Rapunzel at Rope Drop?

[wmpenguin]

With all the crowds and craziness at A&E at RD, how is it trying to see Rapunzel at RD? Is it way too hard to get there because you are fighting A&E crowds and so you can't get in and out very fast, thus making it a not-very-efficient use of RD? I am willing to FP+ it if necessary and hit other attractions that would be faster at RD if that's the experience of others.

 

[LSUfan4444]

It does catch some overflow from people who get all the way back there to try and beat the A&E crowd, then when they realize they didn't beat the crowd they file in to see Rapunzel.

If you are there at rope drop I think the better strategy would be to knock out another "section" of things and let the initial rush settle down.

If you can pre-book FP+ maybe consider 7DMT, A&E and Rapunzel. You will want to knock out Peter Pan & ETwB standby before 9:45/10:00.

Then head to Splash & Thunder. If my 11 am you have knocked out Peter Pan, ETwB, Splash and Thunder and have FP+ for A&E, Mine Train and Rapunzel you are in good shape. From like 11 - 1 meet Ariel and do the Little Mermaid Ride, Dumbo, Barnstomers grab lunch then hit your FP+ in that area afterwards and try and get a fourth (fifth, sixth and so on) for the other attractions you haven't done yet (Pooh, IaSW, etc).

Hope that helps.

 

[Aristomommy]

Last week, the wait for Rapunzel was 10 minutes at rope drop and went to 20 min after the first hour. I never saw it more than that during the two days we were there. A&E were a steady 240 min all day.