Should I change Plan based on new MK hours?

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Last fall we had a Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique res for my DD3 at 8:00 am on a day when MK opened at 9:00 am. This plan worked perfectly as we finished up a bit before 9:00 am and were able to walk right onto a ride. Our general plan is park time from RD to Noon. Then lunch and break at BLT. Then back to the park for a couple hours in the late afternoon.

We have the same 8:00 am BBB planned for our upcoming October trip. However, now that the park hours have changed to a 7:00 EMH and 8:00 am opening, however, I am thinking that I should try to change the BBB res to later in the morning … like 10:45 am-ish.

Based on my kids schedules, we would like arrive around 7:45, get a couple hours of rides in (including 2 of our FP+) and then head to BBB as the park gets more crowded mid-morning.

Does this change in plan make sense or should I stick with the 8 am BBB res?

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I would definitely try to move it later. You don’t want to waste prime ride time in BBB.

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I too would move it. RDing 7:00 EMH is gold (who wants to get up that early on vacation), but even arriving at 7:45 should still be good. I wouldn’t want to spend that time in something I could do when the park inevitably gets mobbed.

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What is everyone’s opinion about when the hours change and they move EMH to 7 AM? This recently happened to me as well. One of my days at AK changed to 8 AM opening, 7 AM EMH and then 2 days later I got a crowd prediction update for the same day at AK and that the crowd level dropped. I would have guessed Disney is anticipating larger crowds by opening earlier, but then the crowd level prediction dropped according to TP.

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Same thing happened for all of my days. I’m not putting much faith into the lower crowd levels at this point. I don’t know the details of the CL formulas, but I suspect the longer park hours compared to the same days in prior years (without a sufficient off-set of increase of expected crowds due to SW:GE opening) resulted in the lower CL levels across the board.

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Agreed. I dont really depend on CL predictions, but I found it curious. We shall see what happens!

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Thanks. I just made the change. I had to switch to a different one of our MK days due to no availability on the day we initially planned BBB, but that’s not a big deal since we don’t have FP+ res yet.

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I only needed to read this far.

Yes. Change plan. Early and often.

I do.

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Ha! You sound eerily similar to another Matt I once “knew” on these boards.

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He sounds like a swell guy. I would have loved to have known him. You were lucky to have done so.

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There - FIFY. :wink:

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Ha! I hear you … But, my daughter loved it last time so for that reason alone, it’s not a waste!

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WDW is not about children enjoying themselves. It’s about adults having a good time. Leave the kids at home — that’s my advice.

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It wouldn’t be my choice, but then I’m not, nor do I have, a little girl.

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I had many adult only Disney World trips before I had kids … those trips were a blast! But seeing my kids enjoy and love Disney World as much as I do (and experiencing it with them) is also great fun!

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