Sorry if this has been posted previously. I'm sure it has, but I couldn't find a thread about this. I know most people are used to FP now, and it's not likely going away. I'm just curious what portion of the people like FP compared to preferring the days of yore when standby lines were much shorter. Please vote, and leave your feedback too. I really am trying to understand the other side on this one.
My opinion which I believe is unpopular:
I think the FP system is what makes lines too long. I've said it several times on these boards, but my guestimation is that the priority for FP slows the standby line by 3 times... conservatively. A 20 min wait becomes a 60 min wait in standby. That's just an estimate, but it's based on standing in line for rides pre-FP, and post FP (hard to figure the effect on newer rides.) There could be other factors like increased attendance, but you stand in the same exact place without moving 3 times longer than pre-FP. I'm also basing that on the estimate that they let 20 people in from the FP line, then 10 from standby. That means for every 30 people that go in, now it's just 10 from standby hence my estimate that it slows the line by 3x.
What happened to first come, first serve? I know we're used to it now, but all it does is reward people's feeling of entitlement, and makes the "standby folk" feel snubbed, skipped, pi$$ed, etc. People are always looking to game the system, so the FP system indulges the worst human behaviors. I preferred the days where a few dishonest people faked handicaps to game the system. To me it's comparable to legalizing driving on the expressway shoulder to skip hundreds of cars.
Some people are more tech adept and able to take advantage, while others are less savvy and suffer the ills of being tech ignorant. Btw, I'm pretty tech savvy and know how it all works. I just don't like the system, mostly the part where you have to book things out 60 days, or you wait in a 2.5 hr line if you really want to ride. It's stupid and IMO Disney is picking "winners" by using this system, specifically those who are addicted to their phones. I think the next person's time is as valuable as mine. Why make people wait hours because they don't know how to use the system? Wouldn't it be better to wait in a 30 min line on average like years past, and go on whatever ride you want the entire day, than to get onto to some rides in 5 mins, and either wait in a standby for 2 hours, or never even get on a popular ride? I NEVER saw 2 hour waits pre-FP. FP is the culprit IMO.
Thoughts?
My opinion which I believe is unpopular:
I think the FP system is what makes lines too long. I've said it several times on these boards, but my guestimation is that the priority for FP slows the standby line by 3 times... conservatively. A 20 min wait becomes a 60 min wait in standby. That's just an estimate, but it's based on standing in line for rides pre-FP, and post FP (hard to figure the effect on newer rides.) There could be other factors like increased attendance, but you stand in the same exact place without moving 3 times longer than pre-FP. I'm also basing that on the estimate that they let 20 people in from the FP line, then 10 from standby. That means for every 30 people that go in, now it's just 10 from standby hence my estimate that it slows the line by 3x.
What happened to first come, first serve? I know we're used to it now, but all it does is reward people's feeling of entitlement, and makes the "standby folk" feel snubbed, skipped, pi$$ed, etc. People are always looking to game the system, so the FP system indulges the worst human behaviors. I preferred the days where a few dishonest people faked handicaps to game the system. To me it's comparable to legalizing driving on the expressway shoulder to skip hundreds of cars.
Some people are more tech adept and able to take advantage, while others are less savvy and suffer the ills of being tech ignorant. Btw, I'm pretty tech savvy and know how it all works. I just don't like the system, mostly the part where you have to book things out 60 days, or you wait in a 2.5 hr line if you really want to ride. It's stupid and IMO Disney is picking "winners" by using this system, specifically those who are addicted to their phones. I think the next person's time is as valuable as mine. Why make people wait hours because they don't know how to use the system? Wouldn't it be better to wait in a 30 min line on average like years past, and go on whatever ride you want the entire day, than to get onto to some rides in 5 mins, and either wait in a standby for 2 hours, or never even get on a popular ride? I NEVER saw 2 hour waits pre-FP. FP is the culprit IMO.
Thoughts?