Anna & Elsa - current strategy for meet & greet?

[CJK]

For a late January visit, what should be our strategy to visit them at Norway? Someone recommended getting there at 9am, to guarantee we get in for the first 11am meet & greet. Is this necessary in late January??? Thanks for any advice!

 

[mesaboy2]

For a late January visit, what should be our strategy to visit them at Norway? Someone recommended getting there at 9am, to guarantee we get in for the first 11am meet & greet. Is this necessary in late January??? Thanks for any advice!

There have been consistent reports for weeks of waits in the 90-120 minute range at minimum throughout the day. I don't expect their popularity to go down much in the coming weeks--whether park crowds are low or high.

 

[rymahoney]

I recommend the 9am arrival at Norway. It's guarantees you will see them at 11 and go about your day. We were there last week and while my wife waited my daughter and I ate breakfast at Akershus. Expensive entertainment but I was starving and my daughter does not like to Waite in lines especially a 2 hour Waite. It worked out perfect for us. People that got there when we were going in were in the 1:00 line. When we got done meeting them they started the 2:00 line.

 

[thunderbug548]

I would say yes. We were at Epcot on Marathon Sunday (last week) and crowds were very light at rope drop. We were at least 5-6 families back in line at 9am and by 9:30-10 the line was already long enough for the 12pm M&G and it just kept growing from there. We got to meet them around 11:15 and by that time people were waiting for the 2pm M&G.

Get in line at 9am. One person can wait while the other takes the kids to do other things. CM are perfectly okay with it and just ask how many in your party so they know when the next time slot starts in the line.

 

[shannon006]

We will be there end of January. We are thinking about arriving prior to rope drop, doing some rides in future world standby, lunch, then get in line for the later greets. Use FP+ for late afternoon/early evening.

With having to choose between TT & Soarin for FP+, we thought we would ride standby for the one we don't have FP+ for.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but our logic and also read on EasyWDW, is if we are going to be waiting 2 -21/2 hours, might as well do it after lunch

 

[katiee37]

I was there last week and meeting Anna and Elsa was literally the only thing I did not accomplish during the trip Most if not all of the queue is outside, making a long wait in the cold less than ideal. On the warmer days I was taking advantage of nonexistent lines at MK, and couldn't bring myself to wait 2+ hours to meet even the best of characters when I didn't even have to wait 10 minutes for most everything else on the trip.

 

[larryz]

1) Find out the last names of the guests standing right in front of you
2) Call WDW Security and have them contacted over "an emergency at their hotel"
3) Move up to take their place in line
4) Lather, rinse, repeat.

 

[thunderbug548]

We will be there end of January. We are thinking about arriving prior to rope drop, doing some rides in future world standby, lunch, then get in line for the later greets. Use FP+ for late afternoon/early evening.

With having to choose between TT & Soarin for FP+, we thought we would ride standby for the one we don't have FP+ for.

Someone please correct me if I am wrong, but our logic and also read on EasyWDW, is if we are going to be waiting 2 -21/2 hours, might as well do it after lunch

I think it will depend on what day you go. At 11am on a very slow Sunday morning, the wait was at 3hrs and the line was still growing.

 

[shannon006]

I think it will depend on what day you go. At 11am on a very slow Sunday morning, the wait was at 3hrs and the line was still growing.

We are looking at monday January 27 for the meet and greet

 

[Maggie'sMom]

1) Find out the last names of the guests standing right in front of you
2) Call WDW Security and have them contacted over "an emergency at their hotel"
3) Move up to take their place in line
4) Lather, rinse, repeat.

I laughed.... but I really hope I am never in line in front of you.

 

[michelle06]

I am hoping that by the time our trip comes in June, they are either in multiple parks, or have FP+ being offered for their greet! I am not waiting more than 30 minutes for a character in that hot, June sun!

 

[kittyab]

When the A & E went on break I got in line anyway. I waited almost an hour. My DH took my DD around he brought me a hot chocolate all was good

 

[LoveBWVVBR]

Run to Norway right at rope drop and get in line. That is the only way you might make it into the 11am slot. I got there at 9:45am yesterday and got a 2pm spot...yep, I waited FOUR hours yesterday so my kids could meet A and E. At least they let one person wait instead of the entire party. I think that this meet and greet is so poorly done. There is no reason that it could not be more efficient. I would wait on this if I could not get an 11am spot. Eventually I'm sure they will have a better setup. So not worth that 4 hour wait, that's fir sure.

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

We'll be arriving at Epcot (after a 10 hour drive) around 11 am on Wednesday - we'll walk by / check out the line and report in (I'm thinking we'll see them on Sunday morning when we can get in line right at 9). I keep reading these threads hoping (against all logic) that the lines will magically go down. I know better of course but one can hope!

 

[m5mike]

We'll be arriving at Epcot (after a 10 hour drive) around 11 am on Wednesday - we'll walk by / check out the line and report in (I'm thinking we'll see them on Sunday morning when we can get in line right at 9). I keep reading these threads hoping (against all logic) that the lines will magically go down. I know better of course but one can hope!

Thanks please give us an updated report. We are headed there 26th-30th and will update also.

 

[DisneyKentucky]

Buy a Time Machine.

We were there this past week and the line was insane. We were there in November and walked right in. Helps to do it before the movie is a success. That said, 9am rope drop is your best hope.

 

[Misha5454]

I was there in December and the line was insane. I'm good and will wait until the hype dies down. I just can't see myself waiting longer than 30 minutes. Now I really enjoyed the movie like everyone else but waiting in a line that long is not how I want to spend my time. Actually now that I think about it, since everyone was waiting in line to see A & E it actually freed up others lines that I refused to join. I will be there on Saturday for a school field trip, if the line is long, I will skip it again and find something else to see and do.

 

[LSUfan4444]

Buy a Time Machine.

We were there this past week and the line was insane. We were there in November and walked right in. Helps to do it before the movie is a success. That said, 9am rope drop is your best hope.

Did you wait in it?

I got in line on Sunday around 12 pm, was in front of the characters by 2:15 and back outside on my way by 2:30.

It is by far the longest I have ever waited for anything else at WDW, but compared to 3-5 hours earlier in the mo nth and in December, I think we got pretty lucky.

My wife had time to take our daughter to test track, nemo, turtle talk and figment while I ate my chinese food from next door and talked to the people around me.

 

[ruthies12]

Does anyone know if someone who is on a scooter will be able to remain on their scooter while they wait in the line?

 

[Egdisney]

I do not love my children enough to wait in that line