Magic Kingdom to open for 24 hours on Memorial Day Weekend to kick off a Monstrous Summer

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Sped2424

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Some of my photos from the night, the moon made for some nice pictures!
 
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billDozer

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benji said:
I will never ever visit Magic Kingdom again during a major event like this. It took me hours to get to Tomorrowland. It was a very very very unsafe situation. In the 2 hour wait on Main Street my Disney app said 90 minute wait for Space Mountain. That's when I turned around to leave when I saw the people movie queue way way passed astro orbiter. Unsafe Disney, the amount of guest let into this park needs to be lowered. Disney is all greed. Banking on about $100 a ticket to give there guest a bad experience. I goodness I have an annual pass. I did waist my money on my hotel room which was also a ripoff being that I stayed one night just for this event when I left after under 3 hours and didn't see anything. NEVER AGAIN!!
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you had bad luck/timing we went to caseys after wishes and i took fooooorever way too many people were trying to get in and leave at the same time it took an hour to walk 300 yards we sat at caseys and waited till 1130 for the crowd to diminish but after that we had smooth sailing the rest of the night we didnt ride space mountain but pretty much everything else we didnt wait more than 20 minutes for anything and by 3 the crowds got smaller and allllot slower
 
disney4life2008

disney4life2008

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benji said:
I will never ever visit Magic Kingdom again during a major event like this. It took me hours to get to Tomorrowland. It was a very very very unsafe situation. In the 2 hour wait on Main Street my Disney app said 90 minute wait for Space Mountain. That's when I turned around to leave when I saw the people movie queue way way passed astro orbiter. Unsafe Disney, the amount of guest let into this park needs to be lowered. Disney is all greed. Banking on about $100 a ticket to give there guest a bad experience. I goodness I have an annual pass. I did waist my money on my hotel room which was also a ripoff being that I stayed one night just for this event when I left after under 3 hours and didn't see anything. NEVER AGAIN!!
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I have an annual pass and I couldn't agree more less than you. I will respond with a singular detailed post.
 
disney4life2008

disney4life2008

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After reading some of the negative posts on here about the 24hour event i have to chime in on my positive experience. Let me footnote by saying anyone who attended the event should have attended knowing the following factors: memorial day weekend, star wars weekend, lots of locals with seasonal passes, college graduates and perfect weather all this is a recipe for disaster for anyone that was not prepared for such an event. However, if your a member of this board i would assume everyone to be prepared. Here are my thoughts:

I arrived to the magic kingdom around 8pm friday night and the line for parking was a 30min wait. I was trying to make it in by 10 for wishes. Once i finally made it to main street it was 950pm. It was literally wall to wall people. After wishes, main street was on deadlock between people leaving and the night guests arriving. To the credit of others, it was ridiculously crazy however it was not unsafe. They had obvious playing clothes police, uniformed police, and cast members all throughout main street USA.

Sorry about to get on tower of terror will pick up later.
 
ImagineerDude

ImagineerDude

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benji said:
I will never ever visit Magic Kingdom again during a major event like this. It took me hours to get to Tomorrowland. It was a very very very unsafe situation. In the 2 hour wait on Main Street my Disney app said 90 minute wait for Space Mountain. That's when I turned around to leave when I saw the people movie queue way way passed astro orbiter. Unsafe Disney, the amount of guest let into this park needs to be lowered. Disney is all greed. Banking on about $100 a ticket to give there guest a bad experience. I goodness I have an annual pass. I did waist my money on my hotel room which was also a ripoff being that I stayed one night just for this event when I left after under 3 hours and didn't see anything. NEVER AGAIN!!
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Yeah I went the whole time and my $100 ticket and $100 ASSR room were great. It was super crowded but from 6am-11am and 2am-6am almost everything was a walk-on. I had an amazing experience and cherished every second of it. Think about Christmastime. The park wasn't even maxed out that day but at Easter and Christmas they usually hit phase 4 at least once. You just have to know how to maneuver the crowds. I would go back in a heartbeat, but not with my whole family they too would freak.
 
Figments Friend

Figments Friend

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Jakester said:
I was actually thinking that. Lol, operationally, it would be a nightmare
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Indeed.
I have been wondering how the Park would hold up if this were to be something that would happen more frequently.

It must put a strain on the Cast, and the attractions themselves, to be going all-out for almost 24 hours straight.
A once a year thing maybe....but more then once a year?

Hmmm....
 
luv

luv

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I like the idea of an annual thing, but not in the fall when the drunks can head to the MK after leaving Epcot or HHN.

I've missed the first two all-nighters and hope to make a third, should there be a third. :)
 
Sped2424

Sped2424

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luv said:
I like the idea of an annual thing, but not in the fall when the drunks can head to the MK after leaving Epcot or HHN.

I've missed the first two all-nighters and hope to make a third, should there be a third. :)
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I dont doubt them doing it once a year at all! Its a great way for them to boost attendance.
 

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