9:00 am FOP FP

[suemom2kay]

I have a 9am FOP FP. will they let me on with FP prior to 8:55? Anyone tried the FP as soon as they open Pandora?

TIA.

 

[Ava]

I doubt you will be able to use your FP prior to 8:55am. If you want two rides on FOP, and you get there early enough, you could ride once at rope drop then ride again with your FP. If you don't get there early enough to be at the front of the pack at rope drop, either ride Navi River Journey first then use your FP for FOP, or hit rides in another area for the first hour and go back to FOP at the end of your FP window.

 

[gap2368]

you will be able to use your FP more than likely as soon as you get to the ride. if it is a 9 am FP. but if you are at the front of rope drop I would do walk on first then use your FP and FOP is a ride twice if not more type if ride.

 

[DiannaVM]

you will be able to use your FP more than likely as soon as you get to the ride. if it is a 9 am FP. but if you are at the front of rope drop I would do walk on first then use your FP and FOP is a ride twice if not more type if ride.

I've done this on other rides when I had a 9 a.m. FP. Last trip I (accidentally) got to MK at Rope Drop, so I walked straight to Haunted Mansion and walked straight into the ride (it was such a relief not having to experience the bottleneck it usually is after the Stretching Room!). When the ride was over I did a U-turn and used my FP and walked straight in again lol. It was fun. By the time I was finished riding the second time, the stand-by line had a considerable length.

 

[ShadeDK]

Although they might let you through early, I can tell you that on the two mornings that I did rope drop for FoP last month the CMs turned away a few FP holders around 8:40-8:50 and had the chain up on the FP+ entrance until around 9 am.

The scenario that @DiannaVM describes above is one possible reason why: if your FP window hasn't opened yet, you don't scan through and the FP isn't "used" for your early walk-on, you could get off the ride and then jump right back in the FP+ line for a second go using that same FP. Since the stand-by line for FoP at 9 am is routinely shooting up to a 90 to 120 minute wait at opening, I can see why this ride might have a stricter policy on early arrivals.

Appreciate that you're one of a lucky handful of people who scored a much coveted 9am FP for the ride. Even if you have to suffer through an additional 5-10 minute of waiting before you can walk on around 9am, enjoy the fact that it's a minor inconvenience compared with those that were there a couple of hours before to do rope drop and shuffle through the stand-by line.

 

[DiannaVM]

The scenario that @DiannaVM describes above is one possible reason why: if your FP window hasn't opened yet, you don't scan through and the FP isn't "used" for your early walk-on, you could get off the ride and then jump right back in the FP+ line for a second go using that same FP. Since the stand-by line for FoP at 9 am is routinely shooting up to a 90 to 120 minute wait at opening, I can see why this ride might have a stricter policy on early arrivals.

I see I missed out the part that mentioned my first walk-through was through the stand-by line, the second was using the FP line. Other than me there were maybe, twenty other people there by the time they let us into the stretching room. By that time it was after 9 a.m., the official opening time.

 

[ShadeDK]

I see I missed out the part that mentioned my first walk-through was through the stand-by line, the second was using the FP line. Other than me there were maybe, twenty other people there by the time they let us into the stretching room. By that time it was after 9 a.m., the official opening time.

Thanks - and no worries since that was on me - I misread your post as saying that you used your FP twice (instead of walking on via stand-by first and then using your FP - which I have done myself). Even if someone did "double-dip" on a FP at opening, it's not much of a concern with most rides since the stand-by lines remain short at those times. There are a handful of rides, however, where the sense of unfairness (for lack of a better way of putting it) would be greater since the stand-by line stacks quickly (FoP and 7DMT come to mind). And, of course, I'm not suggesting that's what the OP is trying to do either - I just raise it as a possible reason why FoP may not be waiving the FP guests through before 8:55 am.

 

[suemom2kay]

Hadn't thought of the double dipping. Makes sense. Of course i "appreciate my coveted FP" just getting a gage for others' experiences so I can plan accordingly. Thanks everyone for your replies.

 

[CAS239]

With a 9am FP the earliest you can scan to get on is 8:55am

 

[PatMcDuck]

We have a 9:25 one morning in October, planning on riding Navi' first, unless we get there later into the window.

 

[IrishNYC]

I wouldn't waste it, I'd ride twice. As someone said above, I'd ride standby once, go run over to Na'vi, then use my FP for FOP.

 

[mamamelody2]

We also have a coveted 9AM FoP FP. Our plan is to hang back a bit and let the FoP hordes go in, then head to NRJ. Ride that standby, then use the FoP FP after that. If it is not too bad for me in the motion-sickness department, we will get in line again shortly before close. We also have a FP for another day, so we should get 2 rides for sure.

 

[suemom2kay]

I wouldn't waste it, I'd ride twice. As someone said above, I'd ride standby once, go run over to Na'vi, then use my FP for FOP.

Yupp this is exactly what I’m gonna do.

 

[BigredNole]

If I had a 9AM FP, I would hit it at rope drop, ride, and then jump in FP for a second trip.

 

[Cinderella94]

Ride at rope drop first and then do the FP.