Night Extra Magic Hours (EMH)

[PrincessJasmyn]

I have read that if you are in line for a ride a closing (normal park evening) they do not kick you out and you will still get to finish your ride.
If this is true, what happens on nights when its EMH? Do all regular guests still get to wait in line too, making hotel guests still have long wait times, or do the resort guests get to use the "fast pass" line while regular guests still wait for their turn?

Sorry if this is a ridiculous question! We are only at WDW for 3 days, 2 of which have night EMH that I want to take full advantage of, but wondering what our wait times will be like

Thanks in advance!!

 

[MickeyMomV]

Once the park closes you will have to have your MB scanned to get in a ride line to verify you are staying on property. Anybody already in line gets to stay in line. All FP lines are closed. You would be amazed at how fast the line moves without FP people being mixed in.

 

[PrincessJasmyn]

Once the park closes you will have to have your MB scanned to get in a ride line to verify you are staying on property. Anybody already in line gets to stay in line. All FP lines are closed. You would be amazed at how fast the line moves without FP people being mixed in.

AH! Roughly how many rides can normally be done in 2 hours? haha

 

[tractor tipper]

12-20

 

[PrincessJasmyn]

12-20

Really?! thats fantastic!

 

[MickeyMomV]

Really?! thats fantastic!

I would say realistically 6-10. When we were there 2 weeks ago we found ourselves at AK where at 9:30 at night Expedition Everest had no wait (I Know crazy right!!). AK was open till 10:30 so in that last hour we rode it 4 times. We would get off the ride look at the pic and then head straight to the standby entrance again. Even with no line it was about 15 minutes from the time we got on the ride till the next time we got on the ride. To fit in 12-20 rides in 2 hours you need to be getting on a ride every 6-10 minutes and unfortunately, even with an empty park, that's not really going to happen.

 

[PrincessJasmyn]

I would say realistically 6-10. When we were there 2 weeks ago we found ourselves at AK where at 9:30 at night Expedition Everest had no wait (I Know crazy right!!). AK was open till 10:30 so in that last hour we rode it 4 times. We would get off the ride look at the pic and then head straight to the standby entrance again. Even with no line it was about 15 minutes from the time we got on the ride till the next time we got on the ride. To fit in 12-20 rides in 2 hours you need to be getting on a ride every 6-10 minutes and unfortunately, even with an empty park, that's not really going to happen.

Great, even still, totally happy with 6-10 rides!!