Getting to Peter Pans Flight first thing

[sswally]

June will be our first trip since the new rope drop procedures at MK. What should my strategy be to get to PPF at rope drop? Will the castle walk-way be open immediately?

 

[g-dad66]

It is not always open.

If closed, just take the path around the left side of the castle. We did this on a recent trip, and it worked great.

 

[theone74733]

We watched the Welcome show near the entrance to Liberty Square and queued once the show ended. However, we went the long way that passes the Hall of Presidents and Haunted Mansion and still managed to arrive around 30th in line with maybe a couple minute wait. There is also that narrow walkway to the right before the Hall of Presidents that bypasses the castle on the left side which may be better, but I noted people were walking slower and taking pictures along that pathway, so we avoided it.

Either way you walk will have little to no wait if you casually walk to PPF at rope drop as everyone is headed to SDMR. Line does build quick past a few minutes at rope drop on PPF though so try not to stop to take pictures or make any detours.

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

Yes it is open right at RD right after the welcome show they drop the ropes and I walk straight through the castle and PP is always my first attraction.

 

[JerseyJanice]

You need the @Robo map.

 

[Thing 1]

What we did last trip was to do a BOG breakfast at 8.we were finished by 8:30.we rode SDMT and then went over to PP and lined up outside the ride. They let us on a few minuets to 9 which was well before the park actually opened. We were off and in place for Adventureland when the pre show was over and the rest of the park opened. Worked sooooo well that it made having breakfast there worth it.

 

[Robo]

Yes it is open right at RD right after the welcome show they drop the ropes and I walk straight through the castle and PP is always my first attraction.

It is not always open.

If closed, just take the path around the left side of the castle. We did this on a recent trip, and it worked great.

We watched the Welcome show near the entrance to Liberty Square and queued once the show ended. However, we went the long way that passes the Hall of Presidents and Haunted Mansion and still managed to arrive around 30th in line with maybe a couple minute wait. There is also that narrow walkway to the right before the Hall of Presidents that bypasses the castle on the left side which may be better, but I noted people were walking slower and taking pictures along that pathway, so we avoided it.

Either way you walk will have little to no wait if you casually walk to PPF at rope drop as everyone is headed to SDMR. Line does build quick past a few minutes at rope drop on PPF though so try not to stop to take pictures or make any detours.

You need the @Robo map.

 

[cigar95]

I've taken Robo's orange path with success. What I find is that if I cut to the right immediately after passing the HoP and go through the marketplace area, I can move more quickly and move up in the group. The CMs at the front of the pack don't always like that, but it is what it is.
The path through the castle is shortest, but risky. If it opens even a minute later, you're going to be a lot farther back in line at PP.

 

[TinkerPan]

Cutting through the castle will be the shortest route, and they should let you through right after the Opening Show. The advantage to following that route or the blue route on Robo's map is you come up to the line from the right direction. Coming from the Orange route you are approaching the line from the wrong direction. A line will likely already be formed from breakfast folks and guests coming thru the castle and side blue path. I imagine some folks from the Orange Line still try to merge in but they should really be going to the end of the line. At any rate, you will likely encounter a large mass of people that will quickly be absorbed by the queue once it is open and all should be able to ride with a short wait which ever way you choose to approach.

Remember this is one of those attractions where the queue is a great as the ride. So being there first isn't necessarily an advantage particularly if it means you have to rush through the queue.

 

[WEDWDW]

Remember this is one of those attractions where the queue is a great as the ride. So being there first isn't necessarily an advantage particularly if it means you have to rush through the queue.

We always "stand to the side" and let other Guests pass by if Tink is not flying when we arrive at the bedrooms.

To us,we haven't "experienced' the Queue unless we see Tink fly in both bedrooms.

 

[Nick6300]

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We did the green Robo route through the castle (both castle entrance paths were open) in Dec. to Pan. But we made sure to ask CM first (we were the 1st to wait there) if castle route to Pan was going to be opened after the opening show or if we needed to take the blue/orange Robo routes. We walked on and fortunate (for second guessing purposes) that the 1x we didn't RD SDMT it was broke down anyhow.

 

[pens4821]

I know it all depends on crowds but what is the line usually like if you'd do 7D at rope drop then head over? This would be on an EMH morning the end of august. We may not even decide on doing these that morning (will hopefully have FP for 7D a couple times before and PP isn't really a must ride but we would like to once) but am curious.

 

[Sleepy425]

We chose to do the blue path based on Robo's map. It worked great for us.

 

[Robo]

I've taken Robo's orange path with success. What I find is that if I cut to the right immediately after passing the HoP and go through the marketplace area, I can move more quickly and move up in the group. The CMs at the front of the pack don't always like that, but it is what it is.
The path through the castle is shortest, but risky. If it opens even a minute later, you're going to be a lot farther back in line at PP.

With "Short Cut" between Hall of Presidents and Columbia Harbor House...

 

[g-dad66]

I know it all depends on crowds but what is the line usually like if you'd do 7D at rope drop then head over? This would be on an EMH morning the end of august. We may not even decide on doing these that morning (will hopefully have FP for 7D a couple times before and PP isn't really a must ride but we would like to once) but am curious.

PP wait could be 45 minutes by the time you get there.

And 7DMT wait can be bad too unless you're at the very front of the Rope Drop crowd. Much better if you can get a FP for 7DMT rather than Rope Drop it.

 

[MermaidMommy]

A heads-up on the blue path: we were there two weeks ago, and there were CM's positioned on the path who were only allowing people with BOG breakfast reservations through. (This was at 8:00am for an 8:00am regular -- not EMH -- opening.) Apparently, they were giving out some kind of paper "ticket" to people with breakfast reservations, and you had to show that to get through. I don't know if it's a new procedure, something they were testing, or something they were only doing during busy periods. But, we saw people get turned back two different days.

 

[cel_disney]

A heads-up on the blue path: we were there two weeks ago, and there were CM's positioned on the path who were only allowing people with BOG breakfast reservations through. (This was at 8:00am for an 8:00am regular -- not EMH -- opening.) Apparently, they were giving out some kind of paper "ticket" to people with breakfast reservations, and you had to show that to get through. I don't know if it's a new procedure, something they were testing, or something they were only doing during busy periods. But, we saw people get turned back two different days.

Do you know what path was working in that case? I’m a little weirded out that BoG got the blue path and not the green??

 

[Robo]

A heads-up on the blue path: we were there two weeks ago, and there were CM's positioned on the path who were only allowing people with BOG breakfast reservations through. (This was at 8:00am for an 8:00am regular -- not EMH -- opening.) Apparently, they were giving out some kind of paper "ticket" to people with breakfast reservations, and you had to show that to get through. I don't know if it's a new procedure, something they were testing, or something they were only doing during busy periods. But, we saw people get turned back two different days.

Just taking that on face value...
I'm going to guess that it was case of inexperienced CMs unaware that their duty to restrict
non-BOG guests from that path should have ended at 8AM on that morning.
Odd opening time, coupled with isolated CMs, likely "just following orders."
Orders that would should have been better explained on an 8AM opening time.

 

[jenben8426]

Just taking that on face value...
I'm going to guess that it was case of inexperienced CMs unaware that their duty to restrict
non-BOG guests from that path should have ended at 8AM on that morning.
Odd opening time, coupled with isolated CMs, likely "just following orders."
Orders that would should have been better explained on an 8AM opening time.

Same thing happened to us in early February at a 9:00 opening. Only people with breakfast reservations were allowed on the blue path. We had to backtrack and do the orange path.