Crystal Palace PPO and Rope Drop

[Laura's Dad]

We have a Crystal Palace pre-park opening reservation for 8:05 am for our upcoming September trip. We have done this breakfast before and, since we are all adults, do not have to see every character during our breakfast. If we finish our breakfast around 8:50, where would we be able to line up for park opening? We want to ride Peter Pan's Flight first thing as we will have FastPasses for Seven Dwarfs Mine Train. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[maxiesmom]

They will more than likely have the park open by 8:45.

 

[CAS239]

If it's a 9am opening, just stay tuned to the hours because they could change it to 8am. And also be aware that it wouldn't be uncommon for them to open the park early if there's enough people waiting. So while the opening still might be 9, it's not unusual for them to start letting in at say 8:30 or 8:45. This is just one of the reasons why PPO ADR's have a chance of not going in your favor

 

[Hootch]

I always recommend asking for the check early in the meal to ensure you can leave promptly.

If you are done by 8:50, the line at PP will not be too long if any at all.

 

[showers2flowers]

We've done the 8:05 CP breakfast twice--first time, we were headed to Fantasyland and I believe we were held just past the castle until opening. Once they released us we went straight to Peter Pan and had no wait. Last time we were walking out of CP right at 9am and decided to head to Frontierland first instead, since folks were already on their way to the more popular destinations.

 

[Laura's Dad]

I always recommend asking for the check early in the meal to ensure you can leave promptly.

If you are done by 8:50, the line at PP will not be too long if any at all.

We are going the third week of September on a Halloween Party day so I don't expect there to be huge crowds. We purchased TouringPlans and they keep sending us to Winnie the Pooh first. I would like to get Peter Pan done quickly before the lines get to long. We plan on paying our bill early (as suggested). I think that this will be our strategy.

 

[ArielSRL]

We are going the third week of September on a Halloween Party day so I don't expect there to be huge crowds. We purchased TouringPlans and they keep sending us to Winnie the Pooh first. I would like to get Peter Pan done quickly before the lines get to long. We plan on paying our bill early (as suggested). I think that this will be our strategy.

As far as TP....you can always put the attractions in the order you prefer and hit the "evaluate" button as opposed to the "optimize" button and it won't change the order.

 

[Laura's Dad]

As far as TP....you can always put the attractions in the order you prefer and hit the "evaluate" button as opposed to the "optimize" button and it won't change the order.

I've finally figured that out and I think I'm pretty close to the schedule we desire. Thanks.

 

[tinkerbella16]

You'll be fine either way. The first hour of the park opening is one of the best to get on some of the more popular rides, and Peter Pan should be easy to get on right after your breakfast. They normally do the welcome show at 8:40 and let the crowd in at 8:45 (this was my experience on multiple mornings in Nov), so we were already in the park before 9am, but lines for a lot of the rides don't get crazy right away. You still should be fine.

 

[Hootch]

We are going the third week of September on a Halloween Party day so I don't expect there to be huge crowds. We purchased TouringPlans and they keep sending us to Winnie the Pooh first. I would like to get Peter Pan done quickly before the lines get to long. We plan on paying our bill early (as suggested). I think that this will be our strategy.

I think doing PP first is a good idea. The wait grows faster and it's a little closer to CP.