The RSR Report today Monday 10/15

[DemonLlama]

We were at the gates at 7:00 for 8:00 opening this morning, Monday, 10/15.

Second in line at our turnstile, they scanned our tickets at 7:30 and allowed us to enter the fast pass line (single file to the left) or at rope drop. We were about 15th in the non-resort FP line waiting for the 8:00 bell.

Ahead of us, the hotel guests who could enter the park at 7:00 were allowed to queue up for the FP line ahead of us until 8:00.

We ended up with 9:35-10:35 FPs leaving the kiosk at 8:10, walked over, hopped on the single rider line with a posted standby time of 70 minutes at 8:15.

We might have waited 5 minutes in the single riders line before boarding. (There were maybe 5 people ahead of us as singles.

Once off,the standby time had jumped to 100 minutes.

When we returned at 10:00 for our FP ride, all fastpasses were gone for the day and the standby line was 120 minutes.

Our FP wait time was about 10 minutes. I asked the single rider how long she'd waited and she guessed about 15 minutes at that point.

I know it's not the popular opinion and I'm sure I'd feel differently if I had a little one who was CARS crazy, but it's just Test Track with eyeballs. Fun, lots of neat little touches, loved the tractor tipping scene, but I am so glad I didn't stand in line for two hours.

hope that helps!

 

[sh00tfire]

We were at the gates at 7:00 for 8:00 opening this morning, Monday, 10/15.

Second in line at our turnstile, they scanned our tickets at 7:30 and allowed us to enter the fast pass line (single file to the left) or at rope drop. We were about 15th in the non-resort FP line waiting for the 8:00 bell.

Ahead of us, the hotel guests who could enter the park at 7:00 were allowed to queue up for the FP line ahead of us until 8:00.

We ended up with 9:35-10:35 FPs leaving the kiosk at 8:10, walked over, hopped on the single rider line with a posted standby time of 70 minutes at 8:15.

We might have waited 5 minutes in the single riders line before boarding. (There were maybe 5 people ahead of us as singles.

Once off,the standby time had jumped to 100 minutes.

When we returned at 10:00 for our FP ride, all fastpasses were gone for the day and the standby line was 120 minutes.

Our FP wait time was about 10 minutes. I asked the single rider how long she'd waited and she guessed about 15 minutes at that point.

I know it's not the popular opinion and I'm sure I'd feel differently if I had a little one who was CARS crazy, but it's just Test Track with eyeballs. Fun, lots of neat little touches, loved the tractor tipping scene, but I am so glad I didn't stand in line for two hours.

hope that helps!

Thanks for the report. We are going to be at the park the end of the week. I think we will try the same tactic as you did. Get fast passes and then hop in the single rider line.

 

[Mary09]

I know it's not the popular opinion and I'm sure I'd feel differently if I had a little one who was CARS crazy, but it's just Test Track with eyeballs. Fun, lots of neat little touches, loved the tractor tipping scene, but I am so glad I didn't stand in line for two hours.

hope that helps!

Thanks! I'm glad you said that because we just spent 4 days there and we decided to skip it. Test Track is "worth" about 30 minutes max wait to us. We tried the single rider line once but the CM informed us (in the most annoyed voice I've ever heard on a CM) that the wait was over an hour. Outta here! (In our experience, the CMs are almost universally and shockingly nice so it was odd.)

 

[cari12]

We had EMH today and were about 5th family in our line at the gates for 7:00am entry. We used the "wide right" technique and were in a car by 7:15am. We then walked onto Luigi and Mater, then went over to TSMM twice (5 min wait), then rode Little Mermaid twice (no line) and then GRR twice (no line). At this point it was about 9:00am and we stopped for breakfast. It is amazing how much you can do in a short time with EE!

 

[focusondisney]

I know it's not the popular opinion and I'm sure I'd feel differently if I had a little one who was CARS crazy, but it's just Test Track with eyeballs. Fun, lots of neat little touches, loved the tractor tipping scene, but I am so glad I didn't stand in line for two hours.

hope that helps!

That does help! We are going in Dec & I've been debatting how much time we should devote to trying this ride. It's just DH & me. We've never even seen CARS. I get very motion sick. I have been on Test Track a few times & get quesy most of the times I ride it. I'm thinking DH can do single rider; sounds like I wouldn't enjoy it anyway.


Thanks for the report!!

 

[yaya74]

I am soooooo glad that none of my kids (4 and 1) are into cars... I won't be able to do what OP has done. My 4 DD is more into bugs. So hopefully lines for the bugs ride will be short...

 

[tanyaewa]

Thx for the report!
When you were waiting for FP line and FP's was there anything else to for others in your party? Shops? Cafes?
I want to "surprise" my huge Cars fan family with RSR FPs so I will line up got them and I want hubby to take the boys away from CL area.....

 

[qoodoo]

My family of six just visited on 10/15. However we arrived at the park at 7:50 am and I got in line for FP. While I waited they got in standby for RSR. I got my FPs exactly at 8:17 and headed for the single rider line and found my family in the standby and joined. They used wide right and we waited 20 mins to ride together. Return time on my FPs were 10:35 ended up using them at 7pm.

 

[Rebekkap]

That does help! We are going in Dec & I've been debatting how much time we should devote to trying this ride. It's just DH & me. We've never even seen CARS. I get very motion sick. I have been on Test Track a few times & get quesy most of the times I ride it. I'm thinking DH can do single rider; sounds like I wouldn't enjoy it anyway.


Thanks for the report!!

I don't have kids, and thought Test Track was meh.

But I LOVED RSR.

I also get motion sickness, but for me it's turns that do it, and RSR didn't make me feel sick at all.

I'd give it a go - it's a great ride

 

[focusondisney]

I don't have kids, and thought Test Track was meh.

But I LOVED RSR.

I also get motion sickness, but for me it's turns that do it, and RSR didn't make me feel sick at all.

I'd give it a go - it's a great ride

And THANKS for that! Yes, it's the turns that make me sick, too, not the speed. Not a lot of turns in RSR? So now I'm back to maybe I should try it once & see how it goes. Guess that's the best option. I'm so decisive, aren't I?

 

[DemonLlama]

Thx for the report!
When you were waiting for FP line and FP's was there anything else to for others in your party? Shops? Cafes?
I want to "surprise" my huge Cars fan family with RSR FPs so I will line up got them and I want hubby to take the boys away from CL area.....

The shops along the main street shops up to Carthay Circle, including the Bakery (Starbucks) are open while the hoards congregate.

I can't imagine Test Track not eventually getting this overlay. It's already set up: the 18 wheeler that appears in front of you, the "corrosion" testing area that sprays the car turns into the body paint shop, etc. Swap out the "wall" with the start of the race and paint a finish line. At WDW the interior queuing area could be spectacular and it would significantly ramp up attendance.

 

[DLR29]

The shops along the main street shops up to Carthay Circle, including the Bakery (Starbucks) are open while the hoards congregate.

I can't imagine Test Track not eventually getting this overlay. It's already set up: the 18 wheeler that appears in front of you, the "corrosion" testing area that sprays the car turns into the body paint shop, etc. Swap out the "wall" with the start of the race and paint a finish line. At WDW the interior queuing area could be spectacular and it would significantly ramp up attendance.

TT will never be Radiator Springs Racers.

a) Doesn't fit in with Epcot's theme at all. It would be very out of place.
b) TT is just about to emerge from a multiple month complete re-theme. They've already spent a ton of money redoing the ride.
c) Half of the fun of the race is that you race side-by-side with another car...this can't be accommodated at TT