kylenne
Wakandan-American
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2016
Had a very successful rope drop morning at HS. We were out the door of Yacht Club at 6:40 and walked over leisurely due to my gf injuring her foot yesterday morning when we were leaving the house for the airport. But we arrived at security at 7am as one of the very first guests, well ahead of the buses and Skyliner guests. We were literally first in line to tap in. G+ was $25 today, same as yesterday. Bought Rise for 10:40 at $22 and booked Slinky Dog for 11:50, which worked out because our Roundup Rodeo ADR was noon. They allowed us to tap in at 7:30, and we used my old strategy to great effect, avoiding the masses. We were among the first in line for ToT, they held us on Sunset in one line while the line RNRC was on the other side. At 7:52 they let us go and we walked straight into the pre show. I was on the first elevator. Walked out and over to RNRC, they held us for about 2 minutes and then we walked straight through, no preshow. Ride feels much smoother than before, and the neon signs are gorgeous, they definitely repainted them. Went to MMRR afterwards, it was a walk on and we were into the preshow at 8:09.
Headed to Batuu next, and on our way to MFSR we saw Mando and Grogu! Didn’t know they would be out that early but happy we caught them, there were only a few people around them and we got some great pics. Said hi to the little guy and he cooed!!
MFSR was still a walk on and we were engineers but still enjoyed it. Stopped for breakfast afterwards at Ronto Roasters. Were going to meet live action Ariel but her line was 90 minutes! Definitely make this a priority if you want to see her because waits build very fast. We will be there at 9 another day to try. It was wonderful to see all the excited kids and adults coming out of it though as we walked around the One Man’s Dream exhibits, everyone raved about how cool she was.
We opted for the 10:30 Frozen show afterwards, then did our Rise ILL and explored Batuu until it was time for SDD since it was gf’s first time there. I had booked TSM for 11:15 but it went down so we ended up doing Slinky Dog and then going to our noon Roundup Rodeo ADR. I was pleasantly shocked by how good the food was, I had a more detailed review in the restaurant board thread but it was 100% worth it and we would totally come back again. A nice touch for Memorial Day, a CM gave a nice announcement thanking those toys in the Green Army Corps for keeping us safe.
We are resting back at YC. Originally we planned to go back to Epcot for dinner and EEH but we will stop at HS first to use our any time LL and ride MMRR again with a LL. We have Frozen booked for 7:50 as insurance for EEH.
Holiday crowds were not bad at all this morning btw. Even Rise and SDD were posted 60 min for much of the morning. We got a lot done and could have knocked out everything but the shows if we wanted to. Even non EE guests could have done well. But as we were leaving the park at 1:30 people were starting to REALLY pour in. Also: RNRC is now showing wait times on the app but is still not bookable on G+ yet so until it is I would say your best bet is ride at EE rope drop or end of night during Fantasmic.
More reports later.
Headed to Batuu next, and on our way to MFSR we saw Mando and Grogu! Didn’t know they would be out that early but happy we caught them, there were only a few people around them and we got some great pics. Said hi to the little guy and he cooed!!
MFSR was still a walk on and we were engineers but still enjoyed it. Stopped for breakfast afterwards at Ronto Roasters. Were going to meet live action Ariel but her line was 90 minutes! Definitely make this a priority if you want to see her because waits build very fast. We will be there at 9 another day to try. It was wonderful to see all the excited kids and adults coming out of it though as we walked around the One Man’s Dream exhibits, everyone raved about how cool she was.
We opted for the 10:30 Frozen show afterwards, then did our Rise ILL and explored Batuu until it was time for SDD since it was gf’s first time there. I had booked TSM for 11:15 but it went down so we ended up doing Slinky Dog and then going to our noon Roundup Rodeo ADR. I was pleasantly shocked by how good the food was, I had a more detailed review in the restaurant board thread but it was 100% worth it and we would totally come back again. A nice touch for Memorial Day, a CM gave a nice announcement thanking those toys in the Green Army Corps for keeping us safe.
We are resting back at YC. Originally we planned to go back to Epcot for dinner and EEH but we will stop at HS first to use our any time LL and ride MMRR again with a LL. We have Frozen booked for 7:50 as insurance for EEH.
Holiday crowds were not bad at all this morning btw. Even Rise and SDD were posted 60 min for much of the morning. We got a lot done and could have knocked out everything but the shows if we wanted to. Even non EE guests could have done well. But as we were leaving the park at 1:30 people were starting to REALLY pour in. Also: RNRC is now showing wait times on the app but is still not bookable on G+ yet so until it is I would say your best bet is ride at EE rope drop or end of night during Fantasmic.
More reports later.