Originally Posted By shellybean HI all. Longtime lurker... I thought I had read somewhere that there is a little "ceremony" done for the first guests of the day. Something along the lines of they allow this guest to "open" the park. I'd love to get there early enough. We have AP's and live about an hour away, but have yet to drag myself out that early on an assumption. Plus, I'm sure you'd have to get there super early to be the FIRST... Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Originally Posted By eww4 My family was first in line yesterday morning at the bag check and at the front gates. We were the first guests to reach the entry gate and lined up at position #15 (just to the left of the central gate). The family that was selected to enter as the "first family" arrived a few minutes later than we did and were around gate number 9. The last time I was early enough to be at the front gates before opening, the first family was chosen from the same area (but keep in mind, that's only two occurrances from the last 5 months). While there were cast members behind the gates when we first arrived, the cast members who selected the first family arrived only a few minutes before the park opened. Just to let you know how early we were, we lined up at the bag check at 6:45 for an 8 am opening. It appears that the first family get to sign a guest book, get their picture taken in front of the Mickey flower garden, and lead the other guests in a countdown to opening. Regardless of not being selected as the first family, we still had a great time and got onto most of the rides before 10 am with very little wait time (it pays to get in early)
