I rope dropped SDD this morning (10/15). I arrived at 7:55 and was 3rd in line at the tapstile. They let us into the park around 8:30 and held us at Sunset Blvd. They “dropped the rope” around 8:47 and walked us back to SDD. We got to the line around 8:52 and I boarded the ride at 9:02. When I got off, the wait times said 45 minutes. Hope that helps!
I rope dropped SDD this morning (10/15). I arrived at 7:55 and was 3rd in line at the tapstile. They let us into the park around 8:30 and held us at Sunset Blvd. They “dropped the rope” around 8:47 and walked us back to SDD. We got to the line around 8:52 and I boarded the ride at 9:02. When I got off, the wait times said 45 minutes. Hope that helps!
Awesome thanks!!Touring plans did a video on SDD rope drop and times. Interesting read
https://touringplans.com/hollywood-studios/rope-drop
Touring plans did a video on SDD rope drop and times. Interesting read
https://touringplans.com/hollywood-studios/rope-drop
Awesome thanks!!
We weren’t there for an EMH morning, but we arrived 1 hour before park opening and all bag check lines were open with nobody in them. We walked right up to the table.How was the line for bag check vs non-bag check for getting into the park? We're planning to RD on an EMH morning, and I'd like to have my bag for the day with us, but maybe not if it means a 45 minute wait for SDD because we were held up at the tapstiles.
I totally agree about the crowd control! We were so stressed out. It was not an enjoyable experience to say the least. I’m a rule follower, so I lined up directly behind the cast member with the sign. I couldn’t understand where everyone else was going as they blew past her.Good job!!
We arrived at 8:10 this morning and were about 30-40 people back. We got decent positioning once in the park but my son and husband weren’t on the ride until 9:40.
OP, the line builds fast and there is terrible crowd control. We went to the fence as directed but people kept “joining the line” beside those of us already in line rather than going to the back where the cast member was with the line marker. It causes those who are in line to wait a lot longer. I really wish they would pull anyone not on the fence from the line and make them go to the back.
I totally agree about the crowd control! We were so stressed out. It was not an enjoyable experience to say the least. I’m a rule follower, so I lined up directly behind the cast member with the sign. I couldn’t understand where everyone else was going as they blew past her.
I totally agree about the crowd control! We were so stressed out. It was not an enjoyable experience to say the least. I’m a rule follower, so I lined up directly behind the cast member with the sign. I couldn’t understand where everyone else was going as they blew past her.
They said in the video it was predicted as a 1, but was actually a 4.Just realize that video was done on a day when it was a 1 crowd level wise. We were there a couple of weeks ago and TSM definitely did not have that short of a wait at 9:25. It was far more crowded inside.
How was the line for bag check vs non-bag check for getting into the park? We're planning to RD on an EMH morning, and I'd like to have my bag for the day with us, but maybe not if it means a 45 minute wait for SDD because we were held up at the tapstiles.
Haven't been there, but have been checking SDD wait times at park opening all during this past week, and it has varied from 60 minutes to 85 minutes.
I boarded the ride at 9:02. When I got off, the wait times said 45 minutes. Hope that helps!
I believe they are checking bags before the tapstiles, so lines are not really forming at the tapstiles before park opening. Then they are letting people enter the park before actual opening, at least on non-EMH days and maybe on EMH days too. People crowd next to Starbuck's. When the park opens, they are walking people to the different areas of the park. If you get there before the park opens, then the bag check will not matter. They have been doing the same thing at Animal Kingdom as well. If you get there too early, security may not be at the bag check, like more than an hour before opening. I am always really embarrassed when that happens, because we could have been sleeping longer