If "Frozen Ever After" is a Tier 1 FP+?

[IceSkatingPrincess]

Soarin'. Tends to have the longest line for most of the day.

They need to drop Living with the Land to 2 already.

 

[mesaboy2]

If rope drop is even more effective, I wonder what is even less.

 

[richmo]

At some point, I'd like to ride Frozen, but I'm not going to wait a long time. Maybe on a multi-day Epcot trip I'd use a Tier 1 on it one time. I'm also not one to hop on MDE at midnight x days out to get it.

This brings up another question: if Frozen is indeed a Tier 1 and is very popular, will World Showcase open earlier (all, part or none)?...

 

[Lucius Best]

If it's like the Mermaid ride in MK it's going to have a pretty fast moving que so I'll stick with Soarin

From what I understand, it's the same logs and track, and I would never have called Maelstrom a fast moving queue, I'm guessing the lines are going to be ridiculously long.

 

[mesaboy2]

At some point, I'd like to ride Frozen, but I'm not going to wait a long time. Maybe on a multi-day Epcot trip I'd use a Tier 1 on it one time. I'm also not one to hop on MDE at midnight x days out to get it.

This brings up another question: if Frozen is indeed a Tier 1 and is very popular, will World Showcase open earlier (all, part or none)?...

Froway is already accessible well before most of WS.

 

[BudgieMama]

I'd book two days for Epcot, and use Soarin' on one day, and Frozen on another. We use single rider for TT.

 

[ArwenMarie]

I can't see how this isn't a Tier One along with leaving Soarin and TT in there.

If anything, they will move LWtL down to Tier Two.

I would definitely FP+ it for the first time anyway.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

I'd FP Frozen. We've all be bemoaning the lack of new attractions at WDW, well here is a new attraction at WDW. Of course I'll want to see it at least once.

 

[Angel Ariel]

I'd still get a FP for Soarin'. It has a height requirement, so DD can't wait in line with us, so we will use RS with it. DH doesn't like TT, so I can single rider that. MS: Space is tier 2, so could get that regardless.

We'd plan our SB wait for Frozen to be as short as possible, but DD is great in lines (so far, anyway), and we prefer not to split up the family for long on vacation.

 

[Angel Ariel]

Froway is already accessible well before most of WS.

Froway...lol, that's awesome

 

[Disneylover99]

I wonder if they'll open this ride up at park opening or at 11am for WS opening?

 

[JimmyBean42]

I wonder if they'll open this ride up at park opening or at 11am for WS opening?

I would assume it would have to coincide with the WS opening right? I think that's going to cause an immediate jam in the FEA queue and won't be quick on-and-off moments that you get with rope drop or early extra magic hours.

 

[Angel Ariel]

Even if the ride opens t 11, I expect they'll allow lines to start forming at 9, like they did for A&E when they were there

 

[Disneylover99]

I would assume it would have to coincide with the WS opening right? I think that's going to cause an immediate jam in the FEA queue and won't be quick on-and-off moments that you get with rope drop or early extra magic hours.

Didn't the old Anna and Elsa meet and greet in Norway coincide with park opening? I can't remember.

 

[Tonyz]

Maybe they'll get rid of the tiers when Frozen opens?

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I'll ride it once (with a fastpass). I don't have kids and won't be accompanied by a little girl in an Elsa dress so likely I wouldn't ride it more than once unless I don't have to wait in line for it.

Didn't the old Anna and Elsa meet and greet in Norway coincide with park opening? I can't remember.

For awhile they didn't start meeting until park opening, but guests had access to the area because the restaurant was open, so they'd go there at park opening to get in line. So even if you went there when the meet and greet opened at 11, you would still be standing in a 2 hour line because many of those in front of you had already been standing there for 2 hours. Eventually they started opening the meet earlier (likely just to control the crowds). Then guests started booking the restaurant for an 8 am breakfast just so they could get into the park earlier than opening and get in line for the meet and greet.

 

[atricks]

Maelstrom was the lowest capacity ride attraction at Epcot. ~1000 an hour under optimal conditions with all boats running (and usually got around 900 people per hour). This is roughly 600 people less than Soarin handles in an hour and 200 less than Test Track can handle in an hour. (source)

Other comparisons: Peter Pan's flight handles 150 less an hour than Maelstrom did, and the mine train handles 300 more an hour than Maelstrom did.

I don't see any other way except making this near FP+ only and maybe opening up Norway and probably Mexico (for the queue relief space) at 9 to get around this. I don't see any way around it... It's going to be madness (even more than usual for a new ride) when it opens. Nearly assured it'll be tier 1 at least for the first several years.

 

[JimmyBean42]

Maybe they'll get rid of the tiers when Frozen opens?

That would be great but it would essentially be everyone picking Soarin', Test Track, and Frozen Ever After for as early as they could then reserving Illuminations for their 4th.

 

[Praying Colonel]

Maybe they'll get rid of the tiers when Frozen opens?

That was my 1st thought (hope), too, but I doubt it because it doesn't actually increase the number of EP attractions from what they had before Froway (nice one, BTW). Basically they're swapping out Maelstrom for Frozen. If they had tiering before, I doubt they'd remove the tiering now.

 

[Tonyz]

That would be great but it would essentially be everyone picking Soarin', Test Track, and Frozen Ever After for as early as they could then reserving Illuminations for their 4th.

Yeah true... although there's still Mission: Space?