Previews of Check Observe 3.0 are actually underway at EPCOT, with Walt Disney World APs, DVC Members and others getting a sneak peek of the reimagined experience earlier than it races in the direction of its basic public reopening. Tender openings have already began–and may proceed over the weekend. Right here’s what to anticipate, easy methods to take benefit, and why you shouldn’t get your hopes up an excessive amount of. (Up to date July 18, 2025.)
As a reminder, Check Observe will formally reopen on July 22, 2025 at EPCOT. Previous to this, Forged Member previews have been underway for the final couple of weeks, however already ended. Annual Passholder previews have been initially scheduled to start out on July 13, 2025. This implies there can be a couple-day hole between the tip of Forged Member previews and begin of affiliation previews.
It’s fully doable one thing else personal was scheduled (akin to Normal Motors worker previews). It’s additionally doable that was initially put aside for check & regulate, so upkeep groups might handle points probably uncovered through the first wave of previews (such because the breakaway doorways not opening). Nicely, there have been a few new developments on that entrance suggesting issues are going higher than anticipated with Check Observe 3.0 (minus the doorways). Right here’s the newest…
July 18, 2025 Replace: Walt Disney World as soon as once more opened up the Standby and Single Rider traces for Check Observe with out discover. As of this afternoon, Annual Passholders are/have been allowed to affix the Check Observe traces with out efficiently scoring spots within the digital queue. Be aware that this was solely accessible to Annual Passholders, not all visitors. It’s additionally noteworthy as a result of each digital queues crammed up inside seconds right this moment, so it’s not as if there was an absence of demand.
In contrast to the Starlight gentle opening tonight, Walt Disney World didn’t make any official announcement concerning the standby Check Observe preview for APs. It’s fully doable that not even VQ slots have been distributed and there was extra capability with experience automobiles going unfilled. Through which case, Walt Disney World might merely revert to the digital queue tomorrow for the ultimate day of AP previews, and distribute extra boarding teams.
Regardless, this would appear to bode properly for gentle openings on July 20-21, particularly with Disney Starlight: Dream the Night time Away taking on all of the oxygen amongst followers. Walt Disney World has been pretty ‘versatile’ with the Check Observe preview, altering the foundations beforehand, increasing eligibility, and even gentle opening on a couple of events.
In the event you’re visiting EPCOT on Saturday via Monday, it wouldn’t harm to make a cease by Check Observe and see if the standby line is gentle open to Annual Passholders, Disney Trip Membership Members, and even all visitors. We’d advocate doing this early within the day and later within the afternoon–and with zero expectations.
As at all times, be well mannered to Forged Members and do not forget that these on the frontline usually are not those making selections. So when you get turned away or no matter, it’s not as in the event that they made a judgment name and additional pleading, arguing, and so forth., goes to vary the end result.
It’s a matter of coverage, set by management. Furthermore, you at all times catch extra flies with honey than vinegar, so being well mannered and sort are at all times the higher method. We’d warning in opposition to losing your total day loitering round Check Observe, however stopping earlier than and after rides on Cosmic Rewind is smart!
What follows is the unique put up about gentle openings of Check Observe, initially revealed one week in the past…
For many who are unfamiliar with the time period, Tender openings are often known as trial operations or technical rehearsals, and are mainly an unannounced and managed check interval. They supply a chance for theme parks to open an attraction previous to its official opening and conduct operations and Forged Member coaching in a extra forgiving and low stress surroundings.
Sometimes, these usually are not publicized by way of official sources: not on park maps, the official Disney Parks Weblog, annoying TikTok movies, wait time boards, and even within the My Disney Expertise app. Consequently, they at all times draw considerably fewer crowds than official openings. They’re a pleasant perk for visitors who’re already within the park and essentially the most plugged-in Walt Disney World followers.
Walt Disney World had moved away from gentle openings in the previous few years, earlier than bringing them again with TRON Lightcycle Run two years in the past. That was the final huge brand-new attraction to debut, earlier than Tiana’s Bayou Journey final summer season, which didn’t have gentle openings.
In accordance with social media experiences, visitors have been admitted to each the standby and the Single Rider traces for Check Observe throughout its gentle openings. The attraction was open for no less than a couple of hours for gentle openings, earlier than closing the queue previous to EPCOT’s official park closing time.
My preliminary inclination is to supply warning, as Check Observe has been in a little bit of a window between two preview intervals. Forged Member previews have been winding down the previous few days (and once more, to my information, nothing was scheduled yesterday) and Annual Passholder previews haven’t began. It’s fully doable that these Check Observe gentle openings have been the results of a scheduling hole, lack of utilization, and Forged Members being scheduled on the attraction anyway. So why not gentle open?!
Related logic could possibly be utilized to the impromptu DVC preview scheduled for right this moment. In the event that they solely have a single-day window, it makes extra sense to supply that to the restricted pool of native DVC members than opening the floodgates to native APs. Both means, increasing the affiliation preview schedule is smart as a goodwill gesture.
Accordingly, we might not anticipate to see gentle openings of Check Observe through the upcoming Annual Passholder and different affiliation previews. Not less than, not instantly. As a reminder, right here’s the schedule for these:
Annual Passholder Previews of Check Observe 3.0 might be held July 13-16 and July 18-19, 2025. These might be achieved by way of common Park Go reservations and a digital queue, with entry instances at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. This may mirror how AP previews have been dealt with final 12 months for Tiana’s Bayou Journey based on Walt Disney World. (The digital queue is already stay within the My Disney Expertise app, it’s simply not at the moment in use.)
Membership 33 Members and Golden Oak Residents may have their Check Observe 3.0 previews on July 11, 2025.
Disney Trip Membership may have its member previews on July 12, 2025.
Going ahead, there are two potentialities that wouldn’t shock me with regards to potential Check Observe gentle openings. First, that they happen on the finish of the night after digital queue visitors have been exhausted. Walt Disney World normally performs it conservatively with digital queue entry, permitting for breakdowns, delays, and so forth.
The logic is that it’s higher to confess too few visitors to the VQ than too many. That is exactly why we used to tug our toes on afternoon digital queue entry for each TRON and Cosmic Rewind, with the hope that we’d get return instances nearer to park closing. That’s when the road was normally the shortest.
We might see that play out once more with Check Observe. Perhaps the digital queue visitors might be exhausted by late afternoon or early night, with Forged Members scheduled till after park closing. If Check Observe is working reliably, it might course of APs shortly and have extra capability. Through which case, an analogous “why not gentle open?” mentality is perhaps adopted as a shock and delight providing for visitors within the World Discovery space.
The second risk is that Check Observe will see demand drop in the direction of the tail finish of Annual Passholder previews and there might be extra capability all through your entire day. As I write this, there isn’t a single day on the calendar when EPCOT is absolutely booked for AP reservations.
Usually, we’d anticipate to see no less than the primary day of experience previews e book out–and quick. (At one level, they did refill; reservations have since been reallocated from different visitor swimming pools to APs given low attendance.) That is solely a reimagined experience, so it’s fully doable that the native Annual Passholders will get their fill over this primary weekend and early subsequent week, after which transfer on. That is much like what we noticed with Moana’s Journey of Water. It was very aggressive at first, after which died down fairly shortly.
It wouldn’t shock me within the least if demand drops for Check Observe by Wednesday and Thursday (earlier than one other uptick over subsequent weekend) to the purpose that gentle openings are doable once more. At this level, I additionally wouldn’t be shocked if gentle openings additionally happen within the days after Check Observe wraps up gentle openings however earlier than it formally opens. I’ve heard nothing of company or media occasions throughout that window. And it might appear {that a} multi-day upkeep interval is pointless (knock on wooden). It appears like Check Observe is able to roll, and is about as dependable because it was earlier than–superb information!
Frankly, this appears like essentially the most “enterprise as ordinary” experience reimagining reopening (say that ten instances quick) that we’ve seen at Walt Disney World in ages. That is nice information, particularly following up the rocky rollout of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, which was stricken by issues for a number of months.
For starters, Check Observe 3.0 will use a standby line as soon as previews finish and it reopens on July 22, 2025. This alone is a powerful sign, and signifies that there’ll NOT be a digital queue for Check Observe. It’ll both be ready within the common ole queue like each different attraction (proper now) at Walt Disney World, or line-skipping by way of the pay-to-play Lightning Lane system.
Check Observe may also be a part of Lightning Lane Multi-Go when it reopens on July 22, 2025. It’ll NOT be a part of Lightning Lane Single Go, which means it can’t be bought on an a la carte foundation. It’ll be a part of the ‘bundle’ choice that options two tiers at EPCOT. See Lightning Lane & Line Modifications Coming to EPCOT for Reimagined Check Observe’s Reopening for a way LLMP is adjusting its tiers beginning July 22.
Past that, Check Observe will instantly be part of each of the ‘additional hours’ lineups at EPCOT as quickly because it reopens. There are a number of different main reimagined rides or not-so-new points of interest that nonetheless haven’t been added to Early Entry or Prolonged Night Hours! Check Observe is zooming proper again to the place it was earlier than, and beginning July 22, issues might be similar to they have been earlier than the attraction closed for over a 12 months.
Maybe a bit earlier than then, if these sporadic gentle openings proceed. Good luck catching one when you’re in EPCOT over the subsequent week-plus! Whereas we might warning you in opposition to getting your hopes up an excessive amount of or losing precious trip time lingering exterior the Check Observe entrance (because it’s extra doubtless that you’ll NOT encounter a gentle opening than that you’ll), it’s completely price weaving Cosmic Rewind into your late afternoon EPCOT itinerary, and making a cease by Check Observe to examine earlier than and after you experience Cosmic Rewind. We’ll replace this accordingly as extra gentle openings happen (or don’t). Keep tuned!
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Study lodges on our Walt Disney World Lodges Critiques web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Critiques. To economize on tickets or decide which kind to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets put up. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys put up takes a novel have a look at intelligent objects to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Journey Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the most effective place to start out is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for every thing you must know!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be in EPCOT over the subsequent week-plus? Planning on scoping out World Discovery within the late afternoon or early night to see if Check Observe has gentle opened the standby and Single Rider traces for normal park visitors? Already planning on attending AP or DVC previews of Check Observe? Agree or disagree with our recommendation? Any questions we may also help you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even if you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
Previews of Check Observe 3.0 are actually underway at EPCOT, with Walt Disney World APs, DVC Members and others getting a sneak peek of the reimagined experience earlier than it races in the direction of its basic public reopening. Tender openings have already began–and may proceed over the weekend. Right here’s what to anticipate, easy methods to take benefit, and why you shouldn’t get your hopes up an excessive amount of. (Up to date July 18, 2025.)
As a reminder, Check Observe will formally reopen on July 22, 2025 at EPCOT. Previous to this, Forged Member previews have been underway for the final couple of weeks, however already ended. Annual Passholder previews have been initially scheduled to start out on July 13, 2025. This implies there can be a couple-day hole between the tip of Forged Member previews and begin of affiliation previews.
It’s fully doable one thing else personal was scheduled (akin to Normal Motors worker previews). It’s additionally doable that was initially put aside for check & regulate, so upkeep groups might handle points probably uncovered through the first wave of previews (such because the breakaway doorways not opening). Nicely, there have been a few new developments on that entrance suggesting issues are going higher than anticipated with Check Observe 3.0 (minus the doorways). Right here’s the newest…
July 18, 2025 Replace: Walt Disney World as soon as once more opened up the Standby and Single Rider traces for Check Observe with out discover. As of this afternoon, Annual Passholders are/have been allowed to affix the Check Observe traces with out efficiently scoring spots within the digital queue. Be aware that this was solely accessible to Annual Passholders, not all visitors. It’s additionally noteworthy as a result of each digital queues crammed up inside seconds right this moment, so it’s not as if there was an absence of demand.
In contrast to the Starlight gentle opening tonight, Walt Disney World didn’t make any official announcement concerning the standby Check Observe preview for APs. It’s fully doable that not even VQ slots have been distributed and there was extra capability with experience automobiles going unfilled. Through which case, Walt Disney World might merely revert to the digital queue tomorrow for the ultimate day of AP previews, and distribute extra boarding teams.
Regardless, this would appear to bode properly for gentle openings on July 20-21, particularly with Disney Starlight: Dream the Night time Away taking on all of the oxygen amongst followers. Walt Disney World has been pretty ‘versatile’ with the Check Observe preview, altering the foundations beforehand, increasing eligibility, and even gentle opening on a couple of events.
In the event you’re visiting EPCOT on Saturday via Monday, it wouldn’t harm to make a cease by Check Observe and see if the standby line is gentle open to Annual Passholders, Disney Trip Membership Members, and even all visitors. We’d advocate doing this early within the day and later within the afternoon–and with zero expectations.
As at all times, be well mannered to Forged Members and do not forget that these on the frontline usually are not those making selections. So when you get turned away or no matter, it’s not as in the event that they made a judgment name and additional pleading, arguing, and so forth., goes to vary the end result.
It’s a matter of coverage, set by management. Furthermore, you at all times catch extra flies with honey than vinegar, so being well mannered and sort are at all times the higher method. We’d warning in opposition to losing your total day loitering round Check Observe, however stopping earlier than and after rides on Cosmic Rewind is smart!
What follows is the unique put up about gentle openings of Check Observe, initially revealed one week in the past…
For many who are unfamiliar with the time period, Tender openings are often known as trial operations or technical rehearsals, and are mainly an unannounced and managed check interval. They supply a chance for theme parks to open an attraction previous to its official opening and conduct operations and Forged Member coaching in a extra forgiving and low stress surroundings.
Sometimes, these usually are not publicized by way of official sources: not on park maps, the official Disney Parks Weblog, annoying TikTok movies, wait time boards, and even within the My Disney Expertise app. Consequently, they at all times draw considerably fewer crowds than official openings. They’re a pleasant perk for visitors who’re already within the park and essentially the most plugged-in Walt Disney World followers.
Walt Disney World had moved away from gentle openings in the previous few years, earlier than bringing them again with TRON Lightcycle Run two years in the past. That was the final huge brand-new attraction to debut, earlier than Tiana’s Bayou Journey final summer season, which didn’t have gentle openings.
In accordance with social media experiences, visitors have been admitted to each the standby and the Single Rider traces for Check Observe throughout its gentle openings. The attraction was open for no less than a couple of hours for gentle openings, earlier than closing the queue previous to EPCOT’s official park closing time.
My preliminary inclination is to supply warning, as Check Observe has been in a little bit of a window between two preview intervals. Forged Member previews have been winding down the previous few days (and once more, to my information, nothing was scheduled yesterday) and Annual Passholder previews haven’t began. It’s fully doable that these Check Observe gentle openings have been the results of a scheduling hole, lack of utilization, and Forged Members being scheduled on the attraction anyway. So why not gentle open?!
Related logic could possibly be utilized to the impromptu DVC preview scheduled for right this moment. In the event that they solely have a single-day window, it makes extra sense to supply that to the restricted pool of native DVC members than opening the floodgates to native APs. Both means, increasing the affiliation preview schedule is smart as a goodwill gesture.
Accordingly, we might not anticipate to see gentle openings of Check Observe through the upcoming Annual Passholder and different affiliation previews. Not less than, not instantly. As a reminder, right here’s the schedule for these:
Annual Passholder Previews of Check Observe 3.0 might be held July 13-16 and July 18-19, 2025. These might be achieved by way of common Park Go reservations and a digital queue, with entry instances at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. This may mirror how AP previews have been dealt with final 12 months for Tiana’s Bayou Journey based on Walt Disney World. (The digital queue is already stay within the My Disney Expertise app, it’s simply not at the moment in use.)
Membership 33 Members and Golden Oak Residents may have their Check Observe 3.0 previews on July 11, 2025.
Disney Trip Membership may have its member previews on July 12, 2025.
Going ahead, there are two potentialities that wouldn’t shock me with regards to potential Check Observe gentle openings. First, that they happen on the finish of the night after digital queue visitors have been exhausted. Walt Disney World normally performs it conservatively with digital queue entry, permitting for breakdowns, delays, and so forth.
The logic is that it’s higher to confess too few visitors to the VQ than too many. That is exactly why we used to tug our toes on afternoon digital queue entry for each TRON and Cosmic Rewind, with the hope that we’d get return instances nearer to park closing. That’s when the road was normally the shortest.
We might see that play out once more with Check Observe. Perhaps the digital queue visitors might be exhausted by late afternoon or early night, with Forged Members scheduled till after park closing. If Check Observe is working reliably, it might course of APs shortly and have extra capability. Through which case, an analogous “why not gentle open?” mentality is perhaps adopted as a shock and delight providing for visitors within the World Discovery space.
The second risk is that Check Observe will see demand drop in the direction of the tail finish of Annual Passholder previews and there might be extra capability all through your entire day. As I write this, there isn’t a single day on the calendar when EPCOT is absolutely booked for AP reservations.
Usually, we’d anticipate to see no less than the primary day of experience previews e book out–and quick. (At one level, they did refill; reservations have since been reallocated from different visitor swimming pools to APs given low attendance.) That is solely a reimagined experience, so it’s fully doable that the native Annual Passholders will get their fill over this primary weekend and early subsequent week, after which transfer on. That is much like what we noticed with Moana’s Journey of Water. It was very aggressive at first, after which died down fairly shortly.
It wouldn’t shock me within the least if demand drops for Check Observe by Wednesday and Thursday (earlier than one other uptick over subsequent weekend) to the purpose that gentle openings are doable once more. At this level, I additionally wouldn’t be shocked if gentle openings additionally happen within the days after Check Observe wraps up gentle openings however earlier than it formally opens. I’ve heard nothing of company or media occasions throughout that window. And it might appear {that a} multi-day upkeep interval is pointless (knock on wooden). It appears like Check Observe is able to roll, and is about as dependable because it was earlier than–superb information!
Frankly, this appears like essentially the most “enterprise as ordinary” experience reimagining reopening (say that ten instances quick) that we’ve seen at Walt Disney World in ages. That is nice information, particularly following up the rocky rollout of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, which was stricken by issues for a number of months.
For starters, Check Observe 3.0 will use a standby line as soon as previews finish and it reopens on July 22, 2025. This alone is a powerful sign, and signifies that there’ll NOT be a digital queue for Check Observe. It’ll both be ready within the common ole queue like each different attraction (proper now) at Walt Disney World, or line-skipping by way of the pay-to-play Lightning Lane system.
Check Observe may also be a part of Lightning Lane Multi-Go when it reopens on July 22, 2025. It’ll NOT be a part of Lightning Lane Single Go, which means it can’t be bought on an a la carte foundation. It’ll be a part of the ‘bundle’ choice that options two tiers at EPCOT. See Lightning Lane & Line Modifications Coming to EPCOT for Reimagined Check Observe’s Reopening for a way LLMP is adjusting its tiers beginning July 22.
Past that, Check Observe will instantly be part of each of the ‘additional hours’ lineups at EPCOT as quickly because it reopens. There are a number of different main reimagined rides or not-so-new points of interest that nonetheless haven’t been added to Early Entry or Prolonged Night Hours! Check Observe is zooming proper again to the place it was earlier than, and beginning July 22, issues might be similar to they have been earlier than the attraction closed for over a 12 months.
Maybe a bit earlier than then, if these sporadic gentle openings proceed. Good luck catching one when you’re in EPCOT over the subsequent week-plus! Whereas we might warning you in opposition to getting your hopes up an excessive amount of or losing precious trip time lingering exterior the Check Observe entrance (because it’s extra doubtless that you’ll NOT encounter a gentle opening than that you’ll), it’s completely price weaving Cosmic Rewind into your late afternoon EPCOT itinerary, and making a cease by Check Observe to examine earlier than and after you experience Cosmic Rewind. We’ll replace this accordingly as extra gentle openings happen (or don’t). Keep tuned!
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Study lodges on our Walt Disney World Lodges Critiques web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Critiques. To economize on tickets or decide which kind to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets put up. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys put up takes a novel have a look at intelligent objects to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Journey Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the most effective place to start out is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for every thing you must know!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be in EPCOT over the subsequent week-plus? Planning on scoping out World Discovery within the late afternoon or early night to see if Check Observe has gentle opened the standby and Single Rider traces for normal park visitors? Already planning on attending AP or DVC previews of Check Observe? Agree or disagree with our recommendation? Any questions we may also help you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even if you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
Previews of Check Observe 3.0 are actually underway at EPCOT, with Walt Disney World APs, DVC Members and others getting a sneak peek of the reimagined experience earlier than it races in the direction of its basic public reopening. Tender openings have already began–and may proceed over the weekend. Right here’s what to anticipate, easy methods to take benefit, and why you shouldn’t get your hopes up an excessive amount of. (Up to date July 18, 2025.)
As a reminder, Check Observe will formally reopen on July 22, 2025 at EPCOT. Previous to this, Forged Member previews have been underway for the final couple of weeks, however already ended. Annual Passholder previews have been initially scheduled to start out on July 13, 2025. This implies there can be a couple-day hole between the tip of Forged Member previews and begin of affiliation previews.
It’s fully doable one thing else personal was scheduled (akin to Normal Motors worker previews). It’s additionally doable that was initially put aside for check & regulate, so upkeep groups might handle points probably uncovered through the first wave of previews (such because the breakaway doorways not opening). Nicely, there have been a few new developments on that entrance suggesting issues are going higher than anticipated with Check Observe 3.0 (minus the doorways). Right here’s the newest…
July 18, 2025 Replace: Walt Disney World as soon as once more opened up the Standby and Single Rider traces for Check Observe with out discover. As of this afternoon, Annual Passholders are/have been allowed to affix the Check Observe traces with out efficiently scoring spots within the digital queue. Be aware that this was solely accessible to Annual Passholders, not all visitors. It’s additionally noteworthy as a result of each digital queues crammed up inside seconds right this moment, so it’s not as if there was an absence of demand.
In contrast to the Starlight gentle opening tonight, Walt Disney World didn’t make any official announcement concerning the standby Check Observe preview for APs. It’s fully doable that not even VQ slots have been distributed and there was extra capability with experience automobiles going unfilled. Through which case, Walt Disney World might merely revert to the digital queue tomorrow for the ultimate day of AP previews, and distribute extra boarding teams.
Regardless, this would appear to bode properly for gentle openings on July 20-21, particularly with Disney Starlight: Dream the Night time Away taking on all of the oxygen amongst followers. Walt Disney World has been pretty ‘versatile’ with the Check Observe preview, altering the foundations beforehand, increasing eligibility, and even gentle opening on a couple of events.
In the event you’re visiting EPCOT on Saturday via Monday, it wouldn’t harm to make a cease by Check Observe and see if the standby line is gentle open to Annual Passholders, Disney Trip Membership Members, and even all visitors. We’d advocate doing this early within the day and later within the afternoon–and with zero expectations.
As at all times, be well mannered to Forged Members and do not forget that these on the frontline usually are not those making selections. So when you get turned away or no matter, it’s not as in the event that they made a judgment name and additional pleading, arguing, and so forth., goes to vary the end result.
It’s a matter of coverage, set by management. Furthermore, you at all times catch extra flies with honey than vinegar, so being well mannered and sort are at all times the higher method. We’d warning in opposition to losing your total day loitering round Check Observe, however stopping earlier than and after rides on Cosmic Rewind is smart!
What follows is the unique put up about gentle openings of Check Observe, initially revealed one week in the past…
For many who are unfamiliar with the time period, Tender openings are often known as trial operations or technical rehearsals, and are mainly an unannounced and managed check interval. They supply a chance for theme parks to open an attraction previous to its official opening and conduct operations and Forged Member coaching in a extra forgiving and low stress surroundings.
Sometimes, these usually are not publicized by way of official sources: not on park maps, the official Disney Parks Weblog, annoying TikTok movies, wait time boards, and even within the My Disney Expertise app. Consequently, they at all times draw considerably fewer crowds than official openings. They’re a pleasant perk for visitors who’re already within the park and essentially the most plugged-in Walt Disney World followers.
Walt Disney World had moved away from gentle openings in the previous few years, earlier than bringing them again with TRON Lightcycle Run two years in the past. That was the final huge brand-new attraction to debut, earlier than Tiana’s Bayou Journey final summer season, which didn’t have gentle openings.
In accordance with social media experiences, visitors have been admitted to each the standby and the Single Rider traces for Check Observe throughout its gentle openings. The attraction was open for no less than a couple of hours for gentle openings, earlier than closing the queue previous to EPCOT’s official park closing time.
My preliminary inclination is to supply warning, as Check Observe has been in a little bit of a window between two preview intervals. Forged Member previews have been winding down the previous few days (and once more, to my information, nothing was scheduled yesterday) and Annual Passholder previews haven’t began. It’s fully doable that these Check Observe gentle openings have been the results of a scheduling hole, lack of utilization, and Forged Members being scheduled on the attraction anyway. So why not gentle open?!
Related logic could possibly be utilized to the impromptu DVC preview scheduled for right this moment. In the event that they solely have a single-day window, it makes extra sense to supply that to the restricted pool of native DVC members than opening the floodgates to native APs. Both means, increasing the affiliation preview schedule is smart as a goodwill gesture.
Accordingly, we might not anticipate to see gentle openings of Check Observe through the upcoming Annual Passholder and different affiliation previews. Not less than, not instantly. As a reminder, right here’s the schedule for these:
Annual Passholder Previews of Check Observe 3.0 might be held July 13-16 and July 18-19, 2025. These might be achieved by way of common Park Go reservations and a digital queue, with entry instances at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. This may mirror how AP previews have been dealt with final 12 months for Tiana’s Bayou Journey based on Walt Disney World. (The digital queue is already stay within the My Disney Expertise app, it’s simply not at the moment in use.)
Membership 33 Members and Golden Oak Residents may have their Check Observe 3.0 previews on July 11, 2025.
Disney Trip Membership may have its member previews on July 12, 2025.
Going ahead, there are two potentialities that wouldn’t shock me with regards to potential Check Observe gentle openings. First, that they happen on the finish of the night after digital queue visitors have been exhausted. Walt Disney World normally performs it conservatively with digital queue entry, permitting for breakdowns, delays, and so forth.
The logic is that it’s higher to confess too few visitors to the VQ than too many. That is exactly why we used to tug our toes on afternoon digital queue entry for each TRON and Cosmic Rewind, with the hope that we’d get return instances nearer to park closing. That’s when the road was normally the shortest.
We might see that play out once more with Check Observe. Perhaps the digital queue visitors might be exhausted by late afternoon or early night, with Forged Members scheduled till after park closing. If Check Observe is working reliably, it might course of APs shortly and have extra capability. Through which case, an analogous “why not gentle open?” mentality is perhaps adopted as a shock and delight providing for visitors within the World Discovery space.
The second risk is that Check Observe will see demand drop in the direction of the tail finish of Annual Passholder previews and there might be extra capability all through your entire day. As I write this, there isn’t a single day on the calendar when EPCOT is absolutely booked for AP reservations.
Usually, we’d anticipate to see no less than the primary day of experience previews e book out–and quick. (At one level, they did refill; reservations have since been reallocated from different visitor swimming pools to APs given low attendance.) That is solely a reimagined experience, so it’s fully doable that the native Annual Passholders will get their fill over this primary weekend and early subsequent week, after which transfer on. That is much like what we noticed with Moana’s Journey of Water. It was very aggressive at first, after which died down fairly shortly.
It wouldn’t shock me within the least if demand drops for Check Observe by Wednesday and Thursday (earlier than one other uptick over subsequent weekend) to the purpose that gentle openings are doable once more. At this level, I additionally wouldn’t be shocked if gentle openings additionally happen within the days after Check Observe wraps up gentle openings however earlier than it formally opens. I’ve heard nothing of company or media occasions throughout that window. And it might appear {that a} multi-day upkeep interval is pointless (knock on wooden). It appears like Check Observe is able to roll, and is about as dependable because it was earlier than–superb information!
Frankly, this appears like essentially the most “enterprise as ordinary” experience reimagining reopening (say that ten instances quick) that we’ve seen at Walt Disney World in ages. That is nice information, particularly following up the rocky rollout of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, which was stricken by issues for a number of months.
For starters, Check Observe 3.0 will use a standby line as soon as previews finish and it reopens on July 22, 2025. This alone is a powerful sign, and signifies that there’ll NOT be a digital queue for Check Observe. It’ll both be ready within the common ole queue like each different attraction (proper now) at Walt Disney World, or line-skipping by way of the pay-to-play Lightning Lane system.
Check Observe may also be a part of Lightning Lane Multi-Go when it reopens on July 22, 2025. It’ll NOT be a part of Lightning Lane Single Go, which means it can’t be bought on an a la carte foundation. It’ll be a part of the ‘bundle’ choice that options two tiers at EPCOT. See Lightning Lane & Line Modifications Coming to EPCOT for Reimagined Check Observe’s Reopening for a way LLMP is adjusting its tiers beginning July 22.
Past that, Check Observe will instantly be part of each of the ‘additional hours’ lineups at EPCOT as quickly because it reopens. There are a number of different main reimagined rides or not-so-new points of interest that nonetheless haven’t been added to Early Entry or Prolonged Night Hours! Check Observe is zooming proper again to the place it was earlier than, and beginning July 22, issues might be similar to they have been earlier than the attraction closed for over a 12 months.
Maybe a bit earlier than then, if these sporadic gentle openings proceed. Good luck catching one when you’re in EPCOT over the subsequent week-plus! Whereas we might warning you in opposition to getting your hopes up an excessive amount of or losing precious trip time lingering exterior the Check Observe entrance (because it’s extra doubtless that you’ll NOT encounter a gentle opening than that you’ll), it’s completely price weaving Cosmic Rewind into your late afternoon EPCOT itinerary, and making a cease by Check Observe to examine earlier than and after you experience Cosmic Rewind. We’ll replace this accordingly as extra gentle openings happen (or don’t). Keep tuned!
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be in EPCOT over the subsequent week-plus? Planning on scoping out World Discovery within the late afternoon or early night to see if Check Observe has gentle opened the standby and Single Rider traces for normal park visitors? Already planning on attending AP or DVC previews of Check Observe? Agree or disagree with our recommendation? Any questions we may also help you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even if you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
Previews of Check Observe 3.0 are actually underway at EPCOT, with Walt Disney World APs, DVC Members and others getting a sneak peek of the reimagined experience earlier than it races in the direction of its basic public reopening. Tender openings have already began–and may proceed over the weekend. Right here’s what to anticipate, easy methods to take benefit, and why you shouldn’t get your hopes up an excessive amount of. (Up to date July 18, 2025.)
As a reminder, Check Observe will formally reopen on July 22, 2025 at EPCOT. Previous to this, Forged Member previews have been underway for the final couple of weeks, however already ended. Annual Passholder previews have been initially scheduled to start out on July 13, 2025. This implies there can be a couple-day hole between the tip of Forged Member previews and begin of affiliation previews.
It’s fully doable one thing else personal was scheduled (akin to Normal Motors worker previews). It’s additionally doable that was initially put aside for check & regulate, so upkeep groups might handle points probably uncovered through the first wave of previews (such because the breakaway doorways not opening). Nicely, there have been a few new developments on that entrance suggesting issues are going higher than anticipated with Check Observe 3.0 (minus the doorways). Right here’s the newest…
July 18, 2025 Replace: Walt Disney World as soon as once more opened up the Standby and Single Rider traces for Check Observe with out discover. As of this afternoon, Annual Passholders are/have been allowed to affix the Check Observe traces with out efficiently scoring spots within the digital queue. Be aware that this was solely accessible to Annual Passholders, not all visitors. It’s additionally noteworthy as a result of each digital queues crammed up inside seconds right this moment, so it’s not as if there was an absence of demand.
In contrast to the Starlight gentle opening tonight, Walt Disney World didn’t make any official announcement concerning the standby Check Observe preview for APs. It’s fully doable that not even VQ slots have been distributed and there was extra capability with experience automobiles going unfilled. Through which case, Walt Disney World might merely revert to the digital queue tomorrow for the ultimate day of AP previews, and distribute extra boarding teams.
Regardless, this would appear to bode properly for gentle openings on July 20-21, particularly with Disney Starlight: Dream the Night time Away taking on all of the oxygen amongst followers. Walt Disney World has been pretty ‘versatile’ with the Check Observe preview, altering the foundations beforehand, increasing eligibility, and even gentle opening on a couple of events.
In the event you’re visiting EPCOT on Saturday via Monday, it wouldn’t harm to make a cease by Check Observe and see if the standby line is gentle open to Annual Passholders, Disney Trip Membership Members, and even all visitors. We’d advocate doing this early within the day and later within the afternoon–and with zero expectations.
As at all times, be well mannered to Forged Members and do not forget that these on the frontline usually are not those making selections. So when you get turned away or no matter, it’s not as in the event that they made a judgment name and additional pleading, arguing, and so forth., goes to vary the end result.
It’s a matter of coverage, set by management. Furthermore, you at all times catch extra flies with honey than vinegar, so being well mannered and sort are at all times the higher method. We’d warning in opposition to losing your total day loitering round Check Observe, however stopping earlier than and after rides on Cosmic Rewind is smart!
What follows is the unique put up about gentle openings of Check Observe, initially revealed one week in the past…
For many who are unfamiliar with the time period, Tender openings are often known as trial operations or technical rehearsals, and are mainly an unannounced and managed check interval. They supply a chance for theme parks to open an attraction previous to its official opening and conduct operations and Forged Member coaching in a extra forgiving and low stress surroundings.
Sometimes, these usually are not publicized by way of official sources: not on park maps, the official Disney Parks Weblog, annoying TikTok movies, wait time boards, and even within the My Disney Expertise app. Consequently, they at all times draw considerably fewer crowds than official openings. They’re a pleasant perk for visitors who’re already within the park and essentially the most plugged-in Walt Disney World followers.
Walt Disney World had moved away from gentle openings in the previous few years, earlier than bringing them again with TRON Lightcycle Run two years in the past. That was the final huge brand-new attraction to debut, earlier than Tiana’s Bayou Journey final summer season, which didn’t have gentle openings.
In accordance with social media experiences, visitors have been admitted to each the standby and the Single Rider traces for Check Observe throughout its gentle openings. The attraction was open for no less than a couple of hours for gentle openings, earlier than closing the queue previous to EPCOT’s official park closing time.
My preliminary inclination is to supply warning, as Check Observe has been in a little bit of a window between two preview intervals. Forged Member previews have been winding down the previous few days (and once more, to my information, nothing was scheduled yesterday) and Annual Passholder previews haven’t began. It’s fully doable that these Check Observe gentle openings have been the results of a scheduling hole, lack of utilization, and Forged Members being scheduled on the attraction anyway. So why not gentle open?!
Related logic could possibly be utilized to the impromptu DVC preview scheduled for right this moment. In the event that they solely have a single-day window, it makes extra sense to supply that to the restricted pool of native DVC members than opening the floodgates to native APs. Both means, increasing the affiliation preview schedule is smart as a goodwill gesture.
Accordingly, we might not anticipate to see gentle openings of Check Observe through the upcoming Annual Passholder and different affiliation previews. Not less than, not instantly. As a reminder, right here’s the schedule for these:
Annual Passholder Previews of Check Observe 3.0 might be held July 13-16 and July 18-19, 2025. These might be achieved by way of common Park Go reservations and a digital queue, with entry instances at 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. This may mirror how AP previews have been dealt with final 12 months for Tiana’s Bayou Journey based on Walt Disney World. (The digital queue is already stay within the My Disney Expertise app, it’s simply not at the moment in use.)
Membership 33 Members and Golden Oak Residents may have their Check Observe 3.0 previews on July 11, 2025.
Disney Trip Membership may have its member previews on July 12, 2025.
Going ahead, there are two potentialities that wouldn’t shock me with regards to potential Check Observe gentle openings. First, that they happen on the finish of the night after digital queue visitors have been exhausted. Walt Disney World normally performs it conservatively with digital queue entry, permitting for breakdowns, delays, and so forth.
The logic is that it’s higher to confess too few visitors to the VQ than too many. That is exactly why we used to tug our toes on afternoon digital queue entry for each TRON and Cosmic Rewind, with the hope that we’d get return instances nearer to park closing. That’s when the road was normally the shortest.
We might see that play out once more with Check Observe. Perhaps the digital queue visitors might be exhausted by late afternoon or early night, with Forged Members scheduled till after park closing. If Check Observe is working reliably, it might course of APs shortly and have extra capability. Through which case, an analogous “why not gentle open?” mentality is perhaps adopted as a shock and delight providing for visitors within the World Discovery space.
The second risk is that Check Observe will see demand drop in the direction of the tail finish of Annual Passholder previews and there might be extra capability all through your entire day. As I write this, there isn’t a single day on the calendar when EPCOT is absolutely booked for AP reservations.
Usually, we’d anticipate to see no less than the primary day of experience previews e book out–and quick. (At one level, they did refill; reservations have since been reallocated from different visitor swimming pools to APs given low attendance.) That is solely a reimagined experience, so it’s fully doable that the native Annual Passholders will get their fill over this primary weekend and early subsequent week, after which transfer on. That is much like what we noticed with Moana’s Journey of Water. It was very aggressive at first, after which died down fairly shortly.
It wouldn’t shock me within the least if demand drops for Check Observe by Wednesday and Thursday (earlier than one other uptick over subsequent weekend) to the purpose that gentle openings are doable once more. At this level, I additionally wouldn’t be shocked if gentle openings additionally happen within the days after Check Observe wraps up gentle openings however earlier than it formally opens. I’ve heard nothing of company or media occasions throughout that window. And it might appear {that a} multi-day upkeep interval is pointless (knock on wooden). It appears like Check Observe is able to roll, and is about as dependable because it was earlier than–superb information!
Frankly, this appears like essentially the most “enterprise as ordinary” experience reimagining reopening (say that ten instances quick) that we’ve seen at Walt Disney World in ages. That is nice information, particularly following up the rocky rollout of Tiana’s Bayou Journey, which was stricken by issues for a number of months.
For starters, Check Observe 3.0 will use a standby line as soon as previews finish and it reopens on July 22, 2025. This alone is a powerful sign, and signifies that there’ll NOT be a digital queue for Check Observe. It’ll both be ready within the common ole queue like each different attraction (proper now) at Walt Disney World, or line-skipping by way of the pay-to-play Lightning Lane system.
Check Observe may also be a part of Lightning Lane Multi-Go when it reopens on July 22, 2025. It’ll NOT be a part of Lightning Lane Single Go, which means it can’t be bought on an a la carte foundation. It’ll be a part of the ‘bundle’ choice that options two tiers at EPCOT. See Lightning Lane & Line Modifications Coming to EPCOT for Reimagined Check Observe’s Reopening for a way LLMP is adjusting its tiers beginning July 22.
Past that, Check Observe will instantly be part of each of the ‘additional hours’ lineups at EPCOT as quickly because it reopens. There are a number of different main reimagined rides or not-so-new points of interest that nonetheless haven’t been added to Early Entry or Prolonged Night Hours! Check Observe is zooming proper again to the place it was earlier than, and beginning July 22, issues might be similar to they have been earlier than the attraction closed for over a 12 months.
Maybe a bit earlier than then, if these sporadic gentle openings proceed. Good luck catching one when you’re in EPCOT over the subsequent week-plus! Whereas we might warning you in opposition to getting your hopes up an excessive amount of or losing precious trip time lingering exterior the Check Observe entrance (because it’s extra doubtless that you’ll NOT encounter a gentle opening than that you’ll), it’s completely price weaving Cosmic Rewind into your late afternoon EPCOT itinerary, and making a cease by Check Observe to examine earlier than and after you experience Cosmic Rewind. We’ll replace this accordingly as extra gentle openings happen (or don’t). Keep tuned!
Planning a Walt Disney World journey? Study lodges on our Walt Disney World Lodges Critiques web page. For the place to eat, learn our Walt Disney World Restaurant Critiques. To economize on tickets or decide which kind to purchase, learn our Suggestions for Saving Cash on Walt Disney World Tickets put up. Our What to Pack for Disney Journeys put up takes a novel have a look at intelligent objects to take. For what to do and when to do it, our Walt Disney World Journey Guides will assist. For complete recommendation, the most effective place to start out is our Walt Disney World Journey Planning Information for every thing you must know!
YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be in EPCOT over the subsequent week-plus? Planning on scoping out World Discovery within the late afternoon or early night to see if Check Observe has gentle opened the standby and Single Rider traces for normal park visitors? Already planning on attending AP or DVC previews of Check Observe? Agree or disagree with our recommendation? Any questions we may also help you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even if you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas under within the feedback!
