Stand-by line for Rise ***NO SPOILERS***

[lynzi2004]

Am I missing the thread for how standby is going today? I, like everyone else, am anxious to see how this is going to turn out, but I’ve looked everywhere and not seeing any posts from people that might be there today. If I’m just missing it, can someone link it here?! Thanks!

 

[M SH]

this starts on Sept. 23

 

[lynzi2004]

this starts on Sept. 23

Ah yes, I knew that! I was thinking today was the 23rd! Maybe I should have checked that first Thanks!

 

[Juventus]

Would love to hear some live ropedrop/line updates this morning!

 

[JenSop]

Also anxiously waiting to hear how it goes today!

 

[princessfionasmom]

Me too!

 

[CWTC]

Interested to hear on the ground reports but the crowds on Twitter look massive

edited to add:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1441014810561458177

https://twitter.com/x/status/1441014784678322179

https://twitter.com/x/status/1441012440230244353

https://twitter.com/x/status/1441019592982384642

 

[jrsharp21]

Oh good lordy. We are headed to WDW today with our first park day tomorrow at DHS. My daughter and friends think they are going to get up early to go wait for park open to get in line for ROTR. Nope, I am good. Been on three times in the past. No desire to wait in that mess. Star Tours sounds good to me.

 

[persnickity]

Interested to hear on the ground reports but the crowds on Twitter look massive

edited to add:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1441014810561458177

Oh yeah, that looks super fun.

 

[cmp1976]

When there is a large crowd like that how exactly is early entry for resort guests going to work?

 

[Avery&Todd]

Now, if I'm understanding the early entry for Disney hotels and "friends" - starting Oct 1st, this crowd would just be those folks right? But today, since we're pre-Oct 1st those folks are from EVERYWHERE....right? like locals, and all the hotels?

way too many folks for me!

 

[Boopuff]

hard pass.

 

[Avery&Todd]

When there is a large crowd like that how exactly is early entry for resort guests going to work?

my thought is ONLY the allowed "resorts guests" will be IN the park -the rest will be stopped at the turnstills at the front of the park...

 

[cmp1976]

my thought is ONLY the allowed "resorts guests" will be IN the park -the rest will be stopped at the turnstills at the front of the park...

That sounds likely. Just not sure how exactly you would get to the turnstiles if there was a huge crowd of non resort guests ahead of you.

 

[scrappinginontario]

As of 9:15, MDE is showing a 3 hour wait of 180 minutes. I'm guessing it's going to get much longer than that!

 

[persnickity]

The app is claiming a 3 hour wait at 9:15.

 

[Avery&Todd]

That sounds likely. Just not sure how exactly you would get to the turnstiles if there was a huge crowd of non resort guests ahead of you.

Well, the pics from Twitter are inside the park - and they SHOULD have some turnstiles marked for the hotels allowed to have early entry....I've seen folks carrying around signs pointing folks in the direction of specific turnstiles...like when you used to get in early for pre-park dining reservations

 

[CWTC]

my thought is ONLY the allowed "resorts guests" will be IN the park -the rest will be stopped at the turnstills at the front of the park...

I sincerely hope so otherwise what is the point of a 30 minute advantage to resort guests?

edited to add: [sarcasm on] in completely unrelated news to the pause of the VQ, G+/IAS$ marketing starts today due to long standby times seen at Hollywood Studios. [sarcasm off]

 

[Avery&Todd]

I sincerely hope so otherwise what is the point of a 30 minute advantage to resort guests?

RIGHT - and Disney is actively announcing the early entry so they SHOULD have a plan!

 

[Deeleebaker]

Touring plans has them at 43 minutes. Which is about what I would be willing to wait. We had such walk ons last month I barely got to check out all the cool stuff in line. And when I rode it the one time, we had to step out of line for the bathroom and got return passes so got right in at the preshow.
But also, this has me thinking this is how to build up the pressure to buy Lightning Lane.