YOU HAVE NOTHING BUT MOCHRIE
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the frozen one, no, but the safari one absolutely epic!
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So this is interesting- Just for when the parks are really slow Iām guessing? Hopefully itās not a permanent thing so as to just allow the paid lightning lane pass or whatever itās calledā¦
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Am I the only one who thinks of Waiting for Guffman when I read this?
(Maybe?)
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Apparently it is likely the BGs will only now be used as an exception.
I think they want people to pay to skip the line, rather than using that as the ālast resortā if they donāt get a BG.
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That is the worst if true.
So we go from free and a very short wait (VQ Boarding Group) for anyone on or off-site
to:
You need to pay more $ to stay on-site and rope drop with a short standby wait or wait in a 2 hour line or pay $100 for a family of 4.
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I wonder how long the line will get. In reality will it get to 2 hours? I know itās new but isnāt it quite fast loading?
But yes, they really are trying to get that revenue in. Until GOTG opens of course.
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My guess is that the average actual wait when they open the standby queue next week (no LL+) will be about 60 min actual, with the posted wait being about 30 min higher. It will be longer in the morning - maybe 2-2.5hrs - but will get shorter in the afternoon and evening.
Once LL+ opens, add 30 min to those times.
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Sure hope so, itās the last week of CL1 for the year!!
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So I did not read everything but if it is just standby I assume some people are going to opt for at least riding it twice. If that is the case then the line is going to be substantial for most of the day. I am guessing 90-120 minutes for the whole morning with Disney saying 150-180 to deter people from going there or going for a second ride.
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And then when the Lightning Lane option starts, the standby wait will be longer yet.
I think the line will grow again in the evenings, as people with park hoppers get in line.
I also think those estimates are on the low side. I know crowds are low but all the people who currently get a BG will be arriving at the park and getting in line first thing. Itāll then die down a bit before growing again later on.
And as crowds increase again for the 50th and beyond, those 3-4 hour lines that FoP had may well become the norm for some of the day.
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Good points. I think FoP is the closest parallel and I think the wait for RotR will get similarly very long on busy days. But on CL 1 days with no LL (ie, presumably this week) Iām hoping it will be similarly reasonable (ie, about an hour at most times of day). Thereās no longer a huge number of people in the park each day that have never ridden.
But weāll see I guess.
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Think of all the ppl whoāve not be able to secure a BGā¦ they will surely get inline and wait too. 
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Just to give a bit of background on what Iām basing my estimate on, I think FoP is the closest comparison. Itās a very popular attraction that has about the same capacity. AK doesnāt have many rides and few of them are headliners. HS has about the same number of rides, but almost all of them are headliners. So even if RotR is more popular (debatable) there are other rides in the same park that will have a similar draw to syphon people away.
Also, most people will want to ride it once in a day, same as FoP. Will some want to ride again? Probably. But at higher rates than FoP? I donāt know but probably not. RotR is no longer brand new. I see no reason its line should be significantly longer than FoP due to popularity.
The only difference will be reliability. RotR has been very reliable lately, but it does have bad days from time to time. When that happens, thereās no āalternate theaterā to send ride vehicles down - the whole ride shuts down. But Iām basing my estimate on a normal operating day.
Lately, FoP has been averaging about 60-70 min posted wait throughout the day. The actual wait as submitted by TP users is generally at or ~10% below posted wait.
Here are yesterdayās wait times:
I do expect the wait times at FoP and RotR to get longer after next week with the 50th approaching. But Iām thinking maybe 2 hours instead of 1, rather than 3-4 hours. I sincerely hope that is the case, anyway.
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We have not ridden ROTR yet. Our trip is in a couple of months. We plan on getting in line before closing and Iām only looking at riding it once. I have ridden FOP and we will rope drop that one. But one ride will be sufficient.
I canāt imagine a lot of occasional or first time park goers wanting to stand in a couple hour line for the same attraction more than once in a day. There is too much to see and that is a big chunk of time to use standing in line.
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I am totally at a loss as to how to go about planning for our day at DHS on 10/3.
Dd and I last visited in 2018 and have yet to experience Galaxyās Edge ā¦and we are Star Wars fans so skipping it isnāt an option. DHS is ddās favorite park and we will have to somehow fit in Slinky Dog, Rocking Roller Coaster, and Tower of Terror among other favorites.
As much as I donāt want to experience the first days of Genie+, I am not sure how else we can actually fit everything in, even if we are there from Early Entry through closing the park.
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FWIW, when I go in two weeks, we will likely be using Genie+ for our HS day. Itās so hard to fit in all the headliners there without encountering at least some hour-long waits.
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