early rope drop?

[yhz123]

On days that they anticipate a high volume of visitors, such as July 4th for example, does the rope drop ever happen earlier than the posted time?
I'm specifically wondering about non-early entry days.

 

[LKing]

On days that they anticipate a high volume of visitors, such as July 4th for example, does the rope drop ever happen earlier than the posted time?

July 4 doesn't get busy until the afternoon/evening when local pass holders start arriving for fireworks.

 

[Brandonius]

On days that they anticipate a high volume of visitors, such as July 4th for example, does the rope drop ever happen earlier than the posted time?
I'm specifically wondering about non-early entry days.

They always always always drop +- 90 seconds of opening time. The only variance may happen wayyy back at bag check where lines would cause disruption to bus or pedestrian traffic off property, but I'm aware of like 1-2 instances of that ever.

Also historically July 3-4 is not actually very busy if u look at wait time data. Staffing costs 2x normal, so they don't allow as many reservations in. The "feels like" crowds were high in the past because of locals coming in with their APs, but it looks like they've seriously throttled rez availability this year.

 

[LKing]

Staffing costs 2x normal, so they don't allow as many reservations in.

Do you have a source for this?

The "feels like" crowds were high in the past because of locals coming in with their APs, but it looks like they've seriously throttled rez availability this year.

MK reservations are open for both parks on July 4