I'm seeing some conflicting info so I wanted to check here to make sure I understand the current situation. First of all:
- We have APs but live on the West Coast and aren't regulars. Just got lucky that two trips fell within 11 months of each other. April is our first time using these APs after upgrading our 5-day tickets last Spring.
- Tues/Weds we are arriving to Orlando and doing a one night stay UO's Royal Pacific
- Weds we are switching over and checking into the Beach Club for 5 nights
Weds will be a wild card for us. Perhaps we will want to stay at UO as long as possible and drive over to WDW late. Last time we did this, however, my family was asking "can we go over to WDW now?" at around 1pm. So in my head the likeliest scenario is that we could stay at UO into the early evening, I could snag a 6pm Tron VQ for Extended Evening Hours at the Magic Kingdom that night, then show up to MK around 8pm and enjoy EEE.
The first post in this thread suggests this is possible. It says you don't have to have tapped into the park to get the 6pm drop. I saw a post on another site that suggested they changed that early in 2023 and you have to have tapped into at least one park sometime that day before being eligible. Because we'll be at UO likely until early evening I just don't see me tapping into any of the WDW parks before the 6pm VQ drop. Does anyone know the current situation? Can I snag a 6pm without having tapped into any parks?
Thank you!