Rock 'n' Roller Coaster early AM

[Anonny]

First thing in the morning, is it faster to use a FP or go in single rider line?

I have FP for Tower of Terror already. I could get a FP for RnR during the same hour using my husband's MB while he sits out the fun (meaning scary thrill rides) rides.

 

[Robo]

First thing in the morning, is it faster to use a FP or go in single rider line?

I have FP for Tower of Terror already. I could get a FP for RnR during the same hour using my husband's MB while he sits out the fun (meaning scary thrill rides) rides.

First-thing, get in the standby line.

 

[CJMickeyMouse]

Usually the single rider line is not open until the standby line starts to get backed up. I usually am there on an EMH morning, but I have ridden 6-7 times in less than an hour! Have fun!

 

[Shanti]

We rushed there at rope drop (not an EMH morning) last summer to be greeted by a very long line (extending out into the street), but found the line moved fairly quickly. Even with the long line, I'd estimate we only had about a 20-25 minute wait. We didn't mind it as it kept moving, and we had FP's for Toy Story and TOT, so we didn't have to worry about rushing to other rides the way you do at MK.

It wasn't single-rider: didn't notice one, but we weren't looking for it.

 

[twodogs]

Are you planning TOT FP ride first, then RNR? I'd head straight to RNR at RD, ride a time or two, and FP TOT for an hour after RD to get a couple of RNR rides in first. So FUN! Then use your hubby's RNR FP to ride again later in the day!

 

[LaurenT]

I usually stroll over there. If standby says 30 or more, I do single rider - it's pretty much a walk on.

 

[amylevan]

We headed there after signing DS up for Jedi, and rode standby. The sign said 20 min, but we had no wait to get in the preshow, our only wait was the brief line after the preshow, so maybe 10 min? Granted this was the beginning of February, so YMMV, but I would think standby (single rider even better if it's open) at rope drop will be fine.

 

[PoohsFan1]

We tend to head straight over to RnRC first thing and ride a couple times in Stand by (we have never seen a huge wait for it early in the morning) and then once we see the line start to build, we will then use our FP that we have already made. We used this same strategy when we used to head straight over to TSMM when the kids were youngers, now they are more interested in the thrill rides first.

 

[alliecat523]

We've never gotten there at rope drop and have always been able to walk on or have a very minimal wait.

 

[katyj26]

As a true single rider I would love to say i always do the single rider line at RNR but.... My last few trips I actually find that the single rider line tends to be longer than standby when standby is 50 minutes or less posted wait time. My most recent trip earlier this month I did rope drop and headed straight back to RNR. Right at rope drop there was no single rider line so i did standby twice. Then I went over to Tower and rode twice. At this point i went back over to RNR where the posted time was 30 minutes. Single rider line was open at this point so i thought i would try it. (I am one of those weird people who keeps track of who went into the standby line about the same time as me and i try to see if they beat me onto the ride.) There was not a long line before the preshow but after the preshow was a very long line for single riders. I noticed that those who got in standby at the same time i got in the single rider were on at least 10 minutes quicker than me. Anywho... my recommendation is any wait time shorter than 50 minutes go on the standby line as most people try to beat the system and use single rider even though they are groups and standby tends to be less than posted wait time...... Single rider line rant over..

 

[LaurenT]

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As a true single rider I would love to say i always do the single rider line at RNR but.... My last few trips I actually find that the single rider line tends to be longer than standby when standby is 50 minutes or less posted wait time. My most recent trip earlier this month I did rope drop and headed straight back to RNR. Right at rope drop there was no single rider line so i did standby twice. Then I went over to Tower and rode twice. At this point i went back over to RNR where the posted time was 30 minutes. Single rider line was open at this point so i thought i would try it. (I am one of those weird people who keeps track of who went into the standby line about the same time as me and i try to see if they beat me onto the ride.) There was not a long line before the preshow but after the preshow was a very long line for single riders. I noticed that those who got in standby at the same time i got in the single rider were on at least 10 minutes quicker than me. Anywho... my recommendation is any wait time shorter than 50 minutes go on the standby line as most people try to beat the system and use single rider even though they are groups and standby tends to be less than posted wait time...... Single rider line rant over..

I agree that the single rider line grows exponentially as the standby line gets longer. People who would ordinarily prefer to ride together will decide to break up and go single rider if the line is too long and that makes SR longer. To me, it seems that this starts to happen at around a 30 minute stand by wait and gets worse as that wait gets longer. I don't know about 50 minute waits - I wouldn't consider getting on either line at that point! But I've have many very short waits doing SR when stand by was 30.

 

[ktlm]

If you aren't doing TSM and your husband has a FP+ to spare, I would use the FP+. If not, I would try to be there near the front of the rope drop crowd and go standby. With the tiered FP+, the single rider line builds up fast. Before FP+ we did single rider for RNRC every trip and usually never waited more than 10 or 15 minutes even in the middle of the day. This last trip (non peak time), we were at RNRC probably within 10 minutes of rope drop, 15 tops, the standby line was posted at 30 minutes and the single rider line was posted at either 10 or 15 minutes, I can't remember which. DH got in the single rider line and we were hoping to switch off if the line had not built too bad by the time he got off. He was in the single rider line for well over half an hour. He would have been better off in the stand by line. By the time he got off, the standby line was up to 45 minutes and the single rider was posted at 35, and we didn't want to split up and take that much more family time away from DD, so for the 3rd trip in a row, thanks to FP+ I missed out on RNRC again and it is one of my favorites.