What is the best plan to make sure you get on Remy… Is is the one ride I definitely want to be able to do

[beachfan]

Thanks for any advice

 

[wabbott]

Rope drop at Epcot International Gate. The Skyliner has a terminal right there. Also helps if you have early hours with on site lodging.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

Rope drop at Epcot International Gate. The Skyliner has a terminal right there. Also helps if you have early hours with on site lodging.

Agreed - IG entry is your best bet. You can also consider purchasing Genie+ that day and grabbing a LL - or perhaps do both rope drop and LL!

 

[Mle8308]

Buy Genie+ and book a return time. If you really like it, you can do it again in the standby line.

 

[farfaraway]

IF you're staying on property, I'd do rope drop at IG and line up at least 30 minutes before the opening time listed. We also rode it at the end of the evening before closing (I've heard of it shutting down, but we didn't have that experience).

 

[Maggie The Cat]

Buy Genie+ and book a return time. If you really like it, you can do it again in the standby line.

Is it relatively easy to get a return time or does it run out right away?

 

[LoveDaisy]

I had no issues booking it with Genie+ in December. Booked it at 7 am and rode it at 10 am.

 

[bluedolphin32]

Is it relatively easy to get a return time or does it run out right away?

As long as you get it for your first LL it should be no problem.

 

[KristaZ]

Make sure you book it as your first LL selection on Genie+ and you won't have a problem getting on. If you're able to enter from international gateway (either an Epcot area resort or a Skyliner resort), arrive at the gates about 45 minutes to an hour before early entry starts and you'll be able to be one of the first on the ride for the day.

 

[Bullseye]

If you have access to IG do that for sure. And it's no secret, so try to be there when they open. And then do Genie+. You'll love it, it's a pleasure! Like being in the movie.

 

[tinkerjo]

We just did it Thursday. Did it as our first LL at 7AM and had a return time for 1:05-2:05

 

[mickeyluv'r]

Make sure you book it as your first LL selection on Genie+ and you won't have a problem getting on. If you're able to enter from international gateway (either an Epcot area resort or a Skyliner resort), arrive at the gates about 45 minutes to an hour before early entry starts and you'll be able to be one of the first on the ride for the day.

We did.

Exactly at 7am I would have booked Rat, but it was coming up grey, as if the ride was down for the day. I immediately chose Frozen. Next, I immediately attempted to modify the Frozen pass. Rat showed up as an option.

Here's where things get murky. I am 99% certain Rat showed up as available for 9am. I immediately chose it, and quickly clicked through the screens. (I did not carefully double check the last screen. I saw the 9, and clicked confirm.)

At 9am, we walked up to Rat, only to discover that our actual return time was 9pm, on a day when Epcot closed at 9:30pm. (odd) When booking a G+ pass, especially early in the morning, there can be a big time jump between the first screen and 3rd screen. Other days of the trip we also saw big time shifts, not as dramatic as that day, but dramatic.

Unfortunately, we had to leave Epcot before 9pm, so we could not use the pass. We went to GS and plead our case, but they were not sympathetic. I don't think they believed me or something. They saw we had gotten a BG for GoG (used multiple phones) and basically threw that back in our faces. "You got a BG for GoG, many people do not get one." It was weird.

The only option they were willing to offer us was to let us have the Frozen pass back, for roughly the same time we'd originally booked. We begrudgingly took their offer. The plus being that our Frozen pass was for 9am. So we used it right away, then we were able to book another pass.

On that day, Rat passes were all gone within minutes. (I did check that.) At 9:05am, just after regular park opening, Rat standby was already up to 75minutes and building.

If OP's rip is Easter week, then Rat passes might be gone as quickly as the week we visited. I'm sure that is not the case all eyar,but peak weeks MDE can glitch at 7am, and Rat ca be gone very quickly.

Other days, we also had problems with MDE glitching on us at 7am.

 

[tinkerjo]

We found that disconnecting from the resort WiFi helped. The day I got ratatouille my DS got a boarding pass for GotG before I got our LL. (He wasn’t on the WiFi and I was) my phone glitched at 7am and I had to wait (not long, maybe 30 seconds) but it was notably slower

 

[KrazeeK120]

If you absolutely have your heart set on it, buy G+ and get a LL.

When we went in August, we stayed on property and did early entry twice during our trip. Both rides we tried to ride at park open (Remy and Peter Pan) were down at park open. When they said Remy was down, we hustled over to FEA, waited in line, only had 1 party in front of us waiting to board, and it went down. Early Entry worked amazing for us.

 

[Tuffcookie]

I think it is pretty sad, that for the cost of a trip to DisneyWorld these days, you can’t expect to be able to go on your favorite attractions!

TC

 

[LaurenT]

Is it relatively easy to get a return time or does it run out right away?

It’s 7:30 am right now and return times are around 5:30 pm. So book it at 7 am and you shouldn’t have a problem.

 

[igrsod]

You can do it by Genie +, or you can wait in line... we have never had a problem riding by both methods.
We find if it's a popular ride, doing it at rope drop or during the fireworks, is usually the best way for lower wait times if you choose to do the standby line.

 

[KrazeeK120]

I think it is pretty sad, that for the cost of a trip to DisneyWorld these days, you can’t expect to be able to go on your favorite attractions!

TC

You can 100% expect to ride Remy unless it breaks down for some reason, which can happen to any ride. It’s easy to obtain a LL for it and it’s do-able in standby as well.

 

[nyy]

DH and I went in August. We used the IG for the EE for resort guests and walked right toward France. Just over the bridge were cast members saying Remy was down. No known opening time. We took a chance and waited. We figured that it was a lengthy walk to any other ride at that time and soon the 9am park open crowds would flood the park anyway. A line was forming and we hopped in. Cast members walked the line, slowly, towards the back Remy area. We waited maybe 30 minutes total, including the walk back and the regular line. The ride came back up. We rode it, loved it, and did it 2 more times in a row with the regular line. Obviously YMMV.

 

[Dulcee]

We rode it standby last March without an issue. Off site, first ride at regular opening, waited about 35 minutes