Fast Pass Wait Times

[nurseberta]

trying to plan my days but I am curious how long are the wait times in the fast pass lines?
We have
AK FOP, KS, EE
MK#1 SDMT, PPF, Buzz lightyear
MK#2 JC, PoC, TM
HS SDD, ToT, RRC
Epcot TT, Seas w Nemo, SE

I'm not sure how long to allow for wait times for the FP

 

[skippytx]

FP+ lines get priority so not much of a wait really. Make sure you allow yourself at least 30 minutes for the entire Flight Of Passage experience. The loading and pre-show take a fair bit of time, I think it's 22 minutes start to finish. Give yourself 30, probably 40 minutes for the entire thing.

I don't think anything else on your list is more than 5 to 10 minutes at best. RRC might be close to 10 with the preshow and all that.

 

[nurseberta]

FP+ lines get priority so not much of a wait really. Make sure you allow yourself at least 30 minutes for the entire Flight Of Passage experience. The loading and pre-show take a fair bit of time, I think it's 22 minutes start to finish. Give yourself 30, probably 40 minutes for the entire thing.

I don't think anything else on your list is more than 5 to 10 minutes at best. RRC might be close to 10 with the preshow and all that.

thanks I had heard that for FOP FP you skipped some of the que elements, would that be any of the pre show?

 

[nurseberta]

also specifically, if SDD is an hour wait, does that mean the FP line is 30min? not sure how many standby riders they let in at a time

 

[AngiTN]

Eh, I've never waited more than 5, 10 min in what I define as a FP line.
By that I mean, between the time I scan my FP and the time I merge in with the stand by riders, if there is a merge point. Or till I reach a load point.
I do not count any part of a line after merge with the stand by riders as "FP" line because after that point, you are no longer in the FP line.

 

[AngiTN]

thanks I had heard that for FOP FP you skipped some of the que elements, would that be any of the pre show?

You skip the entire queue but none of the 2 preshows

 

[AngiTN]

also specifically, if SDD is an hour wait, does that mean the FP line is 30min? not sure how many standby riders they let in at a time

They never tell the ratio of how many FP to stand by riders are allowed in.

 

[skippytx]

They never tell the ratio of how many FP to stand by riders are allowed in.

I don't think there is one. We waited in line for FEA because it's one ride we've never done and had time to kill before dinner. They immediately passed anyone in the FP+ line ahead. There was a FP+ rush for 15 minutes where the standby line basically didn't move. I've seen the same thing at several other rides. Standby line gets called from when there's no one in the FP+ line.

 

[AngiTN]

They do have one. Or something, even if it's not as formal as a ratio of X number of guests to X number of guests per hour. I've been stopped a few times as a FP+ user while they let some from stand by board.

 

[MickeyWaffles]

Our experience is usually somewhere between no wait and 10 minutes.

On 1/4/19 we waited 15 minutes+ in the FP lines for PPF and SDMT. It was a very crowded day.

 

[KateMW]

In early Dec we waited forever in the FP line for Buzz...like 30 minutes.

 

[PrincessWithABlaster]

They other one on your list that can get backed up at times is KS. Sometimes the animals will wander into the road and cause a backup of trucks. We've waited 30 min there.

 

[LilyWDW]

I have walked right on and I have waited 30 minutes.

Usually it is about 5-10 minutes, but things happen and one should always plan for that.

 

[iheartglaciers]

In general we've only waited 5-10 minutes in FP lines, but every now and then there will be a backup. Recently we waited 30 minutes on the FP line of FoP (before the 2 pre-shows), but that was unusual because I've ridden it via FP several times now and never had to wait more than 10-15 minutes.

 

[Jcon]

From my experience, FP back-ups occur when the ride is down temporarily for whatever reason.

Each FP window is an hour plus 5 minutes on the front end and 15 on the back end for grace periods.

So, you shouldn't have an issue getting from FP to FP.

My biggest issue is trying to squeeze in one or two standby rides/shows between FPs.

 

[gap2368]

trying to plan my days but I am curious how long are the wait times in the fast pass lines?
We have
AK FOP, KS, EE
MK#1 SDMT, PPF, Buzz lightyear
MK#2 JC, PoC, TM
HS SDD, ToT, RRC
Epcot TT, Seas w Nemo, SE

I'm not sure how long to allow for wait times for the FP

for the ones with pre-show 30 minutes without 15 minutes.

now things can happen like adding another train to the ride, only running half the ride ( TOT) did the ride go down earlier that day ( these people will get an anytime FP to come back later that day or another ride) so a number of things can add time.

now the FP lines are faster than the standby lines. they do not post the ratio but they do change on a number of factors ( some are listed above)


here is my guess on time

AK FOP 30, KS 20, EE 10
MK#1 SDMT,10 PPF, 10 Buzz lightyear 15 ( I do not know why this line is always long when I go)
MK#2 JC, ( I use the exit due to my disability so I can not say) PoC,10 TM( not sure what ride this is)
HS SDD 20, ToT,15 RRC 15
Epcot TT, 15 Seas w Nemo,10 SE 5

again just a guest

 

[HeiHei2018]

5-10 minutes is the norm, but we had one day at Epcot when FP lines took much longer than normal. Spaceship Earth wrapped end-to-end was 30+ min. Epcot Characters were 20+ min. Ironically Frozen was only 10-15 min. The Buzz FP line was also really long on a different trip. We didn't wait. I read later that the ride had been down.

 

[Gussie Granger 1969]

We just returned and here’s how long each FP line was, including ride length:
FoP- 24 mins
KS- 30 mins
EE- my DH and DS rode these and it wasn’t long at all, 10-15 minutes, including ride
SDMT- 12 mins
PP- didn’t use a FP
Buzz-9 mins
JC- didn’t ride
PoC- 12 mins
TM? Not sure what that is
SDD- 13 mins, 4 mins, 11 mins, we were lucky enough to ride 3 times
ToT- DH and DS rode so not sure
RnR- same but we didn’t wait long for them
TT- same
Nemo- we didn’t have a FP but rode and it was a walk on
SE- 18 mins, 20 mins, rode twice

Hope that help, remember, time includes the ride. I was impressed by how quick FP lines were this trip, some we only waited 5 mins.

 

[cmwade77]

They never tell the ratio of how many FP to stand by riders are allowed in.

This is because it is variable and highly dependent on the CM's judgement call, meaning there is no specific ratio, just to try to keep both queues moving at a reasonable pace.

 

[gap2368]

OP is TM big thunder mountain railroad