Longest queue wait

meticulus9 · Post by **meticulus9** » Jun Thu 12, 2008 4:25 pm

pre-FP 60-70 min on splash/space/big thunder mtns

post fp: 45 min for big thunder (as I had a fp for splash) and safari

MadEye · Post by **MadEye** » Jun Thu 12, 2008 7:31 pm

A year before Disney-MGM Studios opened, my cousin was getting married and as a treat for me (I was 8), and a chance to get to know her future husband/ my future cousin, took me to my favorite park: EPCOT Center. I don't remember how long the line was, but it was outside the building and it was long enough to give me a sunburn!!!!

A little less than a month ago, we had Cast previews for Toy Story Mania and the wait time was posted at 70 minutes but it was really 50. And when they had Cast previews for Everest, the wait was 120 minutes!!!

SWHorn · Post by **SWHorn** » Jun Fri 13, 2008 12:36 pm

spaulo wrote:Haha... when Indiana Jones Adventure first came out at Disneyland 10 years ago, and mind you this was pre-FastPass, the line used to lead out of Adventureland towards the hub, curl through the hub back into Frontierland, past Big Thunder Mountain and up near the walkway to Fantasyland... you darn near stood in four different lands to get on this ride, and once you got to the attraction, there was a huge cattle-line switchback setup, and then once you hit the show building, it's another half mile down (technically, out of the park, into the old Eeyore parking lot).

The wait... I kid you not... topped two and a half hours.

I can attest to this. I tell people the same story all the time about how crazy ridiculous that line was when it opened. And it is, by far, the longest line I have ever waited in.

WDW Splash Mountain for nearly 2 hours in the dead middle of the summer would be second.

But, I never wait in lines like that anymore. Fastpass and not going at peak times makes a huge difference.

EDIT - I forgot about Test Track, way back in the beginning. We were there on some AP preview night or something, and we got in the line a little while before park closing. Well, in typical Test Track fashion, it broke down. So, we all sat there and waited (forever and ever) because the park was closed and there was nothing else to do. Funny thing is that that's where I first heard about the college program, while talking to a cast member in the line.

SimonTemplar · Post by **SimonTemplar** » Jun Sat 14, 2008 9:22 am

I waited for over two hours on Splash Mountain back in the mid-90s. The bad thing about it is that you bake in the sun for the back part of the queue (not good in summer months).

AJBARTH · Post by **AJBARTH** » Jun Sat 14, 2008 12:01 pm

One July we spent atleast 1:45 in line for Splash Mountain. The whole back section was one big line.

spodie · Post by **spodie** » Jun Sun 15, 2008 9:43 pm

90 minutes for Rock n' Rollercoaster, which I guess isn't too bad considering some of the wait times people are posting. Thank goodness for their new single rider line...

ctrain2281 · Post by **ctrain2281** » Jun Mon 16, 2008 10:36 am

Single rider lines to Disney World! Thank goodness! It is the one thing that I was waiting for Disney to implement. Seems like all the other major amusement parks that I've been to had it (Universal in LA, Busch Gardens, VA, etc.)

bluesky481 · Post by **bluesky481** » Jun Fri 20, 2008 2:23 pm

I remember waiting in line for Splash Mountain for 90 minutes (pre-fastpass). I will no longer wait in line for more than 30 or 40 minutes...I'd rather come back later or grab a fastpass.

Figment of Imagination · Post by **Figment of Imagination** » Jun Sat 28, 2008 11:39 am

The longest I've waited in the recent past was for Rockin' Rollercaoster with about at least a Hour and 45 Mins. Because it was later in the day and it was out of fast passes, and the person I was with Had to get their Rollercoaster fix. I can remember being a child and all the rides had at least an hour wait each. The Pirates of the Caribbean line use to come out of the stone hall all the time, there were even holes in the ground where they could extend the line with metal poles almost all the way out to the old Barker Bird. Thank goodness, for park expansion, and Fast Passes.

WVParkfan · Post by **WVParkfan** » Jul Tue 01, 2008 1:55 pm

90 minutes for Soarin' because our DS14 insisted that we see it. It was worth the wait for two reasons: one, it is an awesome ride, and two because it made our son very happy, which made our entire day happy.

Other than that, I've never waited more than 40 minutes for anything at WDW. We usually do a really good job of planning and using FP's.

agingerbugg · Post by **agingerbugg** » Jul Tue 01, 2008 2:02 pm

Okay, you are all going to think I am crazy (which I am), but I waited for almost three hours for Test Track when it first opened. It had been open for two weeks, the sign said it was a 90 minute wait. We got in line, made it halfway through the queue and the ride broke. Unfortunatly this was before fp, so there was no leaving the line and coming back later. And by god I was not going to leave and get back into the line.

Chernabog · Post by **Chernabog** » Jul Wed 02, 2008 1:12 pm

I can't remember which ride specifically but back in the early 90's in the summer (July & Aug) it felt like every ride worth getting on was 1.5 to 2.5 hours to wait. Brutal, especially w/the heat!

99Soulz · Post by **99Soulz** » Jul Wed 02, 2008 3:44 pm

I think Test Track back in the day, before FP, was my longest wait - maybe tied with Space Mountain around 90 mins. Now with FP, I don't think I will ever wait longer than say 30-45 mins for any attraction........I HOPE.

jcodirewolf · Post by **jcodirewolf** » Jul Wed 02, 2008 7:55 pm

The longest I've waited in the FPE (that is the Fast Past Era) is an hour or so. But I will say it's not by choice, we never enter a queue with a wait time of more than 30-40 minutes. But you get into the queue for say Test Track and the ride stops, or you get into the line for Everest and the CMs decide that people in stand-by are just that STANDING-BY.

BFP (Before Fast Pass) I've waited on Space Mountain for several hours (I've seen the SM line out the door, and a good ways toward the castle.)

johno

Captain Schnemo · Post by **Captain Schnemo** » Jul Wed 02, 2008 9:05 pm

I was always a casual WDW visitor, so the longest I ever waited for something was over an hour for Splash Mountain...because I lost an argument.

I was recently at Islands of Adventure by myself (which I would otherwise never go to in the summer, but I had a free ticket), and I made a point of never getting in a line with more than a 20 minute wait. I am used to staying on-site and getting the free go-to-the-head-of-the-line superpower, so having to wait for things again was a bit of culture shock.

Anyway, I noticed that the wait times were sort of quantum...the mere act of posting the minutes changed the wait time. Past a certain point, people would start moving on to other attractions and a too low time would create a rush of people filing into the attraction.

With a little patience (and the ability to amuse myself in the Jurassic playground or on the DDR machine in the Marvel arcade), I avoided any long waits and still managed to ride everything I wanted to. A thunderstorm also cleared the waits for the outdoor rides and allowed me to do a couple of things that had been hour long waits all day.

Still, that required a lot of flexibility and the patience to walk past 3 or 4 attractions I really wanted to go on so I could come back to them later. I can see that this could be very difficult with impatient kids. That said, I can't imagine going to a theme park and waiting 90 minutes just go on a ride, no matter how good it is. You can watch a whole movie in that time! It makes no sense to me to do that on vacation.

Then again, I have the option to go when crowds are light, and I guess most families with kids don't.

I just don't understand how anyone who goes to WDW in July or August enjoys it, between the heat and the crowds.