Some Harry Potter advice

[nymomof3]

hi all, we are going to be staying at rpr for 6days in july, we usually take things very slow, in the morning do water rides, go back to hotel, relax and head back to parks later on, will that be ok to see harry potter or the nights are just as crowded as the days.should we take advantage of the hour in the morning or that is not necessary if we are planning on heading over later in the day. thank you..

 

[damo]

I would do early entry the first morning just to gauge things.

 

[glocon]

Sounds like if you want to get into Ollivanders without a loooonnnggg line, you should probably do that using early entry on one of your days.

 

[Tiggr88]

I would do early entry the first morning just to gauge things.

I agree. As long as you get their for RD, the crowds will be reliably shorter. In the afternoon or evening, you just don't know. Definitely do Ollivander's and the regular FJ line to see the entire castle queue on the early morning. If you decide to go in the evenings on other days, you can always do the single rider at FJ to cut down on the wait.

I believe all of the water rides you would want to do have FOTL access, so it would be easier to do them later than WWoHP, since neither the FJ nor Ollivander's have FOTL.

That's the approach we took last August and it seemed to work best.

 

[JackNMel]

We just came back from IOA today, and went straight to Olivanders, the line was pretty long. Later in the day, every time we walked by, it was shorter than when we were in. Granted, we didn't get in line until about 10:30 am or so, and it wasn't crowded at all today. My 11 year old DD got picked for the wand picking show, so the wait was totally worth it!! Forbidden Journey wasn't long at all, probably about 30 minutes, and it flew by from looking at all the cool stuff in the castle. Our biggest beef is that the inside of the stores are so small and crowded, it makes it very difficult to shop, because you are packed in like sardines, and the flow of the shops is terrible. Of course, it didn't stop us from spending lots of money, and the insides of the shops have some really amazing details that you don't want to miss, so tough it out so you can see everything!!