Skipping DHS?

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Originally Posted by Lindtnotlint

Planning a trip to WDW with three kids (7,5,4), staying offsite. Looking at recent FastPass data it looks like we won’t be able to get any Fastpasses for SDD, TSM, ASS or MMRR. That’s pretty much the rides we want to do in the park (my 7 year old isn’t a thrill rides person). We have no interest in Star Wars as kids haven’t seen (we will do that next time! )

We have a general principle of arriving early but not “rushing a rope drop” because the kids would hate to be in a big rushing crowd. It looks like wait times rise really quickly at rope drop because of the whole boarding groups thing.

So...am I crazy just to skip it? It feels like although kids would LOVE to meet Woody and Olaf they really hate big queues and it’s hard to see how to have a fun day...

Thoughts? (Trip isn’t for a while but need to start plotting ADRs!)

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I wouldn’t miss it out if you have 14 day tickets, that seems like a bit of a shame. You say you are only planning it so presumably the trip is a little while off yet so things could change, ROTR might go onto fast pass system which would relieve the early crowds.

At thirty days there is no reason to think you would not get TSM or ASS, you are unlikely to get Slinky Dog or the Mickey train thing. But you never know you might get them on the day, we got a few extra Slinky Dogs in the day last year.

I don’t like crowds are queuing either and don’t often bother with rope drop, but you mention “rushing crowds” so just in case it was the rushing that was the issue, I can say I have never seen that, it is orderly and very slow moving.

[Lindtnotlint]

Thanks everyone! Lots that echoes my own mixed feelings. I must say though that I think your confidence I will get TSM or ASS FPPs at 30 days isn’t right (at the moment). I have been watching quite carefully and at the moment they are all sold out by 30 days along with MMRR and MFSR and SDD. Crazy but true. There are sometimes a few available after 7pm (too late for us!) or if the opening hours have just shifted from 9 to 8, but not as a general rule.

I will keep watching and see if it gets better. I would probably be happy to go if I could get even one daytime FPP for TSL but unbelievably that looks like it may be impossible for offsite guests (unless you stalk it and are lucky!)

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Originally Posted by Lindtnotlint

Thanks everyone! Lots that echoes my own mixed feelings. I must say though that I think your confidence I will get TSM or ASS FPPs at 30 days isn’t right (at the moment). I have been watching quite carefully and at the moment they are all sold out by 30 days along with MMRR and MFSR and SDD. Crazy but true. There are sometimes a few available after 7pm (too late for us!) or if the opening hours have just shifted from 9 to 8, but not as a general rule.

I will keep watching and see if it gets better. I would probably be happy to go if I could get even one daytime FPP for TSL but unbelievably that looks like it may be impossible for offsite guests (unless you stalk it and are lucky!)

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We got loads of TSM fast passes on the day in September and several Aliens as well. Obviously time of year will come into it, but they are available at 30 days at the moment.

[Lily8]

Just double-checked and both are available for the evenings of 24 March (30 days) and it's now almost 6 in the evening - well past FP booking time. I suspect at noon there were much earlier slots at 30 days, as there are now morning slots available at 31 days for all rides at HS (and this is for Spring break)

[macadoo]

Originally Posted by Claudette

We got loads of TSM fast passes on the day in September and several Aliens as well. Obviously time of year will come into it, but they are available at 30 days at the moment.

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We got same day fast pass for tsm too last August.