Single riders?

[JenniferFolsomCa]

I heard Epcot has Test Track, Animal Kingdom has Everest and HS has Rock and Rock Rollercoaster. Are there any other single rider lines?

Jenn

 

[pwmitch237]

Single Rider Lines are present at Test Track, Expedition Everest, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, and Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run.
Be forewarned, Rock 'n' Roller Coaster's single rider line is very slow moving, and is typically not quicker than the actual line. They don't even post a wait for it. The other two are very efficient and are great to use.

Space Mountain also offers a single rider line once you get to the last room of the standby line, where you notify a cast member that you're a party of one. This is great for skipping the line if it's shorter. Depending on how crowded, and the cast member, they may make you wait farther into the standby line than what would make it truly "express."

Other attractions often call for "parties of 1," so be aware and hold your hand up when asked for a slightly more expedited queue.

 

[1lilspark]

Years ago before they received third tracks/ theaters midway mania and Soarin had single riders as well
FoP had one planned but it was soon scrapped

 

[JenniferFolsomCa]

How much of the line does it save for Space Mountain usually?

Jenn

 

[Robo]

How much of the line does it save for Space Mountain usually?

A comparitively few minutes.
The bulk of the waiting occurs well before they begin to ask for "single riders."
And, that is not necessarily going to happen all that often.
(The rarity of needing many single riders is actually what makes the "saving of time" so small.)

 

[Robo]

Years ago before they received third tracks/ theaters midway mania and Soarin had single riders as well...

That makes it sound like they used the single rider lines on those attractions up until they built
larger capacities, but that's not quite the how it worked.
Those attractions (Toy Story Mania @ DHS and Soarin' @ Epcot) were built to accommodate single rider lines, but they did not use the single rider lines (or stopped using them very quickly after the attractions opened) and did not use them there for years before they finally built the additional tracks/theaters.

 

[gharter]

The singel rider at EE and TT can save you a lot of time.
single rider at RnRC is hit or miss. We have been lucky and saved a bunch of time in it, but it can be long.
Never tried the single line at MFSR.
Many rides will ask for single riders or parties of 2 near loading.

 

[1lilspark]

That makes it sound like they used the single rider lines on those attractions up until they built
larger capacities, but that's not quite the how it worked.
Those attractions (Toy Story Mania @ DHS and Soarin' @ Epcot) were built to accommodate single rider lines, but they did not use the single rider lines (or stopped using them very quickly after the attractions opened) and did not use them there for years before they finally built the additional tracks/theaters.

If my memory is correct I think single stopped on those two rides around the time they switched from paper FP to FP+ (Still in the two track/theater period)

 

[JenniferFolsomCa]

Thanks!

 

[pwmitch237]

A comparitively few minutes.
The bulk of the waiting occurs well before they begin to ask for "single riders."
And, that is not necessarily going to happen all that often.
(The rarity of needing many single riders is actually what makes the "saving of time" so small.)

Not to contradict Robo's advice, but it has saved me on occasion of 45+ mins. There's a sign that's usually missed right when you get to the control tower that says to alert cast members if you're a party of one. If the Cast member is standing right there, or a little behind, they've pulled me to another line right there, and I've skipped most of the standby queue. Now, if it's super busy, and the line is in the tunnel, it won't save you much time.

Also, depends on the fastpass/standby ratio. The standby line can look deceptively short depending on how many times the ride has gone down that day.