There was chatter of possibly until TRON opens as possibly VQ couldn't handle more than one VQ at a time but I recently saw a time when there was a VQ for GotG and a second VQ the same day for AP magnets so it appears the system is capable of handling more thank one VQ at a time.
He should be able to at 7am since he has both an AP and an Epcot reservation. It's pretty much you get what you get, though they have supposedly been lenient about return times for VQ. Don't know about ILL.
This is the first I'm hearing of this. Just got boarding group 113 at the 7 am drop this morning, you're saying we can just walk up and use it whenever???
Can use it any time AFTER your boarding group is called. Not any time.
Ahh ok gotcha thanks
It positively wasn't the case. It's always possible they've changed something.
The average for us was 30 minutes from entering the ride from outside until you sit on the coaster train. It is very cold and refreshing on the inside and there is a video in the cue to keep you entertained, then you go into a couple of rooms with video/plots etc. Be prepared to stand for about 30 minutes before you board. We did this 4th of July week.
You do not need to buy Genie+ to get a boarding group for Guardians. Anyone who has a park reservation for Epcot can try for the 7:00 a.m. boarding groups. Anyone who has already entered Epcot that day can try for the 1:00 p.m. boarding groups. Anyone staying at a qualifying hotel who can enter Epcot for Extended Evening hours that night can try for the 6:00 p.m. boarding groups.
It was about the same when we rode. Provided there hadn't been any down time that is. If there was down time then the wait during regular hours has been longer, or if there's been issues with the preshow areas. Both of those are rather rare, all things considered though. It is a time suck during EEH. If I had to do it with Rider Swap honestly not sure I'd try during EEH unless it was the only chance I had to ride. Or, I had other chances to ride the remaining rides.
Here are my notes from DEEH 7/11: at 6:00 PM, got VQ 210, estimated return at 9:50, called at 9:15, tapped in at 9:16, launched 9:43, off 9:46. So about 30 minutes in line, roughly the same as for our ILL$ and VQ the day before.
That was pretty much a mirror to our experience. Got called right as Harmonious ended, took about 15 min to walk over there, about 30 min to get through. If you add a ride swap that's another 30 min. So you'd use an hour or so of EEH for it. If we do it again, I'd opt to do Guardians in the last 15 min instead of at the start. In our case, it worked out, the only other ride DGD wanted to get in was Soarin' and we had time for it. If it had been DH and I alone we wanted to do MS and TT too.
