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[angel22]

I read in one of the many disney books out there, that evening EMH are really not worth it because of crowd levels. I wanted to ask those who have taken advantage of this, is it worth it? My hubby and I will be at Disney the week after Thanksgiving. Thanks!!

[HeatherD]

From what I've read, the parks are crowded on EMH days, but the EMH times are not as crowded - does that make sense? To really take advantage of it, you'll need a park hopper - otherwise it might be the "regular" hours that you wouldn't be able to put up with. I've seen it recommended to do a different park during park hours and then hop to the EMH park once it closes to others. I've also read that the later it gets, the less people.

[bitterchickey]

If by "after Thanksgiving" you mean after the Thanksgiving crowds are gone i.e. week after Thanksgiving; DEFINITELY utilize EMH!!! We had Mardi Gras cross with Pres Day (a historically crowded week) this year, & our evening EMH's were awesome! I disregard those who say avoid EMH's unless you're there like 4th of July, NY eve, or the like. Normal times of the year, they are fabulous!

[TracyKim]

We went to the Magic Kingdoms EMH last week and it was from 10pm to 3am!!!! We walked onto every ride!!! It was GREAT!!! (or it might have been 11pm to 3am, I can't remember!!)

[dkfajr1]

I love EMH. We usually do evenings since they are longer and avoid parks with am EMH's. The crowds aren't too bad and the later it gets the crowds thin.
Sometimes with the children we do am EMH and usually leave early if we have done all we want to do.

[ANGSWIN]

We always go to the evening EMHs. The crowds are much thinner! All those poor unfortunate souls who are not lucky enough to be staying onsite are gone and lots of the families with small children also just can't make the long hours. This is especially true on nights when MK has EMHs that go until 2 am. Spending more time in the evening also helps to manage the humid Florida heat. I love the evening EMHs! I park visits and ADRs around the evening EMH schedules.

[Russi01]

good question. Glad you asked. Found it very useful! I was thinking that families with smaller children would not stay up until 1am.

[Colexis Mom]

We've found evening EMHs crowded at all 3 parks except AK. That said, the crowds do thin out as the night goes on, but with 2 little ones, we usually don't make it until the end. We usually just walk around and take in the sights, riding a few things.

[jimmymac]

The crowds really thin out towards the ebod of the night. We walked onto to Splah Mountain and BTMRR last trip. It was almost like having Frontierland to ourselves

[adwcpa]

We always do evening EMH. Like others have said we visit a different park earlier in the day and then Hop to whatever park has EMH. It is cooler at night and although crowded at first, it does thin out. It is such a treat for my kids (5&7) to be up so late past their bedtimes that they love it and don't complain about the lines at that time of day. My son did fall asleep once on It's a Small World around midnight and both usually sleep on the bus ride back to the hotel. By morning they're rested and ready to hit the ground running again. If they get tired in the afternoon we take a break and then hop to the next evening EMH park.

[Ariel in a doom buggy]

Like everyone else I always take advantage of the EMH in the evening. Especially when we are going in August! We like to go back to the hotel and recharge for a few hours and then head back to the park with EMH (I also try to make ADR's for restaurants in or near that park). We couldn't hang all the way until 3 am last July in MK but I think we were there until 2 and we were able to hit all of the rides that the dreaded Brazilian tour groups kept us from. Another good hint, if you aren't big on parades or you have seen wishes and illuminations a hundred times and don't want to see them again, take advantage of that time to hit the popular rides. Plus, it's awesome to see the fireworks from Big Thunder or Splash Mountain. We have done both (inadvertantly) and it was amazing. You pop out of a hole and the sky is filled with light and then you pop out again or fly down a hill and the whole time the sky is all different colors. SOOOO Coool!

[KMB733]

I agree. I would take advantage of the EMH. Its less crowded and a lot of times you can walk on most of the rides.

[Tree]

I'm with everyone else: capitalize on EMH evenings... Generally we've found the mornings to be crowded.

There is one exception we've run into on EMH evening and that's DHS since Toy Story opened... have noticed that crowds still pretty high during the evenings primarily (it seems) because everyone else is hoping crowds are smaller as they couldn't get on Toy Story earlier/fast passes ran out

Have fun!

[singhsongs]

I'm one that skips them. Usually because we like to wake up early to beat you folks that are sleeping in. My son is 4 so we get out of the parks and in bed at 9:30-10:00 right after the fireworks.

[HeidiJane]

IMHO, evening EMH's are not worth it for our family. We really did not enjoy the evening EMH's, as the crowds were huge. Wait times for rides were longer than they were before the EMH and there were no FP's available. For example, we tried the evening EMH at EPCOT. The wait time for TT was 20min at 6:30 PM, at 10:15 PM it was 45min. I have heard if you can wait it out the ending hour of evening EMH is much less crowded with little to no lines. Our family loves to get up early for touring, take a break and then head back early evening. Staying up till 1AM does not work for us. We really enjoyed the morning EMH and got a lot of rides done in an hour. MK was awesome in the AM!