LSUfan4444
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Feb 9, 2005
So yesterday we did AK/Pandora at RD with no FP and wanted to share our experience for those interested. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions.
This was a last minute trip and got one of the new/updated rooms at Pop Century for $600 for 5 nights (AP discount).
Ordered an Uber at 6:40 am and was picked up from the 90s building and in the car for 6:45 am with a quoted cost of $9.00.
Was out of the car and walking to the bag check line at 6:58 am. At the time we arrived there were only two people in line for bagless entry.
We chose 7 am arrival to be safe but by 7:15 this was the scene behind me. I think any arrival before 7:15 with no bags and you're good to go.
At 7:25, the scene behind me
Now, even though we had been standing directly in front of security since jus before 7 am at about 7:45 or so the crowds were let in and we were immediately pulled to go through the metal detectors and stand in line behind a few groups who had to go through the bag check line and were also pulled.
This process is ridiculous IMO. If you want to pull people from the front of the bagless line, then pull them before the masses are let through. There is no reason to punish people who made the effort to arrive there early. They let in those on the Africa Trek and other "events" so there is really no reason they couldn't have pulled a few families at say 7:35 to go through the metal detectors if they wanted to.
Anyway, at about 7:40 the crowds were let in and we went from first in the line to about 30 back at my tapstile. We had not intentions on running but figured being first at the bagless line we would be in the first 5 people or so at one of the tapstiles. Not so, but we roll on.
27 minutes after scanning my magic band to enter animal kingdom, being held at the first bridge, being held at Tiffins then being held slightly while they split the river journey and FoP crowds I was being genetically matched to my banshee.
this 27 minutes includes the 12 minutes and 39 seconds it took me to get from the entrance to the attraction to the pre show area. Posted wait time said 60 minutes when we went under the sign but it was less than 15.
So, a 6:58 arrival for an EMH morning, being genetically matched at 8:10 am and back out front by 8:23 am with River Journey only at a 20 minute wait the made our way to Everest and rode twice (once with a 5 minute wait and once with a 10 minute wait).
This was a last minute trip and got one of the new/updated rooms at Pop Century for $600 for 5 nights (AP discount).
Ordered an Uber at 6:40 am and was picked up from the 90s building and in the car for 6:45 am with a quoted cost of $9.00.
Was out of the car and walking to the bag check line at 6:58 am. At the time we arrived there were only two people in line for bagless entry.
We chose 7 am arrival to be safe but by 7:15 this was the scene behind me. I think any arrival before 7:15 with no bags and you're good to go.
At 7:25, the scene behind me
Now, even though we had been standing directly in front of security since jus before 7 am at about 7:45 or so the crowds were let in and we were immediately pulled to go through the metal detectors and stand in line behind a few groups who had to go through the bag check line and were also pulled.
This process is ridiculous IMO. If you want to pull people from the front of the bagless line, then pull them before the masses are let through. There is no reason to punish people who made the effort to arrive there early. They let in those on the Africa Trek and other "events" so there is really no reason they couldn't have pulled a few families at say 7:35 to go through the metal detectors if they wanted to.
Anyway, at about 7:40 the crowds were let in and we went from first in the line to about 30 back at my tapstile. We had not intentions on running but figured being first at the bagless line we would be in the first 5 people or so at one of the tapstiles. Not so, but we roll on.
27 minutes after scanning my magic band to enter animal kingdom, being held at the first bridge, being held at Tiffins then being held slightly while they split the river journey and FoP crowds I was being genetically matched to my banshee.
this 27 minutes includes the 12 minutes and 39 seconds it took me to get from the entrance to the attraction to the pre show area. Posted wait time said 60 minutes when we went under the sign but it was less than 15.
So, a 6:58 arrival for an EMH morning, being genetically matched at 8:10 am and back out front by 8:23 am with River Journey only at a 20 minute wait the made our way to Everest and rode twice (once with a 5 minute wait and once with a 10 minute wait).
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