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What ??? ... 2D glasses ?!
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What ??? ... 2D glasses ?!
I wondered if its worth it to wait 3-4 hours for FOB
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FoP is amazing. We have ridden 4 times this week (2 RDs and 2 FPs), and not waited more than 10 minutes in the actual line. We don't wait more than 20-25 minutes ever. We will ride 2-3 more times in the next 3 days as well. Of course, to RD effectively you must be there early (1.25 hrs on emh day, or 1.5-1.75 on non-emh day), be first or second in bag check line or go bagless, then near the front of the tapstile line, and really hustle to final holding point. It is a stressful rope drop experience for sure, but worth it! Our first time (last Friday), we were off the ride by 9:15, and the line started in Pandora, went all the way to Africa, and then doubled back to FoP. It must have been a 6 hour standby line from the end, and that was 20 minutes after opening.
That all being said, it truly is the best ride at WDW (currently) imo. For those that feel seeing the main queue is important, I personally think that's a ridiculous reason to wait 2-3-4 hours... but to each their own! Not to be missed attraction though!
FoP is amazing. We have ridden 4 times this week (2 RDs and 2 FPs), and not waited more than 10 minutes in the actual line. We don't wait more than 20-25 minutes ever. We will ride 2-3 more times in the next 3 days as well. Of course, to RD effectively you must be there early (1.25 hrs on emh day, or 1.5-1.75 on non-emh day), be first or second in bag check line or go bagless, then near the front of the tapstile line, and really hustle to final holding point. It is a stressful rope drop experience for sure, but worth it! Our first time (last Friday), we were off the ride by 9:15, and the line started in Pandora, went all the way to Africa, and then doubled back to FoP. It must have been a 6 hour standby line from the end, and that was 20 minutes after opening.
That all being said, it truly is the best ride at WDW (currently) imo. For those that feel seeing the main queue is important, I personally think that's a ridiculous reason to wait 2-3-4 hours... but to each their own! Not to be missed attraction though!
You do wait more than 10 minutes though, but you are just doing the waiting someplace else.
The queue in the morning (11 AM) was almost to FotLK when we went last week. At least a 4 hour wait in the hot, humid sun. No thank you. And we spent a half hour inside with FP+. The attraction has a lot of glitches still, and they had to unload and move some groups from glitchy rooms to non-glitchy rooms. It was one CM's last day, and he was so happy to be done working that attraction!
This!! The poster referenced said they wouldn't wait 2 hours for the ride, but then said they arrive almost 2 hours before rope drop! So you did wait 2 hours, just in a different place (front of park instead of in the queue)! Rope drop may still be the quickest way to get on the ride, but the wait isn't "10 minutes", it's 10 minutes plus however long you waited outside the park or outside Pandora.
To the original poster - I haven't ridden this yet. But I have two small children so I can't wait that long. We waited about an hour for Crush's Coaster in Paris, but we were able to keep the kids in line with us so it was more manageable. (Wouldn't be able to do that for FOP.) So we probably won't ride unless we can get FP. If we didn't have the kids with us, I'd probably wait nearly that long. We waited nearly that long for Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point and it was worth it!
But this poster didn't use 1.5 hours of PARK time waiting for the ride. There is no park time wasted with rope drop. That's the beauty of it. The park opened at 9 and we were off FOP at 9:12 on 8-2-17. That was really important to us since it was just a one day trip.
But this poster didn't use 1.5 hours of PARK time waiting for the ride. There is no park time wasted with rope drop. That's the beauty of it. The park opened at 9 and we were off FOP at 9:12 on 8-2-17. That was really important to us since it was just a one day trip.
I would still prefer to wait until later in the evening when the lines are at their very shortest. Even though the example only used 12 minutes of park time, they still waited for almost 2 hours.
It would be a much more efficient use of time to get in line 1 minute before the park closes. Then you would use up no park time at all and not have to wait for hours outside of the locked gate.
I would still prefer to wait until later in the evening when the lines are at their very shortest. Even though the example only used 12 minutes of park time, they still waited for almost 2 hours.
It would be a much more efficient use of time to get in line 1 minute before the park closes. Then you would use up no park time at all and not have to wait for hours outside of the locked gate.
In our case our plans didn't work out that way. We wanted to end the day at MK because it's our favorite. I have never tried that 1 minute before close thing...gonna have to keep that in mind for June (I hope).