Advisory #2 - Animal Kingdom EMH changes
A not-so-pleasant advisory about Disney's Animal Kingdom's EXTRA MAGIC HOURS:
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Beginning Wednesday, March 2, 2011, Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park will offer guests an additional Extra Magic Hour (EMH) morning every week. Instead of having one EMH morning and one EMH evening each week, the park will now feature two EMH mornings. The EMH mornings will be offered on Mondays and Wednesdays. Adjustments to the EMH schedule will offer guests additional opportunities to become immersed in the rich animal experiences available only at Disney's Animal Kingdom Theme Park. This schedule is subject to change. Cast members are advised to check the EMH schedule on the Guest Tab of the Hub for the most up-to-date EMH offerings.
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This is a very sad news, for a park that is already in need of A LOT of help! The EMH evening were the only real opportunities to see the park all illuminated. We've been only once during the evening, because of the fact that we can't ride anything (unless you stay at one of the Disney resorts), and it was unforgettable. The dark paths and the animal noises (yes, birds and some other animals stay awake until late) really make it much better than during the morning hours.
We really hope this is only a test (based on the park's opening hours, it will continue to be like this throughout the year), because we are absolutely not happy with this change (and, by the way, the EMH mornings are only one-hour long, the EMH evenings are three-hour long!!). What do you think?
This is really disappointing to me. I've been to Animal Kingdom about three or four times and each time was only during the day. We made a dinner reservation at the Yak & Yeti for our trip next month, and I was hoping to finally see the park at night, but now I guess that's not going to happen!
ReplyDeleteI love Animal Kingdom, but leaving at 5:00 (time it closes every time I've been) is so boring and disappointing!!! I wish I could see the park at night, I bet that is a treat! Maybe they will make some changes, hopefully.
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ey Disney,wake up!
This is how it is with most zoos... animals need rest. Too much human interaction and it can stress out the animals and possibly even cause illness and death amongst the animals. Early mornings is better than late evenings... Whenever I've visited Disney World, we used our Animal Kingdom early closing as an excuse to visit Downtown Disney. I'm ok with this decision.
ReplyDeleteOne night a week I think is not that harmfull to the animals. Yes I agree that Zoo's close early and I understand why however we like Animal Kingdom at night as well.
ReplyDeleteI am very dissapointed as well.
this a huge disappointment, Animal Kingdom at night is incredible ... gives the feel you are in Middle East or Africa ... they need to reconsider this , we're going in May and now I don't want to go :(
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