The old system wasn't flawless either. It still involved a lot of luck. The biggest advantage to the old system was that you knew if you were unlucky or not a good chunk of time in advance, not on the day itself. I'd still prefer they did standby for previews. It would mean waiting in line...
The problem is that there's so much glitching tech involved in MDE that you can hit that button within a nanosecond of another person and still one of you will get lucky and one of you won't. The system is more of a lottery than a first-past-the-finish line situation.
Yes, the preview VQ is the 100% opposite of the usual Tron/Guardians scenario. Easy at 7am, not at 1pm. Essentially if you don't have an MK reservation you're out of luck.
There's not much of a benchmark as for most of the Passholder previews I've attended in the past required an advance reservation for the attraction, as opposed to a park reservation + VQ. But I guess the main difference is that on a "normal" VQ for Tron you have almost the entire population of...
I know that unusually you don't have to be in MK for the 1pm drop - you only need to have a park reservation for another park. But does anyone have any insight as to whether being there in MK would make a difference? e.g. does the algorithm favor people who've already tapped into MK, perhaps...
I love Disneyland's hours. So much more amenable to WDW. Nighttime is when the parks come alive, yet in the summer we barely get an hour or two of it. In DAK's case, not at all. Even 10pm closure for Epcot would be a big bonus.
Having attended it when it was the Florida Blue lounge during F&W, there's no incentive for me here to wait to get in. Cute if there's no line, but otherwise zero advantage. I guess if I felt a desperate need to meet Genie it might be more worth it. Not a complaint, just an observation.
I really love the chilled vibes of World Celebration, but I'm absolutely gutted that the floor lighting in the hub is already completely screwed. It didn't work fully on opening night, and now doesn't work at all. Forget fixing the yeti, I really think these need to be sorted.