lunchbox1175
Well-Known Member
So I got a chance to ride it three times this weekend, twice during the 24 hour event and once on Monday.
My first observations were that the queue is really nice, the fans helped with the heat, and it is fairly shaded which was nice as well. I also noticed that the line tends to bog down a bit at the interactive stuff, but it wasn't too bad, and tended to go in spurts where people that were playing with the stuff and it was slow, then you would get thru a bunch of people that weren't and it would go quicker.
In true Disney fashion, they have neglected to consider the plus size guest. I know I'm a big guy and need to lose some weight, but I literally could not bring the lap bar down, as I had my knees pressed together so tight and squeezed in between the bars of the lap bar that it would not move. They asked me if I wanted to ride by myself and I laughed, as seeing as how they are bucket style seats, I would then have been sitting squarely on the ridge between the seats.....sounds comfy doesn't it. Fortunately the lap bar isn't really that necessary.
Now, lets talk about Fastpass....on Friday at the 24 hour event, the line was backed up all the way past the Tea Cups, and they said it was 60 minutes, I realized that all of the queue inside was not open, but it only took 35 minutes from that point. On Monday, they said the wait was 60 minutes, and we entered right at the entrance. They had the entire queue in effect utilizing all the ropes this time, but the big difference was fast pass, it actually took the 65 minutes because they had to keep stopping to let fast pass people on, once again proving that fast pass is the devil and makes things worse.
Overall, it was a fun ride, when riding from the last car on the train...(we did this twice, and once from the front car)...if you have a child that is nervous, I recommend the front car, as it is a vastly different experience. I liked the different areas on the track where they accelerated the trains to shoot them forward a bit, and the turns and drop were fun. In my opinion, it is a fast pass only ride for us, the queue is fun and everyone should see it once, but I wouldn't wait more than 30 minutes to ride it.
My first observations were that the queue is really nice, the fans helped with the heat, and it is fairly shaded which was nice as well. I also noticed that the line tends to bog down a bit at the interactive stuff, but it wasn't too bad, and tended to go in spurts where people that were playing with the stuff and it was slow, then you would get thru a bunch of people that weren't and it would go quicker.
In true Disney fashion, they have neglected to consider the plus size guest. I know I'm a big guy and need to lose some weight, but I literally could not bring the lap bar down, as I had my knees pressed together so tight and squeezed in between the bars of the lap bar that it would not move. They asked me if I wanted to ride by myself and I laughed, as seeing as how they are bucket style seats, I would then have been sitting squarely on the ridge between the seats.....sounds comfy doesn't it. Fortunately the lap bar isn't really that necessary.
Now, lets talk about Fastpass....on Friday at the 24 hour event, the line was backed up all the way past the Tea Cups, and they said it was 60 minutes, I realized that all of the queue inside was not open, but it only took 35 minutes from that point. On Monday, they said the wait was 60 minutes, and we entered right at the entrance. They had the entire queue in effect utilizing all the ropes this time, but the big difference was fast pass, it actually took the 65 minutes because they had to keep stopping to let fast pass people on, once again proving that fast pass is the devil and makes things worse.
Overall, it was a fun ride, when riding from the last car on the train...(we did this twice, and once from the front car)...if you have a child that is nervous, I recommend the front car, as it is a vastly different experience. I liked the different areas on the track where they accelerated the trains to shoot them forward a bit, and the turns and drop were fun. In my opinion, it is a fast pass only ride for us, the queue is fun and everyone should see it once, but I wouldn't wait more than 30 minutes to ride it.
