AK strategy. FP+, ADR, and Rope Drop Navi River?

[mistyinca]

3/13/18
Current FP+
Safaris 9:10-10:10
FOP 11:35-12:35
EE 2:10-3:10

Park opens 9:00 (no early entry) on this day. Can we rope drop Navi River and expect to be off in time for our Kilimanjaro Safari FP by 10:10?

Also, with a FP time for FOP at 11:35, how long should we anticipate the FP+ queue and ride to last, as I have a lunch res at 12:00 and there are still openings to change it.

Thanks so much!

 

[sharonabe]

3/13/18
Current FP+
Safaris 9:10-10:10
FOP 11:35-12:35
EE 2:10-3:10

Park opens 9:00 (no early entry) on this day. Can we rope drop Navi River and expect to be off in time for our Kilimanjaro Safari FP by 10:10?

Also, with a FP time for FOP at 11:35, how long should we anticipate the FP+ queue and ride to last, as I have a lunch res at 12:00 and there are still openings to change it.

Thanks so much!

You'll still want to be at the park no later than 8:30 in order to position yourself to be near the front of the line for Na'vi. That will definitely give you enough time to get to Safari.

Move the ADR! You won't be done in time for a noon ressie. Even if you could walk on with no wait at all (which you can't), it would be almost impossible to make a noon ADR.

 

[mistyinca]

You'll still want to be at the park no later than 8:30 in order to position yourself to be near the front of the line for Na'vi. That will definitely give you enough time to get to Safari.

Move the ADR! You won't be done in time for a noon ressie. Even if you could walk on with no wait at all (which you can't), it would be almost impossible to make a noon ADR.

Thanks! Yep, I knew I'd need to move it, just wondered how long I should give myself for the FP queue and ride for FOP. There are still some time slots available to move my ADR out a little. If I got to FOP right at 11:35, what should I plan on..? 1 hour? 90 minutes? before my ADR.

Thanks!

 

[sharonabe]

Thanks! Yep, I knew I'd need to move it, just wondered how long I should give myself for the FP queue and ride for FOP. There are still some time slots available to move my ADR out a little. If I got to FOP right at 11:35, what should I plan on..? 1 hour? 90 minutes? before my ADR.

Thanks!

Hmmm...an hour is probably enough time, but I'd go with 90 min. It doesn't happen often, but there are times that the FP line gets backed up. I think on our last FP ride, we waited 15-20 min before we were in the first room, and that was after the 5 min walk up to the "loading" area. The other times, we waited less than 5 minutes. Then you have two different rooms with video instruction before you finally get to the ride room and the actual ride. Once you're done, there's another 5 min walk down to the gift shop. So, 90 min would make for a much less stressed ride for me, but I know many that would say an hour is more than enough.

 

[mistyinca]

Thanks. I was able to get a 12:45 time slot, so all looks good. Thanks for the help!