Indiana Jones Single Rider

[Kyjin]

Yesterday when I was in Disneyland, my friend and I took advantage of the single rider line in Indiana Jones. Am I losing my mind, or did they change how this process works? (Not sure because I haven't used the single rider line since April, and I may be mixing up how it works with Tokyo Disney Sea's single rider line, which I used in June.) The current system had us going through the exit, eventually waiting in a small area, and a cast member sending us down every now and then with handicap groups. We then took the handicap elevator to a small queue in the boarding area. I found the system to be extremely inefficient, as I recall having a separate single rider line that worked much better. Am I crazy in thinking they changed it? Thank you!

 

[Viva Las Disney]

That sounds very similar to how it's always been. Walk up the exit, get sent to the handicap line in the movie room, go up the elevator, go down the elevator, and then wait for them to need you to fill an empty seat.

I've always though the single rider lines at both Indy and California Screamin' were awkwardly set up, especially with the elevators, but they still beat standby.

 

[superlarz]

Nothing has changed with the Indy single rider since spring. I agree, it is very inefficient. Sometimes there is a ton of people in the holding area in the temple and no one waiting down on the ride platform with plenty of empty seats going out. Sometimes they close single rider for no reason saying its too busy.... which is the whole point of single rider to begin with. It gets that person out of the queue and prevents otherwise empty seats on the attraction! It drives me insane when it is closed for no reason.

 

[auteur55]

Interesting. Are there sounds showing you where to go? I'm going week of the 14th with just my daughter who can't ride. I'm going to put her into Pinochio workshop just for a few hours so I can ride Indy and Screamin. I'm hoping I can hop right on single rider on Indy for a quick experience. It goes down for refurb the next day so that's my only chance. Did you get on pretty quick?

 

[ricardol]

The Single rider method you described is the same I used back in 2011. That is exactly what I did.

 

[Meriweather]

That's how we have always used it.

 

[HydroGuy]

Yesterday when I was in Disneyland, my friend and I took advantage of the single rider line in Indiana Jones. Am I losing my mind, or did they change how this process works? (Not sure because I haven't used the single rider line since April, and I may be mixing up how it works with Tokyo Disney Sea's single rider line, which I used in June.) The current system had us going through the exit, eventually waiting in a small area, and a cast member sending us down every now and then with handicap groups. We then took the handicap elevator to a small queue in the boarding area. I found the system to be extremely inefficient, as I recall having a separate single rider line that worked much better. Am I crazy in thinking they changed it? Thank you!

Indy SR at DL is the same as always. We did Indy SR at TDS also and they had a different system. You are probably getting the two confused.

 

[Viva Las Disney]

Interesting. Are there sounds showing you where to go? I'm going week of the 14th with just my daughter who can't ride. I'm going to put her into Pinochio workshop just for a few hours so I can ride Indy and Screamin. I'm hoping I can hop right on single rider on Indy for a quick experience. It goes down for refurb the next day so that's my only chance. Did you get on pretty quick?

Just ask the CM at the entrance, they will give you a single rider card and send you down the exit. It's a long walk but eventually you meet up with the regular line again and there will be another CM standing there, they will open the rope so you can cut across the standby line into the Handicap line, there is another CM at the end of that line that will then let you into the loading station.

On California Screamin look for the Single rider sign as you're coming down the little hill by the launch, you let yourself in through a swinging gate that is also the handicap exit, then you stand in a little painted holding area, a CM will come over and give you a card and then direct you to the elevators when it's time.

Both are a bit confusing the 1st time but there are CM's to guide you the whole way. The single rider lines for these 2 rides are usually 10-20 minutes but I've gotten lucky a few times and been on in less than 5 minutes.

 

[mikedoyleblogger]

Just ask the CM at the entrance, they will give you a single rider card and send you down the exit. It's a long walk but eventually you meet up with the regular line again and there will be another CM standing there, they will open the rope so you can cut across the standby line into the Handicap line, there is another CM at the end of that line that will then let you into the loading station.

On California Screamin look for the Single rider sign as you're coming down the little hill by the launch, you let yourself in through a swinging gate that is also the handicap exit, then you stand in a little painted holding area, a CM will come over and give you a card and then direct you to the elevators when it's time.

Both are a bit confusing the 1st time but there are CM's to guide you the whole way. The single rider lines for these 2 rides are usually 10-20 minutes but I've gotten lucky a few times and been on in less than 5 minutes.

I've never had a 20-minute SR wait on either ride. Were your waits during peak days/times?

 

[Viva Las Disney]

I've never had a 20-minute SR wait on either ride. Were your waits during peak days/times?

Both weekends I've gone this summer the CS single rider line has been around the corner much of the afternoon, I don't know the exact wait time but a few times there were at least a dozen people in front of me plus the people already on the other side of the elevator. I have an AP and normally go midweek so anytime there are more than 5 people in front of me in the CS single rider lines it feels like an eternity.

I've seen the Indy single rider line backed up nearly to the standby cut through in the movie room quite a few times, this is usually due to parties with wheelchairs but it still slows the single rider line to a halt, I don't know the time but I've stood there long enough to watch the movie twice a few times before moving to the loading area. This was also on the weekend during the summer.

I may be off on the wait times because I don't really pay attention to my watch, my point was to prepare the person I was responding to to expect a bit of a wait even with the single rider line because they can be hit or miss in my experience. Sometimes less than 5, often around 10, but can be 20 or longer on busy days.

ETA: I'm not talking about the time spent actually standing in a line but the total time from the time you enter to get your single rider card to the time you are on the ride.

 

[SMD]

Many years ago single riders would bypass the safety video, but not anymore.

 

[mesaboy2]

Indy SR at DL is the same as always. We did Indy SR at TDS also and they had a different system. You are probably getting the two confused.

I had the pleasure of visiting TDS about 10 days ago and used IJ SR twice. In both cases, I entered the FP queue (without an FP) and went through that to the merge point. After that, the CMs would direct me to another parallel queue that ran along side the merged FP/standby queue but was for SRs only. With standby waits in excess of 120 minutes both times, once I virtually walked on and the once I waited maybe 15 minutes. That did not suck.

Loved loved loved IJ at both TDS and DLR. WDW needs the same, and Dinosaur doesn't count.

 

[Nonsuch]

Many years ago single riders would bypass the safety video, but not anymore.

Many years ago (before there was even FastPass), my wife rode Indiana Jones as a single rider. She said it was the most terrifying ride of her life
I just thought she was exaggerating, because she is very scared of snakes.

Several years later (in those days our trips were years apart, rather than months), we rode together and she was surprised by the seatbelts and asked when they were added. When she rode as a single rider, she must have been seated on top of an already fastened seatbelt (the seat must have been empty on the prior cycle). Because guests can accidentally or purposely sit on top of the seatbelt, there are now visual checks and manual pulling of colored tabs.

If my wife had been thrown from the vehicle, Disney would certainly been at fault. Single rider line bypassed the safety video and there was no secondary check of seatbelts.

 

[Kyjin]

Thanks for the replies! I thought it might have just been me mixing it up with TDS's single rider line experience. (Which is insanely efficient- got on in 5-10 minutes each time we used it on a Saturday in June when the standby was 90 minutes +) Just wishful thinking on my part that DL's version would be just as efficient.

 

[HydroGuy]

I had the pleasure of visiting TDS about 10 days ago and used IJ SR twice. In both cases, I entered the FP queue (without an FP) and went through that to the merge point. After that, the CMs would direct me to another parallel queue that ran along side the merged FP/standby queue but was for SRs only. With standby waits in excess of 120 minutes both times, once I virtually walked on and the once I waited maybe 15 minutes. That did not suck.

Loved loved loved IJ at both TDS and DLR. WDW needs the same, and Dinosaur doesn't count.

Awesome. Isn't TDS just incredible?