charminnie
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Oct 25, 2011
Who has successfully done ROTR at rope drop? Yes, I have early entry. What was your plan and timing? TIA
Plus, that area is so amazing at night! The lighting and "set details" are so well done!If you want an alternate strategy, we hit Rise 80 minutes before closing time on our most recent visit and were able to ride 3 times before the park closed. The posted wait was 90 minutes.
We found that to be a pretty efficient use of time and probably something you couldn’t do in the morning.
I agree about just purchasing the ILL.If it helps with your decision (and if I've counted correctly), ROTR did not open for rope drop for 7 of the 31 days in October. Based on that, there's a 20-25% chance that it won't be open for rope drop the day of your visit either.
That is not a great number to make plans on. The concern is that you won't be told the ride is down until rope drop. And at that point, going somewhere else would put you at the back of the line, pretty much wiping out any advantage you have from getting to the park at rope drop.
ROTR is one of the least-reliable rides in WDW, averaging just under 2 hours of downtime per day over the last couple of years. If it's in your budget, the best way to avoid the risk of waiting in line without riding is to purchase ILL.