Originally Posted By ABBY Haven't been to DCA since Cars Land has opened. Was reading online somewhere that the wait just to get a fastpass for RRS is 30 minutes. Is that still true?? I haven't been to DCA since Cars Land Opened. So any tips on the best way to do this land with minimal wait times would be great We will be there on Tuesday the first week of May so hopefully the crowds will be light, or as light as they can be these days
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't know about how long the wait is for FPs, but it sounds like they still run out first thing in the morning each day. If you want one, you should be there right when the park opens. Granted, if you're there that early, you could probably just get on the ride with a minimal wait, so I don't really know what to recommend And the crowds should be pretty light during your visit (at least on the weekdays). If you use the single rider queue, I would expect that you won't have too many issues getting on the ride with minimal waits
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance And RSR fastpass is still seperate from the rest of the fastpasses in the park, right? So you can have it along with another fastpass at the same time?
Originally Posted By LuvsDsnyTrips Fast passes were out by 10 a.m. every morning.... There was not even a 5 minute wait go get them....they had cast members standing there each morning until they were all gone for the day. We usually got one and then stood in line about an hour so we could ride 2 times that day. I was told they are not hooked to other fast passes
Originally Posted By familyguy Here is my plan every time we go. I arrive at the gate of DCA 30 minutes before park opening on a day that DCA does not offer magic morning. Once the gate opens I go straight to the RSR Fast pass queue which they normally have a line forming right by the Carthay Circle. (I've tried to go straight to the Bugs Land area where they are actually distributed in the past and had to go all the way back to the line at Carthay Circle before. Trust me, go straight to the Carthay Circle). This has proven to be the best way to get a fastpass in the am for us. We are usually one of the first to get a fastpass, so if we wanted we could also keep moving straight over to the attraction and ride as a walk on immediately and then use our fast passes later. This would be the best thing to do if your time in the parks is limited and you won't be able to do that same thing on a different day. You DEFINITELY want to ride this more than once.
Originally Posted By ABBY Thanks for the help everyone Family Guy, am I understanding this correctly - it sounds as if the fast passes are distributed near bugs life but you have to get in line at Carthay Circle to get to the the fast pass distribution that is actually near Bugs Life ? I am definitely going to use your strategy of Obtain Fast Pass, then walk on. We are arriving in Anaheim on Monday around noon. So we will go to the parks that afternoon. I plan to check out where all the new stuff is in DCA on that afternoon so I will know what to do on Tuesday morning when we get there.
Originally Posted By familyguy Yes, when you get there first thing, they usually let you in a bit before park opening and do a rope drop deal. You will see the cast members by the Carthay Circle. You will wait there for the rope drop and a cast member will lead the fast past line calmly to the fast pass distribution over by It's Tough to be a bug. With the madness of rope drop and how people would get trampled trying to obtain a fastpass, I can see why they do this. They have a cm by each fast pass distribution machine and they help people move through there as quickly as possible.
Originally Posted By ABBY Good deal ! I am so glad you gave me the Carthay Circle tip as I would have gone straight to Bugs Land
Originally Posted By familyguy Yup. I learned that the hard way. One trip down to Bug's Land and then back to Carthay Circle means a difference of about a hundred people or more that beat me to the fastpass line. lol
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance If you get one of the first fastpasses, won't your return time be fairly soon? I'm thinking if I went to the parks at opening, and got fastpasses for later sleepers, they might have to be there pretty early anyway to use fastpass, right?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Another question, if I can only go to DCA at opening on a day/days that has Magic Mornings, how will that affect my strategy?
Originally Posted By familyguy In order to get fast passes, the park tickets must be scanned coming into the park. You won't be able to get fastpasses for people who aren't in the park or with tickets that weren't scanned coming into the park. But yes, the return time will be fairly early...
Originally Posted By familyguy To answer the 2nd question, only difference will be that more people will be in front of you for the fast pass. Some will spend (waste?) their magic morning at DCA waiting in the fast pass line. Getting there prior to opening and going straight for the fast pass will still be a good plan.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance I don't think they allow them to obtain fastpasses during magic mornings anymore, right?
Originally Posted By familyguy No...but they will sure enough stand in line till they open it up. Many use their magic morning just to go stand in line for the RSR fastpass.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance That's dumb. As long as you would line up at opening, I can't imagine you would miss out on a fast pass.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Is Carsland open during Magic Mornings? For that matter are all attractions open or only certain areas of the park like DL does?
Originally Posted By familyguy Only certain areas but I'm not sure which ones. For some reason I'm thinking Hollywood land and Paradise Pier but I could be wrong.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Seems weird that it would be those 2 sections, since they're on opposite ends of the park. With all the excitement for the still new-ish Carsland, I would think they would open that early for everybody. Even if everybody went straight to RSR, the attraction queue would probably still be shorter than the wait for the park to officially open so you can grab a FP. People don't always make sense to me
