LaughingGravy
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And the ride is certainly not worth running to, especially if you've been in a car on the interstate.You're going to have to rope drop Test Track if you want to ride without paying or waiting.
And the ride is certainly not worth running to, especially if you've been in a car on the interstate.You're going to have to rope drop Test Track if you want to ride without paying or waiting.
Well it’s only a waste if there’s nothing in either of those two lands that interest youSo it was always kind of a waste? I never knew that.
I'm not planning on ever using this anyways so doesn't really matter what I think.
Well it’s only a waste if there’s nothing in either of those two lands that interest you
Wait, the early entry thing is now for all resort guests and not just Deluxe guests?
Well you're still in the park long before them, and I expect there will be a line of sorts. The Safari just won't start until park opening. Still a large advantage if you don't care about the other rides that are open.No KS means you can't use Early Entry to circumvent paying for IAS for it. You could still standby at official park opening time, but then you're competing with all guests.
That's true, but this could eat into the efficiency of your Early Entry experience (e.g. if you have to choose between getting on one more ride that will let you out after the crowds enter or queueing up for KS). It's definitely not a huge deal, and I presume the reason has more to do with the animals' schedules than Disney trying to incentivize IAS (since most of the other rumored IAS rides will be open during EE), but it's one data point that could affect the calculus of staying onsite vs offsite.Well you're still in the park long before them, and I expect there will be a line of sorts. The Safari just won't start until park opening. Still a large advantage if you don't care about the other rides that are open.
Ideally, you would at least be able to ride one and get in line for the other before other park guests are let in and make it over to Fantasyland. This is one instance where the rides being short can actually work to your advantage.If you're going to be up early anyways, especially with kids, it's definitely useful to go ride Peter Pan and 7DMT (although I don't know that you'll be able to ride both in the 30 minute window if more people start showing up for this) before the long lines. I was only speaking for me personally -- there's nothing there that would be worth getting up super early to take advantage.
No. What if your number is called and you aren’t staying at a participating resort?Will Rat and RotR be sitting empty during Early Entry? That would be completely unjustifiable. I have to assume they will start calling BGs during this time, right?
They can always move these events later if necessary. They aren’t paid or ticketed events, so the times aren’t set in stone. It was not unusual for EMH times to change.So MK is Wednesdays at 9pm. They now have dates for all of October and the first week of November. As we get into later November and December, does anyone think they will move the times to 10pm - 12am for MK? Occupancy levels are very high going into mid - late Fall.
No. What if your number is called and you aren’t staying at a participating resort?
That's what I'm wondering. The app should know though so they could only give those BGs to onsite guests (though not every guest will want to show up early). Alternatively, they could allow offsite guests with early BGs into the park before opening for RotR/Rat only. If not, let a certain number of Early Entry guests ride it standby! The idea of leaving a ride that cannot come close to meeting demand closed while the park is open is so mind-bogglingly psychotic, I just can't wrap my head around it.No. What if your number is called and you aren’t staying at a participating resort?
That's what I'm wondering. The app should know though so they could only give those BGs to onsite guests (though not every guest will want to show up early). Alternatively, they could allow offsite guests with early BGs into the park before opening for RotR/Rat only. If not, let a certain number of Early Entry guests ride it standby! The idea of leaving a ride that cannot come close to meeting demand closed while the park is open is so mind-bogglingly psychotic, I just can't wrap my head around it.
That's true, though it would defeat the purpose of having early BGs if most of the ride's capacity would sit mostly unused until park open.See my post just above yours. I don't see why it would matter even if someone was in group 1. They should still have plenty of time to get on the ride.
I’m pretty sure KS wasn’t listed for EMH either. Main reason being the animals’ care comes first and they can’t guarantee things will be ready to start running the Safari early.No KS means you can't use Early Entry to circumvent paying for IAS for it. You could still standby at official park opening time, but then you're competing with all guests.
That's true, though it would defeat the purpose of having early BGs if most of the ride's capacity would sit mostly unused until park open.
I definitely agree it would be better than nothing. But there are many approaches they could take to have the ride operating at full capacity from the beginning of Early Entry - they could even have a separate EE BG lottery (which only resort guests would be eligible for) a few minutes before the general one. Disney choosing to forgo letting ~750 additional guests ride RotR would be a huge waste. If anything, this ride should be opening before everything else.Even if only a couple hundred people ended up riding it would still be better than just not having it open at all, though.
Although depending on how many they called it could end up with a bottleneck and a longer wait than expected when the park first opens.
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