Funny thing is we had the same discussions about Hogwarts Express, and it has some of the shortest lines and most reliable service of all the rides at UO. I remember worries that the line would always be 3 hours long and capacity would be a nightmare. Boy we’re we wrong.Excited for this and I think the worries of Long waits and slow loading are overstated.
To be fair it does get some longer lines at peak times. It's not unusual to see it reach the 45 minute range. It's also not purely transportation either. I think we can assume that when the line reaches those higher wait times guests choosing to use it as transportation simply opt to walk to the other park. If it were necessary for transportation I think it could easily get up to a 2 hour wait.Funny thing is we had the same discussions about Hogwarts Express, and it has some of the shortest lines and most reliable service of all the rides at UO. I remember worries that the line would always be 3 hours long and capacity would be a nightmare. Boy we’re we wrong.
Ironically, same manufacturer too.
The amount of people we moved the HE is staggering. There were times I remember we got up to 10 dispatches in one hour with full trains. (We did 13 once, but that was very empty trains)To be fair it does get some longer lines at peak times. It's not unusual to see it reach the 45 minute range. It's also not purely transportation either. I think we can assume that when the line reaches those higher wait times guests choosing to use it as transportation simply opt to walk to the other park. If it were necessary for transportation I think it could easily get up to a 2 hour wait.
So, is part of this supposed to open before the rest. Construction seems out of sync.
They are aiming for a Summer 2019 open. Technically the system could operate and just skip one of the stops if it's not ready (which will likely be the case with Rivera for awhile), but there's no way they open it without Epcot's station. It would be pointless.
Potentially. The DHS/CBR stations are practically looking like they're ready for the cable to go up. I do think that there's still about a year (or maybe a little less) until this opens. That seems like plenty of time (even for Disney) to get this system finished.I can see the Epcot to CBR section being the last to open. It's the longest of the three, construction seems to be further behind the other sections and guests can still take the boats from DHS to Epcot until it's complete, I know it's a lousy option but it's still an option.
This isn't to suggest that they will open behind schedule but I imagine that they will be opening these in stages and not just the whole thing all at once.
Potentially. The DHS/CBR stations are practically looking like they're ready for the cable to go up. I do think that there's still about a year (or maybe a little less) until this opens. That seems like plenty of time (even for Disney) to get this system finished.
This isn't a difficult project and like we saw at DHS, once they really start going with the Epcot station it should go up quick. A lot of it has been foundation work so far. And the boardwalk "station" isn't even a really station. It's just a turn station - no stop.
Funny thing is we had the same discussions about Hogwarts Express, and it has some of the shortest lines and most reliable service of all the rides at UO. I remember worries that the line would always be 3 hours long and capacity would be a nightmare. Boy we’re we wrong.
Ironically, same manufacturer too.
Except for the part about short lines. It's constantly hovers around 45 minutes, sometimes reaching up to 60.
Anyway, here's a great look at the Epcot station:
Except for the part about short lines. It's constantly hovers around 45 minutes, sometimes reaching up to 60.
Anyway, here's a great look at the Epcot station: