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[Domique]

Staying at the Royal Pacific, what is the best route;
RP to Gringott's?
Then Gringott's to Forbidden Journey?
Is it even possible to hit both in the hour before the parks open to the masses??
I am so excited for this trip in Fall, its just my husband and I this time, leaving our 16 & 20 year old home for this trip! Any advise would be much appreciated!

 

[BeccaA]

This is what we did and it worked great.
Day one: it took awhile for us to get checked and get our Express Pass, so we did Hogsmeade first at IOA (Forbidden Journey, etc). You can take the water taxi and get there at 700 for Hogsmeade with no issues. It's not crowded over there for EE.
Day two: We walked to US around 5:50 am. There is only one walking path. Lines will start forming and later you are, the longer you wait for Gringotts. They let you in at 630, you walk to DA and get in the line for Gringotts. We were through by 7:20 am and spent the rest of the morning in DA.
Day 3:
Same early morning routine, but we did single rider. We walked right on for the first ride of the day! You miss many awesome things in the single rider line though, so do the real line at least once.

Due to the craziness of DA crowds, you really can't do both in one day for Early Entry. Plus the areas are in two different parks.