ROTR & ILL / Staying on property strategy question

[Laura353741]

Hi- I am planning a trip the first week of April for my son's spring break. We have plans for Friday, 4/7 at DHS. My son (and I, of course) LOVE ROTR but I get anxiety each trip about whether we will be able to get on it. We are staying at a Universal Studios property. Would it be worth it to book One night at a Disney property hotel on the last night (Friday night) so that we can have a better chance at a ILL for ROTR on Friday? or does that sound like too much trouble and we should be able to get on the ride that day? I am nervous about the standby line since it will be spring break time and being able to get an ILL being off property. Thanks in advance for your help / opinions!

 

[ucf_knight]

Hi- I am planning a trip the first week of April for my son's spring break. We have plans for Friday, 4/7 at DHS. My son (and I, of course) LOVE ROTR but I get anxiety each trip about whether we will be able to get on it. We are staying at a Universal Studios property. Would it be worth it to book One night at a Disney property hotel on the last night (Friday night) so that we can have a better chance at a ILL for ROTR on Friday? or does that sound like too much trouble and we should be able to get on the ride that day? I am nervous about the standby line since it will be spring break time and being able to get an ILL being off property. Thanks in advance for your help / opinions!

If you rope drop or wait until the end of the night you’ll have no issues. You probably will even have success if you wanted to do the ILL purchase even off property. I went at the end of the night a couple weeks ago and it was a posted 60 min wait and I waited 5 min.

 

[Captain UP]

There is an After Hours at HS on April 5.

 

[MousetersInc]

You might consider something I regretted not doing: if you're not park-hopping, cancel the daytime ticket and just buy the after-hours event (if it can fit with your travel plans). Yeah it's expensive, but so is a ticket and an ILL, and you get to reride your HS favorites with little to no queue.

We just had a first-time visit to Galaxy's Edge, and were staying offsite; RotR did in fact sell out before we had a shot at it, and that was on what I think was a fairly low-crowd day. We put off riding it standby to wait for lines to die down, but it went down a few hours before park close. It came back up with minutes to spare, and we got on with a wait of under 30', but they skipped the hologram and transport ship sections, and just cut us through the backstage straight into the star destroyer.

Also, on that trip, although we all wanted to ride Tower of Terror, we simply didn't get a LL before they sold out (being at half-capacity, and since I spent my first LL slot on Cosmic Rewind). That was the only ride in all WDW that we wanted to ride and couldn't get, though.

 

[Laura353741]

I am so glad I posted here.. y'all are awesome.. I just bought my after hours ticket for April 5th! What a great solution and my son is super excited we will be there late night! Thanks so much!

 

[Captain UP]

I am so glad I posted here.. y'all are awesome.. I just bought my after hours ticket for April 5th! What a great solution and my son is super excited we will be there late night! Thanks so much!

You've chosen...wisely.