LLMP Data report for Epcot Day 7/30 which Touring Plans reports was a 4/10 crowd day:
Again, group of 21, staying together. To be honest, the crowds were the most manageable we've experienced during the trip. We were quite efficient, and even with our crazy group, we probably did not need to buy LLMP today. This is the first time I felt we could have gotten by without it. BUT only because we rope-dropped.
At 7AM we pulled a boarding group (45) for Guardians with an approx 11AM return time.
Rope-dropped Remy (we were near the front of the pack at International Gateway, so rode walk-on) They let us in a few minutes past 8:30 early entry.
Next made the long walk across the showcase to Frozen to see if we could catch that, too (even though we had pre-booked Frozen for later). We weren't super fast. Group has young children and my 71 & 75 year old parents. It was more of a stroll. We arrived at 9AM, just before the regular entry rope droppers. Posted wait was 15 minutes, but it was about 7 minutes.
Quick bathroom/pastry break and we headed to tap into pre-selected Mission Space at 9:45 AM. (Wait time was posted at 15, so not like we needed the LL, but just tapped rather than modifying to unlock our next Tier 1 ride.) Remy was already sold out, so we selected #4 Soarin for 7:15pm, although we could have had almost any time we wanted.
Took a quick A/C break at Club Cool and got sugared up with free drink samples and introduced everyone to Beverly
(IYKYK).
Next rode our prebooked Spaceship Earth at about 10:45 AM. Posted wait was 25, which looked pretty accurate. We breezed on. (LL are definitely a lot faster now). Selected our next #5 for Living with the Land in for 8:00pm. There was lots of availability, although a little scarcer in the evening times.
By this time our boarding group for Guardians was called (FUN RIDE, BTW!) We didn't wait long at all. Thought that by the time we were done, we could go to our 1:30 ADR, but still had time to kill, so I modified LWTL to an immediate return time.
We tapped into LWTL around 12:10. (Posted wait 20.) Didn't even bother selecting another ride, as most of what's left are walk-ons anyway.
We still had time, so jumped to Figment. It was 15 minutes posted, and it would have taken me longer to pull out my phone and mess with a LL if there was an immediate one, so I just sent everyone into standby. It took about 5 minutes, but I knew we were still killing time.
With Figment done, we checked into ADR at Space 220 at 1:20. Got done by 2:45. Back to hotel for break/nap.
We were going to go back at 6:30 to ride our prebooked Frozen LL, but it started pouring cats and dogs sideways rain and massive lightning/thunder, so they closed the Skyliner. We waited until 7:10 when it was just drizzling and had to wait for & take a bus to Epcot with the Skyliner down, so we finally arrived at 8:00pm, abandoned our expired LL for Frozen (thank goodness we rode during rope drop) and went directly to Soarin. We tapped in, but didn't even need it at a 5 minute wait. Then decided we had just enough time to hit Tres Caballeros before the Symphony of Us show (which was sad without fireworks due to the rain.) Wish we'd had another hour in the park, but with the heat, it's just exhausting without an afternoon break. The Skyliner debacle cost us about 90 minutes.
At least they got the Skyliner running for park close and we got back to Caribbean Beach quickly.
Although we definitely didn't need it today, purchasing MPLL gave me confidence while planning that we could ride all we wanted to, (but really didn't turn out to be necessary.) However, if Remy had been offline at park open, we would have had to wait standby another time. Even if going in at Intl Gateway, which is an easy rope drop for Remy, as I learned yesterday, rope drop is not a guarantee. (And as I learned today, even a LL is not a guarantee if you can't make it back.) Anyway, I suggest picking Remy as your Tier 1 and trying to score Frozen as 2nd Tier 1 pick. There are plenty of Tier 2 rides you can choose that will have early return windows to get your ball rolling before Frozen sells out.
Our crazy big group is going home tomorrow, so that's my last report, but I'm happy to answer any questions.
Hope this was helpful!!! I'll probably do a sum-up of what I learned after we get home.
