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Just a quick note here today for anyone planning a visit to Disneyland over Labor Day weekend, August 31-September 2. Note that Disney is deviating from the normal early entry schedule for the parks, moving the Disneyland early entry that would normally happen on Saturday to Sunday, and moving the DCA early entry (for hotel guests only) from Sunday to Saturday. We’ve updated RideMax accordingly.
Happy planning!
For Disney World RideMax customers who may not have noticed, we’ve just updated our “FastPass Tips & Tricks” page. You can view our updated advice in the “Tips & Hints” section of RideMax itself.
One item contained in this update is that the FastPass machines for the Dinosaur attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, shown above, are “disconnected” from the rest of the FastPass network. This allows you to obtain a FastPass for this ride even if you may have just obtained another one for a different attraction. The advice also lists other FastPass machines which are “off-network,” as well as a FastPass loophole for one of the parks that not too many seem to be aware of.
And of course, if you’re using RideMax to create your custom touring plans for Walt Disney World, the software is aware of these loopholes and can use them to your advantage when it creates your plans.
If you’re a Disney World RideMax subscriber, head on over to RideMax and check out the newly updated advice!
Continuing with our summer updates, we’ve just updated our advice for viewing the World of Color show at DCA. This advice is now available to RideMax subscribers, and can be found on the “Shows and Parades” page in the RideMax “Tips & Hints.”
Happy Planning!
Just a quick note here on an update to our DCA estimates.
While preparing our Disneyland RideMax update for the remainder of July today, I noticed on the Disneyland refurbishment list the following note:
“Now – January 1, 2014: Tower of Terror will operate at reduced capacity during routine maintenance.”
This reinforces the feedback I received recently from a customer, who indicated that on the date of his visit, Disney wasn’t offering FastPasses for Tower of Terror. My guess is that Disney had actually run out of FastPasses before the customer arrived at the attraction that day, rather than not offering them at all. (Luckily, the customer ended up OK, as he was given his choice of FastPasses when another attraction he was riding broke down during his ride.)
In looking at recent FastPass return times for Tower of Terror, they do indeed seem to be running quite a bit later into the day than what I’d normally expect to see. It’s quite likely that Disney has cut back on the number of FastPasses they issue for this attraction, which of course causes later return windows, especially in the late morning, afternoon, and evening hours.
As a result of the reduced capacity here, we’ve updated our Tower of Terror FastPass return time estimates for all dates currently on the RideMax calendar. I recommend for those of you who have already created plans which include Tower of Terror, that you create new plans instead.
Happy Planning!
We’re recently back from another extensive multi-day Disneyland Resort visit. And with Cars Land approaching its one-year anniversary, we’ve made an important update to our Cars Land advice, available to subscribers from within the RideMax application itself.
The real focus of the update is on Radiator Springs Racers (pictured above), as right now it’s the most difficult attraction to board without a significant wait in the entire Disneyland Resort. The update is focused on strategies for reducing your wait — and the strategy can change depending on the day of the week and time of the day. Along with the advice, we’ve included pictures, which I hope will make the advice more clear, especially for those who might be visiting Cars Land for the first time.
For RideMax customers, you can find the updated advice in the RideMax “Tips & Hints” area. Look for the page simply titled, “Cars Land Advice.”
And finally, if you’ve visited Cars Land since its opening, what did you think? Did you enjoy these new attractions? Please leave your thoughts in the comments below!
