According to the Birnbaum Guides book for WDW, the non-Disney hotels that have access to EMH are: the Swan, the Dolphin, Shades of Green, and the Hilton on Hotel Plaza Boulevard (near Downtown Disney).
I do not see what the issue would be as long as you were paying for it you are not stealing the extra hours or anything.
We are doing this for the 4th of July. we are a party of 7, renting a house off-site. EMH is until 2 am on the fourth at MK. With the crowds we will need the extra time. I got the campsite for 63.15. Remember, than you are an on site guest, so you park free. So deduct the parking fee, it brings it down to49 dollars or so. Plus we can go and use the pool in the afternoon, if we want to take the chance of not getting back in. That make it about 7 dollars a person, so for us a great deal. I know some one is going to flame us for using a camp-site and not camping, but I told the CM on the phone and she said that it was a great idea, and I was not breaking any rules. Good Luck.
So if you do this do you have to check in? Sounds interesting, would love to know how you plan on doing this.
Pat, free dining has never been offered for the campgrounds AFAIK. The cabins, yes, but not the campgrounds.
And, if you book a room/site and pay for it, you can use it for anything you want---including not using it at all. It is yours to use as you wish.
We have 7 in our party. If you book a value you would have to book 2 rooms. Except for the camp ground and a few of the very expensive villas, no where can you put 7 or more people. You can have up to 10 on a camp ground site.
We will check in at 7 am and get our KTTK cards, either park in the holding lot and take the boat over to MK, or drive to TTC and park. (parking will be free.) I had to list everyone's name. Those are good for EMH until July 5th in our case at Midnight. We will get them on July 4th. When I was talking to the cm, she said that they quit the dinning program for the camp ground, because a few people booked free dinning for a tent site and stayed off site. It was a very good deal when you figure a camp site could hold 10 people. As soon as Disney caught on to that, they ended the free dinning for the campsites. People will say you are taking a site from someone who really wants to use it.. They had the same choice to book the reservation when I did. Summers are very busy at WDW, you have to plan. I do not feel bad at all.
You can also always get access by booking a throwaway campground reservation.
You can also always get access by booking a throwaway campground reservation.
You can also always get access by booking a throwaway campground reservation. That together with a top-notch offsite resort can sometimes still be less expensive than a comparable unit onsite.