Originally Posted By karlg I was at Star Tours at DL during soft openings in May and then went to WDW a couple of weeks ago. So I haven't been on ST at DL during "normal" operation. I was kind of surprised that by the afternoon ST at Disney's Hollywood Studios was a walk-on (the "hot ticket" at DHS appears to still be TSMM). I definitely would not use a FP again at DHS. DHS has 6 simulators to DL's 4 plus DL is much busier than DHS and ST is right at the end of Main Street in DL. You could ride ST at DHS as long as you can take it. It appears that they have more than enough capacity at DHS. Pre-revision at DL it used to be busy in the mornings and then opened up in the the afternoon. I'm wondering how Star Tours is working out at DL in terms of line waits.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Over the long holiday weekend, it looked like the standby wait was usually about 45 minutes. Yesterday (the 4th), FPs wold out around 1:30; I think they went a little faster on the 3rd. For what it's worth, the entire weekend had fairly light crowds (until shortly before the fireworks last night when it became a zoo), so I suspect that the waits have been longer on regular days. And it's also worth noting that the area in front of ST is always packed with people. In addition to the additional people in the area, they're using the center of the walkway, under the PM tracks, for stroller parking. If you want to go to Buzz from Star Tours, you have to manage your way through a tight bottle neck to the area near the DVC booth, and turn around. We did everything we could to avoid that area, since it was just not even remotely pleasnat. In other news, the walkway in Adventureland seemed downright spacious this weekend.
Originally Posted By hbquikcomjamesl Yesterday, I got in the Standby line about 9-ish in the morning (FP was showing about 10-ish), and was in and out by 10, and promptly got a FP (which was not scheduled to ripen until 3:05 in the afternoon).
Originally Posted By danyoung This attraction has sure changed the morning rush at rope drop. Now about 95% of the crowd heads for Tomorrowland, with maybe a third breaking off and heading for the ST Fastpass machines, and the other 2/3 heading right for ST.
Originally Posted By Sparrow I was there last Thursday and the Fastpasses ran out by 10:30. Line was at least an hour all day.
Originally Posted By EighthDwarf <<We did everything we could to avoid that area, since it was just not even remotely pleasnat [sic]....the walkway in Adventureland seemed downright spacious this weekend.>> Wow, I was afraid of that. It was a bottleneck in that area before, I can only imagine what it's like now. Hopefully that will prompt them to work on the Astro Orbiter removal sooner rather than later.
Originally Posted By danyoung I'd have to agree with the above, that now the entryway to Tomorrowland is just about total gridlock. Even with the indoor queue areas for ST, there's quite a bit of outdoor queue set up. And with the above mentioned stroller area, it's like the largest crowd you've ever seen packed into a tiny area, with everyone trying to get somewhere all at once. Definitely avoid this area as much as you can!
Originally Posted By karlg Interesting but not unexpected. I wonder if it will hold up once everyone as seen all the variations (it takes about 6 times to see all the options). My guess based on what I saw at WDW DHS is that after the initial rush, the traffic will die down over the next year. I was surprised that Star Tours at DHS was already a walk-on in the afternoon. I'm guessing that the difference in ride wait is due to capacity (1.5X more at DHS), the location (DL versus DHS), and the differences between DL's customers versus those at WDW. Once you have seen all the variations a couple of times, then maybe the interest will die down. It is also interesting to see very long waits for Soarin' at DCA versus EPCOT. It is killer long at EPCOT with FP selling out early whereas it is relatively easy to get on at DCA. I think the issue at EPCOT is that there are so few whole family attractions that are not 20+ years old. I surprise there is any concrete left on the path between Soarin' and Test Track as people seem to just oscillate between these to at Epcot. BTW, One other thing I noticed at WDW was that you flew past the "pre-show" driods. Basically, they were filling the vehicles so fast (and the droids were so close to the load) that you often missed see them (particularly the second "TSA-like" agent). At the same time there didn't seem to be a good place to let people pass you so you could see their routines.
Originally Posted By Bellella What I'd do would be to get there right when it opens, haul it to Star Tours, and wait in line while me or another of my party gets FastPasses for something else before coming back to join in the line. If the FastPasses will run out quick for it, and if you can't use another FastPass till later in the afternoon, I think that'd be the best option.
Originally Posted By tashajilek I was in the parks from the 30th-july 4th and the longest wait was an hour and a half and shortest was about 50mins. It did make it nice to ride buzz with no waits and getting space fast passes.
Originally Posted By sillystrings It has been super busy at Star Tours. I think the wait time is down to 80 minutes tops!
