Internal Bus for 7:00 am Early Entry?

[jsmla]

I would like to be near the front of rope drop for EE at AK. Official opening is at 7:30 with Early Entry at 7:00. What time does the first internal bus begin? I will be in a preferred loop.

Thanks!

 

[bama_ed]

It's hard to say exactly, @jsmla.

For a regular 9am rope drop time (830am for WDW guests), the first internal buses start to roll about 630-645am. In the case of a 730am opening I would think the times are bumped back a similar interval because they know folks need the internal before they need the theme park bus to AK from the Outpost Depot up near the check-in building. So they could start as soon as 5am but I find that a little hard to believe but it might happen.

If you have a car I suggest driving to all the parks but MK (we do that). But if you don't have one, get to sleep EARLY the night before.

People expect holiday times like Christmas-New Years to be crowded and busy with early openings and late closings. But the Easter week is not far behind. Good luck!

Bama Ed

PS - back in January 2022, we got an internal bus at 1500 loop at abt 645am headed to the boat dock. The first boat came in a little after 715am or 720 (we were first in line so later internals ran to get folks there in line behind us). and we got to the MK turnstyles about 750am and were let in to queue up for early rope drop just past the hub. So yeah, it's an early start.

 

[jsmla]

Thank you! This is a solo adventure and I’m an early riser so early mornings aren’t a problem this trip. We’re bringing our four year old granddaughter in August and have no plans to rope drop!