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[AMusicLifeForMe]

How do the evening EMHS work? Do they close the line to general public before 11pm, or is there already a long line before 11?

It depends when you go I hear. When we were there last week, the regular day line for FoP closed 45 minutes before EMH, and an EMH line for FoP was started at 10:15 p.m. I think Na'vi River Journey remained open until 11 for everyone to enter. As soon as EMH started, that became strictly EMH guests. They have also closed the line to FoP during EMH to EMH guests. It will depend on the demand of that particular evening.

 

[Juliet0778]

Just back from AK yesterday. Only thing granddaughter wanted from this trip was the banshee, saved her own $$ to purchase. They are completely sold out and no new stock for weeks per the CM in store. Of course, you can get them on Ebay for double or triple the price.

I know...my son saved his birthday money and wanted one, so I am desperately hoping they're back in stock sooner than expected as we're there two weeks from tomorrow.

 

[DaniMoon]

Arrivv


We were the first in line today just before 6. Ended up being in the second group on FOP, cuz people running ya know. Absolutely loved it. Then we went and rode EE about 5 times. Definitely worth getting up early for, though now everyone is at the hotel taking naps. Going back this evening for our fastpass for the River Journey. Park was pretty crowded when we left, people still streaming in.

Did you drive or take resort bus? Looking at 7 am EMH on June 24. I'm hoping to get the family up and at the park by 6:15. We are at POP. Planning to get to the bus between 5:30-5:45.

 

[Strikan]

So am I crazy or are the wait times for FOP higher right at the beginning of the day? It seems to not make sense as conventional wisdom says to do rope drop for lowest wait times. Perhaps everyone is doing the same thing?

 

[Lesley Wake]

So am I crazy or are the wait times for FOP higher right at the beginning of the day? It seems to not make sense as conventional wisdom says to do rope drop for lowest wait times. Perhaps everyone is doing the same thing?

I think the working theory is some theaters are down, so the capacity may be halved!

 

[JessRose]

How do the evening EMHS work? Do they close the line to general public before 11pm, or is there already a long line before 11?

When we got in line Saturday night between 10:30 and 10:45 our bands were scanned and those who were not hotel guests were being turned away. I'll have to go back through my notes, but we were able to ride twice during EMH. We got off our 2nd turn about 1:15 AM.

 

[JessRose]

Yeah there has to be theaters down.

On Saturday we noticed several of the 'bikes' were not in operation in the rooms we were in. There was one woman who rode in the group before ours whose restraints did not release and she was effectively stuck in there for a minute or two. Hopefully its not due to things being broken already.

On our 2nd ride, there were only 4 bikes in the room in use.

 

[Lost Yeti]

On Saturday we noticed several of the 'bikes' were not in operation in the rooms we were in. There was one woman who rode in the group before ours whose restraints did not release and she was effectively stuck in there for a minute or two. Hopefully its not due to things being broken already.

On our 2nd ride, there were only 4 bikes in the room in use.

Out of curiosity, are they still placing red bands on the bikes that are not in operation or were they just empty?

 

[HydroGuy]

What many reasons? I think people should experience the FoP queue.

The most basic was that, if I understood right, the PP could only get a FP for FOP or NRJ and would SB the other. I would recommend FOP FP over NRJ because:

1. The FOP SB line is generally longer than the NRJ SB line, so it is generally easier to ride NRJ SB than FOP

2. With FOP being the more popular of the two, then a FP for FOP will get you a spot on FOP even if it were to break down. If you did SB for FOP and it happened to break down, your time invested in the SB would likely be lost and you would have to wait again SB later in the day to ride it.

3. If you had to miss FOP or NRJ for whatever reason (say for example a late arrival that day due to unforeseen circumstances, or an illness), then you do not want to miss FOP. Using your FP for FOP increases your chances you will at minimum get to experience that.

My two cents.

 

[JessRose]

Out of curiosity, are they still placing red bands on the bikes that are not in operation or were they just empty?

I do not recall seeing any red bands on this ride.

 

[mnmhouston]

Sorry if this has been answered...any thoughts or rumors about the late evening EMHs extending beyond early July?

 

[miTnosnhoJ]

Sorry if this has been answered...any thoughts or rumors about the late evening EMHs extending beyond early July?

I know there are some previously scheduled events at Animal Kingdom that may get in the way of extended daily EMH. For example, there is Moonlight Magic for DVC members on Sept 6 and 13.

 

[mickey1968]

I was counting on FoP having the single rider line up and going but now it doesn't seem like they are using it yet. I am going the first week of July and will be in AK potentially twice but both in late afternoon or evening. I managed to pick up a FoP FP for one evening from 7:30-8:30p but that is also the evening that I planned to be in MK for HEA fireworks. Anyone know how long after a new ride opens that they open the single rider line? I don't remember back to RnR or Everest openings.

 

[PolyRob]

Sorry if this has been answered...any thoughts or rumors about the late evening EMHs extending beyond early July?

I am REALLY hoping its extended, even just a few weeks! I have been looking at the hours and there is a RoL show at 10:30pm on Saturday, 7/8. AK reportedly closes at 10pm. It has to be extended to 11pm. Hopefully more EMH follows

 

[mickey1968]

I am REALLY hoping its extended, even just a few weeks! I have been looking at the hours and there is a RoL show at 10:30pm on Saturday, 7/8. AK reportedly closes at 10pm. It has to be extended to 11pm. Hopefully more EMH follows

I think they are scheduling shows 30 min after the rest of the park closes, similar to how they do F! at DHS that way.

 

[PolyRob]

I think they are scheduling shows 30 min after the rest of the park closes, similar to how they do F! at DHS that way.

Hmm I had compared it to HS and I thought Fantasmic! was at 9pm with a 9:30pm close. I could be wrong, but the FP+ also shows 9:50 - 10:15pm for RoL. Maybe its just wishful thinking

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Hmm I had compared it to HS and I thought Fantasmic! was at 9pm with a 9:30pm close. I could be wrong, but the FP+ also shows 9:50 - 10:15pm for RoL. Maybe its just wishful thinking

They sometimes have 2 shows of Fantasmic depending on the time of the year. You are correct with the 30 minutes before the park closes if there is 1 show. If they add a 2nd show, the 1st show might be earlier or it will run later than park closing with my experience.

I know they are running two shows...sometimes three shows...of ROL at the moment with the first show at 9:15 p.m. I think the other shows have been an hour after the previous one finished.

 

[potatoes]

I was in the queue for FOP this morning when the internet was blowing up about the 400 minute wait time record, so reading online reactions provided some entertainment to pass the time! Fortunately for me, I only waited 90 minutes after getting to the park entrance at 7am. 30 minutes of that was spent in the banshee mural room. It really felt like things slowed to a crawl there at the end. I think a couple things might have led to the lengthy queue today:

1) While AK opened its gates at 7:30am today, they held everyone at the entrance to Pandora until 8:01am. From what I've read, on other days they've been opening Pandora a bit early too. I'm guessing the on-time opening today caused a TON of guests to build up.

2) When I was finally seated on the ride, our group waited about 5 minutes for the cast member to secure the restraints in the room next to ours. This was my first time on the ride so I don't know what's normal, but the load/unload felt incredibly slow.


I thought the ride was great, though after reading the glowing praise for all its "next level" technology, I was surprised at how blurry the video was. For much of the ride, I was seeing double rather than a true 3D effect. I really haven't heard anyone else mention this, so maybe it's just my eyesight (though my 3D TV at home looks great). I was in room "C3" which I think is in the upper left of the theater. Maybe I was too off-center for a perfect 3D image (that's what happens with my TV). The picture quality was very distracting and took away from the immersion, but I look forward to riding it again from a different vantage point to compare.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

I was in the queue for FOP this morning when the internet was blowing up about the 400 minute wait time record, so reading online reactions provided some entertainment to pass the time! Fortunately for me, I only waited 90 minutes after getting to the park entrance at 7am. 30 minutes of that was spent in the banshee mural room. It really felt like things slowed to a crawl there at the end. I think a couple things might have led to the lengthy queue today:

1) While AK opened its gates at 7:30am today, they held everyone at the entrance to Pandora until 8:01am. From what I've read, on other days they've been opening Pandora a bit early too. I'm guessing the on-time opening today caused a TON of guests to build up.

2) When I was finally seated on the ride, our group waited about 5 minutes for the cast member to secure the restraints in the room next to ours. This was my first time on the ride so I don't know what's normal, but the load/unload felt incredibly slow.


I thought the ride was great, though after reading the glowing praise for all its "next level" technology, I was surprised at how blurry the video was. For much of the ride, I was seeing double rather than a true 3D effect. I really haven't heard anyone else mention this, so maybe it's just my eyesight (though my 3D TV at home looks great). I was in room "C3" which I think is in the upper left of the theater. Maybe I was too off-center for a perfect 3D image (that's what happens with my TV). The picture quality was very distracting and took away from the immersion, but I look forward to riding it again from a different vantage point to compare.

I had picture problems the first time I rode FoP. I also wear glasses, so putting the ride glasses on the first time was difficult to figure out. I think I wasn't covering my glasses all the way the first time with the ride glasses which caused some bluriness. When I rode it the 2nd and 3rd times, I never had any issues.

 

[patrickpiteo]

I had picture problems the first time I rode FoP. I also wear glasses, so putting the ride glasses on the first time was difficult to figure out. I think I wasn't covering my glasses all the way the first time with the ride glasses which caused some bluriness. When I rode it the 2nd and 3rd times, I never had any issues.

The 3D glasses fit over your regular ones?