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@macraven! I know I saw this in some past thread, and I don't mean to hijack, but can you confirm something for me? We will be at Universal when only IOA has EE. We NEED to ride Gringotts. (We were skunked on our first trip due to it being down.) I recall the best strategy without US EE is to just do rope drop and head back to Diagon Alley with the great unwashed. Is that correct? Even though we could squeeze in a FJ ride if we do IOA EE instead, I heard waiting for HE can put us pretty far back in line for Gringotts. Is that true?
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I have started at ioa in EE for FJ and took HE to the studios for Potter and the main ride
Lined up at 8:30 so was at head of line to board HE but arrived at the studios about the time crowds came in to the park
All of us will have different experiences on the timing of reaching gringotts
My goal was to be ahead of the 9:00 crowd and be positioned at the front of Gringotts ride line
Most times it worked but still too many times it gave me no advantage
EE at ioa and went straight to FJ and repeated the ride
Then went to HE and waited there
Kind of a waste for me as later in the day I would return to ioa to do the rest of potterville
Of course hit crowds then
Doing the main Potter rides early will have shorter wait times
How many days will you have for the parks?
If 3, change it around and use EE
Stay with the park until noon then switch
Next day reverse the park you start with
Crowds will be noticeable around 11:30
Ioa has another big draw or two
King and hulk
That is why doing all morning at ioa will allow you to hit most of the highlights there
There will be days where rope starts can be to your advantage
For me as I go couple times a year with October stays of 2 weeks onsite,
I easily split my days up
For short stays, make two plan versions and decide while in the park would be more beneficial for you
The goal is hit Potter and everything in that section
The outdoor entertainment at the studios Potter section, has a schedule
Look over that to know the can't miss ones
Work a tentative schedule to include them
Celestial is the one i never tire of
Delightful act!!
I know many of us would tell posters to hit Potter rides the last 90 minutes of the park day as lines are much shorter
I no longer say that as during busy times, some rides go down and do not go back up until the next day
So don't wait until the last park day néar closing as you may be disappointed not catching it
If you are in a line ride before closing time when the park closes, all in the line will be allowed to stay on it and do the ride
If you have more questions, post and someone will help
This was my sleep in day since I did not get to sleep until 5 this morning
Had surgery and some nights just can't sleep
But I do read through all first page thread of all four forums once a day
I'll catch any questions directed to me then and jump in to help