Toy Story Midway Mania

[LCoulter]

Is there still a mad rush at park open to get to this attraction? We hate being in the stampede of people so we either fast pass it or skip it altogether.

 

[Isildur's Bane]

yeah

 

[sharona]

Unfortunately, yes. There aren't a ton of other non thrill rides at HS to compete. Heck, there aren't a lot of other rides .

 

[LCoulter]

Darn, I was hoping it has died down

 

[Praying Colonel]

Disney has made it a lot worse than it had to be. Their rope drop show where they hold everybody insures there's a large crowd of people all pressed together heading there in a rush. The previous protocol (no RD show, letting people go as they enter through the tapstiles) insured a staggered release of guests and a more civilized opening.

 

[manda487]

TSMM is a disaster with or without FP. Each time on my last trip, it was either down or the line was out of control.

 

[sharona]

Luck of the draw. We didn't have any issues with the ride being down or with FP at the beginning of December. FP queue was basically a walk through.

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

We go in early summer and have had really good luck waiting until the last hour of the day to ride. We've often been able to ride 4 times in that hour even though the posted wait times are in the 60-90 minute range. This is a much more efficient use of our time than trying it in the morning.

Midway Mania is really bad about using the "Line Stacking" technique so that even a short line spills out into the courtyard and looks long.

 

[DHisaDisneyScrooge]

If we are going to be there the first week of February (lower crowds by comparison) would you suggest a fast pass for this or for Rock n Roller Coaster?

We are generally "close the park" kind of people so waiting until 6 is fine.

DH and the older 2 want to ride RnR and I will just go find something to entertain the little ones but what is the better use of a fastpass?

My original thought was to use FP+ for the TSMM because kids (especially 2 two year olds) is horrible and the older kids and DH have (some) more patience. The older ones want to go on TSMM as well so splitting the FP+ isn't an option.

Any opinions or insight would be wonderful!

 

[g-dad66]

If we are going to be there the first week of February (lower crowds by comparison) would you suggest a fast pass for this or for Rock n Roller Coaster?

We are generally "close the park" kind of people so waiting until 6 is fine.

DH and the older 2 want to ride RnR and I will just go find something to entertain the little ones but what is the better use of a fastpass?

My original thought was to use FP+ for the TSMM because kids (especially 2 two year olds) is horrible and the older kids and DH have (some) more patience. The older ones want to go on TSMM as well so splitting the FP+ isn't an option.

Any opinions or insight would be wonderful!

The advantage of FP+ for TSM is that you can avoid being in the Rope Drop stampede to TSM.

If those riding RnRC go straight there at Rope Drop, they can probably get two rides in before the wait gets to be too bad. Also, there is a Single-Rider lane which might be an option for older kids.

 

[Saraha Nelson]

there aren't a lot of other rides .

 

[mds88]

The advantage of FP+ for TSM is that you can avoid being in the Rope Drop stampede to TSM.

If those riding RnRC go straight there at Rope Drop, they can probably get two rides in before the wait gets to be too bad. Also, there is a Single-Rider lane which might be an option for older kids.

DO NOT DO SINGLE RIDER FOR RnRC! We made this mistake and waited almost 2x as long as the regular standby. There should not be a single rider option for this ride as it is 2 across, not 3 like test track. They don't pull from the single rider line much because groups of 2 and 4 are pretty common. The posted wait was 60 minutes and we waited 45. The people I rode with commented they waited much less than an hour and said they got in the queue about 20 minutes after me. Extremely frustrating. Not only did I not ride with my husband, but waited longer to do so.

 

[Canuck16]

I would think so with everything going on at DHS and not to many experiences left in that park right now.

 

[Boopuff]

We had FP for TSMM and it was late (7pm) the standby was 90 min. The CM at the FP line was very, very strict about the FP admit time. I think it was 6:55 and no go for us. He had people turning away and going back in line.. It was messy. However I'm glad he was so strict. Once we were admitted we waited 20 min.

 

[lovethattink]

Last couple times we rode tsmm, groups with even number of people went on the left side of the staircase and odd numbers on the right. Our party of 3 zipped right past the even numbered guests on Christmas Day.

 

[caroline1851]

Year ago, I would deal with the mad rush of people, ride TSMM then on the way out get a fp for later. With the new fp+, I guess if I really liked it and wanted to ride it more than once, I would have fp+ scheduled for later in day, but still join the mad rush of people at RD to ride it the first time. This past June, ds13 and I had fp+ lined up for TSMM, STar Tours and TOT so we chose to go to RRC at RD. We were near front of RD line and headed straight there and were maybe 10th in line.

 

[neoavatara]

DO NOT DO SINGLE RIDER FOR RnRC! We made this mistake and waited almost 2x as long as the regular standby. There should not be a single rider option for this ride as it is 2 across, not 3 like test track. They don't pull from the single rider line much because groups of 2 and 4 are pretty common. The posted wait was 60 minutes and we waited 45. The people I rode with commented they waited much less than an hour and said they got in the queue about 20 minutes after me. Extremely frustrating. Not only did I not ride with my husband, but waited longer to do so.

I was there this past weekend...single rider took only 20 minutes with standy wait of 60 minutes. So probably hit or miss, depending on who is working the line.

 

[mds88]

I was there this past weekend...single rider took only 20 minutes with standy wait of 60 minutes. So probably hit or miss, depending on who is working the line.

this could be it. Whenever there were 2 seats they would take people from the back of the regular line whereas they probably should have taken from single rider since the single line was moving so slowly. Still I will never do that again on that particular ride. They did have a sign at the beginning saying the line may be as long as the regular line. I didn't really believe it and definitely didn't think it could be longer. Most signs say times will be shorter but parties will be split. This leads me to believe long lines for single rider are fairly common here

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

""Often, would be riders are held in line outside the entrance until all those previously in line have ridden, thus emptying the attraction. The appearance from the outside is that the line is enormous when, in fact, the only people waiting are those visible. This crowd control technique, known as "stacking," discourages visitors from getting in line. Stacking is used at several Disney rides and attractions during the hour before closing to ensure that the ride will be able to close on schedule."

 

[GreatLakes]

There is a rush but even if you walk behind the rush and get to TSMM at the tail end of the rope drop group you will most likely still have a shorter wait then most other times of the day.

Another option if you have hoppers is to reserve a FP+ for later in the day and do another park in the morning without FPs. We used that strategy a few times in the past with success.