Another great couple of tips that my wife and i found out: 1. if it says 75-95 on RoR good chance its actually 45 minutes. A big portion of the wait time is the super lengthy and in depth pre show. 2. If the line is in the tunnel near the mupets DO NOT GO. It will go down. Near the evening the wait times were fairly low but dont waste your time. 3. This ride breaks down a bit because of how complex it is. Hang out in galaxies edge while its down. Its usually short and then head over. Was it worth waiting every time? Yes. Its phenominal.
I’ve got a ride challenge for Quincy: Ride all the boat rides in the three parks with boat rides in one day. My friend and I are trying the boat challenge next week. For extra fun, drag Molly along so she can experience her favorite ride, Kali River Rapids.
I doubt you will see this, but your videos truly carried me through Hollywood Studios. I just finished a full day of conquering all the rides and not staying at the Disney resorts. I actually stayed till closing and rode slinky, like you mentioned and it was amazing to ride at night. Thank you so much and your videos are amazing.
Great video! I would love to see you guys cover your experiences at Extra Evening Hours at the parks. Are they worth splurging for a deluxe resort stay? And what shops/dining locations are open during that time? Thank you! 🙏🏻
I did extra evening hours! I did them at MK, but I don't get why they are at EPCOT and not HS. It really was incredible, 7DMT was posted 45, but was more like a 20 minute wait, Space Mountain was like 15, BTM was like 10, Pirates and Haunted mansion were walk ons, and I did even more than that.
Not loving that Genie+ keeps you in the park longer b/c your time gets pushed way later due to app traffic. This was a really helpful video. Love Molly’s character sightings.
I would def watch the “best queues” video. Molly mentioned she would recommend certain queues to wait in standby if they aren’t crazy long. I agree! I was a big fan of the StarTours queue back when it actually had a line. I also recently discovered how amazing the Peter Pan queue is because I had always skipped it! Had no idea. What others should we slow down for?
Note: Arriving to the park early as a resort guest is a great tip UNLESS the ride is down. We went in December and arrived really early. There were cast members saying the ride was down for technical difficulties and there wasn't an official line. It was really disappointing since we had followed all tips to guarantee a short wait but we stayed in the area and finally they let us join the line. It eventually was running and we were able to ride it after an oficial wait time of 65 minutes. I know it's an added cost but next time we'll buy the individual lightning lane for this ride.
This also happened to us and it was super annoying that the rope drop staff couldn’t tell us it was down so we could chose a different ride to target at rope drop
One request, AllEars: Can you mention the day of the week that your videos depict? For example, looking at the crowds in this video, I'd rather like to know what day of the week. Is this a Saturday crowd? Is it a Wednesday crowd? Thank you! 😊
I have a video idea I would love for you to make over spring break! Can you please do a wait time challenge in the parks (specifically MK) to see how many big attractions you can get done in the first 3 hours of park open 9:00am-12:00 vs the last 3 hours of the park 8:00-11:00pm! Going off of the app it looks like you'd be better off trying to hit all of the mountains and other big rides in the last few hours instead of the first three hours and I'd love to see if that's true. Thank you!! :)
I can’t choose who had the best footage they were all amazing and I loved that we got to see different scenes and different angles from the different points of view. Bravo all 🙌
We were just in Disney last week and got everything done that we wanted to using strategies I’ve learned watching these videos. We went to HS on our check in day, so I actually booked my first genie+ for slinky at 6am while sitting in the New Orleans airport. Booked my second genie+ for TSM at 11am while sitting down at the Poly to eat lunch at Capt Cooks. Booked my third genie+ at 1pm while stopping for a treat at ABC Commissary for Jungle Cruise later that night after fireworks. Booked my next genie+ at 3pm for Thunder while still in HS. Booked another one at 5pm for Splash. Then booked the final one at 7pm while eating dinner at Steakhouse 71 for Pirates. By the time we walked into MK for fireworks at 8pm, I had 4 rides in the queue ready to go. We then used our second HS day to rope drop Tower and Rockin (we were on the first elevator for Tower), watch shows, and rode Rise with the ILL I purchased that morning. It was our first trip without kids, so we were able to skip the younger rides. Lol. We also rope dropped MK another day and did all of Tomorrowland by 11:30am. We also rode 7D the first night by getting in line 5 minutes before park close. It was an amazing trip!!
AWESOME video!!! Thank you!!! Breedlove your video of the ride ROCKED!!!! Keep the HS videos coming. I am going in June and this parked scares me!!!!! So much planning!!!!
Would love to see transportation times using Disney transportation vs driving yourself from the resort if you brought a car (since you already pay a parking fee to park your car there might as well get some use out of it if it'll save you time).
Love it! I enjoyed all the footage, but if I had to pick one, I would pick Breedlove’s footage, although I have to say Molly and Quincy’s always makes me smile. I would love to see someone use RideMax without Genie+, someone use Gennie +, and someone just go in and decide what to ride based on times posted by Disney and what they want to do. I would love to see it done in Magic Kingdom, same time entering park first thing in the morning with a preset amount of rides.
I think Breedlove had the best footage. I would love to see a meeting character video now that there are characters in designated spots. My family is going in April and there will be 4 kids with us.
I love all the all ears videos! This is my favorite Disney blogger channel! You guys are amazing! Here’s an idea for a video(s): comparing driving time versus bus, etc from some of the farther resorts - example Animal kingdom lodge, Coronado springs, fort wilderness etc to MK front of park, etc. at the beginning of the day. Every time I see how long the bus takes from some of the resorts, I always wonder if driving your own car and parking would be faster.
Me and my family went to our first Disney World trip a few weeks ago as non-resort guests (but we’ve been to other Disney parks many times hehe), and we rode ROTR so many times without Lightning Lane!!! You do NOT need to buy it/stay onsite to ride it! Some tips: - Try to rope drop and get there as early as possible, and get it done and out of the way, cos the ride breaks down a lot so do it early - the morning and evening posted wait times are way higher than they actually will be cos there are less lightning Lane people interrupting the standby queue. Our first day the posted wait time in the morning was 95min, we waited only 45min!!! And the same evening, the posted wait time was 60min, we waited 30min! - Avoid the middle of the day, as the wait times will be the same/worse than the posted, because there are so many lightning Lane people stopping the queue from moving - if the ride breaks down, don’t lose hope, go on other rides but keep checking the app for when it reopens - if the ride breaks down and you’ve waited a long time already, don’t leave the queue, sometimes they will give you a lightning lane to use the next day for rotr or other rides (makes your wait not a waste of time!) Hope this helps someone and enjoy the ride, my dad and my sister and I are big Star Wars fans and we went on it without spoilers and it blew our minds, we were blown away :)
Quincy, last April when I visited Epcot, Their reservation site dropped my reservation just like yours was. Thankfully they took my word for it without me presenting a copy of the email confirmation and they corrected the problem immediately.
Just had our Hollywood studios day yesterday and it rained a little and we saw the rise line was down to 90 minutes so we decided to wait and it was actually 35 minutes until we got into the preshow!!! I’m still in shock! 😂😱 you guys were so so so helpful!
I really enjoyed Breedlove's footage, although I liked Molly including the cast members in different sections of the ride. It reminded me that there are different parts and interactions in this experience.
I think if this video taught us anything it's that HS needs another ride that lives up to the hype like Rise does. Something needs to relieve the pressure of that standby lol
When we went President’s Day Weekend we rope dropped Rise (couldn’t get a Genie+ pass). It broke down while we were in line and they weren’t offering anything if we got out of line. It took 4 and half hours to get on. But thanks to this channel I learned about the 120 minute rule so I had three other rides lined up before I got off the ride. I had to hurry to make Smuggler’s Run right after but it worked out.
Loved this experiment! HS has definitely become an early morning or late evening park for me since my last visit. Too many people, too weird of a layout, and not nearly enough shade to conquer the whole day there
You nailed it with “too weird a layout” - while it was easy to get from A to B because the park is smaller, it really felt like we were criss crossing too much and going to rides in a non organized way.
Breedlove, you are beyond awesome! Can I meet you when I'm there in October? LOL I'll be a Resort Guest, so I'm hoping that I can rope drop like Quincy did. I'm excited to FINALLY get to ride Rise Of The Resistance!
This was a great video, thank you! I'd love a video for the night owls. Coming from the west coast, getting up super early sounds EXCRUCIATING!! Now, we will for HS. But I'd love a video showing Epcot and MK late entry (like go to the pool in the morning, head over around 1 or 2pm) on days with late park hours (deluxe guests) to show what the crowds are like in the later day and how to make the most of a late start - with using genie plus for those afternoon LLs. I will still get up to make those early 7am reservations, but not sure how easy it is to "schedule" for the later times instead of choosing the ASAP times. Hopefully that makes sense. Thank you for all your amazing videos, I'm feeling much more prepared after binging them :) 😁🐭
Next time you stay at a resort can you test the time of the first bus that arrives, driving and/ or skyliner to see the most successful way to arrive for resort guests
That was a great video as always!! Can you guys do some videos with tips for non resort guests that come in the parks like one or two hours after official opening, with maybe some advice for dinner, rides, genie+, etc ? Thank you !
that was me three weeks ago; get there around 10:30 am and bought Genie+ and a couple of "Fancy Rides" ($15.). Works OK when schools are in session, Mon.-Fri., and non-holiday
I’m sure this is technically a lot harder than it sounds knowing how many people are in the app at once, but it would be nice if when you clicked a lightening lane it held your time for a period while you checkout, like sites do when you buy concert tickets, for example… even just for a minute, and especially for the fancy rides - if I have to pay I’d at least like a time near the one I pick 😂
Hello gang! That was a great video, and it was good to see the real life options for a wait times on Rise play out. We were at the parks at the end of January, and tried for three days to get a fancy ride lightning Lane for Rise, (we were staying off property) and could never get it even though we were ready at the right time. We finally just did rope drop on day four, waited 40 minutes, and had fantastic intergalactic adventure!
I personally love seeing each of your perspectives equally! & I love seeing multiple people in vidoes! We want MORE Melizza & RJay &MORGAN with Molly too!!!! 💜💜💜
So if you book a restaurant reservation 60 days out and then at 7am the day of you try booking this ride and the only time you get comes up at the same time you have the dinner res. what do you recommend to do next? Thanks for all the good videos and info by the way!!!
First, I Owe you and the TEAM EVERYTHING!!! Your Videos helped me navigate my vacation like a pro ( Just recently got back from my first ever trip) Second, I know you guys have done some transportation challenges and experiments..... Could you guys do Experiments regarding Bus times from swan and dolphin as opposed to Bus times from Yacht, Beach And Boardwalk Inns.. It is often said to take a Bus from a Disney Property if you are staying at Swan and Dolphin because it drops you at the Main Gate instead of TTC.. I'm just wondering if it is truly a time saver, or if it's just appearing that way......... Plus I love seeing you guys do these experiments. This video was Great as far as the difference in Wait times!!!!
Awesome vid; thank you; I also paid $15 to walk on Frozen three weeks ago and it was the best $15. I ever spent; by-passed at least 70-100 in stand by and walked in and onto boat non-stop.
Molly you answered my question I always had about being able to book in check in date. I assume this also means you can get early park access on your check in day even if you have not checked in yet?
For camera work: 1. Molly (because of her reactions) 2. Breedlove (close 2nd) 3. Quincy (only because someone had to be 3rd) Thank you all for the experiment!
Would love to see how difficult it is to get some the previous “fancy” rides with genie+. Specifically SDD & MMRR & MFSR at HS and Test Track & Frozen at Epcot. Especially for families that can’t stay late with small kids. Thanks!
Three weeks ago, not staying on site, we bought Frozen " Fancy Pass" ($15.) at 10;30 am and walked on the ride. Same with Genie+ (same day) and no ride was later than 7 pm.
Molly thanks for your fiddle faddle tips. Yesterday my husband and I were at Epcot. We are not resort guest. We did rope drop. I kept fiddling and faddling and managed to get a Remy lightening lane at 8:50 am. Tomorrow we’re headed Hollywood studios. Hoping I will have the same luck for rise.
I am going this coming week, so I have been keeping an eye on the lightning lanes. Yesterday it kept telling me lightning lane was unavailable for Remys, even at 7 am on the dot. Did you experience that as well? I really want to be able to ride it, and this lightning lane stuff is stressing me out 😭
@@rachael6193 it’s not going to let you see them until it’s your actual park day. They come up right at 7 am. We didn’t stay on Disney property so I couldn’t purchase until the park open. It looked like they were all gone but I kept refreshing the app while walking towards the ride a a one popped up for 8:50. You have to move fast tho.
@@Baldhead_DivaNailz is that only for Remys? I can see them for RoR/Flight of Passage. Anyway, I hope one pops up, I just don’t want to be on my phone all the time checking 😭
@@rachael6193 not sure. I know I couldn’t see them until exactly 7 am. But I haven’t been looking at them prior to my trip. I’d drive myself nuts lol. I didn’t get so lucky today. I kept trying for Rise and it glitched on me 3 times. It said I was able to get the pass and then literally the screen started spinning for more than 3 min. Had no luck with Tower of Terror either. I was able to snag a Mickey and Minnie Runaway Railroad at 11:30 and that was when I signed in right at 7. Tomorrow Is WDW day. I’ll see how it goes there.
I didn’t know about the resort guests getting early access to lightning lane, I found that out the hard way when I visited DisneyWorld and waited 3 hours for Remys Ratatouille Adventure
that the problem; three weeks ago spent $15. on Frozen and walked onto boat . . .with all guest in stand by giving us "the look." We did Genie + and same happened on all rides. Frustrating for those in stand-by for 2 hours then watching someone show up and walk on.
@@esciteach7997 I don’t blame the people personally, after all you did pay more to be there. What bothers me is you pretty much have to commit to Disney 110% to enjoy it, that means overpaying to stay in their hotel and then paying more money after buying a park entrance to get in the ride. Take Magic Kingdom for example, there is no way on gods green earth you can wait in line for an average of 2 hours and be able to ride everything without buying Genie+ which I’m will to bet is going to go up in price for sure, I’d say $20 but knowing Bob it’ll double and people will still pay for it while complaining lol
Molly always has the best CAM footage because she adds her facial expressions, which are hysterical. That being said, Breedlove had excellent footage as well. Lots of close ups! Sorry Quincy.
Can you do the time challenges as a “four person family” so we can see the real times? I imagine that four people sometimes have to wait for a four spot to open up vs a single rider.
Amazing! I absolutely love this test! We will be going in May and this video is helping me to get an idea for planning that particular ride! Disney too me now is just getting too complicated! So thank you for really making this video! I still have so many questions.. it’s crazy… ugh! But can you please make more videos about those 3 different scenarios again
Another idea for Quincy, figure out when people get there to get in that line! That would be interesting! How can you be literally the first person on a ride?
Molly we love you it is always a pleasure to always watch your videos or maybe meet you in the park. I have never rode the ROR because of my bad back, so I really enjoy seeing you guys enjoy the rides.
Molly you are the WINNER 🏆 for BEST video 📹 on the ride!! Quincy is so cute and funny!! She needed her coffee! Breedlove was the Muppet MASTER with his 👕 t-shirt 👍🤣! You all did a FABULOUS Job! Love the video with each of you as either Resort Guest or Theme park Guest etc!👍Very fun and helpful 😀!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🥰👏👍
Thanks for the video. The LL for Rise is still a little confusing to me but as a non-resort guest, it seems I shouldn't even consider the LL an option. From what I understood, resort guests can buy LL at 7am, non-resort guests can buy LL at 8am. LL typically sells out in seconds to minutes meaning non-resort guests are basically SOL and their only option is to arrive early and do the standby line?
ok, I have one, Early Entry for Remi's Ratatouille Adventure. Front of the park verses International gateway. We did this and found we actually rode the ride before the park even opened for Resort guests due to coming in from the Skyliner
Find these videos really helpful! Always tons of great insights. It would be nice if it was stated which day in particular you all did these tests to know if these are below/above average crowds to hopefully get a better gauge what to expect when I plan on visiting.
Fun video, y'all! I have a fun challenge for the 3 of you! I call it the Fancy Ride Challenge. Can you/Is it possible to ride ALL the Fancy Rides in 1 day across Walt Disney World? The Rules; 1. Obviously you can only buy 2 Fancy Rides and there's no way of getting more than 2, but each person has to book a different set of rides (draw straws beforehand to see who has to book what), and it doesn't have to be in the same park. One could do Frozen and Remy while another does Space Mountain and Rise of the Resistance and so on! 2. You have to utilize different modes of transportation every time you enter and/or leave a park whether it be walking, the boats, Skyliner, Monorail, Uber/Lyft/Your own vehicle, the bus, etc. 3. You have to ride at least 1 attraction in each park (not show) that is 10 minutes or less no matter when or what it is or wherever you may end up. Sounds like fun, right?! I know you could only do 3 pairs since Everest is currently closed for refurbishment, but if someone drew Flight of Passage, at least that's an option!
great video. That's the issue I have with RISE. I was at Disney 2 weeks ago. paid for genie+ for 2 people for 4 days, willing to pay for RISE but not staying at Disney Resort and still could not get on RISE without waiting in line and the ride was constantly breaking down.
Great video! I would love to see who can get to the Ratatouille ride faster, either from International Gateway or the main entrance as I’ve heard they let the main entrance in first.
The part where you hit the button to purchase for 10:50am and after payment goes through, it’s for 2pm…that seems a little screwy. What if 2pm was when you knew you wouldn’t be able to go? I’m guessing this is a situation where guest services would refund you.
The “you should respect the restraining order” edit had me dying!! 😂 😂 😂
This may be my favorite science ever! I could listen to Breedlove taking to himself all day!
Another great couple of tips that my wife and i found out:
1. if it says 75-95 on RoR good chance its actually 45 minutes. A big portion of the wait time is the super lengthy and in depth pre show.
2. If the line is in the tunnel near the mupets DO NOT GO. It will go down. Near the evening the wait times were fairly low but dont waste your time.
3. This ride breaks down a bit because of how complex it is. Hang out in galaxies edge while its down. Its usually short and then head over.
Was it worth waiting every time? Yes. Its phenominal.
thank you
These are the best AllEars videos, 3 friends having a great time in the parks
I’ve got a ride challenge for Quincy: Ride all the boat rides in the three parks with boat rides in one day. My friend and I are trying the boat challenge next week. For extra fun, drag Molly along so she can experience her favorite ride, Kali River Rapids.
Just rode on Sunday as a nonresort guest. 90 minute posted wait at 5:50pm and only waited 60 minutes!! It was a nice surprise on a busy day
I doubt you will see this, but your videos truly carried me through Hollywood Studios. I just finished a full day of conquering all the rides and not staying at the Disney resorts.
I actually stayed till closing and rode slinky, like you mentioned and it was amazing to ride at night. Thank you so much and your videos are amazing.
Great video! I would love to see you guys cover your experiences at Extra Evening Hours at the parks. Are they worth splurging for a deluxe resort stay? And what shops/dining locations are open during that time? Thank you! 🙏🏻
Yes! Would love to see waits at magic kingdom during extra magic
Yes! I want to know what it looks like during the extra evening hours. Especially at magic kingdom.
I did extra evening hours! I did them at MK, but I don't get why they are at EPCOT and not HS. It really was incredible, 7DMT was posted 45, but was more like a 20 minute wait, Space Mountain was like 15, BTM was like 10, Pirates and Haunted mansion were walk ons, and I did even more than that.
I would love to see you using disney transportation with the experience. To see how the transportation plays a part.
Another fun video, as always.
YES
Yes, we are staying at Fort Wilderness and not sure we can even get there in time for rope drop!
Yes, I'd also want to see if rope drop is possible using Skyliner.
Not loving that Genie+ keeps you in the park longer b/c your time gets pushed way later due to app traffic. This was a really helpful video. Love Molly’s character sightings.
I would def watch the “best queues” video. Molly mentioned she would recommend certain queues to wait in standby if they aren’t crazy long. I agree! I was a big fan of the StarTours queue back when it actually had a line. I also recently discovered how amazing the Peter Pan queue is because I had always skipped it! Had no idea. What others should we slow down for?
MOLLY! We need more Harry Potter at Universal videos!!! Maybe a crowd comparison of Universal vs. Disney?
i am obsessed with these types of videos, it really helps me plan out my trip which is in/around 150 days
Note: Arriving to the park early as a resort guest is a great tip UNLESS the ride is down.
We went in December and arrived really early. There were cast members saying the ride was down for technical difficulties and there wasn't an official line. It was really disappointing since we had followed all tips to guarantee a short wait but we stayed in the area and finally they let us join the line. It eventually was running and we were able to ride it after an oficial wait time of 65 minutes. I know it's an added cost but next time we'll buy the individual lightning lane for this ride.
This also happened to us and it was super annoying that the rope drop staff couldn’t tell us it was down so we could chose a different ride to target at rope drop
Love that you're showing all these possibly ways to get on RotR, thanks so much! 💖 Seeing how you would do Remy would be great!
Such a helpful video!!! And Breedlove is always and forever will be relevant 🌱
Would love to see a similar challenge for Flight of Passage at AK and Remy's at Epcot using a Crescent Lake hotel.
Yes! This!
One request, AllEars:
Can you mention the day of the week that your videos depict? For example, looking at the crowds in this video, I'd rather like to know what day of the week. Is this a Saturday crowd? Is it a Wednesday crowd?
Thank you! 😊
YES YES YES would be really helpful
According to Molly's LL res it says Feb 16 which was a Wednesday
I have a video idea I would love for you to make over spring break! Can you please do a wait time challenge in the parks (specifically MK) to see how many big attractions you can get done in the first 3 hours of park open 9:00am-12:00 vs the last 3 hours of the park 8:00-11:00pm! Going off of the app it looks like you'd be better off trying to hit all of the mountains and other big rides in the last few hours instead of the first three hours and I'd love to see if that's true. Thank you!! :)
I can’t choose who had the best footage they were all amazing and I loved that we got to see different scenes and different angles from the different points of view. Bravo all 🙌
We were just in Disney last week and got everything done that we wanted to using strategies I’ve learned watching these videos. We went to HS on our check in day, so I actually booked my first genie+ for slinky at 6am while sitting in the New Orleans airport. Booked my second genie+ for TSM at 11am while sitting down at the Poly to eat lunch at Capt Cooks. Booked my third genie+ at 1pm while stopping for a treat at ABC Commissary for Jungle Cruise later that night after fireworks. Booked my next genie+ at 3pm for Thunder while still in HS. Booked another one at 5pm for Splash. Then booked the final one at 7pm while eating dinner at Steakhouse 71 for Pirates. By the time we walked into MK for fireworks at 8pm, I had 4 rides in the queue ready to go. We then used our second HS day to rope drop Tower and Rockin (we were on the first elevator for Tower), watch shows, and rode Rise with the ILL I purchased that morning. It was our first trip without kids, so we were able to skip the younger rides. Lol. We also rope dropped MK another day and did all of Tomorrowland by 11:30am. We also rode 7D the first night by getting in line 5 minutes before park close. It was an amazing trip!!
Love it. Great tip.
My fave ride footage was Breedlove's but they all deserve a rise (of the Resistance)
AWESOME video!!! Thank you!!! Breedlove your video of the ride ROCKED!!!!
Keep the HS videos coming. I am going in June and this parked scares me!!!!! So much planning!!!!
Great video, loved Breedlove’s RoR ride footage. Thanks for more science
Would love to see transportation times using Disney transportation vs driving yourself from the resort if you brought a car (since you already pay a parking fee to park your car there might as well get some use out of it if it'll save you time).
Love it! I enjoyed all the footage, but if I had to pick one, I would pick Breedlove’s footage, although I have to say Molly and Quincy’s always makes me smile.
I would love to see someone use RideMax without Genie+, someone use Gennie +, and someone just go in and decide what to ride based on times posted by Disney and what they want to do. I would love to see it done in Magic Kingdom, same time entering park first thing in the morning with a preset amount of rides.
1) Love this video, great job everyone!
2) Best footage goes to Molly
3) Breedlove, I need that shirt! Where did you get it???
I think Breedlove had the best footage. I would love to see a meeting character video now that there are characters in designated spots. My family is going in April and there will be 4 kids with us.
I vote for Breedlove's video!
I love all the all ears videos! This is my favorite Disney blogger channel! You guys are amazing! Here’s an idea for a video(s): comparing driving time versus bus, etc from some of the farther resorts - example Animal kingdom lodge, Coronado springs, fort wilderness etc to MK front of park, etc. at the beginning of the day. Every time I see how long the bus takes from some of the resorts, I always wonder if driving your own car and parking would be faster.
good idea; on the way home 3 weeks ago, living off site, I moved one exit on I 4 in 1 hour. Crawled along at 1-2 mph for 2 hours to get 10 miles.
Me and my family went to our first Disney World trip a few weeks ago as non-resort guests (but we’ve been to other Disney parks many times hehe), and we rode ROTR so many times without Lightning Lane!!! You do NOT need to buy it/stay onsite to ride it! Some tips:
- Try to rope drop and get there as early as possible, and get it done and out of the way, cos the ride breaks down a lot so do it early - the morning and evening posted wait times are way higher than they actually will be cos there are less lightning Lane people interrupting the standby queue. Our first day the posted wait time in the morning was 95min, we waited only 45min!!! And the same evening, the posted wait time was 60min, we waited 30min!
- Avoid the middle of the day, as the wait times will be the same/worse than the posted, because there are so many lightning Lane people stopping the queue from moving
- if the ride breaks down, don’t lose hope, go on other rides but keep checking the app for when it reopens
- if the ride breaks down and you’ve waited a long time already, don’t leave the queue, sometimes they will give you a lightning lane to use the next day for rotr or other rides (makes your wait not a waste of time!)
Hope this helps someone and enjoy the ride, my dad and my sister and I are big Star Wars fans and we went on it without spoilers and it blew our minds, we were blown away :)
Quincy, last April when I visited Epcot, Their reservation site dropped my reservation just like yours was. Thankfully they took my word for it without me presenting a copy of the email confirmation and they corrected the problem immediately.
I LOVE videos like this and challenge videos! Loved the video you 3 did as a race to get to HS from Epcot resort area as well!
Great video. Breedlove and molly had great footage in the ride. Could you repeat this experiment with all the fancy rides please
Just had our Hollywood studios day yesterday and it rained a little and we saw the rise line was down to 90 minutes so we decided to wait and it was actually 35 minutes until we got into the preshow!!! I’m still in shock! 😂😱 you guys were so so so helpful!
I really enjoyed Breedlove's footage, although I liked Molly including the cast members in different sections of the ride. It reminded me that there are different parts and interactions in this experience.
me too; enjoyed Molly seeing the characters
I think if this video taught us anything it's that HS needs another ride that lives up to the hype like Rise does. Something needs to relieve the pressure of that standby lol
When we went President’s Day Weekend we rope dropped Rise (couldn’t get a Genie+ pass). It broke down while we were in line and they weren’t offering anything if we got out of line. It took 4 and half hours to get on. But thanks to this channel I learned about the 120 minute rule so I had three other rides lined up before I got off the ride. I had to hurry to make Smuggler’s Run right after but it worked out.
Loved this experiment! HS has definitely become an early morning or late evening park for me since my last visit. Too many people, too weird of a layout, and not nearly enough shade to conquer the whole day there
You nailed it with “too weird a layout” - while it was easy to get from A to B because the park is smaller, it really felt like we were criss crossing too much and going to rides in a non organized way.
Breedlove, you are beyond awesome! Can I meet you when I'm there in October? LOL I'll be a Resort Guest, so I'm hoping that I can rope drop like Quincy did. I'm excited to FINALLY get to ride Rise Of The Resistance!
This was a great video, thank you! I'd love a video for the night owls. Coming from the west coast, getting up super early sounds EXCRUCIATING!! Now, we will for HS. But I'd love a video showing Epcot and MK late entry (like go to the pool in the morning, head over around 1 or 2pm) on days with late park hours (deluxe guests) to show what the crowds are like in the later day and how to make the most of a late start - with using genie plus for those afternoon LLs. I will still get up to make those early 7am reservations, but not sure how easy it is to "schedule" for the later times instead of choosing the ASAP times. Hopefully that makes sense. Thank you for all your amazing videos, I'm feeling much more prepared after binging them :) 😁🐭
Next time you stay at a resort can you test the time of the first bus that arrives, driving and/ or skyliner to see the most successful way to arrive for resort guests
You all deserve a raise, including the editor!
That was a great video as always!! Can you guys do some videos with tips for non resort guests that come in the parks like one or two hours after official opening, with maybe some advice for dinner, rides, genie+, etc ? Thank you !
that was me three weeks ago; get there around 10:30 am and bought Genie+ and a couple of "Fancy Rides" ($15.). Works OK when schools are in session, Mon.-Fri., and non-holiday
@@esciteach7997 Thanks for your advice !
It’s like you guys read my mind!!! Answered all of the questions that I have! You 3 rock! I hope I see you in a couple weeks!
Great video! I would love to see more videos just like this one.
I’m sure this is technically a lot harder than it sounds knowing how many people are in the app at once, but it would be nice if when you clicked a lightening lane it held your time for a period while you checkout, like sites do when you buy concert tickets, for example… even just for a minute, and especially for the fancy rides - if I have to pay I’d at least like a time near the one I pick 😂
YAY IT'S MOLLY, BREEDLOVE & QUINCY!!!! Great video!!!
Amazing. I need this for our trip next week. Thank you for doing the experiment for us.
Hello gang! That was a great video, and it was good to see the real life options for a wait times on Rise play out. We were at the parks at the end of January, and tried for three days to get a fancy ride lightning Lane for Rise, (we were staying off property) and could never get it even though we were ready at the right time. We finally just did rope drop on day four, waited 40 minutes, and had fantastic intergalactic adventure!
This is great!! I appreciate seeing all three options to get on these sort of popular rides!
Best Video ever !!! This was so helpful! Thanks guys 😊
Amazing! Thanks for these invaluable video advice.
I personally love seeing each of your perspectives equally! & I love seeing multiple people in vidoes! We want MORE Melizza & RJay &MORGAN with Molly too!!!! 💜💜💜
i love the experiment videos with these 3
What day of the week is this? Weekends are busier right? Same tips apply for mid week park reservations?
So if you book a restaurant reservation 60 days out and then at 7am the day of you try booking this ride and the only time you get comes up at the same time you have the dinner res. what do you recommend to do next? Thanks for all the good videos and info by the way!!!
Great video! Thank you!
First, I Owe you and the TEAM EVERYTHING!!! Your Videos helped me navigate my vacation like a pro ( Just recently got back from my first ever trip) Second, I know you guys have done some transportation challenges and experiments..... Could you guys do Experiments regarding Bus times from swan and dolphin as opposed to Bus times from Yacht, Beach And Boardwalk Inns.. It is often said to take a Bus from a Disney Property if you are staying at Swan and Dolphin because it drops you at the Main Gate instead of TTC.. I'm just wondering if it is truly a time saver, or if it's just appearing that way......... Plus I love seeing you guys do these experiments. This video was Great as far as the difference in Wait times!!!!
yes; bus times video
Awesome vid; thank you; I also paid $15 to walk on Frozen three weeks ago and it was the best $15. I ever spent; by-passed at least 70-100 in stand by and walked in and onto boat non-stop.
Molly you answered my question I always had about being able to book in check in date. I assume this also means you can get early park access on your check in day even if you have not checked in yet?
For camera work:
1. Molly (because of her reactions)
2. Breedlove (close 2nd)
3. Quincy (only because someone had to be 3rd)
Thank you all for the experiment!
What about non resort but have genie?
Would love to see how difficult it is to get some the previous “fancy” rides with genie+. Specifically SDD & MMRR & MFSR at HS and Test Track & Frozen at Epcot. Especially for families that can’t stay late with small kids. Thanks!
Three weeks ago, not staying on site, we bought Frozen " Fancy Pass" ($15.) at 10;30 am and walked on the ride. Same with Genie+ (same day) and no ride was later than 7 pm.
Molly thanks for your fiddle faddle tips. Yesterday my husband and I were at Epcot. We are not resort guest. We did rope drop. I kept fiddling and faddling and managed to get a Remy lightening lane at 8:50 am. Tomorrow we’re headed Hollywood studios. Hoping I will have the same luck for rise.
I am going this coming week, so I have been keeping an eye on the lightning lanes. Yesterday it kept telling me lightning lane was unavailable for Remys, even at 7 am on the dot. Did you experience that as well? I really want to be able to ride it, and this lightning lane stuff is stressing me out 😭
@@rachael6193 it’s not going to let you see them until it’s your actual park day. They come up right at 7 am. We didn’t stay on Disney property so I couldn’t purchase until the park open. It looked like they were all gone but I kept refreshing the app while walking towards the ride a a one popped up for 8:50. You have to move fast tho.
@@Baldhead_DivaNailz is that only for Remys? I can see them for RoR/Flight of Passage. Anyway, I hope one pops up, I just don’t want to be on my phone all the time checking 😭
@@rachael6193 not sure. I know I couldn’t see them until exactly 7 am. But I haven’t been looking at them prior to my trip. I’d drive myself nuts lol. I didn’t get so lucky today. I kept trying for Rise and it glitched on me 3 times. It said I was able to get the pass and then literally the screen started spinning for more than 3 min. Had no luck with Tower of Terror either. I was able to snag a Mickey and Minnie Runaway Railroad at 11:30 and that was when I signed in right at 7. Tomorrow Is WDW day. I’ll see how it goes there.
@@Baldhead_DivaNailz I’m so worried about that happening to me. I hate how impossible this new system is. Did you wait in like for RoR?
I didn’t know about the resort guests getting early access to lightning lane, I found that out the hard way when I visited DisneyWorld and waited 3 hours for Remys Ratatouille Adventure
that the problem; three weeks ago spent $15. on Frozen and walked onto boat . . .with all guest in stand by giving us "the look." We did Genie + and same happened on all rides. Frustrating for those in stand-by for 2 hours then watching someone show up and walk on.
@@esciteach7997 I don’t blame the people personally, after all you did pay more to be there. What bothers me is you pretty much have to commit to Disney 110% to enjoy it, that means overpaying to stay in their hotel and then paying more money after buying a park entrance to get in the ride. Take Magic Kingdom for example, there is no way on gods green earth you can wait in line for an average of 2 hours and be able to ride everything without buying Genie+ which I’m will to bet is going to go up in price for sure, I’d say $20 but knowing Bob it’ll double and people will still pay for it while complaining lol
Would love to see y’all do a video using the VIP service, to see how many top rides you can do in a day, while park hopping at all 4 parks.
Molly always has the best CAM footage because she adds her facial expressions, which are hysterical. That being said, Breedlove had excellent footage as well. Lots of close ups! Sorry Quincy.
Can you do the time challenges as a “four person family” so we can see the real times? I imagine that four people sometimes have to wait for a four spot to open up vs a single rider.
She’s tested this theory a couple of times, and good news, you get the same results whether you’re an 8 person party vs a single 😉 👍🏼
Amazing! I absolutely love this test! We will be going in May and this video is helping me to get an idea for planning that particular ride!
Disney too me now is just getting too complicated! So thank you for really making this video! I still have so many questions.. it’s crazy… ugh! But can you please make more videos about those 3 different scenarios again
"You already got coffee." "I need more coffee." "ok." 😂😍 love you guys!
As a librarian - loving the Miss Piggy Read tee shirt!
I do believe that Breedlove had the best cam going.
Another idea for Quincy, figure out when people get there to get in that line! That would be interesting! How can you be literally the first person on a ride?
Curious if you all think it’s better to early entry and rope drop Rise or get in line for Rise right before park close?
Also yay Breedlove!
Molly we love you it is always a pleasure to always watch your videos or maybe meet you in the park. I have never rode the ROR because of my bad back, so I really enjoy seeing you guys enjoy the rides.
Molly you are the WINNER 🏆 for BEST video 📹 on the ride!! Quincy is so cute and funny!! She needed her coffee! Breedlove was the Muppet MASTER with his 👕 t-shirt 👍🤣! You all did a FABULOUS Job! Love the video with each of you as either Resort Guest or Theme park Guest etc!👍Very fun and helpful 😀!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🥰👏👍
We have had great success with arriving at 8pm and queuing - we got on Rise in 30 mins both times
If love to see a video documenting which ques are worth waiting in standby for!
Awesome video. It answered some important questions for me about ROTR. Now how about the same experiment for 7DMT, and Ratatouie.
What a great experiment! Thank You! Everyone did great so you get a raise, and you get a raise and yes, you....get a raise!
I would love a ride at park close experiment for the big rides (RoR, SDD, FoP, SDMT, etc .)
I would love to see something like this at Hagrids
Great video! I’d love to see the science of all of this and Fancy Ride availability on a day that the Starcruiser is doing an excursion on Batuu
I wish Breedlove had mentioned the posted wait time.
Thanks for the video. The LL for Rise is still a little confusing to me but as a non-resort guest, it seems I shouldn't even consider the LL an option. From what I understood, resort guests can buy LL at 7am, non-resort guests can buy LL at 8am. LL typically sells out in seconds to minutes meaning non-resort guests are basically SOL and their only option is to arrive early and do the standby line?
Grear video!!!!!!! Congrats!
Thanks for the tips! Here’s an idea for another video - which rides would you NOT skip the standby queue line?
I'm going to have to give my video footage vote to Breedlove.
ok, I have one, Early Entry for Remi's Ratatouille Adventure. Front of the park verses International gateway. We did this and found we actually rode the ride before the park even opened for Resort guests due to coming in from the Skyliner
Find these videos really helpful! Always tons of great insights. It would be nice if it was stated which day in particular you all did these tests to know if these are below/above average crowds to hopefully get a better gauge what to expect when I plan on visiting.
Fun video, y'all! I have a fun challenge for the 3 of you! I call it the Fancy Ride Challenge. Can you/Is it possible to ride ALL the Fancy Rides in 1 day across Walt Disney World?
The Rules;
1. Obviously you can only buy 2 Fancy Rides and there's no way of getting more than 2, but each person has to book a different set of rides (draw straws beforehand to see who has to book what), and it doesn't have to be in the same park. One could do Frozen and Remy while another does Space Mountain and Rise of the Resistance and so on!
2. You have to utilize different modes of transportation every time you enter and/or leave a park whether it be walking, the boats, Skyliner, Monorail, Uber/Lyft/Your own vehicle, the bus, etc.
3. You have to ride at least 1 attraction in each park (not show) that is 10 minutes or less no matter when or what it is or wherever you may end up.
Sounds like fun, right?! I know you could only do 3 pairs since Everest is currently closed for refurbishment, but if someone drew Flight of Passage, at least that's an option!
great video. That's the issue I have with RISE. I was at Disney 2 weeks ago. paid for genie+ for 2 people for 4 days, willing to pay for RISE but not staying at Disney Resort and still could not get on RISE without waiting in line and the ride was constantly breaking down.
What about adding at park closing to your experiment?
Great video! I would love to see who can get to the Ratatouille ride faster, either from International Gateway or the main entrance as I’ve heard they let the main entrance in first.
That means there is an Old Key West review video coming?! 🥳🥳 love your videos, 3 of my favorites in one!
This helped me so much!! I have an adults only trip the end of April and can’t wait to ride Rise 🤩
Loved the video. I think I have to Gove it to Molly as far as RoR footage.
honestly great tips, this park has the ability to drive you crazy and make you feel like you wasted time and money
The part where you hit the button to purchase for 10:50am and after payment goes through, it’s for 2pm…that seems a little screwy. What if 2pm was when you knew you wouldn’t be able to go? I’m guessing this is a situation where guest services would refund you.
I was thinking the same thing, or like what if it pushed you to a time that conflicted with a dining reservation? 🤔