Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

[lentesta]

When I was at DLR under G+... I remember trying to book rides before park open that I thought wouldn't open with the park (to get me a multiple experience pass). I know DLR and WDW are different beasts... but @lentesta do you have any data on the %downtime at park opening of LL attractions? Or in general %downtime of rides in the mornings?

Lets say something like Pirates is down 20% of the time at opening... would it be a valid strategy to try to book it at opening and if it actually does open cancel the LL?

Also do you have a list of the Multiple Experience Tiers?

I have the data. Running around IAAPA so give me some time to pull together.

 

[Touchdown]

Indy and Matterhorn frequently don’t open on time or breakdown. Indy gets you the better quality LL.

 

[Purduevian]

I have the data. Running around IAAPA so give me some time to pull together.

No rush at all! Thanks I just thought it might be an interesting strategy to try to book frequently down rides! Enjoy IAAPA, the new six flag dive giga coaster looks crazy!

 

[wedenterprises]

Indy and Matterhorn frequently don’t open on time or breakdown. Indy gets you the better quality LL.

I remember in the late 2000s/early 2010s Indy's single rider line merged with the standby line fairly close to loading. You just pocketed the single rider slip and rode with your group.
Is it still like that?

 

[Touchdown]

I remember in the late 2000s/early 2010s Indy's single rider line merged with the standby line fairly close to loading. You just pocketed the single rider slip and rode with your group.
Is it still like that?

Single isn’t offered all the time anymore and you get this giant necklace to wear now to avoid that.

 

[DCBaker]

Lightning Lane Multi Pass is now showing as sold out at EPCOT on November 24:

 

[monothingie]

Who felt stupid buying LL over the past week?

It’s probably the cold weather keeping everyone away…

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Who felt stupid buying LL over the past week?

It’s probably the cold weather keeping everyone away…

That’s all kinda “magical experiency value” right there…

 

[LittleBuford]

Who felt stupid buying LL over the past week?

Not me. Definitely came in handy during my brief trip, which ended a few days ago.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Not me. Definitely came in handy during my brief trip, which ended a few days ago.

Handy how?

 

[LittleBuford]

Handy how?

Handy in the way it’s designed to be: I didn’t have to wait in line for rides that had pretty long waits.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Handy in the way it’s designed to be: I didn’t have to wait in line for rides that had pretty long waits.

Which lines?

What were the waits?

You understand amusement enterprises have lines because they have to move people through a small amount at a time, correct?

It’s “a thing”

 

[LittleBuford]

Which lines?

What were the waits?

Enough lines and long enough waits that I didn’t “feel stupid buying LL”. I’m happy with my decision—that all I wanted to state.

 

[Chi84]

Enough lines and long enough waits that I didn’t “feel stupid buying LL”. I’m happy with my decision—that all I wanted to state.

How do you expect us to judge your intelligence if we don’t know which rides and how long you waited?

Not to mention your decision to go to an amusement park and purchase a product they sell. Who ever heard of such a thing?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Enough lines and long enough waits that I didn’t “feel stupid buying LL”. I’m happy with my decision—that all I wanted to state.

Mmm hmmm…sure fire way to make sure they do proper investment and the fees don’t increase. Better for everyone

 

[LittleBuford]

Mmm hmmm…sure fire way to make sure they do proper investment and the fees don’t increase. Better for everyone

My stock response to you whenever you try to make me feel guilty with this nonsense is to remind you that Disney gets a lot more of your money than they do mine.

 

[monothingie]

Enough lines and long enough waits that I didn’t “feel stupid buying LL”. I’m happy with my decision—that all I wanted to state.

You don’t feel at all foolish for buying at “peak pricing” levels when the standby wait times were not even close to peak?

You’re certainly welcome to spend your money however you want, but you do realize they suckered you through FOMO to buy a product that you probably didn’t really need or at a price point that certainly wasn’t worth it.

Hopefully more people will figure it out, and it will just collapse in on itself. But until then we have FOMO.

 

[LittleBuford]

You don’t feel at all foolish for buying at “peak pricing” levels when the standby wait times were not even close to peak?

Nope. Just as I’m sure you don’t feel foolish for going despite your very grim view of the resort in its current state.

One has to wonder who is more “suckered”—the person who still enjoys the product they’re paying for or the person who continues to spend their money on something they consider poor value?

 

[Chi84]

the person who continues to spend their money on something they consider poor value?

This is the true pixie duster.

 

[LittleBuford]

The only thing relevant here is whether we, as consumers, are content with our spending choices. I personally am, which means I don’t feel stupid, foolish, or suckered. Others are free to view me as any or all of those things, but since self-perception is what you were asking about (“Who felt stupid buying LL over the past week?”), I took your question at face value (though I realise it was rhetorical) and provided an answer true to my own feelings on the matter.