u/crazyparkguy

We heard how bad the last prerelease was so we wanted to get here early to hopefully get the foil playmat, but apparently not even 6am is early enough. We are at least 350 people back in line.

This is just insane. Not sure I’ll be doing this again, especially if we can’t even get a playmat.

6:40am: the line has at least doubled.

7:30am: There’s at least 1000 people in line now. The line goes down stairs to the next floor of the parking garage. I also just talked to a Disney security cast member and they said there was no mention of any kind of release happening today in their morning huddle. They didn’t talk at all about letting people in before normal opening time. And they assumed there’s lines at every entry point of springs

8:20am: the line has started moving. It looks like they either opened security or are getting ready to open up. Or people are just putting away their chairs and the line is condensing. Garage security did come through not too long ago asking people to tighten up the line.

9:00am: Security is OPEN and we are being moved to the queue area outside World of Disney

9:10am: We’ve reached the queue area outside of world of Disney. There was people running/speed walking ahead of others and arguments starting about who should be in front of who. Guests from other entry point also trickled in and joined the line. (There’s a group of influencers ahead of us and their group keeps growing)

9:25am: they have started walking the line with product sheets so everyone knows what products they have. Booster boxes (1 per person), troves(2 per person), single packs (10 per person), Toy Story foil mat (2 per person), and Merida mat (2 per person). No prerelease kits at Disney Springs.

9:37am: line moved slightly but they may just have adjusted where the front of the line was, closer to world of Disney. We’ve been stopped for a few minutes again.

9:50am: we can see a cast member walking the line with a tablet. Getting people into some kind of virtual queue or something it seems. There was a loud audible groan from people maybe 100ft ahead of us. Really hoping the foil mats aren’t all gone already. Update: it’s a virtual queue for the artist signing happening elsewhere at Disney springs.

10:06am: finally able to see the door to world of Disney, it seems they’re pulsing people into the store.

10:11am: we have entered World of Disney and the queue now snakes through merchandise on this side of the store. There seems to be cast members watching people that are just doing normal shopping, making sure they don’t jump in line. And also people trying to join the line not realizing it goes all the way outside.

10:21am: we are in the checkout area and they have everything still. A cast member was actively giving guest the foil playmats and she said they had “plenty”. Not sure exactly what that means, but it does seem like they have a lot at the moment. A cast member was also giving every person in line a buzz promo card as they entered the checkout area. They had a huge stack of cards and I’m sure there’s more in a box.

10:30am: all checked out and got everything I wanted. As of right now it does seem they have a lot of product. I have to get back to my normal life and back to work so I’m signing off for now with the updates!

Update ~12:30pm: Toy Story foil playmats are sold out. Restock is not guaranteed, but may be worth checking World of Disney throughout the weekend for random restocks.

2:30pm Final update: World of Disney at Disney Springs only has single booster packs, troves, and Merida playmats left. There looks to be maybe a couple hundred troves at the registers, dozens of boxes of packs, and two full hang displays of the mats. No more promo cards either.