to be Fastpass+ eligible as soon as they open?

Any help, insight, or thoughts are appreciated!

 

[Hcalvert]

I have only ever attended the MK After Hours. We plan on attending it again in January, March, and June. The others never made sense to me--especially the morning ones. You pay nearly the same amount as the regular evening AH, but only get 1.25 hours instead of 3. Granted, you get a breakfast, but you do get snacks and drinks at the AH events. Also, the morning events require theme park admission for the day, whereas the evening ones do not (at least for MK) and you can get into the park on the AH ticket at 7pm. We have only chosen to do the MK one because there are a lot more attractions to ride than at DAK. The villains-theme does nothing for us, but we booked one in March because that was the date that was available. As for the ones at HWS, I have a feeling those are not going to happen until next winter at the earliest and if they do happen, it would only be the early morning hours. Although saying that, HWS has evening magic hours during my trip in January, which was surprising, but SWGE rides will not be operating at that time.