Now this is the kind of attention to details that I love to see!
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Massive Jungle Cruise Wait Times
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Vacationeer
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It’s possible they don’t have enough good skippers or boats or something that’s affecting hourly capacity.
Genie+ is affecting JC regardless whether the above is true or not, at least imho. Because it was running out early on G+, all the guides list it as priority, which turns it into a ‘must do’ in a lot of minds. The more popular something becomes the more popular it gets due to FOMO. It’s the Peter Pan effect from FP+ days.
lentesta
Premium Member
1,729 at Guardians in the last hour. No vomit.
EPCOT-O.G.
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Loungefly Barf Bags coming soon...
lentesta
Premium Member
We counted Jungle Cruise processing around 770 guests per hour this morning in the MK. For reference, Disneyland's JC averages just under 900 guests/hour in our observations.
WDW can have 1 more boat in operation than DL, so MK's capacity should be somewhat higher than DL's. It's not, as of now.
In standing by the exit, we observed the following:
- One boat seemed to be dedicated to training new skippers. It had a total of five passengers, all CMs.
- We overheard one skipper telling another that they were scheduled for two mandatory 12-hour shifts this week
ETA: In the past hour (1 pm to 2 pm Eastern) at Jungle Cruise: 885 guests with 7 boats running. There were at least 28 people on each boat. That works out to a cycle time (load,ride,unload) of around 13:20, I think.
Also, with just 7 of 9 boats on the water, the ride is running at no more than 78% of capacity.
ETA: @RSoxNo1, this is the follow-up to your request from earlier.
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EPCOT-O.G.
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Five passengers set sail that day on a three hour tour
lentesta
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I impressed (that's the right word, right?) my wife by singing the entire song whilst taking the ferry last weekend. The weird thing is that I didn't have to consciously remember the lyrics. I started singing and the words just came out.
I kind of agree with this. Keep JC in DL as it is butI think it would be incredibly cool if they redid JC in MK and expanded to include the cancelled Indiana Jones land with JC going through showbuilding. Get new JC, Indy ride, indy coaster, and put the live indy show from DHS back there as well, giving you new space to build on DHS
UNCgolf
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I've been advocating for replacement for years. It's superfluous with the existence of Animal Kingdom (where you can see those animals in real life -- as was the original intent of the Jungle Cruise), and takes up a huge amount of space that could probably be used for two new attractions, a shop, and a restaurant (or show, or whatever else).
Virtual Toad
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I'm not totally convinced it needs to go. Others mentioned TDL's JC loads and unloads two boats at once. Maybe there's a way to increase throughput. And perhaps there's room elsewhere in Adventureland for another people-eating attraction. Add? Yes. Replace? Don't give them any ideas.
WDWFREAK53
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He didn't even report back on what they had for lunch...did they eat at Connections?Now this is the kind of attention to details that I love to see!
UNCgolf
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The Indy show from DHS wouldn't make any sense in Adventureland -- it doesn't even really make sense at DHS anymore now that they've moved away from the park's original theme.
They could do a different Indy show, of course.
UNCgolf
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I'm not totally convinced it needs to go. Others mentioned TDL's JC loads and unloads two boats at once. Maybe there's a way to increase throughput. And perhaps there's room elsewhere in Adventureland for another people-eating attraction. Add? Yes. Replace? Don't give them any ideas.
One to one replacements are definitely bad (especially since they tend to replace high capacity attractions with lower capacity ones), but if a replacement results in multiple attractions and other spaces, it's a bit different.
Animaniac93-98
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If they close Jungle Cruise, we're not going to get another ride, we're just going to get a "Character Festival" in the queue:
with maybe some stenciled crates to look at while we wait for Pooh to arrive
UNCgolf
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Well sure -- I think people are talking ideally and not what would likely happen in reality.
How do you know the statistics on g+ vs das?
I distinctly remember waiting in 50 switchbacks at big thunder mountain dying in the heat from my childhood in the 90s…
It’s the people using canes, having difficulty entering the boat, old people. It’s fairly obvious (note I never stated those people are abusing it, however due to its queue structure more people qualify for DAS as opposed to MMRR.)