But hey, at least we know there’s Crostini. Amusingly, there’s absolutely nothing about what attractions are open or what the actual hours of the event might be. Now I dabble in podcasting and cartography. The map is tilted at such an artistic angle that I have no idea how anyone that’s confused with where things are would be somehow less confused after inspecting this printout. You’ll also receive a handout with the breakfast location and the directions to Toy Story Land. Here’s our wristband with the Early Morning Magic logo. At 6:50am, it looks like there’s less than a hundred people present. Plenty of cast members are on hand to check guests into the event – they can scan your MagicBand/ticket to pull up the reservation or you can give them your name or confirmation number if you prefer. A cast member is holding an Early Morning Magic sign on the left. You can tell it’s early based on the fact that there is no angle of the sun. This early in the morning, delays are much less likely and you may even have the bus to yourself, as we did.īack to our experience on February 6th, we’re arriving from the parking lot at 6:46am. The bus might be scheduled to arrive at Kidani Village at 5:48am and Jambo House at 5:51am, but obviously the Jambo arrival will be delayed if an ECV or two needs to be loaded at the first stop. Some number of people will tell you that the bus arrival times are “inaccurate” because they change, but anyone that’s been behind the wheel and relied on GPS knows that traffic and unexpected delays change the estimated arrival time.
I don’t think we ever waited more than five minutes for a bus at the resort during our 5-day stay. While the buses typically arrived a couple of minutes after the initial estimate, we were able to leave our room a few minutes before the bus was expected to pick up guests. We found the bus arrival times on the My Disney Experience app to be particularly helpful.
The event is currently scheduled on most Mondays and Wednesdays through April with the likelihood that the event will be extended into May and throughout the summer as those dates approach.ĭisney runs buses from each of their resorts to the Studios beginning before 6am on event mornings, which means you’ll have plenty of time to catch a bus and make it to the Park by 6:50am to take full advantage of the entire time.ĭuring our first visit to Early Morning Magic back on October 1, 2018, Erin and I were staying at Animal Kingdom Lodge and decided that we’d rely on Disney to get us to the Studios on time. You can check availability and book Early Morning Magic through Disney’s website here. We’ll discuss strategy and whether it makes sense to eat early or late as we move through what to expect from the experience. Guests with 7am reservations can just as easily show up later and eat breakfast after the Toy Story Land time and those with 7:30am reservations can show up early and eat breakfast first. In reality, there is no differentiation between the two times. Those booking the 7:30am slot are expected to eat breakfast after the exclusive Toy Story Land time at some point between 9am and 10am. This is largely a mechanism for Disney to try to spread out the breakfast crowds with those that booked at 7am directed to eat breakfast before the official 7:30am opening of Toy Story Land. The “exclusive” Toy Story Land time is officially available from 7:30am until about 8:45am with breakfast continuing through 10am.įor most dates, Early Morning Magic offers two bookable times, either 7am or 7:30am. For $79 per adult and $69 per child, the event offers early access to the three Toy Story Land attractions, in addition to both Meet and Greets and the breakfast, which currently takes place at Backlot Express.
Like the Magic Kingdom edition, Early Morning Magic at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is a paid event that is completely different from Extra Magic Hours, despite the similar name. I was also curious to see if any of the issues that we experienced with long wait times and poor communication had been rectified since our October visit. We’ll check to see if the quality of the offerings has changed. First, the breakfast location moved from ABC Commissary to Backlot Express on February 6, 2019. We’re revisiting Early Morning Magic at the Studios for a couple of reasons. You may be familiar with a similar event at Magic Kingdom, which I reviewed most recently in this post, after the attraction lineup was expanded and the breakfast moved to Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe. We return to Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios to check out the Early Morning Magic offering for a second time.