With the chaos of everyone heading to Pandora, is the path to kilimanjaro safaris a bit clearer these days? Just planning my tactics for September!
We have always experienced the CMs being very purposeful and orderly in their rope drop procedures at all the parks, including AK. I have never been pushed or shoved at rope drop. Honestly, my experience has always been that it is virtually impossible to do more than walk because everyone is packed in like sardines at rope drop. In fact when we have seen some guests break away from the crowd and try to do a light jog at rope drop we have always heard multiple CMs shouting at them to walk - they have always stopped jogging when that happens. I have never seen anyone push or shov,e or even flat out run.
I cannot speak for what has been happening the last few weeks/months, but when we were there in August last year (a couple months after Pandora opened), we got there just after rope drop and went straight to the Safari and walked right on. There were hoards of people heading to Pandora and it almost felt like crowd surfing until the turn off. I think you will have good luck going anywhere in the park but Pandora in the morning rush.With the chaos of everyone heading to Pandora, is the path to kilimanjaro safaris a bit clearer these days? Just planning my tactics for September!
Well i went about 3 weeks ago and it was a mad dash and bedlam to Pandora. Ridiculous really.
You have been lucky then. As, stated I just went 3 weeks ago. Arrived 1 hour prior to rope drop. Everything was very orderly up until people were allowed in the tap-style to proceed to bridge at Pandora. No CM. People took off in a footrace, strollers and all.Everyone then piled up at the bridge like sardines. If you were separated from your party, forget getting through the crowd to rejoin.
That part was not organized at all.