Anyone go to the E-Ride on the 10th?

[DisneyFan79]

I was just wondering if anyone went to the E-Ride night on the 10th? I am planning on going to the one on the 17th. How were the crowds? What rides were open? We really want to take advantage of E-Ride since it will be much cooler in the evening. Thanks for any info!!! 4 days and counting!!! I got my Lime Green Ribbon this weekend!!

 

[olena]

I went. It was one of the lightest E-Ride crowds I've ever seen.

The usual rides were open, but Astro Orbiter was closed. They had no other ride open to replace it. It's not my favorite ride, but I think they should've had something else open.

 

[Muffy]

My DS was at the e night on the 10th! I spoke to him yesterday and he said e night was great. The first thing I asked was how crowded was it! He said it was not crowded at all. He got there at 7:00pm and was surprised to find it not crowded. Hope this helps!

 

[cinmell]

We went to the E-night on Saturday and it was great. The E-night was not crowded and we went on Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain, Haunted Mansion, Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear. Alien Encounter, Transit Authority and Country Bear Jamboree were also open. We saw Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Chip & Dale and I think Donald in front of the castle. We went shopping on Main Street which was great because it wasn't crowded at all and it was pretty to see all lit up.

 

[sm4987]

Glad to hear that it wasn't crowded. I have never done an e-ride night an am looking forward to it.

 

[olena]

Here are some tips!

Start E-night near Frontierland. I think most people hit Tomorrowland first. On Saturday, we hit Jungle Cruise just prior to closing. That ride is different and fun at night. The fireworks were going off overhead. It was great! After that, we headed to Pirates just before closing. After closing, we made our way to BTMRR.

We made our way to Tomorrowland and only had a 5 minute wait for Space Mountain. After riding everything else, we headed back to BTMRR. That part of the park had cleared out. There was virtually no one in line for BTMRR. We picked a car in the middle, since everyone tends to want the back or the front. We got to ride 5 times without exiting, because there was never anyone waiting in line for our car. That was great!

We do Splash Mountain last. We walked right on and were told we could stay in our boat, but once was enough.


Also, keep in mind that the only way to get from Frontierland to Tomorrowland is going around the castle and entering Liberty Square. You can't go to Adventureland or Fantasyland. You can't even go through the castle. If you keep to the route I mentioned, you won't waste time on detours.

Have a fun E-Ride night!

 

[Crazy4mandms]

Do you think it will be this enjoyable on the e-ride night Memorial Day weekend? We were thinking of doing epcot first thing in the morning, taking a long nap, have ressies at Chef Mickey's for 7:30 then doing e-ride...just afraid of the crowd level cuz of Memorial day weekend. (another thought, hoping Epcot will be the least crowded park that day!!)

 

[DaveH]

On the 10th the crowd was light. The posted park closing was 9PM with a 9:15PM fireworks. The offical eride night times was 10PM - 1AM. I did not go on Space Mountan. All the rides were walk on. The longest wait I had was Thunder Mountain. They loaded a train then I was on the next one. I have the eride night map here. This is what is open by land.

Main Street USA:
Main Street Bakery
Plaza Ice Cream Parlor
Casey's Corner
Emporium

Frontierland:
Country Bear Jamboree
Splash Mountain
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Pecos Bill Cafe
Splashdown Photo

Liberty Square:
The Haunted Mansion

Tomorrowland:
The ExtraTERRORestrail Alien Encounter
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Tomorrowland Transit Authority
Astro Orbiter(closed on the 10th)
Space Mountain
The Lunching Pad at Rockettower Plaza
Merchant of Venus