Pandora Fastpasses & is it really easier to get on rides during EMH?

[HoopDeeDork]

(Forgive me if this question has been asked a billion times already, I'm still learning how to navigate this site. Feel free to link me to any similar threads. Thanks!)

My 60 days out is coming up soon. We are only in WDW for four days and I want to see both of the new rides, but I really, really don't want to book two days of fastpasses at Animal Kingdom in order to guarantee that I do so. I know if I did I can just cancel and make more for a different park later, but I know time slots that I would want for other stuff would probably be taken by then.

My questions are... has anyone had success getting onto one ride or the other first thing in the morning? I plan on fastpassing one, probably Flights of Passage. Also, would it be better to try and do this early at AK on a day with early magic hours or would it just be super crowded either way and not matter??

I just wonder what people's experiences have been so far. If they were able to get on first thing, what ride they would recommend fastpassing, and whether extra magic hours really make a substantial difference when trying to get onto high demand rides. I know it's Disney, and Disney means lines, and I really don't mind waiting in them. I just don't want to be in a 120+ minute line, if I can at all avoid it.

Thanks everyone, I appreciate your help a whole lot!

 

[HydroGuy]

(Forgive me if this question has been asked a billion times already, I'm still learning how to navigate this site. Feel free to link me to any similar threads. Thanks!)

My 60 days out is coming up soon. We are only in WDW for four days and I want to see both of the new rides, but I really, really don't want to book two days of fastpasses at Animal Kingdom in order to guarantee that I do so. I know if I did I can just cancel and make more for a different park later, but I know time slots that I would want for other stuff would probably be taken by then.

My questions are... has anyone had success getting onto one ride or the other first thing in the morning? I plan on fastpassing one, probably Flights of Passage. Also, would it be better to try and do this early at AK on a day with early magic hours or would it just be super crowded either way and not matter??

I just wonder what people's experiences have been so far. If they were able to get on first thing, what ride they would recommend fastpassing, and whether extra magic hours really make a substantial difference when trying to get onto high demand rides. I know it's Disney, and Disney means lines, and I really don't mind waiting in them. I just don't want to be in a 120+ minute line, if I can at all avoid it.

Thanks everyone, I appreciate your help a whole lot!

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It is really long so the short answer is I would do RD for normal opening or an EMH AM (if you are staying at an EMH hotel) and I would do NRJ. I would get a FP for FOP.

The reasons why are given here:

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.

 

[StephMK]

FOP has much longer wait times so I'd FP that one. We were able to get on NRJ after 11pm but it was still an hour wait. At that time, FOP was either 90 or 120 and we didn't ride.

We were there for 4 days and whenever we checked wait times, they were pretty consistently super long for FOP.

 

[AllieBoo]

Definitely Fp FOP! We are here now and had fp for navi only. We are in line now for fop during emh, almost on and have waited 1:12 minutes. Navi is only 30 min wait right now.

 

[AllieBoo]

FOP was awesome!! If you can't get fp, I would wait
90 min to ride it, it's unbelievable!

 

[HoopDeeDork]

Thank you so much everyone!! I appreciate all of your advice so much!