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Park Open Procedures
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Fanthomastic
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So you walked from POP to AOA around 7:15 for a 7:30 bus? Do you think that’s the first bus? Where did this put you for the 8:30 rope drop? Where did you go first? Debating whether to hustle to ARRC, Or Falcon.
is Uber ever an option? Sorry for all the questions but you are a great resource!
Thanks in advance.
You are grossly oversimplifying this. If you showed up at park open in the last 11 months, you showed up to long lines.
Clamman73
Well-Known Member
If they’re still not opening the parking lot early, then you’d have to have uber/lyft drop you off at speedway and then walk from there if you want to get there early.
Fanthomastic
New Member
Thank you.
Fanthomastic
New Member
That’s great info to have and brings up another question. Would the same apply to MK? I know the back way to MK from PO runs past Fort Wilderness and brings you out inside the MK booth/gate where you’d make a right to get to the MK main entrance. Would anything prohibit the Uber driver from dropping us near the entrance?
castlecake2.0
Well-Known Member
The uber drop off for MK is at the ticket center
castlecake2.0
Well-Known Member
That was never meant to be a perk though, it was to stop crowds from forming at park entry
Mickey2021
Active Member
True, but it has been the case for years that the parks rope drop time is before their official start time at AK, HS, and Epcot.
castlecake2.0
Well-Known Member
Different parks have unique circumstances
People still deserve information.
doctornick
Well-Known Member
That’s ultimately it. Disney can do what they want, but they should have a system and consistently do it. It shouldn’t change from day to day.
peter11435
Well-Known Member
It rarely changes from day to day.
threvester
Well-Known Member
7:30 was the first bus...they will try to tell you the first bus will be there at 8, do not listen to them...i was first on slinky all 3 days i rope dropped, i was about 10 people back at security and just hustled from there..i have never used uber
figmentfinesse
New Member
Are there any rumors as to when the early park opening for resort guests may be introduced?
danv3
Well-Known Member
That's the thing. The official posted opening times aren't (or usually aren't) the times the parks open.
There's no reason Disney couldn't be consistent about this if they wanted to, but like so many of their policies and actions of late, they don't really care what guests think. We're clearly going to keep coming regardless.
peter11435
Well-Known Member
There actually are reasons why Disney opens some parks earlier than posted opening time. And publishing these variations from the posted times would be counter productive. The variation generally is consistent however. For example for the past several months MK has had a published opening time of 8am but the park has generally opened at 7:15 with some attractions (the same ones daily) opening at 7:30. This has been generally consistent until the recent change that will now be the new daily schedule.
danv3
Well-Known Member
There may be reasons, but it's a negative for guest satisfaction. The uninformed get to the park 30 minutes "early" only to find that the park is already open and there's already a wait for major attractions because Disney purposefully obfuscates the opening times.
Or alternatively, you're a planner like me and so many others on this board, and you can't really know when a park will necessarily open its parking lot, its gates, or its attractions. It seems like there could be consistent rules. For example, parking opens at T-60, turnstiles open at T-30, rope drop/attractions open at T-0.
castlecake2.0
Well-Known Member
Guests are always going to want to be first. If the park opening time is 8, but you tell everyone jk the park will actually open at 7 people are going to try to get there even earlier. There’s a reason it’s done this way.
StaceyH_SD
Well-Known Member
Since rope drop has now been reinstated I’d just like to know when resort guests are going to get the 30 minutes early they touted earlier this year. I’m going in August. Will it be by then or is this going to another one of the 50th anniversary “perks” they’re going to hold off on until Oct 1?