Entrance into parks (time)

[EMHDad]

I know magic kingdom lets people in a hour early. what time do the other parks start letting people in? I want to be at the front of the line, so I am trying to figure out when to be there.

 

[mshanson3121]

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[gap2368]

I know magic kingdom lets people in a hour early. what time do the other parks start letting people in? I want to be at the front of the line, so I am trying to figure out when to be there.

Most other let you in 30 ish minutes early if you want to be at the front get to the park at lest an hour before the park opens. Now when SWGE opens at HS you might have to get to that park 2 or 4+ hours early the first few month.

 

[gharter]

MK, you can be on Main Street about an hour before the park opens. They will not let you into the park outside of the hub until the welcome party just before park opening.
EPCOT, I have never been let in early, but we normall go in the IG.
HS, they let us in 30 minutes early and then waited at Sunset BLVD.
AK, they let us in 30 mintues early up to the Oasis or the entrance to Pandora.

HS and AK, you need to be at the turnstiles about 60 mintues before the park opens.
MK, it depends what you want to ride as to when you ned to be there and how close to the front. We arrived 20 minutes before the park opened and there were nly about 10 people waiting by the Tomorrowland side. A big crowd ready to fo to Fantasyland.

 

[siren0119]

So as the PP mentioned, it kind of depends on a few things:
1) what rides you want to get on first
2) whether you want to be FIRST or in the first group

HS and AK - if you're going for the hot ticket rides (SDD and FOP respectively) - 1 hr to 1 hr 15 minutes to be in the first wave into the parks. If you want to be FIRST first....closer to 2 hours. We arrived right at the 1 hour pre-opening mark the last 2 years (one was EMH one was regular hours) at AK and there were a good few hundred people in front of us, but we got in the first waves and were on and off FoP by 9:15 both times.

MK and Epcot - for 7DMT and Soarin (respectively), 45 minutes to an hour before opening. If you want to be FIRST first, add 45 minutes to that.

 

[gap2368]

So as the PP mentioned, it kind of depends on a few things:
1) what rides you want to get on first
2) whether you want to be FIRST or in the first group

HS and AK - if you're going for the hot ticket rides (SDD and FOP respectively) - 1 hr to 1 hr 15 minutes to be in the first wave into the parks. If you want to be FIRST first....closer to 2 hours. We arrived right at the 1 hour pre-opening mark the last 2 years (one was EMH one was regular hours) at AK and there were a good few hundred people in front of us, but we got in the first waves and were on and off FoP by 9:15 both times.

MK and Epcot - for 7DMT and Soarin (respectively), 45 minutes to an hour before opening. If you want to be FIRST first, add 45 minutes to that.

This. And most of the time being the very first person really depends on how fast you walk and how well you can push ( kind of ) your way to the front. If you are in the first wave then you should get on any ride with in 15 minutes ( most people will not use thier fast pass first thing as they can do other shorter ride. ) so thier is not as much stoping the standby line for FP. What I am saying is I would sleep in the 30 or so minutes and get to the park 45-60 minutes and be in the first wave of guest going to the ride.