This. At EPCOT you can enjoy festival booths while waiting for a DAS return time. At MK you can watch a parade while waiting. Not equal to standing in line at all.
I wonder of part of the reason Guardians and TRON are still using virtual queues is because of the DAS situation. With those rides' setup they can prohibit DAS users from riding more than twice (with a virtual queue and ILL), same as anyone without DAS.
Years ago, Avatar had a system where you could get a pass from a CM when exiting the line. This pass would be used to enter the then-FP line but you would be held near the merge point until the rest of your party made it through the standby line.
I wonder if this new system will look similar.