2pm park hopping is ridiculous now

[durangojim]

Park hoppers allowed me to go another park before the rest of our party woke up, or head to Epcot for lunch. Seriously-the fact that Epcot at the very least doesn’t allow hoppers from other parks means potential lost lunch revenue.

Especially when the festivals are occurring.

 

[matt9112]

Hopping is such an inefficient way to spend time at WDW. I would never do it unless under very unusual circumstances. And if you're bussing, then
forget it. Game over. That ain't even vacationing anymore.

The only workable combos are Epcot & Studio(barely) and Epcot & MK. But even those come with a fairly nasty consequence.

Imagine being at AK and looking to get to Epcot Germany via bus. You be half nuts to play that.

I found it fun before covid. Rope drop mk ride everything than leave at lunch to epcot or studios for the night. I avoided MK like the plague.

Also great for when you want dinner at x y z. Sure for average vacationers your right. Best part pf having an AP was being able to just scoot in and scoot out...

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Even 1pm like Disneyland would be better.

 

[Phonedave]

I don't know that it's ever been an issue to get into another park even if they all had they're park reservations booked.

I don't think it has been either, but when we were planning a June trip, and making dining reservations we were not sure, so we went the better safe than sorry route.

 

[lightguy]

We were just there and I didn't think the 2PM thing would be a problem, but there were several days towards the end that we really wanted to rope drop a park for a couple hours to hit a few specific things and then go to Epcot or go back to the hotel for a couple hours and then start an early afternoon at a different park, but we couldn't. It was actually much more annoying than I expected. IF they moved it back to noon it would probably be a lot better. But honestly, the crowds were pretty huge at all the parks every day we were there. I think at this point they can probably just assume busy days at all the parks. And seriously, there were days we would have eaten at Epcot for lunch but couldn't- so they are losing money.

 

[DiSnEyF@n]

Eh the 2PM doesn't bother me much, I actually don't mind the late rise Epcot day. When I was there a few weeks ago, it was nice to book a sit-down breakfast, sleep a little later and feel like I wasn't losing a ton of time on my day. I think its all about how you approach it

This is my family’s thoughts about this too…. Having Epcot open at 11 makes it a nice morning where I don’t have to set a 6am alarm and we can leisurely grab breakfast.

 

[NickMaio]

It's the only way we vacation at WDW now. I would die if I had to spend all day in one single park and never have the chance to leave for another

Interesting, we were big park hoppers before. Now we love to spend the day at 1 Park, we really love to take it slow and soak it all up.
We take noon breaks for our little guys, but always cone back. Even before kids we started doing the 1 park, sometimes all day.

 

[Malfie Cent]

We start our days pretty late so 2PM hopping works fine for us. It's the reservation system that I find ridiculous.