Frozen via Akershus Strategy

[bwbuddy5]

I've read several of the other threads on this topic, but have just a few additional questions (we are a party of 9 including the 4yo girl; and it assumes an 8am reservation, which seems relatively easy to get, even for a party of 9):

1) For our 8am reservation, when should we try to get to the Epcot entrance, where is the reservation entrance line located, and how long will it take us to walk to Akershus once admitted?
2) What time can we expect the general rope-drop public to be back at Frozen lining up?
3) If our Akershus reservation is at 8am, how long would it take until the princess parade? If she participates, will that then be too late to "beat the crowd" to the Frozen line?
4) After Frozen, would you recommend Test Track or Soarin to take advantage of the early entrance (I'll get a Fastpass for the other).

Thanks so much!

 

[rg35]

It's a 1/2 mile walk from the Epcot entrance to Akershus. For me, that's less than a 10 minute walk, but I walk quickly. So the time is dependent really upon your party.

On our July trip this year, we wound up riding FEA about 25-30 minutes after rope drop. We went to test track first but it was down because of technical issues, so after about 20 minutes or so of waiting we decided to go to FEA (we had a fast pass for later in the day, but I wound up changing it for something else). We waited only about 20 minutes to ride at that time. I'm not sure if demand for the ride is what it once was since it has been open for over a year now. Obviously YMMV depending on when you are going and crowd levels. I wouldn't stress too much about rushing through breakfast just to be first on the FEA line though.

After Frozen I would walk to Soarin' and ride that on standby, then the ride The Land, and do the character spots. I'd get a FP+ for test track for later in the day and do that whenever was convenient. Obviously the timing depends on what else you plan on doing.

 

[Dayzy]

We did this in April. We had an 8:15 reservation but we walk quickly and were the 3rd party seated. We ate, met all the princesses and my daughter did the parade. We left at 8:50 and the end of the FEA line was at the entrance the Akershus. We jumped right on and were on the ride in about 10 minutes. When we got out the line was stretching out of Norway and the cast member told me that he considered that a 35-40 minute wait.