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[TheCodeMan95]

I know you miss the entire queue for single ride on Monsters - how much do you miss with Express? (this is honestly a general question for all rides)

 

[Brian G.]

By far the harshest reviews are coming from ride/coaster enthusiasts ("they should have built more rides", "they should add flat rides", "they should have filled the whole park like a carnival", etc)

I saw a review where they did not like the amount of space the Cosmos fountain took up, and suggested it could've been used for a ride.

 

[Wesker69]

That is fair in regards to the fountain. But the design of the "land" wouldn't really allow for a ride right there. So it's kinda whatever. Besides, it gives people a place to sit .....in the brutal hot sun..

Celestial Park should have more offerings in some capacity only because they count it as a 5th Universe/land & the hotel literally sits where another land would've gone (ignoring the expansion pad behind Stardust/Dragons). That's probably where complaints of "not enough" will stem from.

 

[Alicia]

I know you miss the entire queue for single ride on Monsters - how much do you miss with Express? (this is honestly a general question for all rides)

You skip all outdoors stuff and a couple of the rooms of the main queue, but in my opinion it’s nothing too important. The preshows are main priority and Express does not skip them.

I still think it’s worth waiting in standby at least once to see the whole manor, but it doesn’t have to be your first ride as long as you don’t skip preshows.

EDIT: All the Express lines are good and don’t miss anything important for the whole park as far as I’m concerned.

 

[bobbie68]

So I've been at Epic today since Early Entry (they let us in at 8:30am) and I'm shocked. I expected today to be packed and it's been very dead. I've ridden Monsters Unchained 5x, Hiccups 2x, Mine Cart x1 and Yoshi's x1. It's only 2pm. Very happy I came here for my birthday today!

I was there too and it was awesome! We did everything we wanted to and Blue Dragon opened and we were able to get a reservation for dinner. The food was great as well as the service.

Even though it was very low crowds there yesterday, the ride ops were great! They were efficient and had a good rhythm, especially Stardust Racers.

 

[Keladry84]

You skip all outdoors stuff and a couple of the rooms of the main queue, but in my opinion it’s nothing too important. The preshows are main priority and Express does not skip them.

I still think it’s worth waiting in standby at least once to see the whole manor, but it doesn’t have to be your first ride as long as you don’t skip preshows.

EDIT: All the Express lines are good and don’t miss anything important for the whole park as far as I’m concerned.

Does the single rider skip most of the sensory-type things in the queue? (like flashing lights, etc.)? I'm legit concerned about my ability to do even the express line from what I've seen/heard.

 

[tyro]

Does the single rider skip most of the sensory-type things in the queue? (like flashing lights, etc.)? I'm legit concerned about my ability to do even the express line from what I've seen/heard.

Yes it does skip them, however, there are still flashing lights at the loading roundtable station, but you will already be grouped with another party so you should really never stop moving once you’re in there and be on the RV within a few minutes.

 

[GAcoaster]

I saw a review where they did not like the amount of space the Cosmos fountain took up, and suggested it could've been used for a ride.

Maybe they can build the Polar Coaster there…

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

I saw a review where they did not like the amount of space the Cosmos fountain took up, and suggested it could've been used for a ride.

Presumably written by the guy who signed off on the Cars ride at Magic Kingdom.