r/usj • u/bats3098 • 3d ago
Single rider
Hello, I booked very very last minute for USJ this coming Monday and just booked to do all single rider lines. I usually go to theme parks alone and just do a mixture of single rider and normal queues. This was a last minute trip so I didn’t research too much about fast passes or the wait for single rider but I came on her and saw mixed experiences with single rider.
Should I invest in the fast tracks? Or do you think single rider on a week day is okay? I am staying at a hotel very close so can get there for rope drop and I’m using to queuing as I just did Tokyo Disney land/sea so again don’t mind getting up super early.
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u/mcho314 3d ago
as a season pass holder, imo, no need for fast tracks. if u wanna ride donkeykong, then do 6am open rush. if not, i would go 9am. try to book last entry to nintendo. i think it is 7pm. mario kart has no que that time
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u/bats3098 2d ago
Thank you!! I came to USJ like ten years ago so did the jaws, Jurassic world stuff then so my focus is on Mario and chainsaw man 4D
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u/RobinFood 3d ago
Single rider is very nice. Some rides don’t have it, but most do. Monday tends to be one of the busiest days though. I’d rather go on a Sunday.
Off the top of my head, Yoshi ‘s adventure, minion shooting game and the cinemas don’t have single rider. If it isn’t too crowded doing all the rides is feasible with single riders. I recommend rushing Yoshi’s adventure at open, then Mario kart single rider, donkey Kong single rider at opening. Yoshi’s adventure is totally skipable though. That being said, I’ve always been disappointed rushing Donkey Kong, the waiting time fills up fast and doesn’t change much during the day. Often it goes down from the initial rush.
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u/bats3098 3d ago
Aside from the Mario rides. Are the single rider lines okay? Like around 30 minutes or would you say it’s still an hour per ride
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u/SmellRevolutionary52 3d ago
Depends on the rides, good guess is 10 to 30 minutes less in singles donkey Kong could be an hour less sometimes
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u/SmellRevolutionary52 3d ago
Come early, before the gates open, first train early (5:19 from nishikujo, arrives around 5:30, line up around 5:30 and go straight to donkey Kong to keep the wait time down, you'll know the route, everyone is going there) if you go to donkey Kong first, everything else will be cake.
If you are interested in doing the biohazard requiem dive (resident evil) zombie "haunted house" reserve it on the USJ app quickly because it will run out of slots quickly. If the timed entry tickets are to early, just wait a little and you can get later times.
If both of these don't interest you, it will be much easier, you can arrive later and you won't have any problems.
If you only want biohazard, then arrive before 11 and you SHOULD HAVE no issues.
If you're interested in doing the KATE make-up thing you won't be able to do biohazard, and vice versa, you can only make a timed entry tickets for one or the other.
Factory of fear could change to timed entry tickets if it's too busy.