I don't remember seeing a bus from MK to GF when we stayed there in January. And I looked for the bus....
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I don't remember seeing a bus from MK to GF when we stayed there in January. And I looked for the bus....
Tuvalu
Premium Member
A bus to/from the monorail resorts to MK only runs if the monorail is out of service. Otherwise it is monorail, boat (GF, Poly) or walk (CR).
Somehow Disneyland has figured out how to provide single rider lines - I took advantage of them during my visit in April.
I was never grouped with another person on ANY ride at Disneyland - Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Screamin' California, POTC, Cars, etc. It's very rare at WDW that I'm NOT grouped with someone else on a ride. I sure would have liked to ride Everest without the obnoxious kid next to me....
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Haunted mansion has a single rider line in DL?
Single rider lines are great. But MK has a limited number of attractions where they would work. Honestly, I think Space Mtn is the only one that could work. But as someone who has grouped guests at that attraction the need for single riders comes very seldom. groups of 5 are the only ones the need a single and they often don't mind splitting 3/2 to match up with a party of 3 & 4.
Not all the rides at DL have a single rider line. But most of the ones I rode did - the single rider line for Splash Mountain is the exit. HM was not one of them. But the morning I rode HM, I just walked up the front steps and turned right into the stretching room. Shortest queue I've ever seen at a Disney park. And I didn't get to DL until around 10:30.
I did notice a very small single rider line at EE during our trip in May (little roped off area at the point the CM directs you to your row). That's how I got seated with that obnoxious kid.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Just as a comparison, here is what I found to be the rides with single rider lines in both resorts.
DL:
Splash
Soarin'
RSR
Matterhorn
Indiana Jones
Goofy's Sky School
California Screamin
Grizzly River Run
WDW:
Test Track
Expedition Everest
Rock N Rollercoaster
DL:
Splash
Soarin'
RSR
Matterhorn
Indiana Jones
Goofy's Sky School
California Screamin
Grizzly River Run
WDW:
Test Track
Expedition Everest
Rock N Rollercoaster
Don't remember seeing the single rider line at Test Track and very rarely see one at Everest. But after my experience with the obnoxious kid (and he really spoiled the ride for me), I'm going to ask the Sorting CM to please let me sit by myself.
We go as a group of 3. It is hit or miss that the single rider in our group (usually me) is grouped with a stranger. Never for Thunder Mountain (we always ask to ride in the back and the last row is narrower than the others in the cars). However, there was a confused couple once who thought they were going to squeeze in with me - I gave them a look of panic (one of them was not, well, slim) and inquired why they were going to sit with me. The CM stopped them and told them "the next car!"
danlb_2000
Premium Member
I've only ever used a single rider line once, and that was on Test Track.
We've only used the single rider line on RnR when we didn't have any FP.
Goofyernmost
Well-Known Member
As a solo traveler at WDW over the last 14 years, I can truthfully say that I have never been put with a stranger on the more "intimate" rides... one to three riders per car, until this past February on 7DMT. I got with a totally, fully engaged fanbois who told me about every thing that was going to happen next and insisted that I sing along with him during the mine part. Hi-hoing all the way up the hill. He kind of made me laugh though. I had never personally seen an adult so involved in a theme park ride before. I sometimes wish that I could let go of my limited dignity long enough to do something like that. I enjoy the rides, I just am not a hoop and holler type.
Of course, the bigger seated rides like PoTC or Soarin are always shared for the most part. I've had CM come up the queue line looking for single riders at Soarin. TT is a given. They aren't going to give me my own car.
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worldfanatic
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Are you saying they've never put you in the same row with anybody on any of those DLR rides?
Because they regularly do seat strangers together on each of those rides mentioned. I've been a regular DLR local since 1971.
You either
(1) rarely visit and got extremely, extremely lucky
(2) are lying or
(3) have some kind of issue that cast members don't feel comfortable making other people sit next to.
(I'm hoping you just got ridiculously lucky on an extremely slow day)
StarWarsGirl
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
Why, other than the holiday season and EMH, does Epcot never ever close at any other time besides 9 pm?
StarWarsGirl
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
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They tried on Space several years ago. My dad and I tried it once. It didn't work very well. I think Disney agreed since it's no longer there.
The one I think would be ideal for a single rider line is Dinosaur. Same with 7DMT
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StarWarsGirl
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
Ride EE later in the day when the wait drops or first thing in the morning. They shut down the singles line if the standby wait is short (15 minutes or less). Also, I find that most single riders try to be as polite to the person next to them as possible. I know if I am paired with a stranger, I try to be courteous.
Not sure how you didn't get paired with someone else, especially on Cars. Seems odd. I've never had to ride BTMRR at WDW with a stranger.
DisneyJunkie
Well-Known Member
I've actually seen them running also in time periods of large attendance, even with the monorails running.
peter11435
Well-Known Member
Single rider lines are instituted so the attraction can fill all of its available seats. Not so a single rider can have a shorter wait time. If an attraction can fill all of its seats by correctly grouping parties to fill all seats that is the preferred option.
HolleBolleGijs
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How do you only sometimes see the single rider line at EE? It's not like it moves...
Communicore
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I remember playing in Communicore and riding Universe of Energy at 10 pm back in the 80's and it was not EMH, and then watching Kitchen Kabaret at 1030. Were the park hours different back then for FW?