If you take both rides in a vacuum, Frozen Ever After is without question the better attraction. However, thematic fit has to factor in at some point. Frozen Ever After isn't such a good attraction that it makes up for the fact that it's 100% in the wrong location.
Maelstrom also has actual scenes, and the Troll scene in particular was great, more atmospheric and complete then anything in the AA-sprinkled void of Frozen. It also had the opening in the rock wall, a nice visual feature. It was short but enjoyable while it lasted.
"Void" is a pretty apt description...one of the wonderful things about the slower Disney attractions is all the little details. Frozen is missing that. It's been a while since I rode it, but I remember being disappointed that the only scene with Arendelle (however you spell it) was a small area that the boat passes under.
The thing you pass under is Elsa's ice palace, which you subsequently enter. Arendelle shows up in the "distance" during the snowflake fireworks at the end and as the wisteria-covered facade behind Anna and Elsa singing together just after that. It's also the queue. Basically, you leave Arendelle for the ice palace and then return.
The small scene I'm talking about is at the very end of the ride.
OK, so here’s my challenge for anyone who wants to try it.
I guess you could say you don’t like the drop….. but no giggling!When I look at touring plans it’s all over the place. Some times are fairly accurate but others are of by 20+ minutes.
Both. Plus they take input from subscibers as to actual wait versus posted wait in real time to inform the algorithms
Obviously their predictions aren't exact but I've found them in the past to be very good. I haven't been post-Covid, but in two trips (2018 and 2019) I only had one instance where their prediction was wildly off.
I'd say the TP predictions are harder to trust post covid, but they are usually more accurate than the posted wait times. Sometimes there is a surge of people and some with DAS to a particular area/attraction and things get out of whack. As more things open I think it'll become more accurate, but the crowds day to day are even impossible to know. Who would have thought on 10/1 you could get on 8 or 9 rides without issue?
I was there July 9 - 19th and the lines app was +- 5 minutes on every single ride we rode with the exception of one that had some kind of mechanical breakdown. Way better then the disney app.
Several credible (albeit unofficial) reports have it beginning the week of Oct 17th
Our first day in the parks is October 22. I'll try to post our experiences if Genie+ is in play by that time. Should have some downtime between buying it at midnight and planning our rides at 7 am
