Capacity, compassion and you...

[Jimmy Thick]

Ever go to the parks during their peak times and run into the problem of the Magic Kingdom turning away people due to capacity? Now Disney rarely turns people away and when they do it is only for the safety of all guests.

It does not happen often, usually around holidays, but...

What if you were there with your family and there was another family of the same size and it came down to only one of the families getting into the park at that time, what would you do?

Go in with your family and care less about the other family? You have every right to enter the park, you paid to be there.

Be considerate and let the other family enter?

Get with the other family and flip a coin?


Could there ever be a situation like this? Who knows, but what would you do if placed in this predicament? Is the vacation all about you, or is a good time to be had by all?


Jimmy Thick-Ever the thinker...

 

[joe80x86]

I would so let them in because if the park is at capacity I don't want to be there anyway.

 

[Thrill]

I would so let them in because if the park is at capacity I don't want to be there anyway.

That is an excellent point.

 

[DisneyWall-E]

That depends. Is the father of the other family the same one that ran into my fist on SSE?

 

[Jimmy Thick]

I would so let them in because if the park is at capacity I don't want to be there anyway.

True.

But what if its your last day and you have not been to the Magic Kingdom yet?



Jimmy Thick-Even at capacity, its not impossible.

 

[wilkeliza]

I'd go to one of the other parks for the day and come back to MK a different day. If the park is at capacity I don't want to be in it.

I never wait to my last day to go to MK. It is either the first day or the second day that we go and if I'm going during a time that capacity might happen it would be at least 1 week.

 

[MAF]

Break any noses lately Honey B?

 

[lostpro9het]

You left off an option there Jimmy. I'd choose:
"Ask my wife"

 

[John]

With all do respect Jimmy, The original question ddnt include the scenario of it being your last day, I guess you can change the question all you want.....last day....dont have a park hopper pass etc etc. I really wouldnt want to be in MK when its at capacity. Frankly I have been there when it was 3/4 full and it is a mad house. Just not real enjoyable...I mean who wants to wait inordnate times even just to go to the bathroom.


Given the scenario presented, I have been to MK many times so I wouldnt have a problem going to another park. Infact I would already would be making my way to the monorail.

 

[BigRedDad]

I chose "Fip a coin" because I honestly do not know how to fip a coin.

 

[Mammymouse]

Let the other family go instead. It is easy for me to say that because we have made many trips to the World so it would not be an issue to visit another Park in the least. Now if it was my very first visit, I think it would take some serious soul searching to be that courteous, but if the other family had kids it would be an automatic "go ahead and have a Magical Day!"

 

[sbkline]

I know my wife wouldn't want to be there at capacity anyway, so here is what I would do: see if the other wife feels the same way. If she does, the womenfolk can go back to their respective hotels or do whatever else they want. Me and the other husband could go in and have fun. We would also, of course, have to discuss who the kids are going in with. :lol:

 

[Jimmy Thick]

For me personally, I feel if Iam there, I have every right to enter as everyone else. I paid to be there, just like everyone else, but if I get there first, Iam going in.

Plus being there at capacity is not as bad as people think or try to make it out to be, use your fastpasses right, and its still a good time.



Jimmy Thick-Plus its very magical.

 

[sbkline]

On a more serious note (or maybe I WAS serious with my previous reply LOL), I would probably feel in that situation like it is every man for himself. Maybe that is the selfish way to look at it, and maybe I shouldn't be like that. But on the other hand, this isn't just about me. It's about my children who are also looking forward to their day at the Magic Kingdom and I have just as much, if not more, of a responsibility to look out for them and making them happy, as I do for a family of random strangers. Charity begins at home, right?

 

[the-reason14]

I would so let them in because if the park is at capacity I don't want to be there anyway.

Exactly what I was thinking.