We did Rope Drop FOP w/ no FP today.....

[LoveAndHonor]

If you are staying on site do they let you know the night before if AK is EMH or not

I use the Disney app to find out.

 

[sharonabe]

If you are staying on site do they let you know the night before if AK is EMH or not

If you check the hours for any month that's out right now, you'll see when EMH is for each park. You'll know months in advance.

 

[LoveAndHonor]

Awesome! Did they have you skip the standby queue part that goes by the floating avatar? I've heard reports of them putting rope drop people through the cut through for FP line, bypassing that part of the standby queue. I was wanting to see this part of the line so I'm curious if I will miss it both Rope Dropping and if I FP. Thanks!

I think we did. It see it! If we did, I didn't notice it or know what I was seeing.

 

[TXDisneyFan1]

Thanks for this. What time should we arrive for a 9am regular open? This will be Dec. 19.

The park opened at 9 am on our day as well, and we arrived at about 8:35 am. Once we got through the tapstiles and to the crowd, everyone started moving towards Pandora. You can get there earlier to have a better position in line, but I was pleasantly surprised with the short wait and relative ease of the experience.

The line seems VERY long at the beginning before they open the ride queue. We thought it would take forever! But, once they opened the ride, the line moved quickly and the queue is done so well that we were entertained the entire time.

 

[MrsPrice]

Thanks for the info!

 

[conandrob240]

How's evening EMH for river journey?

 

[bizeemom4]

Also, we folded a nylon cinch bag up and put it in husband's pocket. Put sunscreen and other items in our pockets, then put the stuff in the bag once we were through. That worked great!

That's our trick too. Works great at circumventing those long bag check lines.

 

[WalleyWorld]

What time do the parking lots open on EMH days at AK? We always have a car when we stay on property and typically use it instead of the busses.

 

[Dolby1000]

Awesome! Did they have you skip the standby queue part that goes by the floating avatar? I've heard reports of them putting rope drop people through the cut through for FP line, bypassing that part of the standby queue. I was wanting to see this part of the line so I'm curious if I will miss it both Rope Dropping and if I FP. Thanks!

If you are super early, yes, they skip you right to the ride and you miss that portion of the line. Funny, I didn't even remember that we missed that until you said something. I would imagine using this "short cut", which did lessen our walk, is pretty short lived at open as the line builds very, very fast.

 

[ChristinaMarie95]

Thank you for the heads up! Definitely relieves some of the stress.