Rhyme/Reason to Rope Drop?

[SFBay2]

Our family will be visiting Disneyland on Friday, September 18th, when the park is scheduled to open at 8 AM (no Magic Morning that day). I'm trying to figure out if Disneyland will have rope drop on that day? Is there any rhyme or reason to when Disneyland has rope drop, versus keeping people at the gates?

It does make some difference to our planning...I'll arrive 30 minutes early if we can get into Main Street. I don't have any desire to wait outside the gates for 30 minutes.

Also, if I can sneak in a second question: if were are waiting there right at rope drop, and immediately upon drop proceed to Peter Pan at a brisk-but-not-obnoxious pace, can we expect a short line? Or it literally a stampede to that attraction? Again, this is 8 AM on Friday on a school day.

Thanks for any feedback!

 

[figment_jii]

If you are in the very front of the crowd and head straight to Peter Pan and do not have any strollers, I think you can probably there with a short(ish) wait. If you're anywhere towards the middle of the rope drop crowds, I think there will be a long line by the time you get to Peter Pan. It is worth noting that September 18th is Fall Dapper Days.

 

[Geemo]

On non-early opening mornings once the rope drops there is a stampede to Peter Pan. Grown people are generally at the front of the pack.
As security CM's are calling for everyone to NOT RUN please WALK!

"brisk-but-not-obnoxious pace" will only work for you if you are right in the front as figment_jii said.
Too bad there isn't a Wide Right technique for PP as there is for RSR.


Good luck