single rider shortcut to the front of the line?

[bigperf]

My upcoming visit Sunday has turned into a solo trip and I was wondering if I would be able to skip lines as a solo rider, and if so what rides I would be able to do this on?

I know that Splash mountain and the toy story mania rides offer single rider benefits as I have used them due to my girlfriend not being a fan of splash and us not wanting to wait in an hourlong ride to go on toy story mania for the first time.

Thanks everyone!

 

[DangerMouse]

Single rider is available on:

Splash, Indy, Soarin, Screamin, TSMM, Maliboomer, Mulholland Madness and GRR.

 

[DLR29]

Keep in mind that while some SR lines usually get you on within a couple minutes (GRR, Mulholland Madness, Maliboomer, Splash). Others can take a long time even still (Indy, Soarin, Screamin, TSMM).

 

[bigperf]

Keep in mind that while some SR lines usually get you on within a couple minutes (GRR, Mulholland Madness, Maliboomer, Splash). Others can take a long time even still (Indy, Soarin, Screamin, TSMM).

of course, but a wait for TSMM in single rider will be a fraction of the time waiting in the long line. we only waited in that line once, other times we just rode it as single riders and were actually placed in the same car! there is a CM who will put 2 single riders together to keep the single rider line flowing if there are no odd # of groups in the regular line.

I can pick up Fast passes for Indy and Soarin and wont have to worry about a long wait at those.

 

[disneynerd420]

On my last trip on saturday i used the single rider line on screamin and indy and got on within 5 minutes on all attempts. Just my personal experience. I would not have wanted to wait for the single rider line on splash though. The fast pass line moved 4 times as fast.

 

[fairycat]

of course, but a wait for TSMM in single rider will be a fraction of the time waiting in the long line. we only waited in that line once, other times we just rode it as single riders and were actually placed in the same car! there is a CM who will put 2 single riders together to keep the single rider line flowing if there are no odd # of groups in the regular line.

I can pick up Fast passes for Indy and Soarin and wont have to worry about a long wait at those.

Actually this is not always true. In fact I have never gotten to sit with some one in my party when we have done single rider. I have also had several times that though actually solo I should have gone in the regular line as I actually ended up on the ride BEHIND people who joined the regular line after I did. I find TSMM solo rider line to be the most hit and miss.

I have had a few longer waits on Scream'n too but not nearly as bad as TSMM.

I also have noticed that Indy and Soar'n do not always have their solo rider lines open. Splash is one of the best Solo rider lines in the park in my opinion.

 

[bumbershoot]

Everyone's experience will vary with the SR lines. I've had terrific luck with Screamin', but hubby had to wait a very long time.

See, they felt like the line was backing up, so they had the single riders go into the elevator, go up, walk across the walkway over the tracks, take the other elevator down, and then wait. And wait. And wait.

Meanwhile, NEW single riders were getting in line...and being seated. Before the first big clump of single riders. The seating CM on the normal line side was blatantly ignoring the big group of people in the holding "pen", and was calling for riders from the normal line. Finally someone from the group that had been moved to the other side got the CM's attention and the CM quite grumpily stopped normal loading (once all the "chutes" were empty) by keeping the normal line people on the stairs before the chutes, and let ALL of the single riders on at once. It was SO stupid.

With Toy Story, although we certainly didn't wait the 40 minutes of the normal line, it was a solid wait. They will ask the normal line people if they mind having a stranger with them...that can hold things up a bit. don't get me wrong, I LOVE riding TSMM as a SR, just as much as I LOVE riding Grizzly solo (I've never actually done the SR line at GRR b/c the line hasn't been more than 5 minutes when I've done a solo trip, but they put people altogether anyway).

When I've used the Indy SR line it was pretty brilliant...went in the exit, waited a little bit in the "don't pull this rope" room until the CM let me through, then I was put in the Accessible line which meant I only had to sit through the safety message/newsreel once, then continued along that route. It wasn't 5 minutes (woudln't have been unless I ran), but it was constant moving apart from the "don'nt pull this rope" room.


For the lines, just go up to the CM at the front to get the pass and info on where to go. Soarin' has been the easiest, b/c you go to the FP return CM, and I've never seen a line there. You do have to deal with first-nasty-then-"neener neener" looks from fellow guests, b/c first they think you're pulling one over on them as you pass them by, then they think you've gotten your comeuppance when you're made to wait until a single rider is needed. I just ignore the fellow guests now on Soarin'.

 

[bigperf]

Everyone's experience will vary with the SR lines. I've had terrific luck with Screamin', but hubby had to wait a very long time.

See, they felt like the line was backing up, so they had the single riders go into the elevator, go up, walk across the walkway over the tracks, take the other elevator down, and then wait. And wait. And wait.

Meanwhile, NEW single riders were getting in line...and being seated. Before the first big clump of single riders. The seating CM on the normal line side was blatantly ignoring the big group of people in the holding "pen", and was calling for riders from the normal line. Finally someone from the group that had been moved to the other side got the CM's attention and the CM quite grumpily stopped normal loading (once all the "chutes" were empty) by keeping the normal line people on the stairs before the chutes, and let ALL of the single riders on at once. It was SO stupid.

With Toy Story, although we certainly didn't wait the 40 minutes of the normal line, it was a solid wait. They will ask the normal line people if they mind having a stranger with them...that can hold things up a bit. don't get me wrong, I LOVE riding TSMM as a SR, just as much as I LOVE riding Grizzly solo (I've never actually done the SR line at GRR b/c the line hasn't been more than 5 minutes when I've done a solo trip, but they put people altogether anyway).

When I've used the Indy SR line it was pretty brilliant...went in the exit, waited a little bit in the "don't pull this rope" room until the CM let me through, then I was put in the Accessible line which meant I only had to sit through the safety message/newsreel once, then continued along that route. It wasn't 5 minutes (woudln't have been unless I ran), but it was constant moving apart from the "don'nt pull this rope" room.


For the lines, just go up to the CM at the front to get the pass and info on where to go. Soarin' has been the easiest, b/c you go to the FP return CM, and I've never seen a line there. You do have to deal with first-nasty-then-"neener neener" looks from fellow guests, b/c first they think you're pulling one over on them as you pass them by, then they think you've gotten your comeuppance when you're made to wait until a single rider is needed. I just ignore the fellow guests now on Soarin'.

thanks bumbershoot. I figure to pick up FP's for GRR, then go single ride at TSMM, and when done hopefully get the FP for soaring(or vice versa) when the park opens at 10am.
I mean i will be able to pick up fast passes so im not worried about getting on rides, but if there is a single rider line, id rather go that route than use a FP.

Space mountain and BTM seem to be the disneyland rides I should get my FP's for(a couple for each) and then single ride on indy and splash. and just do the line thing at haunted mansion, pirates, matterhorn, autopia etc.