Ten Tips For Avoiding Lines At Disney Theme Parks
There’s no debating that one of the worst experiences in visiting any theme park involves the long lines leading up to popular (or most) rides and attractions. By adding interactive features to queues — such as the recent updates to Haunted Mansion and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh at Walt Disney World — the fine folks at Disney have done their best to alleviate the transgressional boredom that most often results from waiting in line.
And even though it’s better than staring at a blank wall in 90-degree heat, the interactive queues are no substitute for the rides and attractions themselves. Luckily, Debra Peterson, writing for Examiner.com, has put together a list of ten tips that will help us avoid lines at Disney Parks. They include:
- Travel during Disney’s off-season… if you can
- Visit the least-crowded park on its least-crowded day
- Arrive before a park’s opening
- Avoid Walt Disney World parks offering Disney’s Extra Magic Hours
- Do the FASTPASS
- Pay attention to Disney’s wait times
- Enter the single rider lines
- Use the Child Swap (a.k.a. Rider Switch)
- Take advantage of poor weather
- Criss-Cross the parks to visit the E-ticket attractions first
As you can tell, most — if not all — of these tips are highly contingent on planning — something most theme park mongrels (such as ourselves) don’t like to do while on vacation. However, a little planning before the trip to the parks can make your time off that much more enjoyable! The choice is yours… grasshopper!
Full article (highly recommended): Examiner.com | Image Courtesy of KidsMomo.com
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Just to be clear. The picture of the crowd above this article is of Universal Citywalk in front of Margaritaville on the Islands of Adventure side.
Yes, that’s correct. This was a photograph of one of the massive lines outside of Islands of Adventure to get into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter on June 18th, opening day. From that point it was easily a 12+ hour wait to enter the WWOHP — and that’s if you were luck enough to get in before park closing with that wait time!
That’s right — we were there:
http://www.destinationthemepark.com/2010/06/opening-day-of-the-wizarding-world-of-harry-potter/
Just think it’s odd you choose a photo of Citywalk rather than a photo of Disney since this is about Dinsey!
More than anything, the photo is meant to illustrate a huge theme park line… Not its location. But I see what your point.
There’s good advice here, but the last tip is unhelpful, since Disney got rid of the E-Ticket concept years ago. I get that it can still mean “the most popular” rides, but the use of an E-Ticket ceased decades ago, so a new Disney guest might get very confused.