We are here at Coronado Springs and asked three different CM and got three different answers. One thought buses might run earlier tomorrow, another said be at the bus stop 15-20 minutes early and we should be fine, and another said the buses start 45 minutes before park opening. I don't believe any of them. But if they keep telling people to only show up at the stops 45 minutes before parking opening maybe the first bus won't be too crowded.
I was there for ROTR opening day and had been asking about buses, the Skyliner, and an earlier opening time all week. Every single CM told me all hours would be the same as usual, so an 8am opening IIRC. The day before opening I tried once more at the CBR Skyliner station (was staying at Pop), and a manager there looked up the actual schedule on an iPad, and then told me the Skyliner would start running at 6:30am instead of its usual time. This was the only piece of information that turned out to be true. When I left my room at Pop there was already a decent line for the Skyliner (20-30 people) but I opted to take a taxi as I had seen on Twitter that cars had been lining up for parking since 4:30 or so. So I figured that it would give me a head start. By the time the first people got on the Skyliner I was on Slinky with a train full of vloggers, boarding group in hand. And if you had listened to all the CMs who said the park would open at 8 you were pretty much SOL because boarding groups for the day ran out shortly after 8. By the time the 8am crowds entered the park I had secured my BG, been on Slinky twice, ToT twice, RnRC once, and was in line for the day-of merch.That's funny. I asked at the gondolas regarding this past Sunday, soft open for resort guests. The CM looked at a schedule and nailed it. The gondola was actually running early.
On DLP's 25th they did a kiss goodnight show near the exit after closing. We didn't catch the whole thing but it was great because there were hardly any people left and the atmosphere was wonderful.I didn't notice that but they did the same yesterday as well (extended by 1 hour at the last minute). I rode splash and thunder by walk-on shortly after HEA. I plan on taking a mid-day break and then closing down the place. Maybe something will happen at 11??
Just checked in at Pop! The CM told us buses start at 5:30, park entry at 6:30!! Also not sure if y’all saw, but they just extended closing to 11!
They seem to be going for around $100 shipped online, I wonder what they are actually sold for. I’m so tempted to just buy them, but then I’ll be so annoyed if I do actually find them at retail plus the 20% off! WTD, WTD…
they looked a lot better when I saw a photo somewhere of a lady wearing them. I think it was on a Facebook page, someone showing off all of their purchases.
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We are here now. It’s been dead last 3 days. We did all of MK in about 4 hrs yesterday. After a year of being excited, I’m now torn on whether to go into MK on the 1st. I have been completely underwhelmed by the merchandise so far. Don’t need to do any other rides at MK this trip. Crowds just seem so “unfun”. And while I’ll always love it, I really dislike WDW now without
If anybody is staying at Wilderness Lodge, I just stopped by the front desk and was told boats tomorrow start running at 5am.