Get in line really early, like by 3pm there will be a line of people waiting to get into the holding area. Entrance is by the statue where NY meets San Francisco. You probably won’t be let into the pen until after 4, but as soon as you tap in, you hustle down the street, turn left down the alley towards Transformers, then turn right and go into the ST4 line. You want to be in the first holding pen. People in the first pen will be held there until about 5, at which point you will be allowed across the street to preload the queue for the 5:15 opening.
After you get through, immediately go to Dueling Dragons (entrance near the library). It is the other house that opens at 5:15, and should be an extremely short wait, possibly a walk-on, depending on how far up you were in the ST4 queue.
After Dueling Dragons, head back down towards the Rip Ride Rocket stage where you’ll enter the Exorcist queue. This house is supposed to open at 5:30, but some nights will open a bit later, depending on how soon they are able to clear day guests.
If things go as planned, you’ll be done with all three houses at 6, or thereabouts.
Now, you can either go to Chucky OR go to Yeti, which both open at 6. My advice is to do Yeti first. It’s right there, so no doubling back. Moreover, Chucky has its own stay and scream waiting area, but it’s a relatively small crowd compared with the NY crowds. By the time you get finished with Yeti, the S&S people will be finishing up, and your line will be really short. If you end up taking more time getting through the first three houses, and it’s like 6:15 when you’re out of Exorcist, just go directly to Chucky because the line for Yeti will have grown enough that you’ll hit a wait there and a longer wait at Chucky.
After Chucky, you can hustle to the back houses and still have a decently short wait. Dr. Oddfellow’s line tends to build faster and move slower than Darkest Deal.
a win!
