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12 Jan 21, 06:21 PM |
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That's pretty much correct for us international guests, yes.
The resort buses going to/from DS don't really have much of a hold to store luggage, so Disney would need to invest in new buses if they were thinking of transporting everyone who arrives from MCO via train to their hotel. So, yes, some "infrastructure changes" might be needed. For American guests (who make up the vast majority) they also have the option of dropping off their luggage at their origin airport and having it taken to their hotel room without having to pick them up at MCO. This was part of the DME service so I'm not sure whether this will continue when DME ends.
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12 Jan 21, 06:48 PM |
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I've had free dining twice and I've never stuffed myself with a 3 course meal using it nor been restricted due to a reservation.
We had free QSDP. So no reservations and no 3 course meals. It was very good considering it was free. And because its free I never felt that I needed to use every single credit to it's maximum in order to make it worth it. (Yes, I know you can book the stay for cheaper if you book when the free nights offer is on. But the amount you pay for free dining compared to the amount you pay with free nights was good value for what you got) DME buses were direct. Well, the ones I used were. And I think most were. Perhaps some of the DME buses to the Value resorts weren't? I never used EMH at MK, but I have used it elsewhere. You could get quite a lot of lesser attractions done in one hour using it. They had little-to-no queues! It was also nice to walk around a mostly empty Epcot or AK first thing in the morning before all the offsite guests flooded in. That time has now reduced by half. Meaning you'll get half as much done in that time. Then there's the loss of evening EMH as well. I think that's exactly what people do realise and why they are complaining.
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12 Jan 21, 07:13 PM |
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A little more info here:
orlandoweekly/Blogs/...iami-heres-how Note that it says "the Orlando-Tampa route [which includes the stop at Disney Springs] is expected to break ground in 2022, with an opening date of 2025". So don't expect this train service to immediately replace the Magical Express which stops at the end of this year. BTW, if the train service is anything like the Miami <-> West Palm Beach service they provide, it'll be around one train an hour.
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12 Jan 21, 07:43 PM |
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Ww would miss the extra magic hours in the evening. We never really managed to get up for the morning ones however me and the kids got round loads in the evening including meet and greets and walk ons for some rides I think BTM was only a 10 min wait, so we would really miss that one :-( half an hour in the morning wouldn't be of much use as a replacement for us.
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12 Jan 21, 09:58 PM |
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Bubble most certainly not burst for us.
We love the early morning starts, especially for the first week. Getting in before the offsite masses in every park is interesting, will make the 'busy day' planners think a bit harder! We always have a car and mostly eat offsite, so lack of ME and 'Free' Dining Plan makes no difference to us. We don't tend to spend all day, every day in the parks. We like to mix and match offsite visits, pool time and especially evening pool time. |
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12 Jan 21, 10:33 PM |
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The 30 min early entry seems like a loose loose.
We stay off site and we loose out as can no longer rope drop parks without magical hours. On site guests loose their incredible benefit of the magic hours 🤷 I'm disappointed with this change.
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13 Jan 21, 12:48 PM |
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Something that occurred to me when I first heard about the removal of EMH was that busy day guides (well, certainly the DIBB's anyway) will now become redundant. Many were based on EMH days - parks with EMH were not recommended whereas parks that had EMH on the previous day were recommended, etc. That's all gone out of the window now.
Now people will have to make up their own minds over which parks to visit rather than relying on something else to tell them. It's a pity Disney doesn't show how many reservations have been made at each park. Because that would be an excellent way to determine which parks would be busier than others.
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