Is this still the case? We got our trip next week, and all the techniques in this thread are new to me. Do the other things (fishing, accelerating, etc.) still work?
Everything should still be working. As noted above, the only big change has been MEPs at Disneyland are apparently limited to LL attractions now (plus Pirates, I think).
We used this technique last week. Our MEP had two listed exclusions (Peter Pan and Rise), but the only non-LL ride I remember seeing listed as included was Pirates. I didn't try to use it on a non-LL attraction, though. We kept it in our pocket all day to accelerate and then used it for a second ride on Indiana Jones in the evening. We received it on MMRR.
So MMRR must be Golden Tier. I wonder if the others remained the same tier or they "removed" one from that tier to add MMRR?
Does that mean if we get a MEP in the morning we can ride all future LL bookings immediately?
Yes. We got ours early and when I used our first non-mep lighting lane, I'd just book the next geographically closest LL ride. Very efficient. And I didn't have to worry about getting the same return time as the other family we were with.
Only if you get a gold tier MEP. Silver tier MEP won't work with gold tier rides.
So the weird thing is, they aren't the same barcode. The actual pattern that is scanned is different. (take screenshots and compare!). However, for the sake of accelerating, they function the exact same way. To "ease suspicion" or at least not have to take 10 minutes to try and explain to a CM what you're doing (not that this has ever happened to me or anything...) just use the multi-experience pass barcode. It still works - I've done it.
But the bar code for your actual LL is not available to view (and thus scan in with) until your LL window opens. So if you are accelerating, you can only either scan your MEP barcode or your ticket barcode, since your LL is for a later time. If the LL barcode is up to scan, you can just scan in because you are within your time window for that LL.
It is rare when they know. Most of the time they will only know what attraction is down for rehab.
Now that Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway is no longer an ILL just wanted to chime in and say that it is on the Golden Tier list. Just got one this morning.
You are correct! If you have a MEP and LL scheduled, it will use the LL. Of course, your MEP needs to be the appropriate tier. (You can also scan your ticket barcode).
Yes! And you have to be VERY careful when you scan in. I have thought that someone didn’t scan properly and rescanned them. That “burned“ their MEP. So sad…. So be very careful when you scan that each person‘s MEP only gets scanned once per ride.
Yep, just did it a couple weeks ago.
This is my first trip using 
