HeiHei2018
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- Jan 10, 2018
I didn’t notice the “by day and park” on first read. I wonder if early hopping might correlate with parks with open park pass reservations (usually Epcot or AK). it would make sense if the point of park reservations is to spread out the crowds.Definitely along the lines of the rumor going around about changes to park hopping. I would love to be able to hope before 2pm, but are they saying that hopping hours would vary by day? Ugh.
Thanks! So nothing new in the website I saw. Guess I just hadn’t read that part before.It has always said since park hopping came back that park hopper hours could be earlier. I remember reading it when they first announced the 2pm time and thinking that hopefully by the time I go they'll have moved it back to earlier.
I think they've been trying to pull it back to earlier than 2pm for awhile but just have had issues to deal with like staffing shortages along with IT changes they are working on for Park Passes.
If a Park Pass is available for another park, you can always go to the park you currently have and then cancel and book the new park you want to hop to and you'll be allowed in before 2pm. There is a small risk that if the park you want to go to becomes unavailable while you cancel and before you rebook that you could be stuck without a park pass, but at that point you're still in the original park - so just don't leave.
If a Park Pass is available for another park, you can always go to the park you currently have and then cancel and book the new park you want to hop to and you'll be allowed in before 2pm. There is a small risk that if the park you want to go to becomes unavailable while you cancel and before you rebook that you could be stuck without a park pass, but at that point you're still in the original park - so just don't leave
You can change your park res once you've entered the park to another one and then hop before 2? Or am I reading that wrong.
I swear I read that somewhere, but now that I'm trying to find the link I can't. I've never needed to do this myself before and since I can't find a link confirming it 100%, I don't want to say its true and mislead you.
Thanks, I'm glad I'm not going crazy lol. I knew I saw it somewhereI read it on the boards too. Someone was able to enter Epcot. Then cancel their Epcot park pass and make a park reservation for animal kingdom and enter that park before 2. I may try it tomorrow…
I read it on the boards too. Someone was able to enter Epcot. Then cancel their Epcot park pass and make a park reservation for animal kingdom and enter that park before 2. I may try it tomorrow…
So, I tried. But the “cancel reservation” button doesn’t show up for me to cancel Epcot
Oh well. They’re losing money on me today- I was going to go to Animal Kingdom, buy some merch and have lunch, but instead we will start our drive home.
This 2 p.m. time is long overdue to be changed. I'd be happy with even noon at this point lol. That would be limiting but at least not as bad as 2 p.m. is.
True! The only other park we prefer for lunch options is at AK.Yeah, I rarely would hop before noon anyway, but 2 PM is too restrictive. It makes it hard if I want to plan a lunch at Epcot or something.
We were there last week, (after having to replan our yellowstone trip due to the floods), one of the days we were at DHS; Rise, Toy Story, and Slinky Dog were all down at the same time in the early morning.This 2 p.m. time is long overdue to be changed. I'd be happy with even noon at this point lol. That would be limiting but at least not as bad as 2 p.m. is.
This, 100%, is what I hate about the 2pm rule! Plus, there are times we’ve gotten to the park only to find the crowd calendars were way off and we want to bail…..hence why we have always purchased PH…..we lose half our day in both of these instancesWe were there last week, (after having to replan our yellowstone trip due to the floods), one of the days we were at DHS; Rise, Toy Story, and Slinky Dog were all down at the same time in the early morning.
In the past, we would have simply moved to another park, however we were handcuffed to DHS until 2. When all 3 of those were down at the same time, it caused a domino effect for the rest of the day, it was brutal.
The limit on when you can park hop is insane and needs to be removed.
yup....been there before where we walked in, and within an hour werent "feeling" that park, and hopped over to another one. i hate the limits.This, 100%, is what I hate about the 2pm rule! Plus, there are times we’ve gotten to the park only to find the crowd calendars were way off and we want to bail…..hence why we have always purchased PH…..we lose half our day in both of these instances