Frozen Ever After- re-rideability for adults?

[Ari37]

Hi everyone,
I know that there are tons of reviews about FEA (mostly positive from what I've seen) and posts about wait times, but I am having trouble getting a sense of how "re-rideable" the attraction would be for two adults. My husband and I (both in our mid-20's) absolutely loved the old Soarin ride, but since we haven't been to WDW in 2 years, have not yet experienced either Soarin Around the World or FEA yet. We currently have two Epcot days planned and were planning to rope drop Soarin (followed by TT single rider) and fp FEA both days. However, I am now starting to wonder whether FEA might be a "one and done" type attraction for us, and whether we would be better off switching one of our FEA fp's to another Soarin fp. One of our Epcot days is a morning EMH day, and the other we have a pre-park opening ADR meal at GG to rope drop Soarin (and that is also an evening EMH day, so we figure we can ride Soarin again that night before park close). With the old Soarin/ tiering system, we used to rope drop Soarin, fp+ Soarin, and try to ride right before park close on each Epcot day (it is really one of our favorite WDW rides), so it still feels like a sacrifice to switch out our Soarin fp's for Frozen even though we would likely still get 3 Soarin rides in over the course of our trip!
Does anyone have any recommendations on whether it's worth keeping both Frozen fp's, or switching one of them out for Soarin? I am trying to avoid having to watch a film of the FEA attraction before we go, since I like to be a little surprised when we experience new rides!
For reference, we both enjoyed the film Frozen and thought that it was cute, but are not avid fans of the movie (if that makes a difference).
Thanks so much in advance for your thoughts!!

 

[JennyDrake]

I would do one FP for FEA and another for Soarin', YMMV

 

[marciemi]

Personally, I'd definitely say it's a "one and done" thing for adults. However, I still might be tempted to make FP for FEA for both days just due to the difference in wait times and reliability of the ride and difficulty getting FEA FPP's. If your FP is later in the day, there's always at least a reasonable chance FEA will be down then and you may not get back (or it may not open again) to ride it that day. The Soarin' line queue is entirely indoors, carpeted, and you usually move in bursts (so if needed you can sit and relax as opposed to moving 3 feet every 10 seconds). Plus with the third theater, lines are frequently reasonable for Soarin' unless you go at peak times (11am-4pm or so). If I had to pick one queue to wait in, it would definitely be Soarin'. So my strategy would be to FPP FEA both days and see how the first day went. If you really love it, or it breaks down and you don't get to ride, then you have it for the second day. If one and done was enough, odds are you would be able to change the other one to Soarin at that time (but never the other way around) if it was at least a couple days out and you were willing to go later in the day. Or worst case you'd do Soarin' shortly after rope drop (even after Test Track lines should still be reasonable). Just my opinion obviously.

 

[Roxyfire]

So the nice thing about your Garden Grill breakfast is that the wait will be fairly minimal right after, even if you take a full hour to eat. To your main question, I thought FEA was a cute ride and would do it once per trip if I could get a FP for it. It definitely doesn't hurt to keep both for now. If you get to ride it and don't feel like going again, switch it out. Either way someone will be super happy to get those no matter when they're released.

 

[eastendlights]

One and done, if that. Personally, I wish we had not wasted even one FP on FEA-and we we lucky enough to see Soarin' 8 times last month.

 

[ErinsMommy]

My 10 year old who is frozen obsessed did FEA last November and has no interest in FPg it this Sept.

 

[DisneyGuy]

Just keep one FP for Frozen. I just got back and did FEA twice (once stand by and once FP) but I wouldn't "waste" another FP on FEA - you'll enjoy Soarin' much more. FEA is cute, and fun but it's not on my MUST Do list for the next trip. It wouldn't upset me to skip it in the future.

 

[CarolynFH]

DH and I waited 45 minutes in the SB line for FEA. I liked it more than he did but even then, it's a "once every few trips" for me and a "I'll ride it with you if you want" for him. We love Soarin' as you do, so I would FP FEA once and then concentrate on Soarin'.

 

[Mr & Mrs DD]

FEA - One time and done. It's not a "thrill ride". It's more of a visual ride. I would only ride it a second time if there was very little wait time. Personally, I don't think it belongs on the same tier as Soarin and Test Track.

 

[HydroGuy]

It depends. DW are in our 50's and really enjoyed Frozen. FWIW, we did something similar last month with 2 Epcot days and FEA FP on Day 1 and a Soarin FP on Day 2. However, on Day 2 after we completed our 3 FPs someone dropped their FEA FPs and I got a 4th set that day for FEA for 2-3PM.

I will say we enjoyed it a little more the second time and appreciated it a bit more.

What I am saying is I personally would not plan to see FEA twice on one trip. But if you can get lucky like we did and get an extra FP for FEA it may be worth it. It was for us.

 

[Chip_Dale]

Rope dropped FEA. Once and done. will go back if the wait time is low and I know it will not happen anytime soon.

 

[disneyfav4ever]

I really liked the Frozen ride, but would probably only ride it once, and try to ride Soarin multiple times.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

I don't like Soarin' so I'd do one FEA FP+ and then a TT FP+. I think FEA is cute and enjoyed it - I'd ride it more than once a trip if I could.

In your case, I'd do Soarin' one day and FEA FP+ the other.

 

[10CJ]

I would do on FP for FEA and one for Soarin

 

[Ari37]

Thank you all so much for your responses!! It was very helpful to hear all of your perspectives, and I am leaning towards switching one of the FEA fp's out for Soarin' soon so that I don't get stuck with the FEA one closer to our trip! On our first Epcot day, we currently have a 2:00- 3:00 PM FEA fp+ (all of the earlier ones were already taken), and on our second day we have a 11:05 AM- 12:05 PM FEA fp+. I am kind of tempted to just keep the first one, since we would like to ride FEA on our first Epcot day and then we could also see if we liked it enough to try to ride again another time. However, I also wonder if it would be smarter to keep the second fp+ instead, since we would have all day ahead to ride if FEA went down, and we might be able to pick-up a fp+ for Illuminations or something as a fourth fp+ if we were done with our fp's by 11:15 AM or so? Any thoughts?
Thanks again to all of you for your help!

 

[mrsR123]

I don't regret using a FP for FEA on a recent trip with two Epcot days. That being said, going forward I don't see using one for it again unless tiering were dropped at Epcot. For DH and me, Soarin' has greater repeat appeal even if the Eiffel Tower is bendy.
YMMV

 

[Klayfish]

Only you can decide if it's a one and done. Nobody here can decide that for you. I've only been on it once, but that was because our trip was the weeks of its' grand opening, so lines were nuts and FP+ were impossible to get. But no way am I done with it. I hope to ride it at least 2 or 3 more times in our upcoming trip. I really liked it.

 

[Tonyz]

I think two times is the perfect amount for Frozen. I did it three times on my last trip but I alreadys try to do new rides a couple more times if I can.

 

[Bullseye]

I've been reading in other threads that Soaring isn't as bad anymore since they added another "track." For that reason I'm booking FEA for both of my Epcot days. I figure if we beeline TT and Soaring each on one of the two days we'll be good.

 

[lifepaused]

Great information. I have not seen frozen and I am not really interested in frozen but I do know the story of frozen, but I will do the ride so I can experience it. I have two days at epcot in September so I might do a rope drop frozen and save my FP for other epcot rides.