phantazmick25
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Yeah alright, that is me.
In my defense, I made that comment a long time ago. Since then, I’ve realized maybe you lot aren’t as horrible as I thought you to be.
Though if you’re still doing the jackets, go nuts.
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Disneyland's Rise Of The Resistance - Reviews, Criticism, Deep Thoughts
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Yeah alright, that is me.
In my defense, I made that comment a long time ago. Since then, I’ve realized maybe you lot aren’t as horrible as I thought you to be.
Though if you’re still doing the jackets, go nuts.
TrainsOfDisney
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I agree with the Hawaiian shirts, etc. but the bottle of water is fine in my book. Employees should be expected to look professional but they should also be able to have water especially if working outside in Florida / California weather and sun.
But to your point, it’s all connected. The managers looking so sloppy encouraged the cast working under them to look sloppy. You want everyon to take pride in the fact that they work for Disney.
SuddenStorm
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I can tell you, the amount of exposed tattoos, facial piercings, and other Disney look "no no's" you see in DCA when you go daily is insane.
It looks like they're a touch stricter in Disneyland proper.
It looks like they're a touch stricter in Disneyland proper.
SuddenStorm
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It is now 7:47 pm at Disneyland on a Friday- most AP's are off school and work. Crowds of every unblocked AP should now be descending onto the resort by the thousands to enjoy their prepaid admission to Disneyland.
Millennium Falcon: Hondo's Run is currently at a modest 30 minute wait.
BTMRR- 25 minutes
Pirates- 10 minutes
Indy- 40
Space- 45
Mansion Holiday- 20
Matterhorn- 25
Where are the crowds? It seems so far the curse of SWGE continues, with the anticipated hordes failing to materialize.
It's also worth noting that Rise most definitely did not boost interest in the other half of the land.
There are a few in TDA that I can imagine are getting real nervous right now.
yensidtlaw1969
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Something minor I've noticed - the direction Kylo's lightsaber carves through the ceiling in each elevator at Disneyland is opposite to its counterpart in Walt Disney World.
Wow! No kidding, this was not how it was supposed to go at all. It's a tad chilly tonight, already down to 54 in Anaheim, but there's no reason why the park shouldn't be packed without any AP blockouts tonight.
But then, when you've got Disneyland's first new E Ticket in over 25 years but it can only host about 15,000 people per day on a reservations-only basis, that's gonna be a problem.
Even so, I agree with you that they must be getting nervous in TDA about now.
Also Burbank, specifically Mr. Chapek's office suite.
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Disney Analyst
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it would be interesting to see what could have happened if they had allowed a free for all from the get to. Land debut, and now this ride. One has to think that Disneyland APs clearly don’t deal well with reservation systems.
They also have no fireworks right now, from what I can see. So perhaps it will just be busy rope drops from now on, and slow evenings until busy season starts.
yensidtlaw1969
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I'll say this, having just returned on Wednesday from a week at WDW (where I'm an AP), I had very little interest in going to DHS on the days where I knew I wasn't getting a Boarding Group for RotR. Two separate days I had earmarked to get up early and make it happen, and I did, and it was worth it (though I never wanna see this reservation system again - but I've been vocal about that elsewhere). . . but I can see why AP's at Disneyland might look and say "for x, y, or z reason I wasn't one of the people who was gonna get a boarding pass at park open this morning, so I might as well wait until I can be that person to hit up the park". Which seems to be decidedly NOT the response Disney was hoping for, but that's what you invite when you keep implementing systems that will not let you in without an RSVP.
I get why it's in place, since Rise seems to "need" it, but you'd think they'd have had more reservations about it (ha!) after the debacle last May where they decidedly did not need it.
Clearly there had to be a better way to launch Star Wars at Disneyland.
TrainsOfDisney
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I mean Tony Baxter brags about how when Star Tours opened the line was down Main Street and they kept Disneyland opened for like 4 days straight (?).
el_super
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The line was down Main Street BECAUSE they were open for 60 hours straight. The day after that, Disneyland went back to being open 10:00 to 6:00. January has typically been slow. This is more like a return to normal for them. It just took a bunch of weird tricks (boarding groups. flex passports, higher prices) to make it feel like it used to
Mickeyboof
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Posted this in the wrong thread- but speaking of crowds, how have the reservations been for Savi’s and the droid depot?
They’re considered attractions to some execs, so I’m curious what people have noticed. Any empty lightsaber shows?
Are reservations even necessary anymore?
They’re considered attractions to some execs, so I’m curious what people have noticed. Any empty lightsaber shows?
Are reservations even necessary anymore?
THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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wait you need a reservation for the droid depot at Disneyland now? savi and oga's I knew of but i thought you could just walk into the depot wait your turn and build a droid or walk in and buy a pre-built REX or R2? I cant even do that without a reservation?
Mickeyboof
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You could always walk in and buy pre made, but they’ve had reservations for building since opening I believe.
My question is if it’s still necessary, and I guess was it ever really necessary?
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THE 1HAPPY HAUNT
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wow really? i remember seeing few videos after opening of vloggers just going in and building with no reservation. i wonder when that changed???You could always walk in and buy pre made, but they’ve had reservations for building since opening I believe.
My question is if it’s still necessary, and I guess was it ever really necessary?
Droid Depot
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The fireworks are actually happening right now, I'm watching them from my den while nibbling on these new little chocolate cookies I got at Trader Joe's. Judging from how they look, it's the Mickey's Mix Magic show.
And wait times in both parks are very, very low for everything. This isn't how it was supposed to go. At all.
Wait times during the 9:30 fireworks, with the park open until Midnight:
Splash Mt., Small World, Submarines, Pirates, Jungle Cruise - 5 Minutes
Soarin', Thunder Mt., Star Tours - 15 Minutes
Indiana Jones, Millennium Falcon: Target Run - 20 Minutes
Haunted Mansion, Matterhorn Bobsleds - 25 Minutes
Radiator Racers - 30 Minutes
Space Mountain - 40 Minutes
Guardians of the Galaxy - 50 Minutes
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Disney Analyst
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ooh good to know. I didn’t see Mix Magic on the calendar
SuddenStorm
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The question is- did opening Rise of the Resistance today drive an additional 15,000 people to go to Disneyland today, on top of who would have already gone on a Friday in January?
It doesn't look like it.
el_super
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15,000 seems like a bizarrely arbitrary number. Why 15k?
I went back to look at my own records and the wait times are right in line with what they were on the Friday of NAMM last year (Jan 25th). At 10:30 PM a year ago, Space was at 50 minutes, Thunder 40, Haunted Mansion was 30 and Pirates was 15. Most everything else was less than 15. Maybe they were a little higher, but that's easily explained by Indy and the Matterhorn both being down, and Small World being closed for the holiday switchover.
And of course there was no Star Wars Land to soak up a couple thousand extra people.
That number is my fault. Last week in this forum I had done some 8th grade math based on what some insiders had said in the DHS thread, and the 800 Boarding Group riders per hour was the best guesstimate for what this ride can handle right now as they are purposely running fewer vehicles to improve reliability and owing to the fact it was designed as a very low capacity E Ticket to start with.
800 riders per hour for a 16 hour operating day gets you 12,800 riders per day. Best case scenario. But @egg corrected us and said it was closer to 1,000 an hour, or 15,000 riders per day.
I assumed as such, as these wait times seemed average for a January Friday. But is that why they spent a Billion dollars to build this mega-land, to just pull the same amount of crowds and lower the wait times for everything else in the park by 5 to 10 minutes? Judging by the type of person Mr. Chapek has proven himself to be, I highly doubt that was the guiding principle behind the Star Wars Land expansion.
But I do think it's important that we give this a few days to settle in. Let's review on Monday evening what this holiday weekend was like overall. That said, you can easily imagine there's some nervousness with TDA and Burbank execs this weekend that the huge crowds did NOT show up today.
RobWDW1971
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And you left out it’s the start of a three day holiday weekend and NAMM is in town, not just any Friday night. Would have expected it to be a zoo.
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