TrainsOfDisney
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Man… I skipped the weekend thinking that would be the busiest! Should have gone yesterday!
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mickEblu
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I don’t get it. How many people bought those 3 day passes and why wouldn’t the majority pay the the extra $20 or so to be able to go on weekends. I suspect that many casual guests still think Disneyland crowds are dictated primarily by the school calendars, holidays and day of the week vs Annual Passholder blackout calendars. So maybe they re actively avoiding the weekends? Or is Disneys tier pricing system working too good? Perhaps a combo of both. “ I’ll take Monday off. It’s cheaper and the weekends are too busy anyway.”
EDIT: $40 more for weekends. Not $20 but point still stands
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mickEblu
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Indy without the effects working is not worth your time. It’s not thrilling enough to rely on that component. Its not POTC/ HM where if one AA is down you have a million other things to look at. It’s not even Splash where you’re zooming past some of the dimly lit sets and broken AAs but still have the drops and music to carry the attraction.
Disney Analyst
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Ahh yes: Disneyland is slowest on weekends in summer, most APs blocked out.
Best time to go is a Saturday or Sunday!
mickEblu
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This makes sense as to why summer is slower in general but doesn’t explain why weekdays would be more busy than weekends especially when the APs that are not blacked out are accustomed to going on weekends.
PiratesMansion
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I hate to say it, but I agree.
The current snake situation is ridiculous, the stationary boulder and non-functioning walls an embarrassment. And reliability continued to be an issue the whole trip; the last day it was open perhaps for the last two hours of the day, but down the rest of it. Indy doesn't just need the lengthy refurb, it needed it months ago.
Got multiple multi-experience passes from Indy breakdowns with Genie and not one of them was used at Indy.
People seem to be still eating it up though. Genie went faster for Indy than anything else the days I was there.
TrainsOfDisney
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How is one “at capacity” day busier than another?
PiratesMansion
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If the park has more staff on Sunday than on Monday, capacity is higher on Sunday.
Disney Analyst
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They might have varying levels of “at capacity” based on staffing level.
I.e. the day where they have less CMs scheduled or available, or cut for costs… is at capacity at a lower attendance?
Disney Irish
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They have a 3 day ticket deal going on right now for all CA residents (not just SoCal) thru Sept 15th, one for during the week only and one for all week including weekends.
mickEblu
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I don’t get the fascination with Indy, not in its current state.
Perhaps moving forward WDI needs to spend more time factoring breakdowns into the design. I know they designed ROTR to have B Modes for major show scenes but it doesn’t quite cut it. When stuff goes down on POTC, HM, and Splash it doesn’t cripple the attraction. They re still worth riding. If the boulder, snake and revolving doors aren’t working what’s the point of riding Indy? I guess you’re still immersed in that world and the last thing it has going for it is just the scale of those sets kind of like ROTR if the canons and some of the major effects aren’t working. ROTR and I guess to an extent Indy can just get by by the sheer scope n scale.
So maybe they shouldn’t rely on fewer show stopping elements on and go back to the ol playbook of POTC/ HM/ Splash.
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Disney Analyst
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It’s been the trend for a while now (pre covid included).
Weekends historically easy and nice in summer, weekdays crazy busy. MiceChat has regularly reported on it in their weekly updates.
mickEblu
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True but with reservations they should be staffed accordingly. I thought that was the whole point.
PiratesMansion
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And there are only so many maintenance-intensive attractions a resort can have before maintenance everywhere starts to suffer, especially if you have staffing shortage on top of it.
I'm not familiar enough with Rise to know for sure if I got the "A" experience or not, but there was nothing obviously not working.
Indy is easily the attraction in the worst shape right now.
In theory, but who really knows. I could also see someone at Disney being like "oh, we have less people than expected, better send more people home to save some money."
mickEblu
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In that room with the canons on the left and the battle in Space taking place on the windows to the right (before meeting Kylo Ren for the last time) the canons are supposed to be moving back and forth. When they work it makes it one of, if not the best scene in the attraction.
I was sad I never got to see those working. My first ride I wondered what the heck was up with all of the jolting back nd forth. I then saw a video of it working as it is intended to and saw it as one of the greatest modern theme park design scenes. Truly a Scott Trowbridge and team approach to an action scene. It plays like a real life video game timing trick when it works right. Awesome idea. Pointless if it is rarely fixed.
TrainsOfDisney
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Managers are everywhere today and there seems to be more security as well just standing around looking intimidating lol.
Overall cast seems more annoyed… maybe they know it’s too busy and understaffed? Or maybe they are just annoyed that it’s Monday lol.
Jazz band, Dapper Dans, and Pianist in Golden Horseshoe are all great today!
Overall cast seems more annoyed… maybe they know it’s too busy and understaffed? Or maybe they are just annoyed that it’s Monday lol.
Jazz band, Dapper Dans, and Pianist in Golden Horseshoe are all great today!
gerarar
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The cannons were in A-mode lite (only first cannon moved) for a while at DL afaik. One insider claimed that DL was persistent on finding a fix for the cannons, while WDW gave up on theirs, not wanting to put in $/time/resources. DL did try to keep all 3 cannons moving, but soon resigned to just 1.
However, sometime around March or April this year, DL's went to B-mode (no cannons moving) and has been ever since. Whether this is a sign that DL's maintenence has too given up, or ops just pulled the plug for now to prevent frequent breakdowns, who knows..
Just for context, WDW last had A-mode lite December 2021. Then B-mode ever since. I got to ride it Christmas week and personally saw it with just the first cannon moving....such a beauty especially when you're on Track B..
Yes. I don't get either. I've been going since 1964. Touring Plans crowd history showed ( where 10/10 is worst case crowds): Mon, July 25 9/10, Tues 9/10, Wed 10/10, Thurs 10/10, Fri 7/10, Sat 7/10. Sun 6/10. Enchant and Imagine Keys are blacked out. It's been similar for some time. Sundays are the lightest days. Fri not bad. Sat not bad. Mon-Thurs are often worst days of the week-with EN and IM passes blocked. I understand tourists are here on weekdays, but you'd think Joe LA worker has Sat and Sun off and would show up? I might have to spend a little more on a pass to pick up Sundays if passes come back.
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