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[DisneyLove2015]

For those going in the upcoming weeks, please report how JTA sign ups are handled!!! Thanks!

 

[DisneyKeepsUsYoung]

I hear you. I'm worried about the time as well, traveling alone this trip with DS who is disabled - we never open parks because he doesn't do well with rushing in the mornings or rope drop crowds. But last fall we did a MK PPO breakfast and glad I tried it. We'll have to hit the hay earlier than usual - we usually close parks down - and "man up" and get up. He loves breakfast, TSMM, Star Tours and meeting characters. This was designed for him .... and finally get Buzz & Woody together again. I just gave up on that one, the chaos inside - he can't handle it and I hate it. I think the effort will be worth it.

Have a good trip!

Thanks. We are typically late morning stay till fireworks people. I don't know how an early morning would go and can't decide if it's worth risking.

It does sound like a perfect match for your situation. Hope you and him have a great time!

 

[Candycane83]

This is the big reason I WANT to book it as well but I haven't as I'm not sure I can actually get there that early with a 2 year old coming from AKL.

Going with a 2 year old in December at AKL too... Was thinking of rope dropping (or get there close to 9am) buzz and woody then Olaf... I'm thinking this might be a good approach but it might be a little too early for us too!

 

[DLM22]

We're going Monday for our son's 9th birthday. He doesn't know we're going early (or even that you can). Planning on telling him they're opening early because it's his birthday. I know, he's 9, probably won't believe me, but hey, Disney is a magical place and anything can happen, right? Anyone have suggestions on how early to get there so there's a chance we'd be first in line for EMM so that the birthday boy can really feel special? I don't want to wait around forever, but I feel like it might be worth it? Do they do anything special when they let you in, like rope drop one regular days?

 

[moesy4]

Bumping this...any new news on JTA sign ups with this? Would we be able to sign up first thing and then head to the other stuff?

 

[AngiTN]

Bumping this...any new news on JTA sign ups with this? Would we be able to sign up first thing and then head to the other stuff?

We are going in November. Even if I can't sign up before the EMM I know I can go sign up as soon as the park opens to the GP. We'll sign up then

 

[DLM22]

Bumping this...any new news on JTA sign ups with this? Would we be able to sign up first thing and then head to the other stuff?

When we went in August, we were able to walk straight to the JTA sign ups, no waiting, and then we went on to the rides/character spots.

 

[DLM22]

We're going Monday for our son's 9th birthday. He doesn't know we're going early (or even that you can). Planning on telling him they're opening early because it's his birthday. I know, he's 9, probably won't believe me, but hey, Disney is a magical place and anything can happen, right? Anyone have suggestions on how early to get there so there's a chance we'd be first in line for EMM so that the birthday boy can really feel special? I don't want to wait around forever, but I feel like it might be worth it? Do they do anything special when they let you in, like rope drop one regular days?

Replying to myself, because apparently I never came back with an update (sorry!). We were in line with maybe.... 150 other people - but a bunch of those had breakfast reservations. Make sure you're in the correct line!! We got wrist bands, they let us in (a few minutes late, but no big deal) and we were able to go straight back to the JTA sign ups and then we went to Star Tours (twice), TSM (twice), met Buzz and Woody, then breakfast, then Minnie and Mickey, and then it was time to check in for JTA. We could have ridden the rides more (we didn't even get off TSM before we rode it the second time - they were letting anyone who wanted to stay on just stay), but the kids didn't want to. Our breakfast was pretty leisurely, too. Definitely worth it for our family - especially to get to be the first JTA show, because it was already SWELTERING by that time, and there is NO SHADE to stand in to watch the show.

 

[moesy4]

Awesome, I think this may have convinced me to do it...I won't do star tours but I love the rest of it. Question, does the breakfast stay open past 10 or do you need to be done by 10? I was thinking we would do sign ups, ride tsmm as much as we wanted, do buzz and woody, mickey and minnie, and then try to hit rnrc before Rd crowd, then head to breakfast after. Would that work? Do they let people in early still at 8:45 or do they hold off until 9?

 

[moesy4]

And are sign ups by their normal place next to indiana jones?

 

[DisneyKeepsUsYoung]

Awesome, I think this may have convinced me to do it...I won't do star tours but I love the rest of it. Question, does the breakfast stay open past 10 or do you need to be done by 10? I was thinking we would do sign ups, ride tsmm as much as we wanted, do buzz and woody, mickey and minnie, and then try to hit rnrc before Rd crowd, then head to breakfast after. Would that work? Do they let people in early still at 8:45 or do they hold off until 9?

When I went you had to be inside the restaurant by 10:00 but not finished eating by then. And, yes the main rope drop crowd was still let in early around 8:45.

 

[Uconnyankee12]

We went to tower around 9:30 and there was a 50 minute wait. We then went to RNR and it was 50 minutes at 10:15 am.

We went in late September at Rope Drop. We walked straight to RnR and road it after 15 minute wait, the used our 930 FP to ride again. I did not ride ToT but some of my family did for FP at 1030 and it was so crowded that they stopped the stand by line and gave out water in line. Probably took 30 min with FP.