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[skywaywaver]

Hello all,
I am trying to figure out when to book the Undiscovered Future World Tour in Epcot. It seems (so far at least) that the EMH schedules are following the same pattern every month. The reason that I bring this up is because the tour only runs Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, and I am trying to avoid the morning EMH (a must) and line up with the evening EMH (if possible).
I would like all of this, and still be able to take advantage of the evening EMH at another park on another day. Some of you may be scratching your head, wondering what an early morning tour has to do with evening EMH. Well, an added perk to the tour (in the past) has been a VIP pass to Illuminations that night. Adding to this dilemma is the fact that I am trying to plan a Fantasmic dinner package as well.
So... to sum this all up, does anybody have a guesstimate on whether the powers-that-be will keep the schedule the same. Complicating the fact is that in October, when we are going (oh yeah, you might have needed that info 10/20-10/27) there will be MNSSHP going on during this time at MK, which we are not taking advantage of this time.
So, after all of this, any help is greatly appreciated, esp. after reading through all of this and figuring out what I was asking.
Thank you!
Maggie

[BabieeMelly]

I've been looking into the EMH days and stressing about the changing schedules for the last few months. Now that it's time to make PS's I had to just stick to a plan and hope it stays the same for July. Lately the EMH schedule has been following a pattern and remainded pretty much the same from week to week. You still have a lot of time before you need to book the tour, though, so I would continue to watch for a pattern and then just make a decision.

[luv2sail]

I can't help you with the time thing but I can tell you that the tours for October are filling up quick. Two weeks ago I booked our Segways Tours and the Divequest Tour for my husband and there were already people signed up for those. You might want to just go ahead and book now and then if you have to change it later and there's availability then you can do that. At least then you are guaranteed to be going on the tour.

[skywaywaver]

Thanks for the tip Cheryl!

[Joy J]

You may not have as much trouble booking the Undiscovered Future World tour at a later date than you would some of the other WDW tours, as it's not a very popular one. We took this tour in Dec/03 and I could understand why it doesn't book up all that quickly. This is the only WDW tour I've taken to date that I didn't like at all - I thought it was a total waste of time and money. However, Disney was really fair about it and gave us a full refund when I complained about the poor quality of the tour.

Joy

[skywaywaver]

Joy,
What didn't you like about it? I have never been on another tour, so I have nothing to compare it to.
Thanks,
Maggie

[Joy J]

I've taken a lot of WDW behind the scenes tours and loved all of them with the sole exception of this tour. The main thing I didn't like about this tour is that there was very little behind the scenes moments. Most of it consisted of the tour guide leading us all over Future World and spouting a bunch of facts and figures. It felt more like listening to someone reading a guide book than actually taking a behind the scenes tour. We didn't even ride so much as one attraction. Disney refunded us our money for this tour since we were so dissatisfied with it but that didn't help the fact that we wasted the better part of an entire day taking this tour. Compare this with my experiences taking tours like the Backstage Safari at AK where I enjoyed each and every second of it. And we got to do such cool stuff on that one like petting a white rhino and getting up close and personal with a giraffe - things that I would never have had the opportunity to experience without the tour. I'm afraid the same thing definitely cannot be said about the Undiscovered Future World tour. There was nothing about this tour that we couldn't have experienced all on our own. There is the VIP viewing area for IllumiNations but there's a public viewing area right beside it which is just as good. We took this tour in Dec/03 and perhaps they've improved the tour since then but if not, I would hesitate to recommend it to anyone.

Joy

[skywaywaver]

Joy,
Thanks for your input. I was also pondering the AK backstage tour, because the animal interaction sounds really interesting. I love riding the train and seeing the buildings that house the animals.
Thanks again,
Maggie

[Joy J]

Maggie, since you're an animal lover, I truly think you can't go wrong with the Backstage Safari tour at AK. You'll get to walk through some of the animal barns, go into the kitchen where they prepare all the food for the animals each day, go into the veterinary areas to watch whatever procedures they're doing at that time and even go on a very different version of Kilimanjaro Safaris where they turn off the usual spiel and your tour guide explains how they achieve a lot of the environments. Plus they slow right down and even stop at times so you can get some fabulous photos when any animal happens to be posing prettily. This is my favorite of all the tours I've taken at WDW.

Joy