More offsite hotels to offer Extra Magic Hours and extended FastPass+ booking window

[wdwmagic]

More offsite hotels to offer Extra Magic Hours and extended FastPass+ booking window

Hotels within the nearby Bonnet Creek will soon have access to more Disney theme park benefits.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[Wngo905]

This is getting ridiculous.

 

[Tomi-Rocket]

(Sorry, not very Disney-like.)

 

[Bartledvd]

Must be a pretty penny Disney is earning from this.

 

[drizgirl]

There's an onslaught of people coming this fall. So yes, let's add more people to EMH and the 60 day FP pool. This is nuts.

 

[monothingie]

Makes me want to book that $500 $650 standard room at a deluxe.

 

[EngineerMom]

GREAT
I realize this is a cash grab for Disney but why should people pay their prices when they give these benefits to people not staying at a Disney hotel?
Sorry but 60 day window and EMH are the big benefits not say package delivery to your hotel!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Bonnet creek?

That’s laughable...Disney blocked development there for 30 years!!!

Good for them...but it Just shows how much they Value your on-site hotel/timeshare purchases:

You’re not enough to justify staffing the park for an hour

So...increase the swell...it sends a “bad message” to have limited access and not have longer standard waits and fights for reservations.

Today is another day ending in “y” in “the world”

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Well F me then.

(Sorry, not very Disney-like.)

But refreshingly honest in the sugarplum forest of altered mental reality Disney fandom

 

[olie64]

I know is probably on the forum but how does it it works. Does the reservation attach to your MD

 

[monothingie]

Bonnet creek?

That’d laughable...Disney blocked development there for 30 years!!!

Good for them...but it Just shows how much they Value your on-site hotel/timeshare purchases:

You’re not enough to justify staffing the park for an hour

So...increase the swell...it sends a “bad message” to have limited access and not have longer standard waits and fights for reservations.

Today is another day ending in “y” in “the world”

I've long since stopped going to evening EMH hours, they are the absolute worst. At this point just get rid of them entirely and offer the After Hours hard ticket multiple times per week.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I know is probably on the forum but how does it it works. Does the reservation attach to your MD

You just have to show proof of hotel stay with your ticket when you enter...whatever capability the bonnet creek places have/use

It’s not tied to a band...Disney would have no electronic access to those places

 

[LuvWDW2]

Because EMH isn’t crowded enough? Because FP for certain headliners is already so easy?

I’m so glad our June trip is our last planned one for a long time.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I've long since stopped going to evening EMH hours, they are the absolute worst. At this point just get rid of them entirely and offer the After Hours hard ticket multiple times per week.

I assume you’re being sarcastic and/or rhetorical??

 

[monothingie]

I amuse you’re being sarcastic and/or rhetorical??

Sadly, serious.

My favorite time to visit the parks is in the evening, when evening EMH first came out they were fantastic because it truly was a perk to onsite guests and was an enjoyable experience. Now the experience is like going to the DMV (at night). I've attended two AH events at the MK and DAK and it was truly enjoyable. We had a great time and enjoyed ourselves. As much as it pains me to say, I would rather stay offsite at a far better and cheaper hotel than the deluxe Disney offerings and use the saved money to purchase after hours tickets.

Unless there is some future tiered program to give perks to value/moderate/deluxe/onsite (non-Disney hotels), there is absolutely no advantage/reason to stay at a Disney Hotel anymore, especially a Deluxe one.

 

[Nikihoi]

Do they enjoy making it impossible for us AP 30 day out FP'ers? UGH!!!

 

[DisneyJoe]

I know is probably on the forum but how does it it works. Does the reservation attach to your MD

Yes, eventually, it can take a few days for it to be linkable to your MDE. For EMH,
they get a paper voucher.

 

[olie64]

Yes, eventually, it can take a few days for it to be linkable to your MDE. For EMH,
they get a paper voucher.

Similar to if you book a Disney room through like priceline then.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Sadly, serious.

My favorite time to visit the parks is in the evening, when evening EMH first came out they were fantastic because it truly was a perk to onsite guests and was an enjoyable experience. Now the experience is like going to the DMV (at night). I've attended two AH events at the MK and DAK and it was truly enjoyable. We had a great time and enjoyed ourselves. As much as it pains me to say, I would rather stay offsite at a far better and cheaper hotel than the deluxe Disney offerings and use the saved money to purchase after hours tickets.

Unless there is some future tiered program to give perks to value/moderate/deluxe/onsite (non-Disney hotels), there is absolutely no advantage/reason to stay at a Disney Hotel anymore.

No...what I meant was of course that’s where this is heading.

Every buying those and the non applicable reasons why it “makes sense” are playing the fool
For the team...and we’re all on the team.

 

[BoarderPhreak]

I'm sorry, but this is wrong.

The value proposition for paying the exorbitant premium on Disney properties becomes less and less. First EMH is scaled back, then they add after hours events, now they're opening EMH and FP to more people that aren't even staying on property. Basically, you're paying the same or more - while they offer you less and crowd the parks back up. Yay for them, but not for us.