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Thanks, at least that was a different answer from last time you called. It's like you play answer roulette when you call. You never know what answer you're going to get, but it seems like it's never the same!

YES! And because that is true, I decided to experiment and call back since there was no wait time. And guess what? Another sorta different answer :-). This woman said just because it has not updated does not mean it won't because it is not unusual for Disney to wait until the month prior to update the calendar for many things, such as adjustments to park hours. She said there is nothing to make her believe it is being cancelled nor suspended and she thinks we will "know more" this weekend because end of month updates are very common for all Disney events.

So.... a little different spin on "no updates" but this one definitely had hope that it will update. She was very nice - I'll go with her answer because I liked it the best :-).
 
YES! And because that is true, I decided to experiment and call back since there was no wait time. And guess what? Another sorta different answer :-). This woman said just because it has not updated does not mean it won't because it is not unusual for Disney to wait until the month prior to update the calendar for many things, such as adjustments to park hours. She said there is nothing to make her believe it is being cancelled nor suspended and she thinks we will "know more" this weekend because end of month updates are very common for all Disney events.

So.... a little different spin on "no updates" but this one definitely had hope that it will update. She was very nice - I'll go with her answer because I liked it the best :-).

You are so funny! I like her answer too :-) I will be crossing my fingers and toes for the next few days. It'll be nice if we can do EMM; that will allow me to free up some fast passes for other things :-)
 
I'm still holding out hope for this weekend too!!! If it's not available to book next week, then I'll sadly move on to plan B (mvmcp). Still fun, but we were REALLY wanting to do EMM!!
 
I'm still holding out hope for this weekend too!!! If it's not available to book next week, then I'll sadly move on to plan B (mvmcp). Still fun, but we were REALLY wanting to do EMM!!

Me too! I've done MVMCP many times and am happy to do it again, but I really wanted to try something "new" too!
 


I a bit further off... looking for dates in Feb.

Disney After Hours has been released with dates into March. Wonder why the morning event hasn't?
 
Hi, I phoned Disney up on Sunday and the answer I got from them is that this isn't happening again until January. This would answer why you can see a special ticketed event in the magic kingdom calendar for most Sundays and Tuesday in Jan/Feb/March but nothing for Nov/Dec. I was also hoping for this to happen in November, but I am still being hopeful for them to release 30/9 - 1/10.
 
Hi, I phoned Disney up on Sunday and the answer I got from them is that this isn't happening again until January. This would answer why you can see a special ticketed event in the magic kingdom calendar for most Sundays and Tuesday in Jan/Feb/March but nothing for Nov/Dec. I was also hoping for this to happen in November, but I am still being hopeful for them to release 30/9 - 1/10.

Where are you seeing dates for Jan-Mar? It's not showing up online. The Disney After Dark tickets are out for that time period.
 


Where are you seeing dates for Jan-Mar? It's not showing up online. The Disney After Dark tickets are out for that time period.
It’s not in the EMM calendar but if you go to the park hours calendar and click on some Sundays and Tuesdays in January it says there is a ticketed event from 7:45-9. We have been drawing the conclusion that that is for EMM.
 
Where are you seeing dates for Jan-Mar? It's not showing up online. The Disney After Dark tickets are out for that time period.

Previous poster is referring to the individual days. If you go to Park Hours and individual days in Jan-March, you do see "Special Ticketed Event" for select Sundays and Tuesdays Jan-March in the morning in addition to the Disney After Hours times. This does not appear in Nov/Dec.

However, all of us have received different answers from different CMs. I think we will not know for sure until after this weekend. If we do not see an update by early next week, it's time to abandon hope.
 
Previous poster is referring to the individual days. If you go to Park Hours and individual days in Jan-March, you do see "Special Ticketed Event" for select Sundays and Tuesdays Jan-March in the morning in addition to the Disney After Hours times. This does not appear in Nov/Dec.

However, all of us have received different answers from different CMs. I think we will not know for sure until after this weekend. If we do not see an update by early next week, it's time to abandon hope.


Thanks for clarifying. Now I see it. This helps greatly!! Thanks!
 
I’m taking those dates in Jan-March with a grain of salt. They’re SO random. Once a week, no consistency with which day of the week, missing weeks entirely. I don’t think it’s an indication of anything other than an oversight that they’re showing, personally.
 
I'm still half heartedly checking every day. As others have said, if October 1st/2nd rolls around and still nothing I will give up.
 
I’m taking those dates in Jan-March with a grain of salt. They’re SO random. Once a week, no consistency with which day of the week, missing weeks entirely. I don’t think it’s an indication of anything other than an oversight that they’re showing, personally.

I don't want to take away anyone's hope for Nov/Dec, but two things:

1) The dates are not random, they are Sunday/Tuesday which are common for EMM (always seems to be Sun/Tues or Tues/Thurs depending on the month). And EMM is always offered "sporadically" in that not every week has two dates. To see what I mean about the always randomness of EMM, look at the October dates. 1 in the first week, none in the second, two dates in weeks 3 and 4. Seemingly random. The 2018 dates actually have the right pattern to them, for example, no EMM the President's day weekend (which has historically been true).

2) These were added to the calendar after WDW posted the original park hours. When the original park hours came out, they were not on the calendar. That's not a good sign because someone added them for some reason... they are not a simple hold over. And they have been changing with some dates disappearing, again, not a good sign.
 
I’m taking those dates in Jan-March with a grain of salt. They’re SO random. Once a week, no consistency with which day of the week, missing weeks entirely. I don’t think it’s an indication of anything other than an oversight that they’re showing, personally.

I agree with PP. Hate to say it but EMM dates in Jan-Feb of this year were generally once a week as well. Weeks off for President’s Day weekend, etc. Nothing after 3/7 until one date in April. Unless I’m mistaken, here were the Jan-Mar dates this year.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
 
I agree with PP. Hate to say it but EMM dates in Jan-Feb of this year were generally once a week as well. Weeks off for President’s Day weekend, etc. Nothing after 3/7 until one date in April. Unless I’m mistaken, here were the Jan-Mar dates this year.

Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Tuesday, March 7, 2017

Those dates are consistent, at least. They’re currently listed 50/50 two days a week/1 day a week and it’s not a consistent sun/tues or tues/thurs schedule like before, and there’s also EMM “scheduled” the day after Presidents‘ Day which you said wasn’t the case before. Maybe it is the schedule, or maybe it’s not. Most months were pretty consistent, I’ll agree October wasn’t, but this is 3 months in a row like October rather than a one off.
 
Those dates are consistent, at least. They’re currently listed 50/50 two days a week/1 day a week and it’s not a consistent sun/tues or tues/thurs schedule like before, and there’s also EMM “scheduled” the day after Presidents‘ Day which you said wasn’t the case before. Maybe it is the schedule, or maybe it’s not. Most months were pretty consistent, I’ll agree October wasn’t, but this is 3 months in a row like October rather than a one off.

Fair point. I haven’t studied those ‘possible’ 2018 dates in detail, so you’re probably right.

I’ve been doing a bunch of research on past EMM dates and booking release dates. The only thing consistent I can say about EMM is how inconsistent the patterns really are... although not entirely surprising for Disney! :goodvibes
 
I don't disagree at all that the addition of the "Special Ticketed Event" for Jan-Mar 2018 is not a good sign. I am just choosing to remain hopeful for a 9/30 or early October release (because 9/30 is a Saturday, I will remain hopeful until Mon/Tues next week) because it doesn't hurt to remain hopeful :-).
 
It ain't over til it's over.....I would say if nothing October 1st it's probably over. You know it could be a simple issue of them working out staffing or something because it is the holiday season. There's no way of knowing really. So many different answers from CM's. I can't lean either way. Will just give it 4 more days! Still hopeful.
 
I'm also remaining hopeful for another couple of days here. I feel satisfied with the plans we have right now (PPO BOG as a backup plan on the morning we're hoping for EMM), but my family would love to experience EMM. We travel to Disney a few times a year, but the timing for EMM never seems to work out for us. I'm still hopeful for it this trip (November) but will fund it rather comical, actually, if they decide not to offer it while we're there. I've come to the conclusion that EMM just is not in the cards for my family!
 
The fact that we didn't see updates today has this looking even more bleak - I don't think they do updates on Saturdays but I could be wrong, especially if it is just built in code to update and a computer is working over the weekend :-). But I think a human actually does these updates.

BUT we also didn't see those Jan-March dates added either, so it's not like we have definitive proof of Nov/Dec being skipped yet either.
 

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