Heading to the park tomorrow on a Saturday and assuming it will be busy. We don’t have early access. Is it better to go in the morning or wait until late afternoon? I’ve seen some mixed feedback. Going to have two kids with us.

UPDATE: we arrived close to park open but by the time we got down to the lower lot and in line it was a little after 9. While we were in line they switched to reservation only and I had snagged a reservation at 10:30AM so we returned then. Toad Cafe was already booked out by then. I had gone to the front of the line at 9 and tried to scan the QR code but they intentionally place it too far away to scan if you aren’t through the gates.

At 10:30 they quoted a 3 hour line but it only took 1.5 hours. I think they initially overquote. You are able to leave the line through VIP if needed and staff was friendly so it wasn’t nearly as bad as expected for a Saturday. There was one pause for mechanical difficulties but still it was only 1.5 hours.