Current Rope Drop Times?

[ELeigh]

Hi everyone.
We took our last trip to WDW this March and during that trip found that the parks (and select attractions) were consistently open a full hour before the posted hours. We are returning in a couple of weeks and I am just wondering if anyone who has been more recently can chime in on wether or not this is still happening?
TIA

 

[Tuvalu]

MK turnstiles open 45 minutes to an hour prior to opening time (and are encouraged to shop/eat on Main Street) but all lands are blocked until exactly 9 am. There is an official announcement over the loudspeakers.

MMRR opens about 20 minutes prior to opening at DHS but that is the only attraction that opens early.

Can’t help you with AK or Epcot.

 

[nickys]

DHS is opening about 30 minutes early but everyone is held for a traditional rope drop for different areas of the park. As @Tuvalu said, MMRR is the ride that seems to consistently start running early from reports I’ve seen.

I believe the same is true of AK and Epcot, back to the normal pre-Covid rope drop procedures.

 

[G00fyDad]

What time do the busses start running to get people to Magic Kingdom for early entry? If the park opens at 8:30am for on-site guests what time will the busses start picking people up at the resort stops? Will they get us to MK early enough (like 7:30am early)?

 

[ToInfinity]

Yes, we were on the MK bus from ASMusic in January at 7:20.

 

[G00fyDad]

Yes, we were on the MK bus from ASMusic in January at 7:20.

We're staying at Pop Century. We were going to be staying at all stars movies but Pop Century wound up only being about $90 more expensive for our entire trip so I switched us there so we can use the Skyliner to and from Epcot and Hollywood studios in the middle of the day to swim and relax at the resort before going back to the parks. I know that Pop Century has its own dedicated bus line, or at least it used to. That might help getting us to the park a little faster since it doesn't have to stop at two or three other places at the resort before heading to the park.