Do you think that Next Gen fastpass is the impetus for emerging interactive queues?

[MickeyPeace]

Interactive queues continue to be developed throughout the Magic Kingdom. Supposedly Peter Pan is next.

This thread is not about what you think of the queues.

The question is-Do you think that the main stimulus for building these queues has to do with the soon to be introduced new fast pass?

There has been much speculation of being able to get fast passes from home, resort priority passes, etc. With this new concept of fast pass, are these queues mainly being created to ease potential complaints from the many more guests who may be standing in the stand by lines due to the new system?

 

[wizards8507]

I'll reserve judgment until the new fastpass system is actually implemented. I think the percentage of those who know that the interactive queues are a new initiative and that fastpass will be changing is such a small portion of the WDW clientele that there won't be much "appeasing" necessary because most people won't know any different.

Interesting thread topic. I wonder how many posts until it becomes troll bait for a fastpass battle.

 

[Pioneer Hall]

I personally think that it is just a way for Disney to keep with the ever changing technological times. Keep people emerged in your queue and their surroundings and you are going to keep them off their cell phones. Immersion will almost always equal profits.

 

[Lucky]

I personally think that it is just a way for Disney to keep with the ever changing technological times. Keep people emerged in your queue and their surroundings and you are going to keep them off their cell phones. Immersion will almost always equal profits.

I agree - they'd be doing this anyway regardless of any FastPass changes.

 

[Krack]

My personal opinion is the interactive queues are solely to try and keep young children (6 and under) occupied and placate their mothers. There are other ways to do it (adding capacity - like FLE), but there aren't many cheaper (without looking cheap - like the playgrounds) ways to do it than these new queue additions. These are the people the resort markets to, these are the people who spend the majority of the money once inside the gates (particularly impulse buys) and these are the people they want back.

So, to circle back to your question ... no, I don't think the interactive queues are to accommodate future fastpass changes. And I don't think it has anything to do with teenagers on their cellphones and gadgets, either (that battle is lost, not just at Disney, but everywhere a teenager has to wait to do something).

 

[MickeyPeace]

I'll reserve judgment until the new fastpass system is actually implemented. I think the percentage of those who know that the interactive queues are a new initiative and that fastpass will be changing is such a small portion of the WDW clientele that there won't be much "appeasing" necessary because most people won't know any different.

Interesting thread topic. I wonder how many posts until it becomes troll bait for a fastpass battle.

I agree with the opinions stated so far that Disney is doing it for various reasons such as keeping up with technology (or hopefully being at the forefront of it's development) and to keep young children entertained.

wizards8507 I think that the initiative was probably sparked by the very fact of not having people know any different. (That they were waiting in line because fast passes had been doled out online and at front desks).That was exactly my point.

I'm not saying it is a bad thing and I'm not inviting criticism of a system that has not yet been introduced. It is just in my nature to question and to be perceptive.

I guess I'm trying to get into the head of the imagineer or Next Gen developer.

 

[wolf359]

I think to answer your question more thoughtfully I'd really need to know more about what the future changes to Fastpass are, and how many will actually happen.

Because right now, being almost completely unaware about any details in the changes and possible implementation I'd have to say no, I don't think that's why Disney is investing in these new queue elements.

I think they are a relatively cheap and easy way to plus an attraction without actually changing the ride. I think the Space Mountain and Pooh (and soon Peter Pan) additions make sense considering how much traffic and typically longer waits those attractions get. Haunted Mansion needs extra queue capacity since the Skyway/Yankee Trader area is getting a massive redesign and the current overflow area will most likely be removed.

So right now I think these new interactive queues are more about easing longer waits or looking ahead to logistical concerns. But who knows?

 

[wizards8507]

I agree with the opinions stated so far that Disney is doing it for various reasons such as keeping up with technology (or hopefully being at the forefront of it's development) and to keep young children entertained.

wizards8507 I think that the initiative was probably sparked by the very fact of not having people know any different. (That they were waiting in line because fast passes had been doled out online and at front desks).That was exactly my point.

I'm not saying it is a bad thing and I'm not inviting criticism of a system that has not yet been introduced. It is just in my nature to question and to be perceptive.

I guess I'm trying to get into the head of the imagineer or Next Gen developer.

Yeah, I think I agree. I think that it's hard for us to put ourselves in the mind of the "average" WDW guest. You really have to know at least elementary tips and tricks of the World to make the most of it. It'd be an interesting thought experiment to get into "what it would be like" to be completely oblivious to Fastpass, ADR's, and seasonal crowds.