We were among the first 30 people to ride FJ!!!
We were onsite hotel guests and arrived at the park on Friday, 5/28, about 7:30 a.m. not knowing what to expect. They let us in at 8 a.m. and we went straight to FJ. When we got to the entrance for the ride, there was a sign saying they were having technical difficulties. Everyone we asked about whether the ride would be open gave us a different answer. One of the attendants told us after we waited for about 20 minutes that it would no open at all that day. We decided to wait anyway and they let us in not too long after that. I wasn't sure at first whether we were just being let into the castle to do a walk-through or if the ride was actually running. The line went fast and then when I heard someone tell us to make sure to store all personal items, I knew we were going to get on the ride. I was excited! The ride was just incredible. It reminded me a lot of Spiderrman but without the3D. You don't need 3D with this ride. I can't imagine anyone will be disappointed. The only thing I was surprised that it didn't have was the basilisk. My son saw an area where he said it was just a black hole where he thinks maybe it was supposed to be but just wasn't operating yet, but he's just guessing. I thought the gift shop you come out in at the end of the ride was just great, although a little on the expensive side. There was a good variety of merchandise, though. If anybody has any questions, I'll try to answer them. We went back the next day and were just a little farther back in the line for the ride and after waiting about 20 minutes, they announced they were having technical difficulties again. We waited probably about a half hour after that and then they announced that everyone would have to leave the line and it never ran again, so we didn't make it on a second time. I was very thankful that we were able to ride it at all. One of the employees in the gift shop told us they ran it for the employees recently and out of four hours they had scheduled for them to ride it, it was only open one hour because of breakdowns. To eveyone who has yet to ride it, it is a fabulous ride and worth wiating for. Enjoy!
We were onsite hotel guests and arrived at the park on Friday, 5/28, about 7:30 a.m. not knowing what to expect. They let us in at 8 a.m. and we went straight to FJ. When we got to the entrance for the ride, there was a sign saying they were having technical difficulties. Everyone we asked about whether the ride would be open gave us a different answer. One of the attendants told us after we waited for about 20 minutes that it would no open at all that day. We decided to wait anyway and they let us in not too long after that. I wasn't sure at first whether we were just being let into the castle to do a walk-through or if the ride was actually running. The line went fast and then when I heard someone tell us to make sure to store all personal items, I knew we were going to get on the ride. I was excited! The ride was just incredible. It reminded me a lot of Spiderrman but without the3D. You don't need 3D with this ride. I can't imagine anyone will be disappointed. The only thing I was surprised that it didn't have was the basilisk. My son saw an area where he said it was just a black hole where he thinks maybe it was supposed to be but just wasn't operating yet, but he's just guessing. I thought the gift shop you come out in at the end of the ride was just great, although a little on the expensive side. There was a good variety of merchandise, though. If anybody has any questions, I'll try to answer them. We went back the next day and were just a little farther back in the line for the ride and after waiting about 20 minutes, they announced they were having technical difficulties again. We waited probably about a half hour after that and then they announced that everyone would have to leave the line and it never ran again, so we didn't make it on a second time. I was very thankful that we were able to ride it at all. One of the employees in the gift shop told us they ran it for the employees recently and out of four hours they had scheduled for them to ride it, it was only open one hour because of breakdowns. To eveyone who has yet to ride it, it is a fabulous ride and worth wiating for. Enjoy!