Here Thursday morning. Uber picked us up at SSG at 5:57 and dropped us off at 6:10. Walked up to bag check. In line at 6:14. Opened at 6:35. Assigned group 32. Toy Story mania was a walk on at 6:55.
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Thanks MarkHarder for the update. So they still opened at 6:30 am, so the official posted time, so far doesn’t mean a lot
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What thoughts do you have about EMH on Sunday being moved to 9-11pm?
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Disney said RoR won’t be running during EMH so there is no benefit in that sense, plus most people from the hotel are going to stay in the park, so I don’t really see a real benefit about easily riding everthing else either.
I think EMH works in the morning because no everyone is willing to wake up that early on their vacation
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There is some truth to that…but if you look at the actual numbers on wait times for rides, you see there is a significant drop-off as you go into the evenings…so I think a great deal many people also leave early, which gives some benefit to evening EMH as well for those who are night owls.
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Day 8 Timeline 12/12/19
Link to OP
5:25am @Sorcerers_Apprentice arrives at HS
5:28am @HalfBludPrincess through security held at tapstiles
5:36am @Leem22 arrives at HS
5:43am Leem through security held at tapstiles
5:45am @fritty arrives at HS
6:35am Park opens
6:39am HBP and SA through tapstiles - BG 14
6:42am Leem through tapstiles - BG 25
6:44am Fritty through tapstiles - BG 29
6:45am Accepting BGs 1-11
7:00am Published park opening; Twitter user (arrived 6:10am) reports BG 54
7:03am Twitter user (arrived 6:15am) reports BG 65
7:07am DIS user (arrived 6:36am) reports BG 72
7:10am Accepting BGs 1-25
7:15am MDE stops issuing BGs
7:25am Ride down
8:25am Ride back up; HBP and SA (BG 14) join queue
8:45am Accepting BGs 12-28
9:25am HBP completes ride
9:35am SA completes ride
10:00am Accepting BGs 25-37
11:00am Accepting BGs 30-47
12:00pm Accepting BGs 37-55
1:00pm Accepting BGs 49-63
2:00pm Accepting BGs 56-67
3:00pm Accepting BGs 64-70
3:35pm Ride down
4:00pm Accepting BGs 68-73
4:35pm Ride back up
5:00pm Accepting BGs 72-75
6:00pm Accepting BGs 74-88
7:00pm Accepting BGs 76-91
8:00pm Accepting BGs 89-91 (last BG called)
9:00pm Published park closing
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Jeff_AZ thanks for keeping us informed, I need this, we are flying on Saturday.
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Me too! I need to pack. 
And also wrap all the Christmas presents because we get back on the 22nd and I feel like I’m not going to want to do everything on the 23rd…
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I think it was a smart move by Disney. It removes the whole mess of “when do you start issuing boarding passes” on EMH mornings. Sounds like Sunday was a fiasco. And even if ROTR isn’t officially running during that time, I wouldn’t be surprised if they keep it up if they haven’t cleared the boarding groups for the day.
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No FPs during EMH means wait times are going to fall even if a lot of people stay in the park. I am curious about the effect on MFSR, was there any recent example of night EMH for a main attraction that never has FPs to compare to?
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Same here! We go end of January and I really hope I don’t have to get the family up at 6am
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Good luck with that mer521, mine is already prepared to wake up at 5 am lol
This day at HS, plus the AK after-hours visit, is going to interfere with our ability to rop drop Hagrids for at least 2 days
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It was a long time ago (2012) when I was last at PM EMH at DHS so things may be very different now, but back then, the ride lines were short for Tot and RnR and walk-on for ST.
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I’ll need all the luck i can get lol. I guess the bright side is the day after HS is a down day for us so we can just take it easy
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The good news … you likely won’t have to get the family up at 6:00 am. The bad news … you probably will need to get the family up at 5:00 am.
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Good one Davej lol
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Ha! Guess I’ll be bribing all members of the family with starbucks and cake pops that morning
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I just had a conversation with my DS21, since I know that they will be averse to the idea of getting up early. In fact, I had done a decent job of making plans that limited the number of days we’d be at the parks for RD…but this BG scenario is very problematic. I REALLY hope they drop it by May.
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I know it’s still a bit far out to know for sure, but what time should we aim to be there for an 8am opening?
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Cake pops work well in my house too! We are going in October 2020 and as much as I like Star Wars, I think we will end up taking a pass on RotR this time. I just don’t see the line/wait situation improving enough by then … and my 2 y.o won’t be tall enough to ride further complicating the situation. Maybe we will try during our 2021 visit.
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