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I think I read that the Forbidden Journey won't. I don't know about the others. But there's been speculation they'll be exempt from EP at the beginning anyway since that seems to have been US/IOA policy with other new rides.
But if I remember correctly, FJ is included in the rides open during the early admission hour.
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From what i've heard, the big HP ride is Forbidden Journey~ And that has no passes as of yet. People have mentioned the line can actually accomodate a 5+ hour wait time
The list below is from the Universal site as of this afternoon (6/15). Dueling Dragons is the old name for the coaster now called Dragon Challenge in WWoHP. But it doesn't address Flight of the Hippogriff one way or the other.
Hopefully they'll add it eventually but from what I've heard the line is part of the the ride, so they don't want you to miss out...I guess. But 5 hours, yikes hopefully there are bathrooms and food stands in there to help out.
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I cannot imagine waiting 5 hours for ANY ride--I don't have that kind of patience--or bladder!
Me either. We decided that it would be the FIRST ride that we did on our IOA day and then we can leisurely use our Express Pass for everything else I saw a YouTube video the other day for the Dueling Dragons queue and I saw an Express Pass sign
I cannot imagine waiting 5 hours for ANY ride--I don't have that kind of patience--or bladder!
When Cedar Point's Top Thrill Dragster had 4 hour waits, the employees actually gave out restroom passes. You can take a restroom pass, exit the line, and come back in where you left.
I would hate to stand in a 5 hour line with my bladder. I was OK with 75 hours. But 5 hours? The ride is awesome, but I don't want 5 hours for anything...well, maybe a kiss from a beautiful woman!
There has been much talk(in soft opening reviews) about the FJ line, & how there are NO restrooms, or water fountains, as well as only the occasional ceiling fan for air circulation. But they do say there is something to experience every inch of the way in theming! Lol there's your tradeoff!
There has been much talk(in soft opening reviews) about the FJ line, & how there are NO restrooms, or water fountains, as well as only the occasional ceiling fan for air circulation. But they do say there is something to experience every inch of the way in theming! Lol there's your tradeoff!
Most of that's true - no water fountains or rest rooms. I didn't even see any garbage cans to get rid of garbage. But then I was so enthralled with the everything, I may have missed them.
But there were fans in the greenhouse area to cool you off which is outside.
In the castle, it felt air conditioned. Someone did pass out in the line inside the castle though. We were near a Team member when it was reported, he called someone and there was lots of activity heading to the back of the line for awhile.
They weren't letting us bring in water bottles either during the time we went for soft opening. They even asked me if my little point and shoot camera would fit in my pocket (easily since I was wearing cargo shorts!) because nothing loose was allowed on the ride.
Turns out it didn't matter for me anyway since I was too bottom heavy to ride.
I forgot to answer the original question. LOL There is no express pass line for FJ, Dragon Challenge has one but it wasn't in use when we went (the wait was only 10 minutes according to DH). Flight of the Hippogriff was never set up for express pass so I don't know if they'll do it later. I kind of doubt it though. We didn't try to ride that when we were there. I wanted to do the Wand Experience and check out the stores instead before the area closed for the day.
And for kids needing to leave the line to go to the bathroom, all I can say is good luck. The que line is tight - it would be hard to squeeze by all the people to get out or back in. One woman and child had a team member escort her out and as they walked by me, the team member was saying they'd have to go back to the end of the line to ride. Yikes!
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Heck, I could drive halfway home from there in 5 hours!
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I saw a YouTube video the other day for the Dueling Dragons queue and I saw an Express Pass sign 
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