Hey everyone! I'm tryin to decide between one of two rides to go for during early entry on my upcoming trip. On one hand, I'd like to try and rope drop ROTR to get it out of the way. However, I know from watching the videos that it does have a tendency to not be functional for Early Entry. if I remember correctly, there would be no way to know if Rise is working until you go there, right? Should I just bite the bullet and buy an ILL for rise and go for ToT? (I'm going to be using Genie+ for Slinky; that much I've decided on). Any tips? Thank you!
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Hi Jane! You definitely can't count on Rise being open at Early Entry. I would say odds are 50/50 at best (at least in my experience). I'd say either knock out Sunset (Tower and Rock'n if it is open when you are here) and then MMRR during early entry and get the IALL for Rise if it is in your budget.
For what it's worth, for the 14 days we've been here, we've done Hollywood early entry 3 times and Rise was down for 2 of them!
I would go for ROTR - it's good to get it out of the way (and if you really love it you can grab an ILL for later in the day to do it again!) and worst case scenario if it's down you have time to get over to ToT and still snag a good place in line. I've rope dropped RotR several times and it's never been down for me. I hear it's more common than other rides but I would say you have a pretty good chance of it working.
Hope you have a great time and let us know what you end up doing and how it turns out!
We were in this exact position last week. You won't know if Rise is on a delayed start until you get there and they'll announce it. Aim to go for it on early entry (you'll still be able to get an ILL after Park opening) and you'll still be able to do Tower of Terror with no wait.
Last week we were at Early Entry an hour before it started (were 5th from the front), they let everyone in early and we rope dropped Slinky Dog and were off it by 8.20am and then did ToT 3 times with no wait. It was awesome!
If it’s within your budget, I’m all for buying an ILL and not stressing about what’s going to happen on that morning! (The fact that Tiana’s may not have ILL has me quite anxious!) Hopefully RnRC will be open again when you are there and can knock them both out with EE (At least that’s my plan!)