Is there a way to incorporate a shorter wait for the single rider option in a customized Touring Plan?
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I have entered it as a break
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That was what I thought I might have to do!
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Yeah I just estimated the wait - using my expected max - based on anecdotal reports from people here
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What was your expected max? Standby time right now is predicted to be about an hour.
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Depends on the attraction
I used it last time for Remy and chose 20 minutes
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Oh, I’m sorry I forgot to mention that I am talking about Test Track?
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I believe @Randall1028 mentioned not more than 10 minutes there for SR
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Great thanks!
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The other option has been to just note it as an LL since it is often roughly the same time.
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Good point!
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I am really struggling with Epcot RT’s not knowing what the demand for Soarin’ is going to be when it opens. My daughter plans to go to Epcot on Day 2 of their trip (so 7+1). When I look at Thrill Data for Day 7+1, RT’s for TT and GotG are in the afternoon already.
ETA: But I think the Soarin’ closure is throwing things off.
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@len and crew had a recent blog about these new attractions’ (RNR, Bluey, and SOA) wait times. They thought SOA would be a 9 on opening day only. I’m not so sure it will ease up quickly. The blog showed how you can find estimated wait times for these new attractions’ times for four times throughout each day: 10am, 1pm, 4pm, and 7pm.
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The other thing you can do is enter it as if you have a LL for that time. You’d have to individually configure the LL, which takes some practice, but it should work. (ETA: I see others already responded with this idea.)
(I think TP also has the ability to configure DAS, but I’ve never tried that.)
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@Jeff_AZ I am looking at Epcot RT’s on the TD Epcot Dashboard, and I am figuring that Day 7+1 would put me at 5/24 (since it is already evening, I am using 5/16 as my starting point). I am kind of surprised at how late my pre-select times will be. Can you think of any reason why this would be skewed? When I jump to 7+2, RT’s are much earlier. Is there typically that much difference between Day 7+1 and 7+2?
ETA: Hmm, I just realized that 5/24 is Memorial Day weekend…
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Usually the biggest rides have later availability on 7+1 to 7+3. 7+4 is the first “safe” day where most return times are morning, and even then not a guarantee. Unfortunately that’s just normal operations.
I don’t think Memorial Day will be super busy. The whole week will just be slightly above average if prior year patterns hold.
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Ok, thanks, that is what I figured…
Unfortunately, they are only going to be in WDW for 4 days and her friend bought the 4 Park Magic Ticket (so no Park Hopping). They also want some resort time. It’s tough to do Epcot in one day if you want to visit World Showcase, and they want a mid-afternoon break. They will have to skip some things. No way around it. I am trying to get her to move AK forward a day and Epcot back a day to give her an earlier start at Epcot. It is what it is…
Thanks everyone for your help!
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Here’s a chart (coming to the site in the next few days) showing the LL return time windows for Soarin’ Around the World on high crowd days, from 8 to 9 days in advance. There’s not a lot of variation:
It might be unique demand for the new film?
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Thank you! I am not a statistician, but if I am interpreting this correctly, the graph is telling me that at least in the near term, return time windows for Soarin’ will be later than formerly seen (even at high crowd levels) for the attraction, likely due to the introduction of the new film?
I think also contributing to the late return times is its classification as a Tier 2. Most people are choosing Soarin’ as a pre-select now. It’s one of the few worth experiencing. When I look at Thrill Data, return times for FEA and Remy were earlier than I expected, I think because they are both competing with Test Track for the Tier 1 spot.
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This is correct. The most in-demand Tier 1 attraction and the most in-demand Tier 2 attraction in each park tend to have the latest return times for pre-booking, all else being equal.
There are some situations where there are 2-3 attractions competing for the top spot in each tier, as was arguably the case with Remy and FEA when TT was being refurbed. I’m interested to see the long-term trend here because the revamped TT has now been open a year, so it’s newness should have worn off by now. It might win out by virtue of being a thrill ride.
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