Maleficent's Dad
07-05-2007, 07:17 PM
I feel pretty lucky as I was able to ride the Subs this week (Tuesday, July 3). There's a lot of hype for this ride, and the lines have been insane lately.
I'll share with you my observations:
If you want to go in the morning, either be first at the gate or be prepared to wait. The chaos that has ensued this past week with people sprinting to Nemo has been appalliing to me. You need to be in the park first, and then walk quickly (although thousands of people do indeed run) towards the Matterhorn. They have CM's directing everyone towards the Nemo lines. There is NO confusing where to go any longer.
If you want to beat the crowds, here's one bit of advice: Do not take the monorail thinking you'll be ahead of the game. Nothing can be further from the truth. They do not start the monorails until the gates have been opened at the park (at least this week). You will have a minimum of a 90 minute wait by taking the monorail (at least with these current waits). The people at the gates will beat you by a mile.
We were travelling with our kids - so no sprinting for us. We had to come up with another solution. I recalled what I read here on Intercot - :rocks:
We waited until the evening fireworks to give the line a try. No easy task for us as we are NOT night owls and we ARE early risers. But alas, DW planned ahead and had the kids napping that afternoon.
The posted time was 90 minutes - the shortest we've seen in 4 days at the parks to this point. We walk over and ask the CM's. They tell us that the wait is really about an hour from the point it was at. They also said it was the shortest they've really seen it during normal operating hours.
So, we jumped on.
We talked to many CM's about it - and if you're not first in the parks when they open, later in the night is the next best thing.
Also - everyone I spoke to agreed with this - guests and CM's - that after this initial summer rush, they don't anticipate constant wait times like this. Nemo is a good ride, but simply not that good! The CM's believed that this insanity will be short lived. The lines will be long next summer, but not like they are now. My family tends to agree. We will go on it again - but would never wait an hour or more for it again!
So my advice - take it or leave it - is to go early (EE works best - I believe the only weekday without EE was Wednesday for those on property) OR to go very late. Either way you're okay - but for now, try queueing up at 10 AM and you'll be there for 3-4 hours! (One day the wait time posted was 180 minutes. The CM told me that this was being very generous and the time was likely an hour longer than that!)
If there are any questions, feel free to ask! :nemo: :dory:
I'll share with you my observations:
If you want to go in the morning, either be first at the gate or be prepared to wait. The chaos that has ensued this past week with people sprinting to Nemo has been appalliing to me. You need to be in the park first, and then walk quickly (although thousands of people do indeed run) towards the Matterhorn. They have CM's directing everyone towards the Nemo lines. There is NO confusing where to go any longer.
If you want to beat the crowds, here's one bit of advice: Do not take the monorail thinking you'll be ahead of the game. Nothing can be further from the truth. They do not start the monorails until the gates have been opened at the park (at least this week). You will have a minimum of a 90 minute wait by taking the monorail (at least with these current waits). The people at the gates will beat you by a mile.
We were travelling with our kids - so no sprinting for us. We had to come up with another solution. I recalled what I read here on Intercot - :rocks:
We waited until the evening fireworks to give the line a try. No easy task for us as we are NOT night owls and we ARE early risers. But alas, DW planned ahead and had the kids napping that afternoon.
The posted time was 90 minutes - the shortest we've seen in 4 days at the parks to this point. We walk over and ask the CM's. They tell us that the wait is really about an hour from the point it was at. They also said it was the shortest they've really seen it during normal operating hours.
So, we jumped on.
We talked to many CM's about it - and if you're not first in the parks when they open, later in the night is the next best thing.
Also - everyone I spoke to agreed with this - guests and CM's - that after this initial summer rush, they don't anticipate constant wait times like this. Nemo is a good ride, but simply not that good! The CM's believed that this insanity will be short lived. The lines will be long next summer, but not like they are now. My family tends to agree. We will go on it again - but would never wait an hour or more for it again!
So my advice - take it or leave it - is to go early (EE works best - I believe the only weekday without EE was Wednesday for those on property) OR to go very late. Either way you're okay - but for now, try queueing up at 10 AM and you'll be there for 3-4 hours! (One day the wait time posted was 180 minutes. The CM told me that this was being very generous and the time was likely an hour longer than that!)
If there are any questions, feel free to ask! :nemo: :dory: