patster734
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Apr 4, 2004
The advantage of the holding area is that it gets released earlier than the front gate which has to wait for the official opening because there’s a “welcome” show with many of the scareactors at the front gate. However, there’s no guarantee that the houses will open when the holding area gets released.You guys are all giving me valuable information.
I didn't realize that my HHN express pass wasn't unlimited. That means I will probably be limited to doing each house just once. My original plan was to divide the park in half, and do 5 houses, 2-3 scare zones, etc, on the first night and then do the remaining houses the second night. Each night, I planned to repeat any house that we wanted to before leaving the park. I guess I won't be doing that. I know that most people would have no problem getting through all 10 houses in one night with express passes, especially mid-September, but the whole reason we are doing two nights and express passes both nights is that I have a medical issue with one foot that is going to make the walking and standing in line that long difficult for me. My plan was to focus on just half of the park and use express passes in order to allow me to move slower and rest when I needed to.
If we are already in the park and we get in one of the holding areas, is there a separate line for those with express passes? I'm just wondering if there would be less waiting in line if I get in the holding area or if I stay outside the park and just enter through the hotel guest entrance when the gates open.
Last year we waited in the S&S by Finnegan’s. This location was also were the tainted candy scare zone was located. In this holding area, we had two lines: one for Witches Coven, and one for Halloween. The Halloween line was always longer. Some of the food booths had also opened. Many people got in line for one of the houses, others visited the food booths that were open, others checked out the scare zone sceneries, while others just mulled about waiting.
For those using express with S&S, they would get in the house line inside S&S, and then take the express line once they got to the house’s queue line entrance.