Is there any way to ride a ride at Walt Disney World twice without waiting in line all over again?

Answer 1

Getting to the park at opening time, especially if you can take advantage of the extra magic hours as a Disney resort guest, can give you the opportunity to walk on to many rides with no waiting. For the high demand rides, also referred to as the headliners, there may be a short wait for your second ride of the day.

Some rides have a single rider line which can cut down on the queuing time considerably. If you hop into the singles line after your initial ride first thing in the morning, you might be able to pull off a repeat ride with little to no wait even on a headliner ride.

Before you get in line, go to the Fastpass booth (located near the entrance to the line). Insert your park ticket into the machine and get a Fastpass with a time printed on it to come back. If you want to ride it twice, you can wait in the standby line while waiting for your fastpass return time. In some cases this may allow you to ride twice with little to no wait time but only if your fastpass return time coordinates well with the initial queue time.

Another strategy is the child swap. Get in the queue and tell the cast member in the loading area that you need to do a child swap. You will then receive a Fastpass that is good for more than one rider. One person can stay with the child who is too small to ride the ride while the rest of the party rides. When the ride is over, the "babysitter" can ride with others from the party while another adult stays with the small child. Some people in the party can end up getting two rides with this system. It only works for rides which have a minimum height requirement and, of course, you do need a small child to take advantage of this strategy.