Early Entry how crowded?

[rds912]

We are going at the end of July, Can anyone tell me how crowded fantasyland is on EE mornings? Thanks

[bradk]

it's not really possible to say. when i used mine (although it wasn't exactly peak season), EE was pretty empty, particularly since they let us in an hour and a half before park opening. getting in at 8:30 with the park opening at 10, i was pretty much able to ride everything except IASW (which is closed off), Dumbo & Casey Jr (didn't want to) and Storyland Canal (already rode it). That even includes some attractions like Matterhorn and Snow White multiple times. i also was able to take a lot of pictures (spending time not on attractions). when all was said and done, i even had about 15 minutes to go to park opening.

i would try to avoid saturdays though, since that's one of the park's busiest days and probably is the only EE day for a lot of people.

[Hakuna Makarla]

When I went it was empty!! I guess a lot of people do not want to get up early.

[Shortiemetoo]

There were quite a few people in EE at the end of Jan. when my daughter and I went which really surprised me as it was totally an off season week. But it is always superior to when the park is open to the general public. Then I avoid fantasyland most of the time because of all the strollers! The Matterhorn was open and it was practically walk on and I understand that Buzz Lightyear is open now. Please correct me someone if I am wrong on this. What I loved was waiting less than 10 min. for Peter Pan!!!!

[bradk]

they appear to be keeping tomorrowland open as well and start running BLAB towards the end of the hour

[HydroGuy]

it's not really possible to say. when i used mine (although it wasn't exactly peak season), EE was pretty empty, particularly since they let us in an hour and a half before park opening. getting in at 8:30 with the park opening at 10, i was pretty much able to ride everything except IASW (which is closed off), Dumbo & Casey Jr (didn't want to) and Storyland Canal (already rode it). That even includes some attractions like Matterhorn and Snow White multiple times. i also was able to take a lot of pictures (spending time not on attractions). when all was said and done, i even had about 15 minutes to go to park opening.

I was reminded today of where I heard about EE opening strictly one-hour early for 8AM days, but sometimes earlier than one-hour for 9AM or 10AM days. It is in the Ridemax documentation under the section "Disneyland - 9:00am or 10:00am Opening". I haven't found anything yet to disconfirm this.

[bradk]

makes sense, i must have missed that. it was definitely a nice surprise for me.

thanks for the info. another reason to try to avoid saturdays (generally).