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Do you love Rise of the Resistance at Disney’s Hollywood Studios? We have great news for all hoping to enjoy this unbelievable attraction.
Rise of the Resistance
The hottest attraction in all of Disney World right now is Rise of the Resistance. 2.5 years after opening, it still consistently draws lines of 2 hours or more. With no virtual queue, you have a few options for riding. The first is to wait in the standby line. Your best chance of riding in less than an hour is by using Early Entry or getting in line right before closing.
The second option is to pay to ride. You can opt-out of the standby line using the Individual Lightning Lane option and ride with a confirmed return time. Guests hoping to purchase an Individual Lightning Lane must be prepared to make this selection right at 7:00 am. Typically these Individual Lightning Lanes sell our quickly.
Yesterday, August 28th, guests experienced a very interesting change that we hope may become a new trend.
Record Day for Rise of the Resistance
On August 28th, guests visiting Walt Disney World noticed that they could purchase an Individual Lightning Lane the entire day yesterday until 8:30 pm. We were amazed when we looked over the data collected by thrill-data.com. According to this graph, it appears that this may be a common trend.
It appears that guests visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios on Saturday, August 27th were able to purchase Individual Lightning Lanes until 2:30 pm with a return time of 8:30 pm. Today, August 29th, guests are still enjoying extended opportunities to purchase an Individual Lightning Lane for Rise of the Resistance.
On August 28th, guests visiting Walt Disney World noticed that they could purchase an Individual Lightning Lane the entire day yesterday until 8:30 pm.
At the time of this writing (August 29th at 2:30 pm), Individual Lightning Lane is still available for Rise of the Resistance. This will allow guests to enjoy this attraction for $15 each with a return time at 7:40 pm.
This is a very interesting trend for this highly sought-after attraction. We hope that this may become a new trend to allow more guests to enjoy this attraction.
What do you think of this new trend? Do you think we may continue to see availability for Rise of the Resistance? Share your thoughts with us on our Facebook Page.
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Janet
Saturday 3rd of September 2022
Can someone explain (again) why Disney will not bring back the fast pass option?
James
Wednesday 31st of August 2022
I wonder if they just increased the number of LL+ they sell. This brings Disney more revenue, and increases the time of the standby line, which also helps boost LL+ sales. I don’t see this as a good thing at all.
Monica Street
Wednesday 31st of August 2022
This week is incredibly slow. Wait times are very low so we think it's just availability vs Disney adding more.
A. H.
Wednesday 31st of August 2022
Yes, its is a tough bill to swallow for families. Although I wont let $60 stop my family from having the best time possible when I've already paid for hotels, dinners, park entry, gas and hours of driving. Still, it would be nice to not be hit with this cost. Perhaps after the paid queue continues to die down a bit they can give us family guys a break and reduce the cost to $10 or even $5 per ticket. Dare to dream!
Kelly
Tuesday 30th of August 2022
A lot of other people did, though, causing it to sell out early. Lately, it hasn’t. That’s the news.
Melissa
Monday 29th of August 2022
I don’t care if I CAN purchase it until close, I will not be paying $60 for my family of four to ride an individual ride! That kind of ticketing used to be reserved for roadside go carts and mini fairs in beach towns. Missing pre-Covid Disney everyday! Can’t believe our APs expired 14 months ago now.