This is my nightmare!! I’m going to Disneyland for the first time in 14 years next week. I have my rope drop all planned but if all of these attractions are closed it’ll mess up my whole day. At least I have LL. I want to thank you for all your informative videos. They have given me confidence to do this in my 70’s!!!
Good luck! I was there ,at76, last year with my daughter during Easter week. David’s videos were invaluable. We used his rope drop videos strategies from both the traditional front of park and another day entering from the monorail. Actually if you have lightning lane the closed rides can be a blessing in disguise. If you have a reservation and the ride is temporarily closed you get an individual redemption pass that, depending on the ride level, lets you get on various rides at the time of your choosing.plus as soon as you get it you can also book another lightning lane. For example on Easter Sunday we ended up with 6 individual redemption passes. Four of them were from the most popular popular rides which some refer to as “golden passes” because you can use them on just about any lightning lane ride in either park and even on non lightning lanes in dCA. In our case we got to ride runaway railroad and Indiana jones twice. Hope you have a wonderful time!
We just arrived from Vancouver Canada not 2 hours ago and are planning our rope drop strategy for tomorrow. Naturally we just watched your rope drop video from a year ago but I was left wondering about Tiana’s ..and then BAM! Here it is. What timing!
David made the classic gambler's blunder, even more famous than going up against a Sicilian when death is on the line. When you throw the dice and win at your gamble, don't waste your winnings by throwing the dice a second time. Walk away.
Your strategy videos are so valuable. I am everyone’s go to person when it comes to Disney because of the knowledge I have gained from Vloggers like you ! I have been able to orchestrate successful happy vacations for friends and family who only had bad experiences at the parks. Bravo !!!🎉
I wouldnt waste a dime at this park. I feel sorry for Dave because he wants the park to succeed more than Disney does.. There is ZERO reason to spend that much money and have almost every ride non operational.
I didn't even think about that haha. You DEFINITELY don't want to rope drop Tiana's.. that ride has more breakdowns than Indy. If a chronic single-rider though, you'd be better off trying to rope drop Indy or Peter Pan to save your day the most time. If Indy is down, you can still wrap around to Haunted Mansion or Big Thunder well enough.
Tiana's broke down for me on my last trip literally right before boarding. We waited it out and it ended up getting on within 10 minutes. While we were waiting we chatted with the CM and I noted how many boats they had to clear before doing the test run. Turns out Tiana's (at least at the time I rode it) has 35 boats typically (I believe they said 36 is the max). So you might be able to use that and the fact that they hold 5-6 guests per boat to determine how long wait time will be. What I took away from that was that Tiana's is a pretty high capacity ride!
It gonna be sad to see the Christmas decoration to put away soon and wait another 12 months and the the nostalgic jingle bell, Christmas themes. Best places to go Disneyland. Also big fan on what you do and loves your videos.
What a fun rope drop variation! Gotta roll with the punches! Looking forward to my next chance on Space Mountain at Disneyland. Last two trips were busts... once it broke down repeatedly and we missed our chance. Next time it was being refurbished!
IFreshBaked. David, when Walt had his Wednesday park management meetings, the first order of business was attraction down times. If an attraction was showing up on the list often or with the same problem he would direct management to observe it's operation for 3 weeks. He then would want a verble report after which a plan of action would be started to fix the attraction. A lot easier to do in Walts day Disneyland was closed on Monday's and Tuesday's. Bad show no matter how small had to be fixed as quickly as possible. As Walt said, "People spend a lot of money just to come here." Cheers, Chris Perry.
Thanks David. Greatly informative video! Curious how the strategy will change if you do a lightning lane version of the rope drop and how Tianna is affected. You remain the very best.
lightning lane changes things quite a bit. you can either do the same thing I do here and save those LL's for a second ride, or you stack in the morning and rope drop non lightning lane rides like peter pan and the rest of fantasyland.
Was there the 20th to the 26th, so wish I could have met ya. Didn't think u would be there with the blackout so I didn't even have an eye out for you. Happy new year david !!
something to think about for a rope drop morning,now that tianas is open....doing the "4 mountain challenge"...starting with tianas,mine train,matterhorn,and then space.
@@disney_expert do you remember when david used to do the "4 mountain challenge"? he hasnt done it since covid.....and he wasnt able to beat the hour like adam the woo did even then.(he was 8 mins over) i'd like to see him beat it.
Disneyland should give everyone a $10 credit for every major ride that is unexpectedly down on a given day. If they were giving everyone $30-$50 rebates every day I'll bet they would get a handle on their preventative maintenance very quickly.
at Haunted Mansion it was funny seeing the guests hop over the lines barriacade to take a short cut.........which I thought Fresh Baked should have done at Space Mountain steping over the chains.to get thru quicker instead of the back and forth you normally do fallowing the line.....and at that time hardly anyone was in the lines.🤣🤣🤣🤣
when I went to Disneyland when it opened I would go straight to the Pirates Ride , The Haunted Mansion fallowed by ( At The Time) Splash Mountain.... I would do all 3 rides as the park opened..during that time they were not crowded...later I would go back when it was a parade time....the lines were not long do to the fact parents took their kids to see the parades during the day and night time. so getting on the rides was better at the time.................I have not been to Disneyland since I moved to Colorado in 2007.....so now i just watch videos by people who went to the park and posted on youtube....for nastolgic reasons theses days....
I've said it before but I think the rope drop closures are about crowd control and not breakdowns. I also do rope drop mostly in bundles by lands or close proximity.
Is Tiana’s still breaking down regularly? Did they fix the animatronics at the end of the attraction? Last I saw they were all frozen at the finale and mama Odie at the end 😢
They have fixed a lot of the ending animatronics I know the Tiana and Louis are back working after being broken. Lately not as many broken ones but a lot of smaller things that are not the whole animatronic broken but more like just the mouth which is still not great but they are making improvements
With the music playing and others talking around you in lines, its really hard to hear what you are saying. I am not sure if you may want to take video and then once home do voice over to try and kind of fix this or not.
having so many major attractions down at the start of the day makes me think it's just another way disney is manipulating guests. they've already got your money, so keeping certain ride operators from starting at 8 a.m. (or whenever they clock in) saves them even more. it's no skin off their nose if you can't ride space mountain first thing in the morning. they know you'll just come back later, and maybe buy some food or merchandise in the meantime. less bang for your buck is their motto these day.
Have you ever considered using some sort of a microphone in your videos? Most times the background music is covering your voice and it’s very hard to hear. Keep up the great job!
Tbh this is an unpopular opinion. But I’m not rope dropping anything but Indiana Jones at Disneyland just because it can be down for a lot of the day so getting it out the way is the best way to go for me
Just wow! I remember a time when I could run around Disneyland without worrying about whether an attraction was open or not, whether it was broken down and without worrying about all those people that can afford Lightning Lane. Everything was always open and breakdowns were practically non existent. When free Fast Pass existed it was fairly available to every guest and if attractions were closed it was for a scheduled refurbishment. Today you have to plan around attractions intentionally opening late and/or closing early, attractions breaking down, how busy Lightning Lane is and that plan must constantly be subject to adjustment based on what attractions are available throughout the day. What was closed at various times in this video? Indiana Jones, Micky’s Runaway Railway, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, The Haunted Mansion, Rise of the Resistance, Space Mountain and Big Thunder Railway. This was just in the morning, are just the attractions _mentioned_ in the video and doesn’t account for multiple closures of the same attraction. Disney should be embarrassed and ashamed of this performance. I’m surprised they don’t close the Tree House because they can’t get the buckets on the waterwheel to work. The original waterwheel and buckets _never_ had an issue. I could build a version of that contraption in my own backyard that’s more reliable. Absolutely shameful. On the whole, about two and a half hours isn't bad, but you had to work much too hard to get your “rope drop” attractions in. (At what point is an attraction no longer considered "rope drop"?) You were so gleeful that your second attempt at The Haunted Mansion went so quickly, but if you account for walking to the attraction, the time waiting in the queue before being evicted, walking to and enjoying another attraction then walking back to The Haunted Mansion and waiting in the queue again, the time spent is considerably higher. It’s likely that the occasional visitor that shows up once every four or five years would be considerably frustrated on a day with so many closures, breakdowns and time wasted dealing with broken down attractions. “I paid $206 for this?!” Unfortunately for them, what they wouldn’t know is that numerous repeated closures is common at Disneyland these days. Thankfully, even though I’ve pretty much abandoned Disney, I have Fresh Baked to occasionally help me recall fond memories even though I rarely watch at all because of what Disney has devolved in to.
Good thing the Disney Co invested millions of $$ into redoing the former Splash Mountain. That ride was very old-fashioned & unpopular. Also, unlike Tiana's, it didn't reflect a lot of creative flair or inspiration. Splash Mountain was like DCA 2001 while Tiana's is like DisneySea 2001.
This is my nightmare!! I’m going to Disneyland for the first time in 14 years next week. I have my rope drop all planned but if all of these attractions are closed it’ll mess up my whole day. At least I have LL.
I want to thank you for all your informative videos. They have given me confidence to do this in my 70’s!!!
Good luck! I was there ,at76, last year with my daughter during Easter week. David’s videos were invaluable. We used his rope drop videos strategies from both the traditional front of park and another day entering from the monorail. Actually if you have lightning lane the closed rides can be a blessing in disguise. If you have a reservation and the ride is temporarily closed you get an individual redemption pass that, depending on the ride level, lets you get on various rides at the time of your choosing.plus as soon as you get it you can also book another lightning lane. For example on Easter Sunday we ended up with 6 individual redemption passes. Four of them were from the most popular popular rides which some refer to as “golden passes” because you can use them on just about any lightning lane ride in either park and even on non lightning lanes in dCA. In our case we got to ride runaway railroad and Indiana jones twice. Hope you have a wonderful time!
I actually do appreciate the rope drop of a rough morning, it's nice to know how much you can still do if most things goes wrong 😅
Exactly! As someone who goes once every 5ish years, seeing this is so much more valuable! When you need to pivot, having a plan is so important!
If you see Fresh Baked get out of line….get out of line. 😂
Ever since the reopen after the pandemic, I’ve rope dropped every visit. Indy, space, rise and haunted mansion are always the targets at rope drop.
We just arrived from Vancouver Canada not 2 hours ago and are planning our rope drop strategy for tomorrow. Naturally we just watched your rope drop video from a year ago but I was left wondering about Tiana’s ..and then BAM! Here it is. What timing!
David made the classic gambler's blunder, even more famous than going up against a Sicilian when death is on the line. When you throw the dice and win at your gamble, don't waste your winnings by throwing the dice a second time. Walk away.
I also once made the mistake of getting involved in a land war in Asia. Live and learn.
@@FreshBakedDisney I find that Inconceivable!
Adaptability is a must for breakdowns. Loved this
Love your rope drop videos! We are going to Disneyland for the first time ever in March, definitely gonna try a rope drop day! 😅
I always rope drop Dumbo and tea cups to feel quintessential sweet Disney feeling.❤
Good morning, fresh bake I was just at Disneyland on Friday and Saturday
What is going on with Disney with all of these rides breaking down/closed???
A better question is how does this compare to Universal or other theme parks?
Great show today, Fresh Baked!
Your strategy videos are so valuable. I am everyone’s go to person when it comes to Disney because of the knowledge I have gained from Vloggers like you ! I have been able to orchestrate successful happy vacations for friends and family who only had bad experiences at the parks. Bravo !!!🎉
4 mountain challenge is back on the menu.
I wouldnt waste a dime at this park. I feel sorry for Dave because he wants the park to succeed more than Disney does..
There is ZERO reason to spend that much money and have almost every ride non operational.
I didn't even think about that haha. You DEFINITELY don't want to rope drop Tiana's.. that ride has more breakdowns than Indy. If a chronic single-rider though, you'd be better off trying to rope drop Indy or Peter Pan to save your day the most time. If Indy is down, you can still wrap around to Haunted Mansion or Big Thunder well enough.
Tiana's broke down for me on my last trip literally right before boarding. We waited it out and it ended up getting on within 10 minutes. While we were waiting we chatted with the CM and I noted how many boats they had to clear before doing the test run. Turns out Tiana's (at least at the time I rode it) has 35 boats typically (I believe they said 36 is the max). So you might be able to use that and the fact that they hold 5-6 guests per boat to determine how long wait time will be. What I took away from that was that Tiana's is a pretty high capacity ride!
It gonna be sad to see the Christmas decoration to put away soon and wait another 12 months and the the nostalgic jingle bell, Christmas themes. Best places to go Disneyland.
Also big fan on what you do and loves your videos.
Love a wild rope drop morning vlog!
I’m baked watching Fresh Baked 😂
Same
What a fun rope drop variation! Gotta roll with the punches! Looking forward to my next chance on Space Mountain at Disneyland. Last two trips were busts... once it broke down repeatedly and we missed our chance. Next time it was being refurbished!
IFreshBaked. David, when Walt had his Wednesday park management meetings, the first order of business was attraction down times. If an attraction was showing up on the list often or with the same problem he would direct management to observe it's operation for 3 weeks. He then would want a verble report after which a plan of action would be started to fix the attraction. A lot easier to do in Walts day Disneyland was closed on Monday's and Tuesday's. Bad show no matter how small had to be fixed as quickly as possible. As Walt said, "People spend a lot of money just to come here." Cheers, Chris Perry.
Thanks David. Greatly informative video! Curious how the strategy will change if you do a lightning lane version of the rope drop and how Tianna is affected. You remain the very best.
lightning lane changes things quite a bit. you can either do the same thing I do here and save those LL's for a second ride, or you stack in the morning and rope drop non lightning lane rides like peter pan and the rest of fantasyland.
Hey Fresh Baked!!
Was there the 20th to the 26th, so wish I could have met ya. Didn't think u would be there with the blackout so I didn't even have an eye out for you. Happy new year david !!
What’s your strategy for keeping from getting soaked on Tiana’s. Last time I was on Splash I was uncomfortably soaked especially my shoes.
35 min wait on HM is a GIFT
Hi David… Very much enjoyed!!… Wonderful work!.. 😊
We get there all the time at rope drop , we can get on about 4/5 rides in that early time
We do haunted , pirates , jungle cruise , Indian jones
FRESHBAKED is DISNEYLAND!!!
I used the single riders line at 11ish just when the suns out and dried up quickly
Cool, is Tiana single rider line open all the time? Do you enter through exit area like Splash single rider?
something to think about for a rope drop morning,now that tianas is open....doing the "4 mountain challenge"...starting with tianas,mine train,matterhorn,and then space.
Mine train?? You mean big thunder??
yes...the mine train to natures wonderland requires a time machine.
@@markwelker95 if we’re using time machines let’s go back to splash aswell
@@disney_expert do you remember when david used to do the "4 mountain challenge"? he hasnt done it since covid.....and he wasnt able to beat the hour like adam the woo did even then.(he was 8 mins over)
i'd like to see him beat it.
My strategy is skip the 4 Single Rider rides at Rope Drop! (Space, Matterhorn, Millennium Falcon, and Tiana's)
I rope dropped matterhorn my gf went to indiana jones it broke down as she got evacuated they let her ride it went back up in 10 min
Disneyland should give everyone a $10 credit for every major ride that is unexpectedly down on a given day. If they were giving everyone $30-$50 rebates every day I'll bet they would get a handle on their preventative maintenance very quickly.
at Haunted Mansion it was funny seeing the guests hop over the lines barriacade to take a short cut.........which I thought Fresh Baked should have done at Space Mountain steping over the chains.to get thru quicker instead of the back and forth you normally do fallowing the line.....and at that time hardly anyone was in the lines.🤣🤣🤣🤣
You will never catch me doing anything like that. I find it a waste of energy and effort.
@@FreshBakedDisney that is fine.
when I went to Disneyland when it opened I would go straight to the Pirates Ride , The Haunted Mansion fallowed by ( At The Time) Splash Mountain.... I would do all 3 rides as the park opened..during that time they were not crowded...later I would go back when it was a parade time....the lines were not long do to the fact parents took their kids to see the parades during the day and night time. so getting on the rides was better at the time.................I have not been to Disneyland since I moved to Colorado in 2007.....so now i just watch videos by people who went to the park and posted on youtube....for nastolgic reasons theses days....
I've said it before but I think the rope drop closures are about crowd control and not breakdowns. I also do rope drop mostly in bundles by lands or close proximity.
Wow. Was that the smoothest Matterhorn footage I’ve ever seen?? That camera?
So the Haunted Mansion Yarn Barn is still not open?
it's open
Have you found out yet about the safe in the mansion que ? Or maybe when the original mansion comes back it’ll reveal itself?
Maybe if you did a metric chart it would help understand if it's a breakdown of the ride or of cast member capability.
ohhhh the girls talking loudly with dave in haunted mansion 😂
Any update on when they will be pulling Pirates off of Lightening Lane? Or is it a permanent one now?
30:50 wow that gift shop really blocks the view of Tianas for many steps.
I know a grown man privileged child spoiled by mommy and daddy that goes there often..... love the videos
That ride would be two hundred percent better if you didn't have to worry about getting wet.
I actually AGREE with something you said, Ray. It's Christmas MIRACLE!!
Is Tiana’s still breaking down regularly? Did they fix the animatronics at the end of the attraction? Last I saw they were all frozen at the finale and mama Odie at the end 😢
They have fixed a lot of the ending animatronics I know the Tiana and Louis are back working after being broken. Lately not as many broken ones but a lot of smaller things that are not the whole animatronic broken but more like just the mouth which is still not great but they are making improvements
@ UGH… 😑
They were frozen in this video
@ yes but In a different position so they have been working at some point lately
What do you use to check ride times? Thrill Data? Or another site?
better to hit peter pan or indy at rope drop, save space and matterhorn for single-rider later
I’ll be rope dropping on New Year’s Eve. First ride will be Tiana’s (Splash Mountain). I want to avoid breakdowns.
its often brokedown at rope drop.
I really didn’t think that the rope drop wasn’t so bad but I was there that day and lemme tell yah! 😅
FYI: You can walk on Tiana's ALL DAY using single rider.
Shhhhhh
Same entry through exit, like Splash was???
@@nf325 Sure is.
@@RicketyRobot00 I promise I won't tell anyone else.
With the music playing and others talking around you in lines, its really hard to hear what you are saying. I am not sure if you may want to take video and then once home do voice over to try and kind of fix this or not.
having so many major attractions down at the start of the day makes me think it's just another way disney is manipulating guests. they've already got your money, so keeping certain ride operators from starting at 8 a.m. (or whenever they clock in) saves them even more. it's no skin off their nose if you can't ride space mountain first thing in the morning. they know you'll just come back later, and maybe buy some food or merchandise in the meantime. less bang for your buck is their motto these day.
Does Tiana's Bayou Adventure still have single rider access? I'm not going to be happy if they got rid of it.
it does yes.
Have you ever considered using some sort of a microphone in your videos? Most times the background music is covering your voice and it’s very hard to hear. Keep up the great job!
Oh man we’re early !
I would normally rope drop to all the rides that do individual Fastpass!
Bad idea
Next question should be, should you even rope drop? Half the E-ticker attractions aren’t open
Any plans to start using a mic?
i have used one in the past. it wasn't better. This is better.
Tbh this is an unpopular opinion. But I’m not rope dropping anything but Indiana Jones at Disneyland just because it can be down for a lot of the day so getting it out the way is the best way to go for me
it's often down at rope drop. more often than space is I'd guess.
42:13 boat about 20 seconds isn't bad 42:37 vs about 30 seconds
Freshbaked!
Just wow!
I remember a time when I could run around Disneyland without worrying about whether an attraction was open or not, whether it was broken down and without worrying about all those people that can afford Lightning Lane. Everything was always open and breakdowns were practically non existent. When free Fast Pass existed it was fairly available to every guest and if attractions were closed it was for a scheduled refurbishment.
Today you have to plan around attractions intentionally opening late and/or closing early, attractions breaking down, how busy Lightning Lane is and that plan must constantly be subject to adjustment based on what attractions are available throughout the day.
What was closed at various times in this video? Indiana Jones, Micky’s Runaway Railway, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, The Haunted Mansion, Rise of the Resistance, Space Mountain and Big Thunder Railway. This was just in the morning, are just the attractions _mentioned_ in the video and doesn’t account for multiple closures of the same attraction. Disney should be embarrassed and ashamed of this performance. I’m surprised they don’t close the Tree House because they can’t get the buckets on the waterwheel to work. The original waterwheel and buckets _never_ had an issue. I could build a version of that contraption in my own backyard that’s more reliable. Absolutely shameful.
On the whole, about two and a half hours isn't bad, but you had to work much too hard to get your “rope drop” attractions in. (At what point is an attraction no longer considered "rope drop"?) You were so gleeful that your second attempt at The Haunted Mansion went so quickly, but if you account for walking to the attraction, the time waiting in the queue before being evicted, walking to and enjoying another attraction then walking back to The Haunted Mansion and waiting in the queue again, the time spent is considerably higher. It’s likely that the occasional visitor that shows up once every four or five years would be considerably frustrated on a day with so many closures, breakdowns and time wasted dealing with broken down attractions. “I paid $206 for this?!” Unfortunately for them, what they wouldn’t know is that numerous repeated closures is common at Disneyland these days.
Thankfully, even though I’ve pretty much abandoned Disney, I have Fresh Baked to occasionally help me recall fond memories even though I rarely watch at all because of what Disney has devolved in to.
Tianna was looking a little stiff today 😂
What time is rope drop?
8:00 am
The video showed him starting around 7:30 so you probably want to get to parking by 6 and in park by around 7 to 7:30 for the 8am open/rope drop
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Hi! Howzitgoin'?
Never rope drop Tiana’s it will never be open at opening
Are guest still getting really wet on Tiana’s ride?
The gift shop is way better than nothing
Good thing the Disney Co invested millions of $$ into redoing the former Splash Mountain. That ride was very old-fashioned & unpopular. Also, unlike Tiana's, it didn't reflect a lot of creative flair or inspiration. Splash Mountain was like DCA 2001 while Tiana's is like DisneySea 2001.
I appreciate the sarcasm. Gonna go down as one of the biggest blunders of all time.
I can’t believe anybody would waste time waiting in line for such a mediocre ride.
Next question should be, should you even rope drop? Half the E-ticker attractions aren’t open
Just to enjoy fewer crowds walking around, yes! Plus some of us early bird personalities can't resist❤