Or for a nap if you’re traveling with toddlers 😊. Love your videos so much. Thanks for everything you do!

@@tfoxx32 , I was just gonna add what you recommended. Rob great video again with easy to understand steps on how things work.

Great idea!

We also had to go back to the hotel in the afternoon for a few hours to get out of the worst of the heat, before returning around 6-7 for dinner and more rides.

Hi Ear Scouts. I just began watching your videos and love them. I do have a question about lighting lane and the 2 hour and not following the 2 hour rule you mentioned in your sleeping in video for Hollywood studios. I plan to also sleep in one day and hit Hollywood studios around lunch time. Should I begin booking at 7am or when park opens?

Awesome - nicely done! 🙌 We love hearing about people’s visits to the park so thank you for sharing. 😃

Wow - that’s the highest compliment we can receive - thank you so much! 😃

Thank YOU so much for watching and supporting our channel, Timea. 😀

We’re glad you found it - thanks for watching! 😃

Hi Athena - thanks so much for making our videos part of your Disney planning. We’re so glad you’re feeling good about your trip, that’s always our goal. 😀

Thank YOU so much for watching and leaving this lovely comment. 😊

Thank YOU for watching, Marcus! 😃

Awesome - so glad to hear it, Anthony. 😃 Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to let us know how your trip went - we really appreciate it!

Hope it’s going well! Thanks for watching! 😃

Thanks so much, Amy! Hopefully our paths cross while you’re here. And thanks for the suggestions for future content. 😃

I hadn’t even thought about that, but you’re right. This is perfect for folks flying in with a shorter day at their first park. Thanks for watching! 😃

Such a good idea !

Hi Giovanni - it’s always nice to have at least one sleep-in day. Try to do it on the park day(s) you expect to be less busy and you’ll be surprised how much you can pack in. Hope you enjoy the video. 🙂

@@EarScouts Video was very helpful as always. We will be in WDW for a week in July, I guess we will see if we're disciplined enough to sleep in! Thank you always for the great information.

Every now and then you actually CAN get the best of both worlds. 😂 Thanks for watching!

Yes, if you’re worried about a ride (cough*slinky*cough, cough) running out of Lightning Lanes, you can always grab it a little after 7 and then hit the snooze button. Thanks for watching! 😃

Hi Diana - thanks for watching this one. Glad you enjoyed it! I feel like planning out a longer trip is so specific to the person, family or group. There is SO much to do here beyond the parks. I would always suggest taking at least 1-2 days on a trip of that length and enjoying the resorts, water parks, Disney Springs and other fun activities. That said, some folks are all about the parks, in which case I’d say do all four, but double up on reservations for Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios because they tend to have the most attractions people want to do (and maybe do again 😄). Thanks for the suggestion! 👍

@@EarScouts , Rob that is so true!! We have done 7 Disney world vacations most being 7 days long and we are also in the parks. We love the lands and the rides! Even with an entire week I feel like there is just so much to do!! On this vacation we tried the water parks, and I'm so glad we did!! I wouldn't have tried that if it weren't for your videos! Thanks for being so amazing!!! 💜💜

Thanks, Diana. 😊 I’m so glad you enjoyed the water parks. They’ve ruined pools for me. Now I’m like “I COULD go to the pool, but I’d really prefer a lazy river…” 🤣

@@EarScouts, right I really enjoyed the lazy river at blizzard beach. So relaxing after hitting the parks all week 😌

Hi Kendra! Good question, but unfortunately it does not. Every modified Lightning Lane will behave exactly like the original Lightning Lane that was booked before modification. The two hours count down from that initial booking and any LL booked thereafter will become the most recent. Thanks for watching! 😃

You never know - we occasionally look for families like we did with the Genie with a Large Group video. We usually post here and on Facebook when we need help like that. Thanks for watching! 😃

Hi Craig - good to hear from you. The weather and crowds have both been crazy. 😂 One day it is hot and we go swimming and the next day it is so sold we need to wear coats. I think it is finally about to be nice and warm for the rest of the season, but we're still in a little bit of a cold snap. As for the crowds, there have been a LOT of Spring Breakers. Erick and I were at Magic Kingdom the other day and saw the longest line for security we have ever experienced. This week has been a little better, though. Hopefully the crowds will get smaller after Easter. Hope you have a great week - don't forget to think happy thoughts. 😃

Hi Bryanna - that’s a GREAT time to come. Lower crowd levels, cooler temperatures, less chance of rain. The only downside is that Disney tends to do refurbishments right after the holidays, but they try to stagger them so not too much is closed at the same time.

I think that sounds like a good plan, especially if you're planning to stay until park close. I always recommend having either rope drop or park close in your plan because those are the two most productive periods of the typical park day. Hope you have an amazing vacation and thanks for making our videos part of your planning process. 😃

@@EarScouts Oh yeah, definitely gonna close out the parks!! We aren't huge fireworks people either, so we're planning on using that time to hop on Jungle Cruise or Big Thunder, or whatever else we hadn't gotten done yet :)

Big Thunder during the fireworks is amazing. It’s my favorite thing to do when I’m not watching in front of the castle.

When you grab the LL at 7am you may end up getting a return time before 10am. Just grab it and modify it because if you back out and try to get a different return time you might get an even worse return time. Grab what you can get at 7am and then try to modify it if it's not to your liking. Just as an aside but after grabbing my LL at 7am and trying to modify the time shortly after that no actual return times showed up. Maybe Rob will know if there's a time that the return times start appearing or maybe it was a glitch for me but I only noticed the return times showing as we were on the way to the parks for early entry.

Correct - in the little blue bar at the top of the Tip Board. This is a good thing to remind people. Thanks!

@@EarScouts I mentioned this in another comment below... After grabbing my LL at 7am and trying to modify the time shortly after that no actual return times showed up. Do you see times usually when trying to modify it that soon after booking at 7am? Maybe it was a glitch for me I have no idea.

Hello! We have one for MK already. You can see it here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/eMWbf5iD2b-scZs.html We’re planning to do the others soon. Thanks for watching! 😃

@@EarScouts you are awesome thank you!!!!!!!!

Thanks so much, Michelle! You’ll have to let us know how it goes. Thanks for watching! 😃

Hi Stacey - what we mean is that if the Lightning Lane you are actively modifying is a ride in a different park, you wouldn’t be able to change it to a ride in the current park. It doesn’t matter which park you are physically in. If you book Hollywood Studios rides all day while you’re physically at Epcot, it will be fine to modify them to other Hollywood Studios rides. You just wouldn’t be able to turn a reservation for Spaceship Earth at Epcot into one for Slinky Dog Dash at Hollywood Studios. Does that make sense? Thanks for watching! 😃

Yes thank you!

Hi Daphne! I would say it is rare for Slinky to be completely gone by the time the park opens, but it can happen on very busy days. Even if it shows as gone, I would say it is almost certain that you would get it by playing the slots for a little bit in the morning. If you want to be extra safe, get it before 7:30 or so. Hope you have an amazing trip - thanks for making our videos part of your plan. 😀

​@Ear Scouts I was there last Wednesday during a busy day. We rope dropped slinky and got a LL for MMRR for 10:30am when booking at 7am. I was playing the slots all day keeping Slinky at the top of the tip board along with my other priority ride and never once did I see Slinky available for any time that day. I know it's luck but even when we left the park at 7pm I still didn't see any availability for slinky...and the standby wait was 2+ hours all day. Thanks again for your videos. We absolutely used your advice to take advantage to get on 80-85% of the rides at Disney. Your advice definitely made our first trip to Disney a much more memorable one.

@@Newfeeflip9 That’s surprising, but good to know. Was your party larger than 4, by chance? Thanks so much for watching and taking the time to let us know how your trip went - we really appreciate it!

@@EarScouts we had a party of 4. Funny enough as we were waiting for our bus to leave the park I was showing a stranger how to play the slots and slinky became available. She quickly grabbed the return time on her phone and got off the bus to go back and ride it with her family!

That’s good to know. Thanks! Glad you got to ride it at rope drop.

Hello and congratulations! 🎉 If you have early entry because you are staying at a qualifying resort hotel, you could definitely try to squeeze in a ride before breakfast. I wouldn’t recommend Rise because you would very likely be late for breakfast - it’s a very long ride and can take 20 minutes even if you’re at the very front of the line. If you do not have early entry, this would get trickier. Let me check with a Cast Member and let you know what they say, but my suspicion is that they may only allow you to enter and head to the restaurant, not queue for a ride. Thanks for watching! 😃

@@EarScouts Thank you Rob! Love your videos bud. More power and blessings

Hello again - I have not used it much - only as a member of a group where someone had DAS. For that, you just wait whatever the posted wait is and then you are free to ride. You can use DAS and Genie at the same time to get a lot done very quickly.

It is on the list and coming soon - thanks so much for watching our videos! 😃

Hello! It is there around 3:18 in the video. I didn't actually have to play the slots much at all. The later ones I may have played the slots for a few minutes, but I didn't end up modifying beyond that. We got pretty lucky with great return times. Thanks for watching! 😃

Oops! I totally missed seeing that. Thank you!!

Great video

Hi Sergio - I actually film everything with my iPhone 14 Pro. I also use a DJI OM6 gimbal to keep it smooth: www.amazon.com/dp/B0B7XD7R43/ref=cm_sw_r_as_gl_api_gl_i_S8SGYYKVE8YGE30SVMF5?linkCode=ml1&tag=earscouts-20 (Note that we make a small commission if you buy with our Amazon links) Thanks for watching! 😃

@@EarScouts Thank you very much! just started watching your videos (I'm going to Disney World on October) and the couldn't be more helpful! :)

Hi Casey - we wish it did, but sadly it starts at regular park opening time. Thanks for watching! 😃

As long as you don’t have more than 2 in the same hour, you should be fine. I often have two rides booked for roughly the same time and it is typically not a problem to do both. Keep in mind that you have a grace period of 5 minutes before your return window and 20 minutes after, so you have a good bit of leeway. Now you wouldn’t want 3 at the same time, but if the third overlaps just a little (say 15 minutes of overlap) it’s still probably fine. That said, do you want to hustle from ride to ride? It’s really a matter of personal preference how tightly you want to book. Hope that helps!

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Hi Andy - I think we ended up waiting about 50 minutes. We left the park right at 9pm. I can’t remember if it closed at 9 or 9:30 that night. Thanks for watching! 😃

Hi Thomas! I typically include that info when I’m not using Genie Plus. With the Genie, it’s always a pretty short wait. Almost always less than 5 minutes and rarely more than 10. Thanks for watching! 😃

Hello - great question. This is why I started booking at park open rather than at 7am. Since the two hour rule doesn't start counting until park opens and you are likely to find return times that are too early, it is only beneficial to book at 7am if you are planning to be in the park within two hours of its opening time. That said, if you book a ride too early, you can just use the modify feature and you'll be able to get a later time very easily. Thanks for watching! 😃

Remember he also said it depends on the time of year. Some rides sell out of LL within minutes of 7 am during peak season, so you'd probably want to book those shortly after 7 am to avoid missing it completely. For example, Slinky Dog Dash sells out pretty quick so I'd still try to get that at 7 am on busy days as it could still be 5 or 6 pm shortly after 7 am.

Hi Cheryl! I assume what you mean by this is can two Lightning Lane return times overlap and the answer is yes! You are free to book multiple rides with the same (or similar) return times. Thanks for watching! 😃

Hi John - we made this video just before Rock 'n' Roller Coaster went down for refurbishment. Disney has stated it will reopen this summer, which is particularly long for a standard refurbishment. Hopefully it will be back up by Memorial Day, but there is no exact date just yet. Thanks for watching! 😃

When we were in the parks last year we always got stuck in the 2-hr rule. How do you avoid that and utilize the "tap in and redeem next LL" feature? We would book 1 and 7am, then the next 2hrs after park opened, but then we are always stuck in the 2hr rule? Help! :)

Hey Brian - it’s really confusing because there are a couple of little exceptions to the rules as people think they understand them. If your goal is to avoid getting stuck in the 2 hour rule, always try to book rides with return times that are very soon. If you don’t see a quick return time, book the best you can get and modify it to hopefully improve the return time by “playing the Genie Slots” (refreshing the view to show updated - and hopefully better - return times). When you tap in at the ride, that will free you up to book another Lightning Lane. If you are unsuccessful at getting a quick return time, you will have to wait two hours to book the next one. Those two hours start counting the moment you initially booked that Lightning Lane UNLESS you booked it before the park opened. In that case, the two hours start counting the moment the park opens (early entry doesn’t count, it is based on regular opening time). Now, let’s say you use the two hour rule and then book ride number 2. Tapping in at ride number 2 will free you to book another ride. Tapping in at ride number 1 does nothing, because it is no longer the thing that is blocking you. The thing that is blocking you now is the most recent Lightning Lane that you’ve booked. Does that help? Thanks for watching! 😃

Hi Jag - we filmed this on February 11. It takes us a long time to edit our videos and we usually have a backlog of content waiting to be edited.

Hello! No worries - Genie Plus is very confusing. 😅 You can book your next ride after one of these things happens: 1) You tap in and ride the most recent Lightning Lane that you have booked 2) The most recent Lightning Lane that you booked expires without you using it 3) After 2 hours have passed from the time you booked the most recent Lightning Lane (unless you booked it before park open, in which case it is 2 hours after park open). Whichever of these conditions is met first will allow you to book again. Stacking is when you use the 2-hour condition repeatedly to book rides for later in the day. Every two hours, you book another until you have a little “stack” of rides lined up. Hope that helps! Thanks for watching! 😃

@EarScouts I think I got it now. Watched more of your vids. Your amazing

Are you staying nearby the parks? I have a good idea for you

@@thomashorvath3394 yes! We’re staying at AOA and going to all parks.

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@@thomashorvath3394 I’m honestly not sure!

Hi Kate! I think it depends on your kids and their sleep schedules. If they prefer waking up later and staying up later, I think this is totally the way to go. It’s definitely the best way to avoid much waiting around between rides. You can set it up to go-go-go.

You can start stacking rides with your first booking at 7am. Even if it is earlier than you want to arrive, just keep modifying the reservation to get it to a time you prefer - it won’t reset the two hour clock when you modify an existing Lightning Lane. Thanks for watching! 😃

@@EarScouts thank you !! You’re videos are awesome 💜💜💜

Hi Thomas! Will you be leaving the park after early entry? If so, I think this is a great strategy. If you plan to stay in the park, though, I’d try to stack as little as possible. If you can book a ride with a quick return time, that will free you up to book another as soon as you ride it. You would get a lot more done in a shorter amount of time if you just played the Genie Slots and aimed for really quick return times so you could turn around and book the next one. That said, stacking frees you up to do other things like dining, shopping and shows. If that’s your goal, stacking can also be a great strategy. Thanks for watching! 😃

Yes the plan is to do early entry and all the tough rides until noon and then go back to the hotel for naps and meanwhile stack until we come back at 5 pm for another 2-3 hours.

Hello! If your party is less than 5 and you are not there on one of the busiest days of the year, you should be fine at 9am. And even if one of those is true, you should still be able to get it, you might just have to play the slots for a while.

@@EarScouts thanks! Party of 1 (just my brother). Just found your channel, it’s great!!

It certainly wasn’t at peak crowd levels, but it was pretty average crowd-wise. Genie was $21 that day, which is a good barometer. You wouldn’t see Tower of Terror at 90 minutes when it is running at full capacity on a dead day. We got lucky with Rise as it had been a 90 minute wait when we arrived at the park.

@@EarScouts maybe you can one when its $29 now with Spring Break. Love your Chanel!

It is. I'm sure the video was made before the shut down.

Hi Leigh Anne - yes, it is currently down. We made this just before the refurbishment started. I don’t think Disney has officially confirmed a retheme, but that has been rumored. Thanks for watching! 😃

Exactly. We filmed this one in February.