Rope Drop Tactics

[Skold]

Yep, I'm putting this here way too early.

But my ticket is for the 30th (day 8) and I have only one shot at this. Josh EasyWDW (RIP) taught me about the importance rope-drop, and also the "second circle" of hitting those rides as crowds went down.

So, what are we thinking?

My initial idea:
1st: DK (due to limited capacity)
2nd: Ministry (due to popularity)
3rd: Frankenstein (due to I love this)

After that, get a drink at every land, do interactive stuff and rides as wait times (in the app) dictate. Bask in the glory of Celestial Park.

Maybe MarioKart and Curse of the WW during "lunch"?

Will wait as long as it takes for Yoshi, just get me a beer first.

Not sure what to make of the Celestials Park rides yet.

Anyh00, let's get some rope drop commando plans going!

 

[Disneyhead]

Right now, for me, it is a toss up of MoM or Frankenstein. I was leaning towards MoM but after the Frankenstein AA revel, that is ahead.

 

[Fanta]

Yep, I'm putting this here way too early.

But my ticket is for the 30th (day 8) and I have only one shot at this. Josh EasyWDW (RIP) taught me about the importance rope-drop, and also the "second circle" of hitting those rides as crowds went down.

So, what are we thinking?

My initial idea:
1st: DK (due to limited capacity)
2nd: Ministry (due to popularity)
3rd: Frankenstein (due to I love this)

After that, get a drink at every land, do interactive stuff and rides as wait times (in the app) dictate. Bask in the glory of Celestial Park.

Maybe MarioKart and Curse of the WW during "lunch"?

Will wait as long as it takes for Yoshi, just get me a beer first.

Not sure what to make of the Celestials Park rides yet.

Anyh00, let's get some rope drop commando plans going!

Yeah gotta agree I thk DK is best either straight outta rope drop or end of the day. Really don't thk it’s gonna be very viable to do mid day unless u want a guaranteed 2 hr+ wait.

 

[belloq87]

Without knowing anything about crowd dynamics and demand yet, my current rope drop theory will probably be this (giving myself two days at the park):

Day 1
- Monsters Unchained

Day 2
- Donkey Kong

Monsters because it's the ride I'm most excited for and want to do first, and DK because everything we've heard indicates it will have atrocious capacity for the attention it's going to pull.

Now, as an off-property guest, I'm not anticipating rope-dropping will do a ton to benefit me (since early entry is now confirmed for opening day already). I expect it will be more of a "pick which two-hour wait you want to start with" situation than a "walk onto an E-ticket" situation, but I'll still do it because I'd rather have a two-hour wait instead of a three-hour wait. I hope it's not quite that bad, though!