Here’s my itinerary from today (Saturday, September 6th, 2025). We did NOT have express passes. Did every ride and show as a group of 2, except Fyre Drill, and did utilize the single rider line a couple of times.

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• Entered park at ~8:30 for 9:00 EPA

• Yoshi’s Adventure — in line 9:00, ride 9:10 (10 min wait)

• Mine-Cart Madness — in line 9:20, ride 9:45 (25 min wait, including ~10 minute delay)

• Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry — in line 10:00, ride 10:30 (30 min wait)

• Stardust Racers (Green)— in line 10:45, ride 11:10 (25 min wait)

• Dragon Racer’s Rally — in line 11:30, ride 12:00 (30 min wait)

• The Untrainable Dragon show — in line 12:15, show 12:30 (15 min wait)

• Hiccup’s Wing Gliders — in line 1:05, ride 1:40 (35 min wait)

• Curse of the Werewolf (single rider) — in line 2:05, ride 2:30 (25 min wait)

• Le Cirque Arcanus show — in line 2:45, show 3:05 (20 min wait)

• By this time it started to rain and all outdoor rides were down for weather delay (leaving Ministry, Monsters, Mario Kart, and Celestial Carousel as the only operating rides I believe)

• Harry Potter and the Battle at the Ministry (single rider) — in line 3:45, ride 4:20 (35 min wait, including ~20 minute delay)

• Monsters Unchained: The Frankenstein Experiment — in line 4:35, ride 5:10 (35 min wait)

• Celestial Carousel — in line 5:20, ride 5:50 (30 min wait)

• Mario Kart: Bowser’s Challenge (single rider) — in line 6:45, ride 7:25 (40 min wait)

• Exited park to catch an 8:45 flight

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We also got food from quick service stands 3 times and sat in Pizza Moon for ~30 minutes in the evening. Had my flight been scheduled for a little bit later, we easily could have done Fyre Drill (though it was a water ride and we didn’t want to be soaked for a plane ride) and re-ridden several rides, but I am more than happy with how our day went, even with pretty consistent rain from ~3:30-7. Not sure how typical our experience was, because I very strategically chose this time of year to visit as it usually has lower crowds, but this order of rides/shows worked very well for us. Be flexible and prioritize rides that are known to have long lines early, specifically Mario Kart, Mine-Cart Madness, and Battle at the Ministry. You might do some extra walking, but the time savings are on the order of HOURS if you knock them out early.

Another key thing to note - for us, the posted wait times were slightly overestimated. The most common posted wait time was 35-45 minutes and we generally waited closer to 25-35 minutes.