SplashGhost
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Nothing better proves how bored people are in 2020 than them being willing to get up early and wait for hours to get into a very small part of DCA that won't have any rides open.
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Downtown Disney District Extends to Buena Vista Street
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el_super
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Yeah and they're also betting that no one is going to call them out on the chaos, and even if they do get called out, it won't negatively impact the desire to go.
Stevek
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There's enough people with pixie dust flowing through their veins that nothing will keep them from going. We went once, would never go on a weekend again but might try a weeknight but only if I feel there is a need to actually get something there i.e. Christmas gift that I can't get online.
SuddenStorm
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Those lines look socially distanced, are outside, and everyone is wearing a mask. How dangerous is it really?
TP2000
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This experience needs more middle management in Dockers standing around waving.
I only counted four dozen of them.
SevenSevens
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But they only opened 50 min ago? Are they forecasting those in line at 10am won't get in until 3pm, or does that just mean people were lining up at 5am?
SuddenStorm
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Well that's a blunder. This is the month where Christma- er, the holidays are at full swing at the Disneyland Resort, with a delightful holiday medley playing in various lands throughout both parks.
This is the first time the general public has stepped foot in DCA since March, and the docker clad stage management couldn't even get the land show ready?
Yikes! Maybe it's best they hold off on any kind of partial reopen for Disneyland park, I'd hate to see what TDA would call 'acceptable'.
el_super
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People started lining up five hours early, but they didn't really "need" to. Also it looks like the rest of Downtown Disney is empty now.
Stevek
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Exactly...if you get there 5-6 hours before it actually opens...you're gonna wait 5 hours until you get it.
PostScott
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I mean... I live 45 mins away from DL so when I went in January/February I woke up at 5:45 and left at 6:15 to ride ROTR. I thought waking up at 5:45 was the earliest I'd ever wake up for DL.
I love the enthusiasm and love some people have for the parks, I love them myself, but getting to DTD at 6-7am for just buena vista street and no rides just kinda seems... weird. I don't want to be mean but getting to the park at 7am was hard for me, even with the excitement of ROTR.
It's been a tough 8-9 months so I guess it's not too out of wack, but
. I'm just waiting for them to open the barriers so guests can walk through more of DCA. It'll probably take a few weeks but they'll need as much capacity as possible for the incoming holiday crowds for the next month and a half.
Edit- Um this is probably unethical but someone posted a picture on twitter of the qr code for the waitlist so I'll give it to y'all. Since I'm so nice, here is the link- https://cdn1.parksmedia.wdprapps.di...terstitial-vw/dlr-dca-buena-vista-street.html
If you want to join the waitlist, you have to be within some kind of boundaries near DL but to save y'all time walking over, just enter it when y'all get to the parking lot. Hopefully it'll work there.
I love the enthusiasm and love some people have for the parks, I love them myself, but getting to DTD at 6-7am for just buena vista street and no rides just kinda seems... weird. I don't want to be mean but getting to the park at 7am was hard for me, even with the excitement of ROTR.
It's been a tough 8-9 months so I guess it's not too out of wack, but
. I'm just waiting for them to open the barriers so guests can walk through more of DCA. It'll probably take a few weeks but they'll need as much capacity as possible for the incoming holiday crowds for the next month and a half.Edit- Um this is probably unethical but someone posted a picture on twitter of the qr code for the waitlist so I'll give it to y'all. Since I'm so nice, here is the link- https://cdn1.parksmedia.wdprapps.di...terstitial-vw/dlr-dca-buena-vista-street.html
If you want to join the waitlist, you have to be within some kind of boundaries near DL but to save y'all time walking over, just enter it when y'all get to the parking lot. Hopefully it'll work there.
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George Lucas on a Bench
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Aside from the lack of rides, entertainment and anything to do other than shop and dine, looks great. Exactly as you'd spend the beginning of your trip to DCA on a normal operating day AKA walking in to the entrance.
PiratesMansion
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And this is why they opened DCA first: they get a ludicrous response just for opening something *closer* to DL than DTD. If they had started this with MSUSA, there would have been crickets when they opened BVS.
Can't wait to see if people start getting in line two days in advance if they ever do the same thing for Main Street!
Can't wait to see if people start getting in line two days in advance if they ever do the same thing for Main Street!
EPCOTCenterLover
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And exactly how you'd do it in 2001 when DCA opened!
TP2000
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That's hysterical!
Of course, they are limited to only 25% of the design capacity allowed inside the stores, so it's not like the place is packed. But still, people are so desperate to walk around a theme park and buy a Christmas coffee mug and PJ set made in Communist China that they'll wait for five hours?
I can't wait to peruse the YouTube tonight to see the blogger videos on this momentous day!
George Lucas on a Bench
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It's still more popular than Galaxy Edge, when it was open.
Giss Neric
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1. Do you consider where it's made when purchasing stuff? Don't you find it hard as everything is made in China anyways. I think it's more the experience of buying it inside the park,That's hysterical!
Of course, they are limited to only 25% of the design capacity allowed inside the stores, so it's not like the place is packed. But still, people are so desperate to walk around a theme park and buy a Christmas coffee mug and PJ set made in Communist China that they'll wait for five hours?
I can't wait to peruse the YouTube tonight to see the blogger videos on this momentous day!
2. Adam the Woo and the gang have already posted their POV of the opening.
Giss Neric
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Of course Downtown Disney is empty as it is the FIRST DAY DCA is opening up partially. Everyone wants to be in Beuna Vista. It's not really "needed" but that's on them. People wait in line for hours on anything that is opening, whether it's a new ride, a new park, a new establishment, etc. so why does it seem a suprise?