mckennarose
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 22, 2015
I’m in WDW now and today was our Animal Kingdom day. We did not have FOP fp+ and were all set to rope drop this morning. We got up at 6 AM and on a whim I decided to check MDE, refreshed twice, and was able to get two FOP for 9 AM! This was after stalking MDE for days, including last night since I figured people would giving them up to change their plans.
When we got to Pandora at 8:40 AM the wait time was already 90 minutes and park opening was 9AM. We had to wait until right at 9 to tap in and they would not let anyone with a fp for FOP tap in 5 minutes early. They were strict about waiting until park open at 9.
During the day I was also able to get a fast pass for Navi, which we rode, then we decided to ride FOP again at the end of the evening. We got in line at 8:10 PM and our wait was 40 minutes to get to the hallway before loading and another 10-15 to be in and loaded. Posted wait time when we got in line was 85 minutes.
While we were in line I kept refreshing to see when they stopped fp distribution since the park close time was 9PM. They kept distributing until 8:30. None for the headliners by then, but it was interesting to see what the cut off time was. After FOP there were only a handful of people around in Pandora and it was like having it all to ourselves. That is, until it rained! But it was a great day. I HIGHLY recommend evening SB for FOP over morning. It was faster than if we had rope dropped at 7:30-8 AM.
On another note, we had previously only ridden FOP with fastpasses and this was the first time we saw the whole SB queue. It was pretty cool and I’m glad we got to see it.
I hope our experience helps someone who, like us, had not been able to get fp for FOP at 60 or 30 days.
Oh yeah... this glitchy MDE is a real pain! I spoke to others in the parks over the past few days who are also frustrated with it. It is taking forever to load and plans are appearing and disappearing. Screen shot everything!
When we got to Pandora at 8:40 AM the wait time was already 90 minutes and park opening was 9AM. We had to wait until right at 9 to tap in and they would not let anyone with a fp for FOP tap in 5 minutes early. They were strict about waiting until park open at 9.
During the day I was also able to get a fast pass for Navi, which we rode, then we decided to ride FOP again at the end of the evening. We got in line at 8:10 PM and our wait was 40 minutes to get to the hallway before loading and another 10-15 to be in and loaded. Posted wait time when we got in line was 85 minutes.
While we were in line I kept refreshing to see when they stopped fp distribution since the park close time was 9PM. They kept distributing until 8:30. None for the headliners by then, but it was interesting to see what the cut off time was. After FOP there were only a handful of people around in Pandora and it was like having it all to ourselves. That is, until it rained! But it was a great day. I HIGHLY recommend evening SB for FOP over morning. It was faster than if we had rope dropped at 7:30-8 AM.
On another note, we had previously only ridden FOP with fastpasses and this was the first time we saw the whole SB queue. It was pretty cool and I’m glad we got to see it.
I hope our experience helps someone who, like us, had not been able to get fp for FOP at 60 or 30 days.
Oh yeah... this glitchy MDE is a real pain! I spoke to others in the parks over the past few days who are also frustrated with it. It is taking forever to load and plans are appearing and disappearing. Screen shot everything!
