That is sooooo interesting. First you're outside of the ticket machines, then you wait again in front of the train station and then it happens. At the original Magic Kingdom(tm) - rope drop occurs between Coke(tm) Corner and the Kodak(tm) Photo Store on Main Street. Probably because they don't want the lines at the ticket machines to reach the parking lot, I mean DCA.
I was already inside the park for a Keys to the Kingdom tour. The specifically made up wait at the Parnters statue to see the running of the bulls.
I didn't listen to that little sugar glider when it came to equipment though... I used my S-L-R... E-O-S.. as he called it on the podcast.