TrainsOfDisney
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“Unprecedented demand!!!”
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Magic Kingdom Starlight Parade Brings New Annual Passholder Park Reservation Rule
- Thread starter wdwmagic
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Indeed!......Hopefully it's nothing concerning..
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Why would they ever eliminate this when the parks are “packed”? 
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
What’s concerning is any functioning adult falling for it
…I’ll be on this hill permanently if you need me
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
i don’t really care if they keep it in place - but if there are reservations available for all parks, virtually everyday, why make people sign up and reserve? Can’t they program the system to allow passholders in if reservations are still available?
There was. For the new Night Parade.
Rather than the first few nights being a giant mob of people that ops couldn't handle and people there would have hated, they capped attendance using the Reservation System.
Temporary measure for a temporary problem. A wise thing to do, IMO.
Don't know why anyone would want to equate it with other issues.
Did you expect This to end this early?
James Alucobond
Well-Known Member
Why would anyone really even have an expectation? It’s been ages since there was a new night parade, so there’s not a contemporary frame of reference. It was intended to last as long as it took for ops to feel like it was okay to lift.
Fair, Thanks!
James Alucobond
Well-Known Member
Also worth noting that entertainment like this (e.g. a new firework show, stage show, parade, etc.) is designed to be seen by pretty much everyone in the park who wants to do so in a given day, so the reasons for restrictions differ from rides and are, by their nature, more short-lived. Restrictions are about managing a very short spike of vloggers and also making sure things like crowd control become operationally stable. By contrast, ride restrictions are about controlling access to something that is in high demand but physically cannot be experienced by every interested guest each day.
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
Amazing how Disney parks survived for so long with “actual” demand haha
James Alucobond
Well-Known Member
While I agree that the general restrictions on annual passes are senseless at this point, I do think there are reasons for caution with new parades and whatnot that weren’t a factor in the past. For instance, there are more guests than ever, and the newer firework shows encourage people to flood Main Street and the hub in such a way that managing the crowd for bookending night parades is more onerous than in the past.
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
And whose fault is that?
Maybe instead of filling in and paving over all the water - they should have designed and promoted alternate viewing areas for the fireworks?
James Alucobond
Well-Known Member
Sure, but we’re talking about how operations is coping with the hand they’re dealt, which is a separate issue from show design and the underbuilt nature of certain aspects of the park.
PlutoInOrlando
Active Member
- In the Parks
- Yes
They already have enough of that. Filling in the RoA has nothing to do with any of this.
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
I wasn’t talking about ROA. That is yet to be filled haha.
Was it?
JaxFLBear
Well-Known Member
Disney dropped the MK park reservation requirement for passholders that this thread is about.
Brian
Well-Known Member
It was originally expected to be in place through mid-August.