Rope Drop if Staying Offsite

[Scottgamos_702147]

Hello,

My group of 11 is staying offsite a trip starting March 14, 2021. Trip includes 6 total park days; 3 x MK and 1 at ever other park. We have littles, so seriously considering the 3 x MK days to be half days once the park gets busy.

We would like to rope drop all 4 parks, but are interested in the best way of doing so as some posts have stated this might not be possible because of parking being opened later than bus and skyliner routes.

Can anyone provide any suggestions?

Thank you in advance,
Scott

[Jeff_AZ]

You will not beat the first buses but it is still worthwhile to arrive early. Most parks are opening about 45 min or so before official opening time. Arriving by car you may have to U-turn and circle back a couple times if you arrive too early.

It seems like most people are saying they arrive by car about 60-75 min before official opening? Hopefully others with recent experience will pipe in.

[bebe80]

Here are some recent reports:

Our experience driving to AK and RD'ing FoP x 2

We drove to AK last week on Tues Feb 9 (CL 1) and again on Sat Feb 13 (CL 3). On Tuesday we arrived to the booths at 7:13 and had about 30 cars in front of us. They let us thru toll booths at 7:22, we parked and basically walked straight thru with no lines all the way to FoP. Started walking thru the queue at 7:36 and made it to the pre-film at 7:49. Got back in line a second time at 8:05 and waited 27 min for the second ride, which was higher than I was expecting based on the TP estimate of …

HS opening/transport

Continuing the group of opening reports, on 2/10 we walked over from YC, left 7:45 and arrived to health screen line at 8:05 near the front. They opened screen at 8:13 and there was no further hold at taps. We were off MMRR at 8:33, off SDD at 8:53 and off TSMM at 9:09. On our next trip we will not be staying within walking distance. Does anyone have recent info on taking the bus to HS for rope drop? Is it possible to get there in time via bus or is it necessary to Uber to Swan? We will b…

@threeprincessesfourprinces

Here is what we experienced 2/14 being one of the first through tapstyles when they opened. We had a similar mindset to yours, not using a touring plan per se but just generally trying to hit long-queue attractions:
Bus area health screen began 8:06
Taps opened 8:11
8:30 off 7D
Off SM 8:48
Off BTMRR 9:15
Off pirates 9:35
All of these 4 were near-walk-on when we got to them. After pirates, all lines had built up. Notably, Peter Pan had not opened early that day so we caught it later.
On 2/12 we went straight to Frontierland at opening. BTMRR started letting people through/running at 8:34.
Splash did not open prior to 9:00 either day.

[vcka]

We drive to parks arrive 1 hr. b4 official opening, pay for parking (when they start letting us in) and have been through temp/security check and finished at least one ride before official park opening.