Accuracy of Touring Plans plans?

[Keyser]

Have any of you used the TouringPlans plans for Universal/IOA before, and if so, can you tell me if they were accurate? I expect the ride time and walk times are fairly accurate, since these shouldn't vary much, but the wait times they're giving seem totally off to me. As nice as it would be, I cannot believe I will have 0-6 minute waits for every ride in IoA on July 4, even with Express Pass!!!! I'm just trying to get an idea of how much I can reasonably expect to do before lunch, after lunch, and in the evening. But, if the waits are totally off (they rate the day a 9/10 on crowds, which seems pretty accurate from what I've heard), then I don't know how useful it is, at all...

 

[macraven]

0 to 6 minute wait for a ride using express on July 4th..........


Maybe TP will revise that

Can't see that happening unless you are staying onsite, use EE and the first in line for a couple of rides

You said crowd level is 9/10
That will be a packed house

TP is a decent site to get an idea if things but basically no waits doesn't seem possible


Just walking thru the parks with crowds is time consuming

 

[Keyser]

Thanks - that's what I figured (we are mentally preparing for a very very busy park). I was putting together a touring plan and thinking "how could I possibly do that much in that amount of time?" and then noticed that there was never a wait more than 6 minutes in their estimates. I'm guessing something's broken in their system!

 

[havoc315]

I'll be there this weekend as well, and using Express Pass.
So in super crowds, what types of waits are there usually with Express Pass?

I certainly won't really be mad if a 60 minute standby line is 10 minutes with Express pass, but if I'm in a lot of 30 minute lines, I'm going to have a pretty miserable weekend.

 

[macraven]

all i know is what UO states about the usage and wait time of the ep's.
they say ep lines could be up to 20 minutes before you are on the ride.

i have timed my waits and found that to be accurate.
depends on when you go.
if i am there on a heavy crowd day, the longest i have ever had in line was about 19 minutes tops.

usually it is around 10 minutes and i am on the ride.

last year in october there were sections taken out of usage on the DE ride.
this is the only ride i had a wait. (and it was that 19 minute wait i had)

but any day in the ep lines beats the wait times in the regular lines.

those going for only one day or two, really want to hit all the rides and don't want excessive waits.
if i was in that situation, it would me my thoughts also.