7 AM??!! That’s insane! What time did you line up, and what time did you actually get on? Alternatively, what time would you recommend lining up? We don’t have to be at the very front, but we are hoping to rope drop Slinky with a minimal wait time if possible (~30 minutes). Is this possible if you have any knowledge on that?We were there last week. Did DHS by Skyliner twice - on one day, it started right at 9am. On the second day, it started around 8:45am. The posted/stated start time is 9am. People start lining up as early as 7am.
For Epcot, it starts about 10am, but no need to get there earlier for that one.
7 AM??!! That’s insane! What time did you line up, and what time did you actually get on? Alternatively, what time would you recommend lining up? We don’t have to be at the very front, but we are hoping to rope drop Slinky with a minimal wait time if possible (~30 minutes). Is this possible if you have any knowledge on that?
Thank you!!! This is exactly the info I need!I just returned from my trip today. We lined up for the Skyliner at 8am and there were less than 10 parties in front of us. The Skyliner started running at exactly 8:45am and we were on within a minute or so of them letting people on. Once at DHS, they opened temperature check at 9:15am and we went straight into the park. We went straight to MMRR and were on the ride by 9:30am. I would imagine you would have very similar results by heading straight for Slinky.
7 AM??!! That’s insane! What time did you line up, and what time did you actually get on? Alternatively, what time would you recommend lining up? We don’t have to be at the very front, but we are hoping to rope drop Slinky with a minimal wait time if possible (~30 minutes). Is this possible if you have any knowledge on that?
Excellent! Thanks so much!We got to the Skyliner both days around 8:10am and there were maybe 30-40 parties in front of us both times. They brought us up to the loading platform around 8:30. On one day, the Skyliner started running around 8:45-8:50 and we were in the park by 9:20. The second day, the Skyliner started running at 9am and we were in the park by 9:30ish. Both days worked out fine. The first day we did Slinky Dog with a 10 minute wait, Aliens, and Smuggler's Run all before 10am. The second day we did MMRR with a 30 minute wait, posted was 45 minutes.
Our experience was before the ROTR boarding group changes,. With the boarding groups now going live from anywhere at 7am, the urgency to be inside the park prior to 10am is much less. IMO, there's no longer a reason for people to line up at the Skyliner that early anymore. There's still a benefit of being there when the park opens around 9:15ish because the lines are lowest then, but I would not break my back to get to the Skyliner by a set time. If we were going in the near future, we'd probably shoot for 8:30ish. I would say its totally doable to get on Slinky Dog with a less than 30 minute wait, especially if its a weekday.
So is it safe to say that the Skyliner start times (actual running time) from Pop to get to either HS or Epcot is one hour before park posted openings? Will be there soon and never been on Skyliner yet so trying to get all my ducks in a row.
ETA: may as well ask about park closing times too with Skyliner... runs until 90 minutes after park closing?
Sounds good... thank you!I believe the skyliner from Pop/AoA starts to run even earlier. When we went to HS, the skyliner from CBR to HS started running at 8:45 (for a 10am opening). People coming from Pop/AoA had already started arriving at the CBR station maybe a good 10 minutes or so before that (not sure of the exact time they started arriving).
You're correct, the skyliner runs for 90 minutes after park closing. At HS we waited in line for 20 minutes for the skyliner after park close. That put us on the skyliner after 8pm (7pm park close) and there was still just as long of a line once we were on the gondola & heading back to CBR. In that situation, I would imagine they just keep running the skyliner until there isn't a line anymore.
I know the posted time for skyliner to start To Hollywood Studios is 9.....is that when it actually starts? Or does it start earlier?