Animal Kingdom...how important is rope drop?

[spumco]

I have a 7:30 Boma breakfast, probably not get to AK gate till 9:30ish??? (guess)

Will this really effect my Safari/Kali/Primeval wait times?

Boma sound great, but not at the expense of throwing off the morning at the park.

Opinions?

 

[jeanneg4of4]

when the rope drops, there is a mad dash to the safari. we are usually one of the first ones there and by the time we get off , there is a nice line allready. It does have a fastpass, however,I feel it is a nice walk out off the way to go get the pass and then return.later in the day the lines dwindle but,I have always been told the animals are more active in the morning.as for Kali, we go last thing and have never had to wait. I would think in the am it would't be busy since it pretty early to get wet.

 

[Fla Gator]

Unless you are going at a very crowded time of year IMO 9:30 is plenty early. The Primeval ride is slow loading and so has a slow moving (and usually long) line but FP is available if you don't want to stand in it and there's plenty to do in the area while you wait for your FP time (the midway, the boneyard playground) and the safari has FP as well, although I have seen the FPs sell out mid-afternoon at very crowded times. We always go to Kali around park closing time and have never been in a long line. Most people probably don't want to get soaked first thing in the morning so the lines may not be bad then either. We'll be trying breakfast at Boma this May on our departure day (breakfast then go wave goodbye to the animals) -- can't wait!

 

[DarthKarl]

In my opinion (and I think many others) the safari ride is best early in the morning (its cooler, lots of the animals are out, and there aren't long waits). Therefore that's why everyone makes a mad dash there at rope drop at AK. When I was there last week we all followed the character bus right up to the load-up line. If you miss that initial rush, then you'll most likely need to fastpass the ride.