I am currently at WDW and have been to all 4 parks in the past three days, most twice. Here are current trip report random musings os of 3/21/06
The Tree Houses are completely empty. THere are no cast members living in them at present. They are completely vacent.
:kiss: Animal Kingdom
All attractions are open and running. EE has been running all week. Lines at longest are 50 minutes as the load time is so fast. The lines at the Safari comtinue to be the longest in the park. Dinosaur remains the fastest headliner attraction to get onto - it was a walkon three times over the course of the last three days at randomly selected times.
:kiss: Magic Kingdom
The doombuggies seem to have their sound cranked up! Finally! On the other hand, the lighting in some of the rooms is dimmer - to the point of not being able to make some things out in some of the rooms. Whats up with that?
Lines are HUGE, especially after noon. THere have been frequent breakdowns -- The Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain seem to break down early and often. When this occurs, the lines start backing up. It was 90 minutes at Space Mountain shortly after opening this morning (it was broken until 11:30). As a result, the TTA and COP have had full crowds throughout the day.
:kiss: Epcot
Is PACKED - no matter when you go, people are flocking to Epcot - and the lines at Test Track and Soarin' remain the longest at the park. Mission Space is often a walk-on during the day. I know someone mentioned that WOL pavilion was going to open during peak -- it is not open, and is shuttered dark. It has even been removed from the park maps. Soarin' has the longest lines in park history - and they use a VERY VERY misleading standby ride board. Having done this ride countless times (see my post Riding Soarin') I guarantee the times on the board do NOT match the actual wait times. At one point they had 50 minutes on the board - I looked inside and the line was at the TWO hour point - the cast member at the front relucatantly changed the board to indicate 60 minutes after I insisted he is misleading those waiting to enter the queu. It remained more than two hours on standby and people coming off the ride were grumbling about the incorrectly posted times. I am writing a letter to Disney to complain about this misleading practice.
:kiss: Disney - MGM Studios
The crowds here have been lower than at the other parks the last three days. None of the standby lines have been longer than 45 minutes for anything. Lights Cameras Action has become THE major crowd control factor in the park - since it only runs three times per day - it causes massive migration to the stadium three times per day - when 5000 people all come pouring out afterwards, all attractions near the stadium get inundated with visitors. TIP : Do the attractions nearest to LCA while the show is in progress.
THe resorts are all full. Busses are plentiful and none of my waits has been more than 15 minutes. No complaints about the job WDW is doing with moving people around.
While I haven't gone, the water parks have been jammed full -- the weather here has been VERY hot the last three days.
Will edit this or add on as needed at the end of my week here on Friday.
The Tree Houses are completely empty. THere are no cast members living in them at present. They are completely vacent.
:kiss: Animal Kingdom
All attractions are open and running. EE has been running all week. Lines at longest are 50 minutes as the load time is so fast. The lines at the Safari comtinue to be the longest in the park. Dinosaur remains the fastest headliner attraction to get onto - it was a walkon three times over the course of the last three days at randomly selected times.
:kiss: Magic Kingdom
The doombuggies seem to have their sound cranked up! Finally! On the other hand, the lighting in some of the rooms is dimmer - to the point of not being able to make some things out in some of the rooms. Whats up with that?
Lines are HUGE, especially after noon. THere have been frequent breakdowns -- The Haunted Mansion and Space Mountain seem to break down early and often. When this occurs, the lines start backing up. It was 90 minutes at Space Mountain shortly after opening this morning (it was broken until 11:30). As a result, the TTA and COP have had full crowds throughout the day.
:kiss: Epcot
Is PACKED - no matter when you go, people are flocking to Epcot - and the lines at Test Track and Soarin' remain the longest at the park. Mission Space is often a walk-on during the day. I know someone mentioned that WOL pavilion was going to open during peak -- it is not open, and is shuttered dark. It has even been removed from the park maps. Soarin' has the longest lines in park history - and they use a VERY VERY misleading standby ride board. Having done this ride countless times (see my post Riding Soarin') I guarantee the times on the board do NOT match the actual wait times. At one point they had 50 minutes on the board - I looked inside and the line was at the TWO hour point - the cast member at the front relucatantly changed the board to indicate 60 minutes after I insisted he is misleading those waiting to enter the queu. It remained more than two hours on standby and people coming off the ride were grumbling about the incorrectly posted times. I am writing a letter to Disney to complain about this misleading practice.
:kiss: Disney - MGM Studios
The crowds here have been lower than at the other parks the last three days. None of the standby lines have been longer than 45 minutes for anything. Lights Cameras Action has become THE major crowd control factor in the park - since it only runs three times per day - it causes massive migration to the stadium three times per day - when 5000 people all come pouring out afterwards, all attractions near the stadium get inundated with visitors. TIP : Do the attractions nearest to LCA while the show is in progress.
THe resorts are all full. Busses are plentiful and none of my waits has been more than 15 minutes. No complaints about the job WDW is doing with moving people around.
While I haven't gone, the water parks have been jammed full -- the weather here has been VERY hot the last three days.
Will edit this or add on as needed at the end of my week here on Friday.