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[seven dwarfs]

Here now. Hit Ak this morn. Was in line for Avatar at 8:10. Told it was a 3.5 hr wait. It was long and hot but only waited about 2 hours. Lines were long all day. Lion King was full every seat and they cut off the line after my husband and I. At Mk now and seeing same thing. 1hr for space. Pooh is closed. 1 hr for pan, 80 mins dwarfs. Most lines have been at least what is posted if not longer. I'm trying to just go with the flow at this point. Also, most lines are outside in the sun and heat. The parking lots are full with no trams. So plan for this if you bring someone who may need help with distance or the heat. Just not what I had heard with shorter lines but still doing ok.

 

[shh]

parking lots are full with no trams.

Even in MK? Like the lots waaay the heck out there have no trams?

 

[brockash]

Here now. Hit Ak this morn. Was in line for Avatar at 8:10. Told it was a 3.5 hr wait. It was long and hot but only waited about 2 hours. Lines were long all day. Lion King was full every seat and they cut off the line after my husband and I. At Mk now and seeing same thing. 1hr for space. Pooh is closed. 1 hr for pan, 80 mins dwarfs. Most lines have been at least what is posted if not longer. I'm trying to just go with the flow at this point. Also, most lines are outside in the sun and heat. The parking lots are full with no trams. So plan for this if you bring someone who may need help with distance or the heat. Just not what I had heard with shorter lines but still doing ok.

Are you saying you rope dropped Flight of Passage and were in line at 810 with a normal rope drop 8am opening and you waited 2 hours!?!?!?

That seems insane...I'm not doubting you; just trying to gain a better understanding...did you take the bus or arrive by car? Thanks for any input.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Even in MK? Like the lots waaay the heck out there have no trams?

Parking lot trams have not restarted at any of the parks. No talk of when they might be.

 

[DisneyDiana]

Are you saying you rope dropped Flight of Passage and were in line at 810 with a normal rope drop 8am opening and you waited 2 hours!?!?!?

That seems insane...I'm not doubting you; just trying to gain a better understanding...did you take the bus or arrive by car? Thanks for any input.

We just got back a week ago and were in line for Flight of Passage at 8:05 and it was a 90 minute wait. We have ridden plenty of times so decided to just bail on it.

 

[brockash]

We just got back a week ago and were in line for Flight of Passage at 8:05 and it was a 90 minute wait. We have ridden plenty of times so decided to just bail on it.

Wow...just curious do you know if this was before or after they went back to regular rope drop (holding ppl and not actually opening rides until 8am park open?) I know before while they said 8am; really park open was about 45 mins. prior, so I'm trying to understand if these waits for when the park/rides really opened at 715ish or if these are with true 8am park opens.

 

[seven dwarfs]

We drove in and yes we were inline at 8:10. I checked my watch when I was told 3.5 hours. Several people left the line and were not happy. I have no clue when roped dropped today. I thought it was at 8. Obviously it must have dropped sooner. Our wait was only 2 hrs which I was thrilled. I met a lovely lady so we made the best of our time. Even dinosaur was over an hour today. The only fast line was bugs at 20 mins.

I guess you don't have to believe me. That's ok. I have no reason to lie. I bought tickets only two days ago. Planned to be in Florida but skip the parks this time. Decided based off wait times that we would give it a go. Just wanted to let others know what we are experiencing. Alot of the waits are outside in the heat as well before you make it inside. Just want others to be prepared for that too. Maybe someone will learn from me so they don't wait 2 hrs.

Also the app to book the parks has been down all day and we are having issues staying connected to wifi. Both issues we don't normally have.

It's a no kid trip. We have been here before. We plan to go with the flow, even if it stays slow. We get done what we get done. Hope this does help someone.

 

[Neener16]

Thanks for the heads up. We are leaving Sunday night. We were going in with low expectations, but I guess we have to lower them even more!

 

[Kelly014]

We drove in and yes we were inline at 8:10. I checked my watch when I was told 3.5 hours. Several people left the line and were not happy. I have no clue when roped dropped today. I thought it was at 8. Obviously it must have dropped sooner. Our wait was only 2 hrs which I was thrilled. I met a lovely lady so we made the best of our time. Even dinosaur was over an hour today. The only fast line was bugs at 20 mins.

I guess you don't have to believe me. That's ok. I have no reason to lie. I bought tickets only two days ago. Planned to be in Florida but skip the parks this time. Decided based off wait times that we would give it a go. Just wanted to let others know what we are experiencing. Alot of the waits are outside in the heat as well before you make it inside. Just want others to be prepared for that too. Maybe someone will learn from me so they don't wait 2 hrs.

Also the app to book the parks has been down all day and we are having issues staying connected to wifi. Both issues we don't normally have.

It's a no kid trip. We have been here before. We plan to go with the flow, even if it stays slow. We get done what we get done. Hope this does help someone.

I believe (but someone correct me if I am wrong) that AK is still the one park hanging on to a nontraditional rope drop, so that likely accounts for the super high FOP line at 8:10.

 

[DisneyDiana]

I can't say for sure. We were walking through the AK front gate around 7:55. We found waits to be fairly long all around. At MK, we were there 40 minutes before rope drop and it was packed. However, we found that we were able to get a lot done in the last hour before the park closed.

 

[scrappinginontario]

AK is still allowing guests to enter early and limited attractions are starting approx 45 mins before posted park opening.

The actual start time can vary a little but normally it is around 30-45 mins before posted park opening.

 

[brockash]

We drove in and yes we were inline at 8:10. I checked my watch when I was told 3.5 hours. Several people left the line and were not happy. I have no clue when roped dropped today. I thought it was at 8. Obviously it must have dropped sooner. Our wait was only 2 hrs which I was thrilled. I met a lovely lady so we made the best of our time. Even dinosaur was over an hour today. The only fast line was bugs at 20 mins.

I guess you don't have to believe me. That's ok. I have no reason to lie. I bought tickets only two days ago. Planned to be in Florida but skip the parks this time. Decided based off wait times that we would give it a go. Just wanted to let others know what we are experiencing. Alot of the waits are outside in the heat as well before you make it inside. Just want others to be prepared for that too. Maybe someone will learn from me so they don't wait 2 hrs.

Also the app to book the parks has been down all day and we are having issues staying connected to wifi. Both issues we don't normally have.

It's a no kid trip. We have been here before. We plan to go with the flow, even if it stays slow. We get done what we get done. Hope this does help someone.

Oh I definitely wasn't doubting you...I've seen lots of reports lately about how insane the lines are; I was just under t&e impression; we'd be able to at least get a ride or 2 in at park open with a reasonable wait (2 hrs at park open is not reasonable for us...not even half that.) I hope you were able to enjoy yourself and I definitely appreciate the feedback; it's just so sad they keep raising capacity, without opening the rest of y&e attractions and restaurants. With no fastpass and still limited hours it seems really frustrating.

 

[brockash]

AK is still allowing guests to enter early and limited attractions are starting approx 45 mins before posted park opening.

The actual start time can vary a little but normally it is around 30-45 mins before posted park opening.

Hmmm...okay thanks. For some reason I thought I had read reports that AK was back to normal opening like the others had gone back previously.

 

[DisneyFive]

I guess for all you that were praying for FP+ never to come back, we are seeing what it’s like without it once capacity is getting back to normal. We are 12 days from arriving and will make the best of it, but we have been during this same time of year twice in the last five years for 10 night stays and have never experienced anything like what is being talked about here due to forced standby. Sure the standby lines could get that long in prior years but with proper use of the FP system very short waits were a normal occurrence for headliners, even FOP, SDD, etc, and you didn’t even need to get up early.

I’m soooo looking forward to getting up at 6 AM on vacation so that I might get to animal kingdom in time to do flight of passage and other rides with short waits . Same goes for HS.

we chose to go, not knowing fully what we would be getting ourselves into so that was our risk and we took it. However I must say that I am very disappointed with Disney to allow this situation to happen.

 

[preemiemama]

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For those there now or recently, have you noticed photopass photographers?

Yes but fewer than usual.

 

[e_yerger]

I guess for all you that were praying for FP+ never to come back, we are seeing what it’s like without it once capacity is getting back to normal. We are 12 days from arriving and will make the best of it, but we have been during this same time of year twice in the last five years for 10 night stays and have never experienced anything like what is being talked about here due to forced standby. Sure the standby lines could get that long in prior years but with proper use of the FP system very short waits were a normal occurrence for headliners, even FOP, SDD, etc, and you didn’t even need to get up early.

I’m soooo looking forward to getting up at 6 AM on vacation so that I might get to animal kingdom in time to do flight of passage and other rides with short waits . Same goes for HS.

we chose to go, not knowing fully what we would be getting ourselves into so that was our risk and we took it. However I must say that I am very disappointed with Disney to allow this situation to happen.

The issue isnt the lack of Fastpass, it’s actually the lack of CM’s and capacity available in attractions. If Fastpass was added back in during the current state, standby lines would just get even longer. Until disney gets the staffing and ride capacity as full swing, then it’ll be better.

Ride capacity also includes attractions that are still closed that suck in people.

 

[preemiemama]

Rope drop DHS. MMRR queued at 8:30. Broke down for 5 minutes and still off by 8:58. At that point line was 60. RNRC now. 30 minutes posted. So far 10 in line. TOT next. Posted 20 when we went by 10 minutes ago.

Rides at or above 50 minutes at WDW right now according to the app. Eek:

1. Navi 50
2. Test Track 50
3. TSM 50
4. TOT 50
5. HM 55
6. It's a Small World(!) 55
7. HM 55
8. EE 60
9. JC 60
10. MMRR 60
11. Peter Pan 50
12. Space 60
13. POTC 65
14. RNRC 70
15. MFSR 80
16. 7DMT 85
17. SDD 90
18. Splash 95
19. FOP 125

Except that it’s at all the parks.

I’m here now and have been for the last few days. It’s a mess. Every park is wall to wall, wait times are crazy and it’s super hot. We are doing 3-4 rides at most per park, only did 1 at studios and left and 2 at AK and we were done. I’m a park veteran and I've never seen it this bad with wait times and general crowds. They also just added more capacity so maybe that’s why it’s so crazy. My kids said we are done with Disney for a very long time. This has been a less than magical trip and a waste of very expensive tickets.

We did ok with rope drop and pm the past 2 days. Tonight, however, it was a hot mess. Every ride at MK having issues with breakdowns. Too many people and nowhere to put them. Not enough people eaters open snd the things that are are not able to keep up. We were stuck on POTC, 7DMT, LM, in line for PM that wasn’t moving and same story at space. We gave up and headed back.

 

[NLW814]

Does anyone know what the wait times are like for the shows at HS right now (Frozen, Disney Junior, etc.)? When we were there in February we would get in line for a show to be told that place in line was not for the next show but the one (or even two) after that already, resulting in having to line up an hour or more early. Thanks in advance!

 

[Leigh L]

Does anyone know what the wait times are like for the shows at HS right now (Frozen, Disney Junior, etc.)? When we were there in February we would get in line for a show to be told that place in line was not for the next show but the one (or even two) after that already, resulting in having to line up an hour or more early. Thanks in advance!

This was late June, but it was way easier getting into Frozen than it had been in Feb and Jan with the capacity back. We got into the next show without having to line up an hour before

 

[disny_luvr]

This was late June, but it was way easier getting into Frozen than it had been in Feb and Jan with the capacity back. We got into the next show without having to line up an hour before

Is that the case with the Festival of the Lion King, too?