Trip Report Tu in ‘25

Ever just the same
Ever a surprise
Ever as before
Ever just as sure
As the sun will rise
Tu in ‘25


These lyrics came to mind when I thought about my trip reporting. (I also thought, Here we go AGAIN but the above sounds much more poignant.) It’s now that time of year when my Disney trips are frequent. And this Disney Senior loves sharing her visits with y’all because your engagement makes it fun!

Yes, there will be stuff that’s the same. Yes, there will be surprises (too soon for the reveals). And yes, there will be sun rises!

Spring break countdown is at 4 days.

Since this intro needs a picture, here are Tu.

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TrolleyFollower91

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I'm so disappointed in Em! There can never be one too many free falls!! And when I finally get there I may have to ride it over and over until I get all the songs! OK, maybe not, but that would be cool! Looks like you had a great time and I can't wait to see pictures of the rest of the trip!
I normally don’t mind, but jet lag did!
 

Tuvalu

Premium Member
Original Poster
Wednesday, con’t

Cars Land is open for early entry, but headliner Radiator Springs Racers is not. Em and I power walked to Cars Land from Mission: BREAKOUT! It wasn’t yet 8 am but it was getting close, and we wanted to beat the masses to the RSR entrance.

Looking good!

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We figured we’d be among the first to enter the queue once it opened.

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A minute or two later the line began to inch forward. I snapped the above picture at 8:02.

As soon as we walked under that arch, we were blown away by what we saw - shoulder-to-shoulder people in the queue as far as we could see! The queue is extremely long, so we knew we were in for a wait!

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How was this even possible?!!

We surmised that CMs must allow early entry guests to join the queue before the ride actually opens. And though cars had begun to race around the track, they were empty. There was an announcement that the ride was having technical difficulties which might increase our wait time.

Em felt the wait couldn’t be that long, as less than 5 minutes later guests were in the cars racing around the track. She had booked our first LL for Soarin’ when we entered the park, and she was confident we could make it there before our window closed.

We stayed put in line.

For grins I opened the app to check the wait time. :jawdrop:

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$44 would get us out of the crazy line and immediately into the LL. I was tempted, but Em remained confident the wait time was inflated and “that’s the wait time for people now entering the queue.”

We inched along. I will say there are fun things to keep guests entertained while waiting.

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One hour and 15 minutes later, we were onboard at last!!

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As much as I love this attraction, I would not have entered the queue knowing we’d be standing in a toasty line for 75 minutes first thing in the morning. But what was done was done, so I sat back and enjoyed the ride!

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Would we make it to Soarin’ in time for our LL?
 

Tuvalu

Premium Member
Original Poster
75 minutes? 😱 I hope the line was at least constantly moving (besides that opening hiccup) to make it more bearable. Nothing is worse than being stuck at a standstill for eternity in the summer sun.

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There were periods of slow move and no move. Fortunately a lot of the queue is covered or in the shade. But the temperature (and no breeze) keep the wait very warm. SoCal was under an extreme ozone warning while we were there. 🥵
 

Tuvalu

Premium Member
Original Poster
Wednesday, con’t

While we were in line for RSR, Em had booked another LL. Two hours had passed since booking Soarin’ and we were eligible. Neither of us was sure what would happen with our Soarin’ LL, since we did not get to the attraction until 30 minutes after our ride window had closed. We were about to find out.

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Em explained to the CM that we were late due to a delay in RSR opening time (true) resulting in a longer wait than we expected (also true.) He was going to override the blue light for us but when he saw we had LL#2 (now time valid) he allowed us into the LL without scanning in at all.

“I don’t want the system to cancel your next LL,” he said, smiling. We thanked him profusely. (Similar to the tourists we observed during our trip, west coast CMs are also more chill, patient and easy-going than their east coast counterparts.)

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Skipping the 60 minute standby was great! Soarin’ is even more popular in CA than it is in FL. Wait times were consistently an hour or more. Soarin’ Around the World is also the film here, with the flyover ending being Disneyland rather than Epcot.

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