Originally Posted By Momtoo2 We are going to be in Disneyland for the Christmas season Dec. 16 to 20 and so we have 2 potential days for EE...Monday and Tuesday. We could do both or either...since we are staying at GCH. I just don't know if we could burn the candle at both ends so to speak. We would also like to do F! and we could do this Sun, Mon or Tue of our trip. Anyone have any thoughts or advice? I feel like I just need someone to bounce this around with
Originally Posted By BCbec We are staying at the GCH also and I didn't know you could use both days for EE, I thought just one. And it is one hour earlier you're allowed in right? Is EE just for DL or can you use it for DCA? We're going in 2 weeks and the parks only open at 10 am, so hitting the parks at 9am is much better.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ I don't know about using the EE for both days, but I know that EE is not available at DCA. Momtoo2, you could do both, simply by leaving the park around noon, have a nap and a swim, and come back to the park after dinner for an evening of fun! Enjoy.
Originally Posted By 4Disnee If you are staying at any of the three Disney Resort Hotels you can do all of the EE days. Just show your charge slip at the gate when you go in. I would do the EE on both days just like tiggerdis said go back to the room and relax for a bit or nap and then do the F! EE are so wonderful I would not want to pass them up. Have a great trip!
Originally Posted By Momtoo2 Thanks for the advice...deep down I know we need to do both EE..lol it is just the thought of being at the gates at 6:40 in the morning that gets me Oh vey! I am definately planning breaks during the afternoon to rest, swim, hot tub, tour the GCH. Now if I could just decide whether to do the F! Balcony or Riverside special seating thing...
Originally Posted By mamacita I am having the same dilemma Momtoo2. We are staying on property too and want to do EE and F!. Luckily, we are in a later time zone so hopefully the time difference will work in our favor.
Originally Posted By BCbec Momtoo2, Gates at 6:40am? I thought that EE was an hour before the park officially opens? We're going in 2 weeks, and the official opening time is 10am, so I thought that we could hit the gates at 8:30 and be let in for 9.?
Originally Posted By crazy4mickey2 BCbec, you are correct in your timing. If the gates open at 10:00am then EE will be at 9:00am. Getting at the gates at 8:30am should be sufficient. The opening times during the holiday are much earlier. Hence, Momtoo2's need to get to the gates at 6:40am for a 7:00am EE. We did EE a couple of times this summer and had to be at the gates early (6:30ish). I'm really glad we did it but our days were really long even with an afternoon break.
Originally Posted By Momtoo2 Crazy4Mickey is right...I figure with a 7 am EE we will have to be there no later then 6:40 am to line up. Is this right? I guess a lot of how we attack things will have to do with the weather also since if it is really cold we may just do one EE and skip Fantasyland and Tomorrowland on the next EE day and head straight to Frontierland/Adventureland side of the park. Any advice on Fantasmic? Or does it really matter every one will be busy. We have thought about doing the Balcony or Riverside seating but I just don't know about the cost...
Originally Posted By mamacita Momtoo2, I think EE is only good for Fantasyland and a for few Tomorrowland attractions. Disneyland does not open up the other lands for EE. Someone, please, correct me if I am wrong.
Originally Posted By joeysmommy momtoo2- we went to DL last month and this was my first time using EE since we stayed at DLH. I found that it defeated the purpose of avoiding crowds and long lines. Everyone was at Fantasyland and Tomorrowland, so it was just as crowded, if not more crowded than later in the day. My husband enjoyed teasing me all morning as we waited in very long lines. " Gee, I sure am glad we got up early to stand in these looong lines." : )
Originally Posted By atinkfan ^^^Yep, I agree. Same thing happened to us. We stood in line ALOT during EE in Fantasyland. On our 2nd EE day, we got inline around 9:30-ish (park opening at 10:00) and were able to skip ahead because we were EE guests. We went in and herded down Main St. There we had to show CM's our paper that showed we were allowed to be there. Then we trucked on over to Adventureland entrance. It was blocked off, but by then it was about 10 minutes til opening. We waited and then went on over to Indy, Jungle Cruise, POTC (twice!!). It was nice to go to a land that wasn't as crowded as FL gets in the morning!!
Originally Posted By debtee We used EE for our trip last Christmas week and it was GREAT! We had all the rides in FL that we wanted to do completed in the first 15 mins of entering the park! We got our Space FP on the way to FL and that worked out well too! I can't wait to come back and do EE again.
Originally Posted By debtee I forgot to say we did EE & F balcony in same day and went back to the GCH for a break in the afternoon!
Originally Posted By Momtoo2 I have been wondering about just doing the EE one day for Fantasyland and Tomorrowland (by that I mean geting to the gates super early so we would be near the front of the line and do the rides) and then on the second EE day do what atinkfan did by just going midway thru EE and doing a few things and wait for the West side of the park to open up. debtee...were you beat tired the next day? do you have children? Also does anyone know if there is one night when say F! would be less busy then another or will it just be busy period?
Originally Posted By debtee I don't have children Momtoo2 but we did have children with us in our group. Yes I think we were tired and I don't know that they could have gone the whole day & night without a break back at the hotel, they did not sleep, we all went back to the concierge lounge got some food and the kids had a swim. It's hard to know what to advise you for your group, as each child is different and we travel so far from Australia to get to DL and have to fit so much in a short space of time we accept that at least some of the days we will be tired. It's interesting that once back home again, you can't recall the tiredness and just want to go do it all over again! LOL
Originally Posted By Momtoo2 Thanks for the info Debtee. We plan on doing breaks every afternoon as my kids really love to swim and sit in the hot tub and just have a "break away from it all". Boy you do have a long trip from Australia! We have quite a bit of family down there and have always wanted to visit (my DH grandmother goes very frequently and our family from down there actually comes to visit Disneyland! ....they live in Ballarat). Again thanks for the info.
