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Epcot Monorail Loop opening on July 18! Woohoo! This was reported in the Polynesian thread. Thank you JasonTCV for the report
Dan
So happy about this!
Epcot Monorail Loop opening on July 18! Woohoo! This was reported in the Polynesian thread. Thank you JasonTCV for the report
Dan
Worked for us with BTMRR on Sunday but did not yesterday- though there were a lot of issues with things going down yesterday.Has anyone ridden rides during fireworks since they've retuned to MK & EP? We're not a firework family so this strategy has worked for us in the past.
Yep. I was one of those. I like not having to have so much scheduled. We went in May & lines were still manageable but just got back again this week & they no longer are. Guess they’re setting us up to be happy to pay for FP.I guess for all you that were praying for FP+ never to come back, we are seeing what it’s like without it once capacity is getting back to normal. We are 12 days from arriving and will make the best of it, but we have been during this same time of year twice in the last five years for 10 night stays and have never experienced anything like what is being talked about here due to forced standby. Sure the standby lines could get that long in prior years but with proper use of the FP system very short waits were a normal occurrence for headliners, even FOP, SDD, etc, and you didn’t even need to get up early.
I’m soooo looking forward to getting up at 6 AM on vacation so that I might get to animal kingdom in time to do flight of passage and other rides with short waits . Same goes for HS.
we chose to go, not knowing fully what we would be getting ourselves into so that was our risk and we took it. However I must say that I am very disappointed with Disney to allow this situation to happen.
We rode rides during fireworks at MK on 3 different nights. 4th of July was the best night. I think we got on Buzz with a walk on, Mine Train in about 30 minutes and fireworks were going off while we were on the ride. Then we headed to Peter Pan and walked on once we got through the very long queue. Then headed to Jungle Cruise and it was maybe 10 minutes. That was our best experience of the entire trip because I think most people were specifically there to watch 4th of July fireworks. My family jumped on Space Mountain at 10:30 with a 45 minute wait and it was exactly 45 minutes. I was hoping for the inflated line time, but it wasn’t.Has anyone ridden rides during fireworks since they've retuned to MK & EP? We're not a firework family so this strategy has worked for us in the past.
Yes! At tusker house, they acted like monsters inc with the kids coming near the characters & right after, at fotlk show, asked us to basically sit on strangers’ laps to fill in all available space to cram more ppl in the building. It’s getting obnoxious. Either we are still doing covid or not. Pick one.Don't disagree with that. But the fact that they are doing it now for the first time seems to me like it's a social distancing measure.
It's similar to how I feel about the fact that at Topolino Mickey wouldn't come closer than 6 feet from our table a few weeks ago. Yet somehow a typical number squished together in the stretching room was fine.
This. It is taking much longer to do things we have normally done in shorter periods of time. For a variety of reasons!Walking through the area-tomorrow land speedway was very crowded, Space had a huge line, people mover and Astro orbiter also had lines. I think we maybe got on Buzz again but for the most part the fireworks advantage seemed to disappear that night.
Splash had a long wait every one of these days/nights and was down a lot. We were only able to ride it because we got a FP when we had to be evacuated off of People Mover.
We fit in Pooh and Tomorrow Land Speedway somewhere in there too. It basically took us 2 days and 3 nights during the fireworks to fit in all the MK rides that we could normally do during one day with early hours and FP at MK.
Yes—for beating the front entry crowds and also because Test Track is often down at park open and you then lose valuable touring time.Regarding Epcot.
From what I have inferred, it sounds like international gateway entry guests are at a bit of a disadvantage for test track due to the proximity of where they queue Vs front entry guests. Would it be better to hit Soarin or frozen first if you want to beat the front entry lines?
Dan
Has anyone ridden rides during fireworks since they've retuned to MK & EP? We're not a firework family so this strategy has worked for us in the past.
This is just sad. Maybe we'll just sleep in. We used to be able to do at least 4 rides in the first 2 hours of park opening, now it sounds like we'll be lucky to do 3, if we are at the front of the lines.I had read that MK buses were starting 90min before opening but BC didn’t get our first MK bus until 70min before opening. Pulled up at 8:05, tap-in started about 8:20, held until exactly 9, walked slowly and held again, twice, for Splash. Wait quickly built to 75 minutes. Waits for everything are the longest I’ve ever seen at 10am, save maybe SDMT, which is always 90ish this time of day.
We did Splash and Pirates before 10. Heading to Philharmagic. We were lucky to get 2 in, and yes, we usually do at least 4-5 in the first hour. Sad.This is just sad. Maybe we'll just sleep in. We used to be able to do at least 4 rides in the first 2 hours of park opening, now it sounds like we'll be lucky to do 3, if we are at the front of the lines.
Wow, so you got up early and arrived to the parks 40 minutes before open and still only got two attractions in before 10 AM? Especially at MK with so many attractions I would hope for more.We did Splash and Pirates before 10. Heading to Philharmagic. We were lucky to get 2 in, and yes, we usually do at least 4-5 in the first hour. Sad.
Just FYI, no buses have been running 90 mins early. The 90 minute number is the recommended time to start waiting in line at the resort bus stop to get on the first bus, which often fills up.I had read that MK buses were starting 90min before opening but BC didn’t get our first MK bus until 70min before opening. Pulled up at 8:05, tap-in started about 8:20, held until exactly 9, walked slowly and held again, twice, for Splash. Wait quickly built to 75 minutes. Waits for everything are the longest I’ve ever seen at 10am, save maybe SDMT, which is always 90ish this time of day.
Arrived 55 minutes early, in the park 40 minutes early, on the first ride, Splash, at about 9:10 (many stops while getting on), have ridden Splash, Pirates, and It’s A Small World. Took a 15 minute food break, now in line for Pooh and it’s 11:40. I don’t think we’ll be on before noon, so if you subtract our food break that would be four rides in three hours with rope dropping, and we didn’t even try fir Mine Train, Space, etc. We might have only gotten two in if we had done that. It’s pretty awful, I will not come back until FP AND EMH are back (and I know that might mean I’ll never come back!)Wow, so you got up early and arrived to the parks 40 minutes before open and still only got two attractions in before 10 AM? Especially at MK with so many attractions I would hope for more.
Definitely preparing ourselves for trip. 10 days…
Bring back FP+!
Dan
Yes, exactly our experience. And if something was down, we did 1 attraction. Splash was down twice very close to opening last week so couldn’t rope drop it.We did Splash and Pirates before 10. Heading to Philharmagic. We were lucky to get 2 in, and yes, we usually do at least 4-5 in the first hour. Sad.
Yes, and trash throughout the halls of Beach Club. It’s so gross.Just curious...is this an accurate depiction of conditions in the parks? Because if so.....wow.