Direct Route to Tomorrowland at Park Opening

Clark Griswold

Clark Griswold

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It seems to me that obviously the first place the crowd rushes to is Space Mountain when the park opens. From 12 years of experience I found that it is best to sprint down Main Street and make a hard right turn at the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor. Continue your sprint down the walkway and through the Pavilion Noodle Restaurant. Once you reach the entrance to Tomorrowland, you probably will be momentarily stopped by a line of cast members, but don't panic. Once they let you in, sprint immediately to the entrance of Space Mountain and ride. Next, when you get off the ride, get a fastpass and get back in line to ride again for a maximum wait of 20 minutes since there is only one line. After you ride again, spend your time at the Carousel of Progress and the TTA until your time is up. Then ride again. This way you will have ridden Space Mountain 3 times in the first hour of the Magic Kingdom!

(My personal best time from the entrance to the Tomorrowland entrance is 26 seconds, so if you try this, please time yourself to see if you make any improvements!)
 
RonAnnArbor

RonAnnArbor

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Hmm...glad the sprint worked for you...the last couple times I have been there, the cast members Walk you to the ride, and you are not allowed to sprint in front of them. It was longer than 26 seconds. This same technique works at any of the Space Mountains by the way - in fact, at Disneyland Paris, you can usually ride 4 times first thing in the morning with no longer than a 5 minute line. Within a half hour of park opening, though, the line is up to an hour almost instantly. The Europeans do not have a sense of sprinting to do anything, and in fact, many linger on Main Street to eat breakfast. Space Mountain in the US parks, on the other hand, is a different story.
 
Kwit35

Kwit35

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Clark Griswold said:


It seems to me that obviously the first place the crowd rushes to is Space Mountain when the park opens. From 12 years of experience I found that it is best to sprint down Main Street and make a hard right turn at the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor. Continue your sprint down the walkway and through the Pavilion Noodle Restaurant. Once you reach the entrance to Tomorrowland, you probably will be momentarily stopped by a line of cast members, but don't panic. Once they let you in, sprint immediately to the entrance of Space Mountain and ride. Next, when you get off the ride, get a fastpass and get back in line to ride again for a maximum wait of 20 minutes since there is only one line. After you ride again, spend your time at the Carousel of Progress and the TTA until your time is up. Then ride again. This way you will have ridden Space Mountain 3 times in the first hour of the Magic Kingdom!

(My personal best time from the entrance to the Tomorrowland entrance is 26 seconds, so if you try this, please time yourself to see if you make any improvements!)
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hehehe, I just got an image of you (that is if I knew what you looked like) running to space mountain going, 'first one's here, first one's here!'. :lol:
 
Videoteck

Videoteck

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Clark Griswold said:
It seems to me that obviously the first place the crowd rushes to is Space Mountain when the park opens. From 12 years of experience I found that it is best to sprint down Main Street and make a hard right turn at the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor. Continue your sprint down the walkway and through the Pavilion Noodle Restaurant. Once you reach the entrance to Tomorrowland, you probably will be momentarily stopped by a line of cast members, but don't panic. Once they let you in, sprint immediately to the entrance of Space Mountain and ride. Next, when you get off the ride, get a fastpass and get back in line to ride again for a maximum wait of 20 minutes since there is only one line. After you ride again, spend your time at the Carousel of Progress and the TTA until your time is up. Then ride again. This way you will have ridden Space Mountain 3 times in the first hour of the Magic Kingdom!

(My personal best time from the entrance to the Tomorrowland entrance is 26 seconds, so if you try this, please time yourself to see if you make any improvements!)
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Isnt that what everbody does?I mean I wouldnt go run all the way through the castle to fantasy land go around to toontown, the to tomarrowland.
 
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HPU_Princess

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People don't think to go that way really... my mom has us go that way every single time we go to MK. Doesn't help too much but it does give a slight advantage...
 
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robbwilder

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Clark Griswold said:
It seems to me that obviously the first place the crowd rushes to is Space Mountain when the park opens. From 12 years of experience I found that it is best to sprint down Main Street and make a hard right turn at the Plaza Ice Cream Parlor. Continue your sprint down the walkway and through the Pavilion Noodle Restaurant. Once you reach the entrance to Tomorrowland, you probably will be momentarily stopped by a line of cast members, but don't panic. Once they let you in, sprint immediately to the entrance of Space Mountain and ride. Next, when you get off the ride, get a fastpass and get back in line to ride again for a maximum wait of 20 minutes since there is only one line. After you ride again, spend your time at the Carousel of Progress and the TTA until your time is up. Then ride again. This way you will have ridden Space Mountain 3 times in the first hour of the Magic Kingdom!

(My personal best time from the entrance to the Tomorrowland entrance is 26 seconds, so if you try this, please time yourself to see if you make any improvements!)
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At the ice cream parlor make a right go through the noodle terrace <sometimes CM's giving away fast passes for rides there too> and make a left you will come out right by the laugh factory...
 
heartodisney

heartodisney

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This is great advice...but now I have a child...those days are over till she is old enough to run that fast...then I will need a electric cart!
 
EaglesfanNJ

EaglesfanNJ

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MacDonaldDuck said:
It's nort really that good advice as at the moment Space Mountain is closed :snore::snore::snore:
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Yeah.....but at the time it was posted, SM was not closed, soooooooo technically it was good advice..You can't hop on 3 years later during a refurb and blast him for it.

Hey King, i'm with, i just wanted to keep the thread going!!
 

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