Hi there! We went to EMM on Wednesday 10/17. Just wanted to give me report I’ll put a cliff notes version at the bottom! I didn’t think this would be as long as it turned out!
It was myself and my DD8. This was our 7th day at Disney so we were dragging a bit. My daughter was pretty sick of getting up early so I knew that getting there at 7 was out of the question. We were also going to do a 4 park in 1 day day (spoiler- we did it!). However, I was still hoping to at least be through the gates by 7:30.
When I woke up I was keeping an eye on the bus wait times just to make sure buses were in fact arriving. We are staying at Caribbean beach. I saw one pop-up right at 6:30 so I thought we wouldn’t have any issues. Unfortunately after that it just said “every
20 minutes” we went to the bus top around 7. Buses for magic kingdom had wait times but HS still didn’t. When the bus for MK arrived I asked if they knew if a bus was coming. They were wonderful and called dispatch for me. A bus was leaving HS for CBR right then.
Boarded our bus at 7:19 at park at 7:30 through gate at 7:40. Person who checked us in said the rides would be opening in 5 minutes and I could either eat or go ride. One of the CM’S directing traffic outside the ABC said she recommended we ride first and made sure to let us know the crowds would be let in at 8:45.
Straight to TSM AT 7:45 was a walk on. Off ride by 7:55. The ride did seem to stall a few times. Twice the games popped up with 0 points. That was a bit annoying, especially since I knew we already lost some ride time.
Went to SDD posted wait of 15 minutes we waited 10 minutes. Walked around to ride again waited 10 minutes again, went to Alien’s just had to wait for the previous ride to stop basically a walk on.
My daughter didn’t want to do SDD again so we went to TSM walk on again. When we were getting off it was 8:45. The CM asked if we wanted to ride again. Of course! We stayed in the same car and rode again. Off around 8:52. Walked out to a mass of people!
We wanted to ride RRC so headed that way. Stopped to get Toy Story entrance phot pass. It’s hidden behind the RD line for SDD but there wasn’t a wait.
Got to RRC at 9:04 posted 15 minute wait but was a walk on. The preschool wasn’t even going. Boarded at 9:10 was off at 9:15. When we left posted wait was 20 but I’m guessing actual was 10.
My daughter hates ToT so we didn’t go on. I looked at the wait time though, it was 5minutes at 9:18. I would guess you could easily do both at least once if not twice. Especially if you head over there right at 8:45.
Headed to breakfast at 9:25 ordered! Got pastries and sat by 9:32. Food was good. I got the chicken and donuts DD got the scrambled eggs and tots. She ate probably 3 or 4 pastries too! I also ordered the charcuterie tray at the same time as our meals without any problems. It was ok. I think most people would like it. I’m not fan of spicy meat, the salmon was yummy.
I did enjoy this but I felt a bit rushed to get in as much as we could during a short time. I’m guessing if I’d arrived earlier I probably wouldn’t feel rushed. My daughter seemed to enjoy it too. If it was any more expensive I wouldn’t think it a good value. Comparing this to some of our dinner costs, we definitely got more for our money here! Lines for characters were just as long as during the day. We didn’t have any interest in meeting characters
I’d also recommended driving or getting a taxi/Uber. Waiting for the bus really killed us.
We headed to Epcot after. Word of advice DO NOT TAKE THE WALKWAY. With the construction it took me 30 minutes to walk there. I was so thankful I had a stroller and that my parents weren’t with me. We never would have made it otherwise. With the heat and the distance I was exhausted by the time I got to Epcot. Mommy definitely earned that beer!
Quick summary:
TSM x3, SDD x2, Aliens x1
7:19 caught bus at CBR at park 7:30
7:40 through gate
7:45 TSM off at 7:55am
7:58 SDD off at 8:10
8:11 SDD off at 8:23
8:26 aliens off at 8:31
8:33 TSM done at 8:45 CM let us stay on
8:52 off of TSM
8:55 TSL entry photo pass no wait
9:04 RRC out of building at 9:15 (we waited for our pictures to show up but they never did)
9:25 breakfast
You were off the ride at 8:52 and rope drop people were there already? That doesn’t seem fair.