How bad are Peter Pan lines by 9:45am usually?

[CJK]

My friends were hoping to meet Ariel in her grotto at 9am, do the Little Mermaid ride, and then ride Peter Pan around 9:45am. Would it be possible to do all 3 attractions by 10am on a non-EMH morning?

 

[FutureDis]

Depends on the time of the year. Slow time in September, maybe. August, not likely.

 

[ghtx]

Depends on what day of the year.

On most days I would guess yes, though it might be close.

On busy days probably not.

Also, IIRC Ariel doesn't start meeting until 9:15, which would make things a little more difficult. (Perhaps do the ride first, then meet Ariel. Or, it might be worth it to queue up at Ariel anyway since her queue will just get longer and longer.)

ETA: Maybe I'm misremembering, KtP says she starts right at park open: http://www.characterlocator.com/?p=...=mk&cid=126&parkShow=1&sortBy=1&charDetails=1

 

[LSUfan4444]

I would definitely do Peter Pan first if at all possible. Of the three you mentioned, it will have the longest wait by 9:45.

 

[FutureDis]

On a busy mid August Saturday, touring plans says it should be possible. In Peter Pan line by a bit after 9:30 with a 13 minute wait.

 

[WiscMomof2]

I've been following wait times on MDE app planning for our upcoming trip and today PP had a posted wait of 30 minutes at 9:45. You may be better off heading right to PP at RD and then over to Ariel.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

Heading to Peter Pan first is a much better idea. You'd be on and off before 9:10. Then hit up Ariel, then ride her ride. You'd be done with all three by probably 9:30 or so. Logistically, it also makes sense to hit Peter Pan first. It's much, much closer to the castle than the Ariel stuff, so you'd be backtracking to get to it if you went in the direction of Ariel first. The Little Mermaid ride has a monster capacity, so lines don't build as fast as they do at Peter Pan. You can then wrap around and do Barnstormer, Dumbo, and Pooh, and you'd probably be done with them by 10:30. You go to Peter Pan at 9:45, you'd only have those three attractions (PP, LM, and Ariel) done by 10:30, as opposed to getting 6 in hitting Peter Pan first.

 

[LSUfan4444]

Heading to Peter Pan first is a much better idea. You'd be on and off before 9:10.

If you're there by Rope Drop, you should be done even earlier than this.

 

[ghtx]

Heading to Peter Pan first is a much better idea. You'd be on and off before 9:10. Then hit up Ariel, then ride her ride. You'd be done with all three by probably 9:30 or so. Logistically, it also makes sense to hit Peter Pan first. It's much, much closer to the castle than the Ariel stuff, so you'd be backtracking to get to it if you went in the direction of Ariel first. The Little Mermaid ride has a monster capacity, so lines don't build as fast as they do at Peter Pan. You can then wrap around and do Barnstormer, Dumbo, and Pooh, and you'd probably be done with them by 10:30. You go to Peter Pan at 9:45, you'd only have those three attractions (PP, LM, and Ariel) done by 10:30, as opposed to getting 6 in hitting Peter Pan first.

Hmmmm....

On a low-crowd day, maybe. But on a busy-ish day, PP could be up to 20 minutes at RD depending how far back you start, and by that time Ariel and LM ride could be 30 minutes wait each at least.

But in general I agree that PP first, then Ariel then LM ride is a better order.

 

[ghtx]

If you're there by Rope Drop, you should be done even earlier than this.

Hmmmm...

(See my previous post.)

I was there in January (not a busy day) at RD and walked what I thought was moderately fast directly to PP and the posted wait was 15 minutes by the time I got there and that looked to be about right.

 

[LaurenT]

I think it's more likely now that 7dmt and A&E are drawing so many guests away from the rest of the park at open...

 

[ghtx]

I think it's more likely now that 7dmt and A&E are drawing so many guests away from the rest of the park at open...

Good point; when I went neither of those was open. (But it was JANUARY!)

 

[CJK]

Thanks for all the input!!

 

[SRUAlmn]

I've been following wait times on MDE app planning for our upcoming trip and today PP had a posted wait of 30 minutes at 9:45. You may be better off heading right to PP at RD and then over to Ariel.

Yes! We were just there last week and got held up at our CP breakfast waiting to 'pay.' Won't make that mistake again! Anyway, by the time we got to Fantasyland it was about 9:30 and the standby time was 30 minutes.