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If someone was NOT interested in Potter, but wanted to see the rest of the park during that first week....what will the lines be like at the other rides? Also, what will the traffic be like just driving into the resort?
If someone was NOT interested in Potter, but wanted to see the rest of the park during that first week....what will the lines be like at the other rides? Also, what will the traffic be like just driving into the resort?
I don't know why but I feel like the crowds are going to be somewhat spread with the primary lines being for the Hogwarts Express on each side. On the other side, is < 2 months really enough time for most people to book a vacation?
I don't know why but I feel like the crowds are going to be somewhat spread with the primary lines being for the Hogwarts Express on each side. On the other side, is < 2 months really enough time for most people to book a vacation?
If someone was NOT interested in Potter, but wanted to see the rest of the park during that first week....what will the lines be like at the other rides? Also, what will the traffic be like just driving into the resort?
Here's a great article from Parkscope, http://www.parkscope.net/2014/04/diagon-alley-opening-summer-2014-crowd.html
I'm going to get a room at Hard Rock for the night before, and going to get into City Walk/entrance to USF as early as possible.
How should late September be? Taking my brother for his bachelor party Sept 25-28. Hoping with school in session and months passing since opening, that it shouldnt be chaos.
I have a feeling HP will be busy, but the rest of the parks will be ok.
The rest of the park should be fine, but HP will still be a little crowded. Not as bad as summer crowded, but it won't be dead like some of the other parts of the park will feel. I know I went to HP in January after opening of phase one and expecting it to be dead and the wait for FJ was still 40 minutes and there was a line to get into the stores. I wanted a chocolate cauldron, but decided to skip it since the line was too long. I only went in to ride FJ since I couldn't when I was pregnant, but only had like 2 hours to get in and get out due to my hectic schedule at the time.
I'm really torn on what to do. I'd like to book a couple nights at the Hard Rock to see this, but do I book in early June hoping for a soft opening? Or book like late June after the opening, and just make sure I'm at the gate for early entrance for the hotel guests and hope for the best, lol.
To add to this, I was there the first weekend in October after Phase one opened and FJ had about an hour long line, the shops were bearable for a quick look around, The Three Broomsticks was at about a 45 minute wait at 1pm, and the Ollivander's line was an hour (that got skipped). The rest of the park was pretty dead but that area was hopping.
I would say it was due to HHN, but most of the guests in the HP area were from the UK and Ireland. Do expect some extra crowds due to HHN and shorter park hours on your trip.
It should already be soft opened in early June.
What twitter accounts and hash tags should I follow to know when soft openings are going on? I know they won't happen for a while still but I would like to preemptively start tracking it now. Thanks!
@skubersky
@touringplans
#potterwatch
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