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brookview
11-04-2009, 10:53 AM
Hi! I am wondering how the lines for soarin, are in November?Thanks!:mickey:

Reedy Creek Buccaneer
11-04-2009, 11:24 AM
LONG!!! Grab a FASTPASS!

pamickeys
11-04-2009, 02:49 PM
just as long as ever

Stu29573
11-04-2009, 03:58 PM
In June we did the "go there first, ride it and then grab a Fastpass" thing, and it worked well...

Polynesian Dweller
11-04-2009, 05:00 PM
Soarn is a slow loading ride so even a relatively small crowd can make the rude queue a long one. This will be a FastPass ride for a long time.

devoted93
11-07-2009, 11:44 AM
I was there on Tuesday and it was up near an hour by 11 am. We fastpassed it. We never went back to check later but I imagine the line just continued to grow throughout.

cather74
11-07-2009, 06:33 PM
It's always long. We fastpass go on test track then go back and do it. then fast pass it again for the way out later.

Lakin
11-07-2009, 06:36 PM
As long as always - Longer around Thanksgiving.

CaptSmee
11-10-2009, 09:19 PM
it's strange...the lines for Soarin in CA are so much shorter than the lines for Soarin in FL. don't get it...there are pretty much lines all day long at Soarin. We head there 1st get a fp, then get in standby to ride it twice. :cool:

Granny Jill A
11-17-2009, 02:14 PM
I just got back, and while the crowds were down, the lines for Soarin' were long. Everyone seemed to head there first.

Disnamic Duo
11-23-2009, 02:38 PM
We just got back also. We were at EPCOT last Monday (11/16), and we literally walked onto Soarin' in the afternoon! NO wait at all. We walked ALL the way to the place where you see the video. It was a GREAT week at WDW!!

DisneyFanaticDargon
11-24-2009, 12:50 PM
Don't know where half the people in this thread were going, but I was just at Epcot last Monday and I literally walked on to Soarin...the wait never went above 15 minutes all day.

MickeyMousse
11-24-2009, 01:48 PM
we were there 11/14-11/21 and the longest we waited was for 10 minutes! we even were able to grab fast passes and ended up riding twice in a row.:thumbsup:

22ridesandtheTOL
11-24-2009, 07:02 PM
I was also there from the 14th through the 21st. The lines for Soarin' were no more than 20 minutes. I was able to ride it four times in less than 24 hours. Of course, by the fourth time I was a tad disoriented. ;)

SignguyTom
11-27-2009, 10:06 AM
it's strange...the lines for Soarin in CA are so much shorter than the lines for Soarin in FL. don't get it...there are pretty much lines all day long at Soarin. We head there 1st get a fp, then get in standby to ride it twice. :cool:

While WDW guests come from everywhere, a much higher percentage of DLR guests are locals. I suppose they aren't as excited to wait in a line to see a flyover their home state.

:twocents:

brookview
12-15-2009, 10:48 AM
thanks guys! thanks a ton!:mickey:

2Epcot
12-15-2009, 12:15 PM
While WDW guests come from everywhere, a much higher percentage of DLR guests are locals. I suppose they aren't as excited to wait in a line to see a flyover their home state.

:twocents:

There are still enough people in CA interested in going on Soarin' Over Californa that I will always get a a FASTPASS. I did it last week when I took my in-laws on it for the first time. Why stand in a 15 to 20 min. line when we can just walk on.

SubNET3
12-16-2009, 06:25 PM
no getting around the wait for this one, even with a FP you still end up waiting 10+ min from the concourse entrance to load. only sad part about thwe attraction is that since it is not a circuit the line must wait for each cycle to finish, think Astro Orbitor, even with a short line it still takes forever lol.

handmaidenofprincesses
12-18-2009, 09:14 PM
Even if Fastpasses are available, if the wait isn't too ridiculous (less than an hour) I would still reccommend waiting in the standby line, at least once... The interactive games along the way are so much fun, even if they tire you out a bit. (Although last time we were there, the games weren't turned on... I was mad lol)

kbauer
12-20-2009, 10:02 PM
I was also there from the 14th through the 21st. The lines for Soarin' were no more than 20 minutes. I was able to ride it four times in less than 24 hours. Of course, by the fourth time I was a tad disoriented. ;)

That's when the DW and I were there as well. No lines ANYWHERE, it was GREAT!

JPL
12-21-2009, 07:38 AM
it's strange...the lines for Soarin in CA are so much shorter than the lines for Soarin in FL. don't get it:cool:

The DCA version has double the capacity of the WDW version. Also the make up of the crowd differs it's more of a local crowd and they don't always have to ride it

Melanie
12-21-2009, 09:18 AM
The DCA version has double the capacity of the WDW version.

Double? That doesn't sound right. I've ridden both several times and didn't realize there was a difference. The queue's themselves are very different, but once you go on the left or right ramp it all seems the same. :confused:

NotaGeek
12-21-2009, 10:36 AM
You're right Mel ... the attraction is the same. I think the longer lines might be due to the fact that its Soarin' over California -- and you're already in California, added to the fact that the rides been there since the park opened, so its not the newest thing any more.

JPL
12-21-2009, 07:10 PM
There are 2 theaters & ride systems in DCA and only 1 in Epcot that is how capacity is doubled. The actual theaters are identical so you wouldn't notice a difference.

Melanie
12-21-2009, 07:27 PM
There are 2 theaters & ride systems in DCA and only 1 in Epcot that is how capacity is doubled. The actual theaters are identical so you wouldn't notice a difference.

There are 2 theaters in Epcot. I'm confused. :confused:

ETA: I've just had it confirmed - they are identical with the exact same capacity.