May 12th.Does anyone know when talking Mickey will end? My 4 year old niece met him 2 years ago. It was her favorite memory. We’re taking her back in July. Any chance he’ll still be there?
May 12th.
We are traditionally rope drop people, but for our upcoming trip (end of June, beginning of July) I am definitely mixing it up this time. I have kids around the same age (15, 12, 10) and they prefer night hours for sure. That won't work for everything we want to do, but it will for some days. I get burned out on rope drop quickly - not only because it is early, but also because it is stressful. Some of those people are nuts. I hate the anxiety of wondering if the bus timing will work out, etc. So we are definitely doing it less than half the time on this trip. Anxious to see how it turns out. Stay tuned!
I agree. The first time I really experienced a true RD was when DD had an 8 am BBB appointment. As we were leaving everyone was coming up Main Street. The running, pushing, shoving and people DRAGGING their kids blew my mind. Other than that time, I arrive to the parks about 10 minutes before park opening if we do "RD" and I stay away from the crazies.
All this talk of RD craziness makes me glad we do it the way we do. We have FPs for that ride that everyone runs to at RD so we leisurely make our way to the next tier of attractions at RD. We did RD every day for a week (as well as one EMH a day) last November and never arrived more than 5 minutes before park opening, never ran anywhere, was never jostled by a crowd, never waited for the first ride of the day--or usually the next 5 or 6 for that matter.