Rope-drop strategy update + park pics

[WonkaKid]

It was this morning - Feb 16th and yes we went to the right of the castle around Alice.

How did you manage to beat the guests that took the short, more direct route?

 

[sherilaine]

No idea. They must have not been allowed through right at rope drop is all I could guess. As we were coming around to the line we saw people start to come through from the other side of the castle. So we clearly had a head start. As we were walking through the line though there were a lot that we saw coming through that side.

 

[WonkaKid]

No idea. They must have not been allowed through right at rope drop is all I could guess.

OK, thanks. I guess we’ll simply have to roll the dice this morning. It annoys me that they’re not consistent about it and that they don’t keep us updated/informed. I’ll report back later.

 

[sherilaine]

We are going this morning too but we’ve done Peter Pan a few times this trip so might try something else at rope drop, have fun!!

 

[vacationplanningdad]

I went Sunday and there were no left siders. We got on peter Pan with about a 5-10 minute wait

 

[SeaDis]

Oops I meant to report on Saturday Early Entry also (looks like I deleted on phone). I think what happened is a handful of people went left. Then more of the crowd caught on. We made good time around Alice but ended up with 21 min wait which is pushing my max for bypassing PP. Just after we got in line it was then a flood of left siders, to the point where the line for PP went all to way to the “tunnel”. This was a real mess.

Then at the end of EE, I wanted to go out of Fantasyland to join rope drop for Adventureland, but was turned around as it was now one way for rope drop. Super annoying.

Sounds like Sunday was no left side. This morning 2/18 was no left side either. There was security guard to left of castle waving people to go right.

So, that would be my cue in the future: security or cast member standing guard, go right. If not, go left.

Really a bummer it’s so inconsistent and can make or break a busy morning. My guess is they “want” it open for crowd flow, but close it due to daily construction changes. Unless, after Saturday they decided it’s not worth having it open during this busy week.

I noted today the top of the scrim was missing.

Good luck all

 

[vacationplanningdad]

They took off that top part Sunday.