Also, wanted to share our experience with the ride on Saturday and Sunday.
We entered the ride entrance at 11.40 on Saturday (I know exactly because the TM at the entrance gave us a "time tracker" piece of paper to hand in as we boarded the ride). The posted wait was 4 hours, but there was no line outside of the main ride entrance, we walked straight to the back of Hagrid's hut which was where the line started. We were inside the ride building in about 30 minutes, and then we waited while they added more ride vehicles (probably about 30 minutes without moving). After we passed the Arthur and Hagrid screen we kept on moving, but we had frequent stops as the ride was down, and about a 45 minute delay (which they announced). We were on the ride after about 4 hours. Without the stops it would have been more like 2 hours.
On Sunday, about noon the wait was posted at 3 hours, but the line was even shorter than the day before and we joined right after the first snack stop by Hagrid's hut. Moved pretty consistently, only one very brief stop in the last room, and we were on and off in about 2 hours (before the rain started !).
Happy to answer any questions anyone has.
Edited to add: the single rider line was intermittently open and closed, it started way inside the ride entrance, by Hagrid's hut. The TM manning the line on Sunday said there was no guarantee it would be any quicker than the regular line, but the line seemed to be moving pretty quickly in the last room before you board the ride.
We entered the ride entrance at 11.40 on Saturday (I know exactly because the TM at the entrance gave us a "time tracker" piece of paper to hand in as we boarded the ride). The posted wait was 4 hours, but there was no line outside of the main ride entrance, we walked straight to the back of Hagrid's hut which was where the line started. We were inside the ride building in about 30 minutes, and then we waited while they added more ride vehicles (probably about 30 minutes without moving). After we passed the Arthur and Hagrid screen we kept on moving, but we had frequent stops as the ride was down, and about a 45 minute delay (which they announced). We were on the ride after about 4 hours. Without the stops it would have been more like 2 hours.
On Sunday, about noon the wait was posted at 3 hours, but the line was even shorter than the day before and we joined right after the first snack stop by Hagrid's hut. Moved pretty consistently, only one very brief stop in the last room, and we were on and off in about 2 hours (before the rain started !).
Happy to answer any questions anyone has.
Edited to add: the single rider line was intermittently open and closed, it started way inside the ride entrance, by Hagrid's hut. The TM manning the line on Sunday said there was no guarantee it would be any quicker than the regular line, but the line seemed to be moving pretty quickly in the last room before you board the ride.
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