ParrotBill
Yo ho, yo ho, a parrot's life for me
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We visited in the week from Easter Sunday on.
Expected a super busy week and had low expectations but were pleasantly surprised. First, Sunday morning in Studios was dreamily uncrowded. Walk on to many things all morning. 20 min only to ToT and RnR for hours.
Rest of week was moderate to busy, and rain chased the crowds away one day leaving walk up any where on the parade route for the FIRST evening parade!
Standby lines were typical, but started OK for first half of day then build from noon on. I believe with advance FP+ many are choosing not to show up at "rope drop" time making it nicer for those who do.
Wait times for FP+ were typically 0 to 20 minutes. There were many cases of long lines outside the entrance due to slow scanning in. This was especially true at BTMRR and Pirates. You would wait 10 minutes to get to the scan point then walk all the way to another short 5-10 minute wait before boarding. There are still many cases of people scanning in and getting a blue - and wanting to argue about it. Any time one party member got a green but others did not they would wave them in. But a family of 4 all getting blues and arguing about it would stall the line for a good 30-60 seconds - long enough to add 30 people to the line outside the entrance.
We used a FP+ for parade viewing one day. Hated it. Everyone stood up and we were in the second row. So to get to the front row you must arrive WELL BEFORE the start time of the FP+ reservation... just like any regular spot on the parade route. Pooh on that! Used FP+ for Fairytale Princess Hall once too.. very civilized to go in in the next group taken in, waiting only 5 minutes. Nice!
Expected a super busy week and had low expectations but were pleasantly surprised. First, Sunday morning in Studios was dreamily uncrowded. Walk on to many things all morning. 20 min only to ToT and RnR for hours.
Rest of week was moderate to busy, and rain chased the crowds away one day leaving walk up any where on the parade route for the FIRST evening parade!
Standby lines were typical, but started OK for first half of day then build from noon on. I believe with advance FP+ many are choosing not to show up at "rope drop" time making it nicer for those who do.
Wait times for FP+ were typically 0 to 20 minutes. There were many cases of long lines outside the entrance due to slow scanning in. This was especially true at BTMRR and Pirates. You would wait 10 minutes to get to the scan point then walk all the way to another short 5-10 minute wait before boarding. There are still many cases of people scanning in and getting a blue - and wanting to argue about it. Any time one party member got a green but others did not they would wave them in. But a family of 4 all getting blues and arguing about it would stall the line for a good 30-60 seconds - long enough to add 30 people to the line outside the entrance.
We used a FP+ for parade viewing one day. Hated it. Everyone stood up and we were in the second row. So to get to the front row you must arrive WELL BEFORE the start time of the FP+ reservation... just like any regular spot on the parade route. Pooh on that! Used FP+ for Fairytale Princess Hall once too.. very civilized to go in in the next group taken in, waiting only 5 minutes. Nice!
