Everything Early Theme Park Entry (ETPE) - Please Read Post 1

[kylenne]

I knew about the extra EE characters this summer, but I didn't know they come out before EE begins. This is fun news, we are character people! How much before EE starts were they out? EE seems to start at 8:30, so were they out at say 8? 8:15? How were the lines for the ones you mention Belle/Hook/Smee before 8:30 (I imagine long since there are no rides open yet).

These characters do not have lines. It’s not like a traditional meet and greet, it’s old school style roaming characters like in Galaxy’s Edge. Belle came out in her peasant outfit in France while we were lined up outside of Remy, over by the fountain near the ride (with the current rope drop procedures, they line people up a few feet away from the attraction and closer to/at EE start they let you into the actual queue). She just kinda wandered down the line without stopping too much. Hook and Smee did the same, but we hit Pan second after Mine Train, so EE had already begun by the time we got over there. We were just in the regular line at that point. Similarly at AK we saw Minnie in her safari outfit hanging around the Tree of Life after we rope dropped Na’vi River Journey and were backtracking through Discovery Island to get to Dinosaur.

Personally I would not try to plan for it. It’s meant to be a more spontaneous kind of character encounter and there’s no exact timing for any of this that I’m aware of (they are not listed on the app).

 

[Ariel620]

These characters do not have lines. It’s not like a traditional meet and greet, it’s old school style roaming characters like in Galaxy’s Edge. Belle came out in her peasant outfit in France while we were lined up outside of Remy, over by the fountain near the ride (with the current rope drop procedures, they line people up a few feet away from the attraction and closer to/at EE start they let you into the actual queue). She just kinda wandered down the line without stopping too much. Hook and Smee did the same, but we hit Pan second after Mine Train, so EE had already begun by the time we got over there. We were just in the regular line at that point. Similarly at AK we saw Minnie in her safari outfit hanging around the Tree of Life after we rope dropped Na’vi River Journey and were backtracking through Discovery Island to get to Dinosaur.

Personally I would not try to plan for it. It’s meant to be a more spontaneous kind of character encounter and there’s no exact timing for any of this that I’m aware of (they are not listed on the app).

Thanks, this is great info!

 

[disneyfan150]

These characters do not have lines. It’s not like a traditional meet and greet, it’s old school style roaming characters like in Galaxy’s Edge. Belle came out in her peasant outfit in France while we were lined up outside of Remy, over by the fountain near the ride (with the current rope drop procedures, they line people up a few feet away from the attraction and closer to/at EE start they let you into the actual queue). She just kinda wandered down the line without stopping too much. Hook and Smee did the same, but we hit Pan second after Mine Train, so EE had already begun by the time we got over there. We were just in the regular line at that point. Similarly at AK we saw Minnie in her safari outfit hanging around the Tree of Life after we rope dropped Na’vi River Journey and were backtracking through Discovery Island to get to Dinosaur.

Personally I would not try to plan for it. It’s meant to be a more spontaneous kind of character encounter and there’s no exact timing for any of this that I’m aware of (they are not listed on the app).

Oh my gosh, how fun!! I hope we see characters starting NEXT WEEK!