I was able to get FOP 63 days out but it wasn't until 5:40 pm. I kept checking about once or twice a day to change it to an earlier time. I was able to move it to 10:50 am which I love, but it messed with my Tusker House ADR. I can't remember exactly what time it was when I changed it to the 10:50, but it was near day 55 or so.
The ones issued around 10:30 are for SAME DAY only, not in advance. They may add more FPs in advance, generally if park hours increase. Check the forums regularly a few weeks before your date to see if that happens. Otherwise, there's no real advantage to checking at a specific time of day. Just keep refreshing and trying. I got one for 12:20 about 5 days after my window opened, but it took hundreds of refreshes.
Having a FP only eliminates the long stand by line before the merge point. It doesn't eliminate the wait. FP holders go straight in to the area where they sort riders in to lanes (like when they send you in to theater A/B/C in Soarin')
People cancel trips and change plans all.the.time. Every day. So they pop up. You just have to be lucky. Never quit trying
Get to the park an hour and 15 minutes before opening. They let you into the park 45 min before actual opening time and on to FOP and NRJ 25 to 30 minutes before scheduled opening. I did it 4 times this week.
Also want to add that this was for 3 people.
Arrive at 6:45 for that 8:00 opening. They will let you in the tap stiles a half hour early. Definitely go on FOP first. Then go straight over to NRJ. You will probably have at least a 30 minute to a one hour wait for NRJ, but if you do NRJ first there could be a three hour wait for FOP.↑
I hear you! We've only got two park days (one day MK, one day AK) and I've never been to WDW beforeI feel like despite not wanting to wait forever, FoP is a must when I don't know when I'll be going back.
Rope drop without a fastpass worked great twice for me this week. I went on a 9am opening, and on an 8am extra magic hour opening.
On both days they let us in about a half hour early. On the 9am opening I rode FOP and was finished at 9am. On the 8am opening day I finished the FOP ride at 8:10. That was today. As soon as I got off the ride I saw that the line had gotten so long and heard a cast member say that the wait was now three hours. And it was still before the park opened to everyone.
I also had a fast pass at noon and I got right on the ride with no wait. I've ridden it three times so far. It's fantastic, but I wouldn't stand in a line for three hours for any ride. I prefer to get out to the bus stop an hour and a half before park opening. It works like a charm. It was 29 degrees the first morning I tried this approach. It was quite a sight to see everyone bundled up for winter that morning, all braving the cold for a ride on a banshee!
We have a party of 9 for next Thursday. It's EMH 8a-9a - how early should we arrive at Epcot to be able to get FOP and Navi? And which should we do first?
The weather was pretty crummy earlier this afternoon when I was leaving Animal Kingdom. And they are expecting a thunder storm around now.
Both rides are inside so I guess people didn’t bring their ponchos lol. If I paid to be there then I would still be at the park.
There is usually an AP entrance but they didn’t have it set when I was at emh yesterday(Saturday) morning.
On a normal regular day FoP runs about a 120-210 wait most of the day. NRJ usually runs about a 90-150 wait.
I thought AK was worth visiting before Pandora but now I cannot see how anyone can skip it. I am not a super Avatar fan but did appreciate the movie and Flight of Passage is my new favorite ride at all of WDW. In fact with EE there as well (EE was neck and neck with RnR as a favorite before), two of my top three rides are at AK. And finally, you can now ride EE at night with the later park hours since ROL and Pandora opened. EE at night feels like a different ride.
