I have read stories of people being able to stay on a banshee and ride back to back. We had an issue with the startso they took us out and made us do the whole loop again including preshows. It was just a disappointing way to end a night.
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Backside of Magic did a report on DAH at AK recently and also reported 1 hr waits for FoP during the event. I think they said there were times when it was just 15 minutes but that required some planning and wasn’t the default.
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Good to know! EE is a bit over my roller coaster limit, so without quick access to FoP, I think AK wouldn’t be a great choice for me. I’ll probably try for just MK… maybe add HS depending on how SWGE turns out.
I listened to that report. What they did not mention was that when you checked in they asked you to not go to Pandora until after 9 (30 minutes into the 3 hour event. We did EE 6x, Dinosaur 2x, and Triceratop Spin before we even went there about 9:40. In that last hour and 50 minutes we did Navi and FoP 2x. 12 attractions is good, but that 50 plus wait was the end of my night. There were also three snack carts (only two with ice cream) and one was not where it was listed on the flyer.
We have decided to forego the after hours event at AK. Too much money for DD14 to hang around waiting while we do things she won’t enjoy. I’m not sure how much DS16 will want to do either. I’ll try for same day fast passes for FOP (yes, I have saved the drop times), maximize our TP for the day and hope for the best. I’m sure we’ll get in at least some of what everyone wants to do.
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Well, we had planned (assuming they still offered it) to do the AK DAH in our May 2020 trip specifically because we don’t necessarily enjoy AK. So it was a good way to get in the rides (FOP, EE, Navi, Dinosaur) without devoting a full day. BUT, your experience makes it seem like they somewhat oversell tickets for the event considering probably MOST people are doing it to ride FOP.
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My after hours, like many at AK, was sold out.
Is a DAH a great alternative to daytime touring in terms of just getting rides done? Also, do you just pay the DAH cost or do you also have to have a day pass into the park, as well?
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It is a great alternative if you only want to do one park day on a short trip. You do not have to have a day ticket and you can enter at 7pm.
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That’s what I’m hoping for next year. We’re doing a Disney cruise, but if we come in a day early we won’t be able to make RD, but would be just fine with an after hours party.
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Yes! If the dates work it would be perfect.
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We did AK DAH about 6 weeks ago and FOP was walk-on all night long. At 7pm we did Dino and a couple spins on EE. We went to FOP around 8, and it was completely empty. They didn’t offer to let us stay on the banshee, but we could’ve easily ridden it multiple times with no wait. They were running the DAH people through the FP line and when we got to the top, just before they put you into the pre-show rooms we asked if we could see the lab and the avatar-in-a-jar in the standby line. They were happy to take us in there and tell us some things about it.
I LOVED the DAH at AK. Highly, highly recommend.
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This is really reassuring–we are doing DAH at AK next week and reading this thread was making me nervous.
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Let us know how it goes! 
I will. It’s not sold out yet and I am hoping it doesn’t, but it is the last one currently listed for AK so I wonder if it might.
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Oh, crap. Yes it is. Wow I just bought the tickets yesterday. I think I am glad I did.
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Looks like as of this morning more dates have been added thru June
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It’s about time! I’m glad they added dates…surprised they waited this long to do so, though.
For AK, they only added 6 dates. MK, 5 dates. HS, 9 dates. So they are still being a bit stingy about their offerings thus far, except for HS.
As you get into the 3rd week of May and most of June MK is open until 10PM anyway with many Magic hours going to 12 or 1AM. Not sure why they didn’t add more in AK.