Jedi Training registration strategy with Toy Story Land opening?

[CJK]

I used to always recommend registering for JTA right at park opening. However, I'm wondering what the new strategy should be with Toy Story Land opening this summer. My thinking is to head to Toy Story Land at 7am and try to knock out those rides first, and then proceed immediately to Jedi Training registration. Is that correct or should we try something else? TIA!

 

[marcais]

We'll be going straight to the registration. We have fast passes for all the TS rides over the course of our trip, so this is our RD priority.

 

[kcm105]

We are going to registration first as well. We're going to TRY and get there very early so we can be one of the earlier people in the line for JTA. We've FPd SDD, but plan on running over to TSL right after registration to semi rope-drop AS2 at least.

 

[CJK]

Thanks for your feedback. We weren't able to book SDD, so want to do that right at 7am. We have TSM booked at 8am. I hope there's still availability at JTA by 9am or so.

 

[kcm105]

Thanks for your feedback. We weren't able to book SDD, so want to do that right at 7am. We have TSM booked at 8am. I hope there's still availability at JTA by 9am or so.

If JTA is really a priority for you, I'd recommend trying to register after you RD SDD, then going back for your TSM FP. Assuming your wait is reasonable for SDD, you should have no problem going over to register then getting back by 9am for your TSM FP. It's a bit of extra walking but would probably ensure you'd get a spot in JTA.

 

[MomOTwins]

I really doubt there will be jedi spots open at 9am. There are going to be so many more people going to HS after Toy Story Land opens that the demand will be exponentially larger, and lots of people will have FPs for both AS2 and SDD over a longer trip, so they will rope drop Jedi pretty early. Maybe not right at 7am because of wake times/breakfast, but I suspect most people will be there before 9am.

 

[CJK]

Thanks for all the feedback. I doubt my friends will be willing to do so much extra walking. I'll have to explain the situation to them and see if they wouldn't mind going back and forth. Only 1 day in DHS is so tough to plan now.

 

[MomOTwins]

Thanks for all the feedback. I doubt my friends will be willing to do so much extra walking. I'll have to explain the situation to them and see if they wouldn't mind going back and forth. Only 1 day in DHS is so tough to plan now.

Just remember it’s okay not to do everything. I booked my FPs this morning and was so sad the only SDD time (evening) did not work as we had special dinner plans, and the idea of a 7am rope drop sounds like a nightmare to me. But then my husband reminded me it Disney World and the kids will have fun no matter what. We are still getting to try alien saucers so will get to see the toy story land and there are plenty of other roller coasters we can ride.

 

[danceintherain]

Thanks for all the feedback. I doubt my friends will be willing to do so much extra walking. I'll have to explain the situation to them and see if they wouldn't mind going back and forth. Only 1 day in DHS is so tough to plan now.

I'd probably ask my kids what they want to do the most, and split from my friends, if we have different priorities. It's one thing to prioritize something over something else based on my immediate family, when there aren't enough adults to go around, but I'd have a hard time telling my kids "you don't get to do your most important thing because we're here with this other family, and they don't want to walk that much."

To me, part of the benefit of going with another family is that kids can be split based on interests and age sometimes.

Just last week, I was at a children's farmstead with my extended family. My 7 year old son was pretty sulky, so I asked him what was wrong. He said that "Gaga" (my Mom) told him he couldn't do the gem panning, because there were too many people. (an argument I heard a TON as a kid, because my Mom has a very 'more the merrier' personality) Meanwhile, his cousins and sister were pretty much getting to do everything they asked to do. So, I decided to split from the rest of the group and backtrack to take him to pan. It was literally the only thing he was interested in doing while we were there. We live out in the country, so he gets to interact with farm animals on a regular basis.

Yes, you will inevitably skip things, but JTA was a highlight of our last trip, and we only go to Disney once every 2-3 years. If the new rides are awesome, then they'll still be there on our next trip, while my son may age out of JTA in the interim.