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Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
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cjkeating
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It seemed like a very flawed Single Rider process so I wouldn't be surprised if this test was a failure.
MagicHappens1971
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I've also seen/heard that it's very rare that ride vehicles would go with a seat empty anyway. I did single rider with 3 people and we all wound up in the same ride vehicle anyway. I think this was a stupid test, that won't be coming back.
cjkeating
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Yes. The way the line's were split into odds/evens out of the hanger made it very easy to create mixed groups to avoid an empty seat.
TrainsOfDisney
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Honestly it was bad show to do it even as a test - what a terrible idea that didn’t even solve an actual problem. Glad it didn’t last long.
DisneyCane
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Single rider lines make sense for something like Test Track because of the 6 seats per vehicle. In that situation, it's going to be relatively common to have a single seat left over. With 8 seats per vehicle there are many more combinations of party size that can fill it without leaving an empty seat. With RotR the staging of parties can happen a lot earlier because of the queue design. To efficiently fill TT vehicles without a single rider line would require a major reconfiguration of the queue after the pre show and probably require additional CMs to sort the line earlier in the queue. It's much easier to load like they do and just fill with singles.
Purduevian
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Probably against popular opinion, but I'm sad it isn't an option. I have a child that is too short to ride it, don't want to split up from him for too long, don't want to pay for SSLP, have ridden it before. If I could get on the main ride in less than 15 mins in a single rider line, I would have done it.
doctornick
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I agree that something for something like TT it makes sense. Space Mountain also has essentially 3 per row (or I guess you could consider it 6 in a "row") and is probably something where it might work for efficiency - though I can't say that there ever seems to be many empty seats.
It generally doesn't make much sense for a ride with 2 per row where even/odd separation can help to efficiently fill every seat - so it is odd that RNR and Everest are two of the rides that use single rider at WDW.
I think using it on a ride with 4 per row like RotR might make some sense, but RotR isn't the best option for that for a variety of reasons. but mostly because they can generally fill all the seats by properly sorting in before entering the cells.
Dinosaur (future Indiana Jones) might be a good option for single rider though - the Disneyland version with the same ride vehicles has single rider. And I wouldn't mind if they brought it back to Soarin' which they have had at times. I also feel like it could be an option for Kali given the larger number of seats there.
DisneyCane
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They quickly figured out that they could sort Soarin' to not need a single rider line. I don't ride it nearly as much as I used to because I don't like the world version but I've probably ridden it 150 times as a rough estimate and only a handful of times do I remember them going further down the line asking for parties of 1.
Purduevian
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Space sometimes does have single rider line. At the LL/Standby Merge sometimes they will route single riders back through the back wall and around towards the load.
I also have no idea why SR works so well on Everest, but so bad on RNRC.
Queue design for single rider is the biggest difference, in my mind. RnRC doesn't have an appropriate queue for single riders, while Everest does.
dmc493
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Disneyland Indy has had a single rider line before, but has not offered it for multiple years now (since pre-Covid at least I believe)
Purduevian
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Is it simply that RnRC single rider is right next to the standby entrance and Everest is around a corner?
Disney Dad 3000
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I think that's a big part of it. If you didn't know it was there, you'd really have to look for it.
doctornick
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OK. So you are saying fewer people use single rider for Everest and thus it doesn't get as full and thus it is a shorter wait for such folks - as opposed to RNR where more people use it and thus waits are longer?
I'd believe it, I'm just trying to clarify. I've never actually done RNR single rider, but have done it for Everest a few times and the line for Everest was always short and they pulled from there quickly to fill spots.
Disney Dad 3000
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I have no scientific data (lol) but I think that's part of it.
I'd also guess the differences in the coasters plays a part too. EE has a lower height requirement and no inversions, so presumably more kids/families riding it has opposed to RnRC and less likely to split up. I'd like to think folks love the queue on EE and don't want to miss it, but I doubt that plays a part.
As you said, the EE SR line more often than not (when it's open) has worked well for me too. I've had times on RnRC where SR has taken just has long as the posted standby wait.
Purduevian
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RNRC SR is often as long as Standby. I was riding solo once with a LL and posted wait was 45 minutes. I was paired with a mom and I asked her how long she and her son waited. She said 50 mins and wasn't happy about it. I did the nice thing and swapped with her son (who was like 3 rows up) so they could ride together.
