Frozen Ever After opening day

[WDWBryan]

Interesting that Soarin is a 105 minute wait. Thought everyone in the park is in line for frozen but apparently there's enough people in the park to back that ride up too.

 

[Mouse Trap]

I said most guests may not know. The site's admin said crowds at 8:20am were typical of most park openings. Disney did not decide on an opening date until faily late in the project and did not communicate it outside of a couple of social media outlets. If Epcot sees 30,000+ people a day and the lines are caused by 5,000 "have to be there first!" guests, is that not less than most?

Don't take it so personally. People jump to conclusions and when they are terribly wrong I get a nice laugh. We've all done it...

 

[Princess Leia]

My only complaint is the EPCOT tier system will make it impossible to do the park in one day without missing one of: Soarin, Test Track, Frozen.

Not exactly. You just need to manage the day a little differently. Soarin' doesn't have the wait times that it used to have, now that there's a third screen.

 

[BrerJon]

and then Olaf sings Summer... makes sense to me lol

I think the idea of the final scene is that the visit to the ice palace didn't work out, so Olaf is suggesting trying a summer venue might be more fitting... so then guests depart back into the Orlando sunshine.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Interesting that Soarin is a 105 minute wait. Thought everyone in the park is in line for frozen but apparently there's enough people in the park to back that ride up too.

are all 3 theaters open for Soarin yet?

 

[phi2134]

Cute ride, but the wait time will probably do it in for me. Not gonna wait until its 20-30 minutes standby tops.

 

[Bob Harlem]

MDE app is saying 210 minutes now (3.5 hours)... (Soarin's not much better at 150 minutes)

In park sign is at 300 minutes (5 hours)

https://twitter.com/MiceChat/status/745257333194907648

 

[BrerJon]

are all 3 theaters open for Soarin yet?

They have been for the past few days. I imagine many people would have been waiting until Frozen opened to visit Epcot, so will be using today to check out Soarin' Around The World too for the first time, so it doesn't surprise me at all that there's a long wait there also.

 

[Coaster Lover]

I think the idea of the final scene is that the visit to the ice palace didn't work out, so Olaf is suggesting trying a summer venue might be more fitting... so then guests depart back into the Orlando sunshine.

Additionally, it's a lead in to getting off the ride and hopping on over to meet Elsa and Anna at their Royal Sommerhus...

 

[Raineman]

Given my overall distaste for ALL things Frozen, after watching the POV, I don't have many good things to say. However...if they are using the same AA tech over at Pandora in DAK that they used in Frozenstrom, I may be going to DAK first thing during my next trip in 2018.

 

[peterpanic74]

this seems like a best-case scenario, considering what they had to work with. The Olaf AA's, especially the first one, are UNREAL.

Not worth a 300 minute wait, but what is? I look forward to taking my kids on this ride. Much better execution than its predecessor.

 

[jensenrick]

That looks amazing!

 

[Thanks phoenicians]

If 300 mins is the time for FEA what will SWL have for wait times on its opening day...

 

[G00fyDad]

In park sign is at 300 minutes (5 hours)

https://twitter.com/MiceChat/status/745257333194907648

Nope! Not for me.

 

[DisDan]

That looks amazing!

That is NOT the full ride through. Checkout a subsequent post by aaronml which has the full length ride through (roughly 5 mins).

Here. http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/frozen-ever-after-opening-day.914771/page-6#post-7278789

 

[djkidkaz]

Looks fantastic! I'd personally like to see more attractions in World Showcase like this. I think it's ok to mix characters into the showcase in regards to attractions. It offers the best of both worlds. You have the architecture, merchandise and reps of the countries to keep it authentic and an educational experience but throw in an attraction like this and it offers something fun for the kids. I think it helps kids from checking out after a country or two in the showcase.

 

[TalkingHead]

Best AAs in Orando? Best AAs in Orlando.

 

[P_Radden]

@JackieHPhotos from twitter

 

[Marlins1]

Interesting that Soarin is a 105 minute wait. Thought everyone in the park is in line for frozen but apparently there's enough people in the park to back that ride up too.

Probably a lot of people doing rope drop for Soarin and FP for Frozen. I know that is how I planned the Epcot day on my next trip. Hate those tiers!

 

[Horizons1]

Not really impressed. Love the hall of screens. Warned of that but whatever. I'll avoid it. No need to make the comment "Good, then the line will be shorter for me".

Whoever decided this really needs to slow down and think. A huge opportunity was missed (maybe, I don't know how popular Frozen is years later) here by not putting this in Fantasyland. This ride could have existed inside its own miniland with a higher capacity ride system, expanding the MKs hourly capacity, and having more space to work with. But alas, someone for some reason said to drop that in what was once Norway but is now Arendelle? All I can say is I'm sorry Card. I really am sorry.