News Bridge Connecting Main Street U.S.A. to Fantasyland Under Refurbishment at Magic Kingdom

[Purduevian]

Len indicated on his podcast that this was part of the reason for the new rope drop.

 

[wdwmagic]

Len indicated on his podcast that this was part of the reason for the new rope drop.

Yep thats right. Details on that at https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/extr...,-allowing-earlier-access-to-tomorrowland.htm

 

[Purduevian]

Yep thats right. Details on that at https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/extr...,-allowing-earlier-access-to-tomorrowland.htm

Disney has not confirmed whether this adjustment is permanent or part of a temporary test. Guests planning to use Early Entry in the coming days should stay tuned for further changes.

Yes, I was just saying on the podcast, Len was hinting that this change was the reason for the updated rope rope and that it should be temporary.

 

[dmc493]

If temporary, that’d be a shame, I like this new approach

 

[larryz]

That’s not really how it works. There isn’t “ the” singular construction team. They hire different contractors.

I'm well aware of this, and whichever contractor they hired had an open time during this timeframe. It's the same reason attractions go down for refurbishment at unfortunate times. It's just how it works with the contractor's schedule.

Again wrong - Disney won’t bend to one contractor’s schedule

 

[Purduevian]

If temporary, that’d be a shame, I like this new approach

I assume it's also more expensive for Disney? Seems like a lot more EE staff need to be "on" at 7:45am now instead of 8:30am. I agree though it seems better for the customer.

 

[dmc493]

I assume it's also more expensive for Disney? Seems like a lot more EE staff need to be "on" at 7:45am now instead of 8:30am. I agree though it seems better for the customer.

Idk that’s a good question. The 8:30 staff were just attraction CMs anyway that walked you back to their respective rides, I kinda assumed they were there early anyway to get the attractions ready

 

[Purduevian]

Idk that’s a good question. The 8:30 staff were just attraction CMs anyway that walked you back to their respective rides, I kinda assumed they were there early anyway to get the attractions ready

So the actual ride operators probably have to be there at the same time regardless to test the rides to make sure they are ready to go at 8:30am.

However I'm thinking the following CMs would need to be there early now instead of like 10 mins before the park opens
1) CM at the front of the line (also the height checker on some rides)
2) CM at the merge point (I think DAS works during EE?)
3) CM that tells you what row to go into