Is on-site hotel worth the money in November

[BarbWB]

We are thinking about a quick trip in early November. Will it be worth the extra money to stay on-site and get early entrance to WWoHP and FOTL access? Or will the crowds be lower by then?
If we don't have FOTL, how long will lines be on attractions other than FJ? And will FJ just be ridiculously long if we aren't there first thing in the morning??

 

[Purseval]

November is typically very slow heading up to Thanksgiving week then slow again after Thanksgiving. Harry Potter shouldn't change things that much, kids still have to go to school and people still have to work.

 

[BarbWB]

ooooh, you are giving me hope of selling this trip to dh! The kids have to pay for their own tickets (chores, allowance, and bday money), so if I just pay for hotel and food (and airline miles), I can do it super cheap w/the offsite hotel!!
We are ride junkies -- will we really be able to ride and ride? I think FJ will be long no matter what, right? But can we do everything in 2 days multiple times?

 

[Metro West]

ooooh, you are giving me hope of selling this trip to dh! The kids have to pay for their own tickets (chores, allowance, and bday money), so if I just pay for hotel and food (and airline miles), I can do it super cheap w/the offsite hotel!!
We are ride junkies -- will we really be able to ride and ride? I think FJ will be long no matter what, right? But can we do everything in 2 days multiple times?

With unlimited Express...you can ride and ride to your heart's content.

 

[LittleBoyBrew]

We visited UO last November for 2 days (first weekend in November). We, too, tend to be ride junkies. I hate to wait.

We found the wait times were mostly very short. In fact I remember thinking to myself that paying extra for an Express Pass would have been a waste of money. Of course, we are the type who arrive at park opening, and that certainly helps.

One exception was Hollywood RRR, which was still new and the line formed early and long (45 min to 1 hour waits), but it had no EP anyway. The Simpsons was maybe 20 to 30 minute waits. Spiderman was a bit hit an miss, sometimes a walk on and sometimes 10 to 20 minutes.

Dueling Dragons was great. We almost always walked right on. Hulk, Mummy, MIB all very short wait times.

I don't know how WWOHP might change things, but based on waht I saw with HRRR I think it might just tend draw people to it and away from the other rides. So if you get there early and see WWOHP, then the rest of the rides might be less crowded.

 

[patster734]

Are you an AAA member? I would expect that the AAA rate at the US hotels in November to be very reasonable, excluding Thanksgiving week.