Hello! I thought I would add my Early Entry experience from my 10/20--10/24/21 trip. Party of two - me and my college daughter, who had a two day Fall break. We stayed at the Contemporary, and took advantage of the Early Entry on 10/21, 10/22, and 10/23. We did purchase
Genie+ for our trip, and I also qualify for a
DAS, and was fortunate to have pre-registered on-line prior to our trip. We also had a rental car, so we were nimble!
10/21 (Thursday)- Early Entry - Magic Kingdom. We walked over to Magic Kingdom from the Contemporary. Arrived super early to the walking security check point (before 7am). They opened the check point at 7:30am. We were first in line. After security, we walked to the tap styles, and were about the 10th in line. We tapped in at 7:50am, and headed over to the Tomorrowland bridge. Prior to the bridge, they confirmed our on-site resort status. We were then first at the rope. Promptly at 8:30am, we were walked over behind castmembers to the Space Mountain queue. We were first in line! We completed 10 attractions between 8:30am and noon, using rope drop, Genie+ LL, and my DAS pre-registration.
1 - Space Mountain - walk on
2 - Buzz lightyear - walk on
3 - Little Mermaid - walk on
4 - Haunted Mansion - Genie+ LL
5 - Tea Cups - walk on
6 - Seven Dwarves - DAS (off of ride at 9:53am)
7 - Winnie the Pooh - DAS
8 - Peter Pan - DAS advanced selection
9 - Pirates of the Caribbean - DAS selection
10 - Big Thunder - Genie+ LL
We enjoyed watching two of the Cavalcades.
We had lunch at Columbia Harbor House at noon (utilizing mobile order)
10/22 (Friday) - Early Entry - Hollywood Studios. We drove in our rental car to Hollywood Studios. Parking lot opening promptly at 7:30am. I was able to utilize the Handicapped parking. Our on-site resort status was confirmed, and we promptly tapped into the park a little after 7:30am. We briskly walked over to Mickey & Minnie Runaway Railway, and were first in line (two days in a row of rope dropping, and being first in line for an attraction!) Mickey and Minnie was a good choice since Rise of Resistance was down that morning. We accomplished 7 attractions prior to our 11:50am lunch at Mama Melrose's.
1 - Mickey & Minnie Runaway Railway - walk on
2 - Alien Saucer Swirl - walk-on
3 - Slinky Dog - DAS (time of 9:15am)
4 - Toy Story Midway Mania - DAS advanced selection 10am
5 - Mickey & Minnie Runaway Railway - DAS 10:28am
6 - Slinky Dog - Genie + LL 10:49am
7 - Rock n Rollercoaster - DAS advanced selection 11:05am
Lunch at Mama Melrose's - 11:50am - had an excellent experience
8 - Rise of the Resistance - DAS - 1:03pm
9 - Star tours - Genie+ LL - 1:49pm
10/23 - (Saturday) - Early Entry - Animal Kingdom. We drove in our rental car to Animal Kingdom. Parking lot opened promptly at 6:30am. I utilized the Handicapped parking. I don't remember when the tap-styles opened, but we waited for a while. We were about 10 back in line. After tapping in, our on-site status was confirmed prior to going to the area where we waited to head back to Flight of Passage. Then we walked back to another waiting area just prior to entering Pandora. Right at 7:30am, we were then walked back by cast members into the Flight of passage queue. Although not first in line this time (lol), we were in the first group on the attraction.
1 - Flight of Passage - 7:30am - walk-on
2 - Nav'i River- 8am - walk-on
3 - Flight of Passage - 8:30am - DAS
4 - Safari - 9am - Genie+ LL
5 - Everest - 9:50am - DAS
6 - Feathered Friends show - 10:30am - walk-on
7 - Everest - 11am - DAS
11:50 lunch at Tusker House - great service, however just too much food for my daughter and I, especially since neither of us are big meat eaters. I much preferred this restaurant as a buffet, rather than family style.
After lunch we headed out, since we were exhausted from attending Boo Bash the night before.
Let me know if you have any questions!
