Originally Posted By hopemax > As for the day guests. I believe that Disney thinks that the new system will push more people to stay on property so that they will not be shut out of pre-selecting FP times months in advance.< And in my case, it would be a poor decision. I stay with my family. Nothing Disney can do will change that. And as a so-called "family oriented" company Disney should understand that. And that family, I stay with includes a CM. So not only is Disney telling me they I don't fit their business plan anymore, they are telling their employees that other families are more important than your family. I'm a believer that for entertainment companies like Disney, they should want their employees and employee's families to be among their best customers. They can be a very powerful marketing and information tool. My family member and I are always asked about how to plan a Disney vacation, what to see and what to do. And I'll tell you, we have been a lot less flattering of Disney over the last several years. And my family member could tell you how uninformed most of their co-workers are because they are already NOT customers.
Originally Posted By 9oldmen > I think the distinction between EMH and MyMagic+, and what's causing the "does/doesn't affect guests", is that one (EMH) doesn't take away anything from non-resort guests. Sure, it give a benefit to on-site guests, but it's not a loss to the others< Maybe I'm missing something, or completely NOT getting it, but, I see the main difference between MM+ amd EMH being that EMH is only done at ONE park per day, except I checked, and there are days when, for instance, they have it in the morning at DAK, and the evening at DHS on the same day. It's possible to easily visit all four parks in a single day, but you can only "open" one per day(meaning be there at opening, unless you can be in multiple places at once). So you could COMPLETELY avoid being impacted by EMH, by researching which park is offering it, and starting your day with one of the 75% of the other parks that are NOT offering it. This MM+, on the other hand, sounds like it's going to be omnipresent, affecting all four parks all day long. Sorry to be overly simplistic, but isn't that the main difference?
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Yes I think you have it right. I might add that when I worked at Disney I would tell guests to avoid the park that had evening EMH that day because it tended to be more crowded. Better to visit one of the other parks
