Did they still have water somewhere?
They had bottled water at the locations where there were bottled drinks. I assume there was water available in cups where they offered drinks in cups. Is that what you wanted to know? They did not have water cups already pre-filled and ready to grab and go.
Here's my notes from Tuesday night:
-Arrived about 7:15pm. There was no one providing parking directions and I ended up where people do drop-offs, so I veered off and parked in what I think was preferred parking? Not sure but it was pretty close parking!
- Went through Discovery Island and looked to see if they were giving out drinks/treats before 8:30pm--they weren't. Stopped on bridge because ROL was finishing up so we watched for a few minutes. Went to Dinoland and saw that snack cart there was also closed.
-We did Dinosaur first and we (2 of us) got on what I believe was the last car in through Dinosaur before 8pm. There was no commentary on the ride, just the background noises, which was really strange, but kind of fun! We tried to go back and re-ride, but they closed the ride to clear everything and said they would re-open at 8:30pm. Not sure when they re-opened (saw someone else post they reopened at 8:25pm).
- Went to Triceratops Spin and rode it twice. Didn't have to get off after first ride. Got off after second time to see if snack cart was open (it wasn't). We rode it third time and could have stayed on and rode more, but got off about 8:25pm. Snack cart still not open and they told others that they wouldn't open until exactly 8:30pm and were serious because someone tried and was told they had to wait one more minute. DJ was getting ready for the dance party, which started at 8:30pm.
-Got popcorn in 16 oz drink cup and bottle of diet coke (had coke, diet, sprite, water, etc) right after 8:30pm. DS also got a mickey bar.
-Went back to Dinosaur and rode twice. Didn't have to get off ride between two rides, which was fun.
-Back to Dinoland for more popcorn and drinks
-Headed to Everest and rode it twice--had to go through FP line both times (ie couldn't stay on ride).
-Exited Everest and entered and watched 2nd half of Rivers of Light
-Rode Everest again one more time
-Got popcorn in 12 oz cups (ie smaller than in Dinoland) and a strawberry frozen treat in Asia
-Headed toward Pandora as we ate treats
-Got popcorn in 16oz cup and Diet Coke in 12 oz cup at cart in Discovery Island (we were putting some of the uneaten popcorn in a ziplock in our backpack)
-Got popcorn in box and drinks in bottle at cart just before bridge to Pandora
-Entered FOP at 9:50pm for first time with a somewhat long line. Rode ride and exited ride at 10:20pm. I looked around during ride, and it seemed that not all of the rooms were being used, but I didn't pay attention to how many. We did wait about 10 minutes in the line before moving to the pre-show.
-Entered FPO a second time at 10:27pm and rode and were off the ride at 11:00pm.
-Went to Navi and rode ride one time with no wait and only us in one boat with a few empty boats around us.
-Decided we were done. Got one more popcorn in box and drink to go at the cart just over the bridge as you exit Pandora.
My goal was to ride each ride three times, but FOP took too much time so only rode it twice. Probably could have done Navi three times before park closed but decided we were done (we'd gotten up at 4:30am that morning to catch our flight to Orlando). So probably could have rode everything except FOP 3 times in the time frame of the event. Didn't bother with Bugs Life, since it's a long show and never has a line during the day.
Overall we had a great time. I was surprised that we could only ride Triceratops and not Dinosaur before 8:30pm (we didn't try anywhere else, as we were trying to get everything done in one area before heading to another). I probably would not pay to do it again. I did the After Hours event at MK on March 8, 2018. Obviously MK has more rides to spread out people. Every location during the MK event where we got treats gave out popcorn in the regular cardboard popcorn container that you get when you purchase popcorn during regular hours, so I was surprised when they were giving it out in the smaller containers at several locations at AK. Also, MK had only bottled drinks, where AK had several locations with the 12 oz cups (ie the same size you get a free water on a regular park day). Since the wait for FOP is so long with the pre-shows, you really can't ride it too many times. I wanted to do three rides, but after two I was done since it took an hour to ride 2 times.
Not sure if the After Hours events at MK and/or HS give out popcorn in the standard container or have switched to the drink cups--I'd love to know if anyone has done the other events.
You could probably get more done at an After Hours event at HS if they don't make you watch the pre-shows (do they???). FOP was obviously the most popular ride, and I was hoping it would have gone faster than 30 minutes at the end of the night. It is one of the reasons I wouldn't do the event again--I think 30 minutes total is too long for one ride during an after hours event that only lasts 3 hours.
