New Evening Extra Magic Hours Questions

[xipetotec]

I have two questions, the first being a clarification really:

1) Am I correct in thinking that I can attend the extra evening hours ( I am staying at BCV ) even if my park reservation wasn't at that park. *as long* as I did attend the park I reserved for that day? ( and I have the park hopper option ). Like, if I have a reservation at AK, I GO to AK that day... I can hop out of AK to MK for their extended hours that night?

2) Has anyone attended the EPCOT evening extra hours and gone to Remi's Ratatouille ? How was it? bad lines? I don't know how crowds are for these now that they are restricted to deluxe and DVC ( which is still a lot of resorts/rooms ).

 

[cheshiregoofy22]

1. Yes!
2. We attended EPCOT evening extra hours this past Monday for Remy - watched Harmonious first (probably not a wise move but we really wanted to see it and did enjoy it very much) then made our way over - the line was very long and it wasn't until around 10 PM that they started checking bands at the entrance to the interior section of the queue - I'm sure many regular guests join the line right at 9 PM for their last ride. We did manage to ride it twice (second time, the line was significantly shorter) though - but that was it for us for the two hours. Sure wish it was three hours! We thought the ride was a lot of fun!

 

[musicguy856]

I’d say the best strategy is to ride other things then get in line near the end of the extended hours. I rode Frozen near the end a couple weeks ago near the end and it was a complete walk on. Rode twice and had the boat to myself both times.

 

[xipetotec]

Thank you both! Good advice!

 

[ktink]

We attended the deluxe extended hours at Epcot on 1/24/22. Remi was down & the CM said they had no idea how long it would be down. So we went to Soarin & Test Track both were maybe a 5 minute wait.

 

[toontoy]

I would watch the show from france and make your way back to the ride. We watched it from the UK area and hustled over and it was about 45 min when we got in line. talking to a CM he said during the fireworks it levels down with the day crowd but the sweet spot is to leave the fireworks a few min early and make your way to the line. Our night was interesting as both test track and frozen were down during the entire evening time.

 

[bchbetha]

Just did Epcot extra hours last week. Frozen was a near walk on...until it broke down.
We did Soarin when we bailed on Frozen. That ride had a slightly shorter line in the resort guest 30 minutes at the start of the day. That ride is awesome but a bit of a time suck. While we basically walked on, we didn't walk out of Soaring for almost 20 minutes.
We then went to Remmy and saw a gigantic line outside. I checked the tip board and it was broken down. So, just like rozen. It was a bummer. I am glad that I did Remmy in the AM. I don't know what the line would have been like if it hadn't broken down. Do note that you can't walk through World Showcase. Epcot is open France to Norway but not via WS.
The 30 minutes in the AM were more productive than the 2 hours were so if you have an Epco day, do hit that.