News Fantasmic!, Festival of Fantasy Parade and Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire to return to Walt Disney World

TTA94

TTA94

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jrhwdw said:
Also, what's up at DHS??? Movie Magic and WWOA canceled both nights this Weekend?
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Would be nice if both get replaced by one big show to go along with F! when it reopens. But I’d imagine they are more concerned with the two other nighttime shows on property at the moment lol.
 
Cesar R M

Cesar R M

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ToTBellHop said:
Like…a child?
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jrhwdw

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Here we are, just about 2 Weeks till FOF's Return......and we still don't have times! Are the times even known internally??

IDK why MK is stalling with the Calendar!!
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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jrhwdw said:
Here we are, just about 2 Weeks till FOF's Return......and we still don't have times! Are the times even known internally??

IDK why MK is stalling with the Calendar!!
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WDW's public calendar for entertainment has been notoriously bad for years and years. Every time an entertainment event doesn't show on the calendar, people panic thinking it's cancelled. And then it shows up a month, a week, or even a day ahead of time.
 
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Touchdown

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Because FoF/afternoon parade has always been a means to keep people in the parks midday who would rather nap (young families) because their kids are up for opening and want to see the fireworks. Having it at 2/3 pm accomplishes this as it’s close enough to dinner time to not allow the nap. Now because of their annoying 2pm hopper rule they have a decision to make that no matter what hurts them. Do they push up the parade to 1pm and allow those families to nap (and potentially eat dinner in their room/off site losing money) or do they create a park ops disaster on MSUSA by setting the parade up just past hopping time that they are inevitably going to have to open the back corridor (bypassing the shops, losing money) because of traffic flow issues.

The only way I can see them avoiding this crunch is by either rolling back hopping to noon like DLR or just getting rid of it all together but that will create a boarding group problem when GotG opens, assuming they still plan to use that system. The last thing they want is people descending on Epcot for the second boarding time, mulling around the entrance, and the losers immediately leaving to go elsewhere when they don’t get their golden ticket.
 
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jrhwdw

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Touchdown said:
Because FoF/afternoon parade has always been a means to keep people in the parks midday who would rather nap (young families) because their kids are up for opening and want to see the fireworks. Having it at 2/3 pm accomplishes this as it’s close enough to dinner time to not allow the nap. Now because of their annoying 2pm hopper rule they have a decision to make that no matter what hurts them. Do they push up the parade to 1pm and allow those families to nap (and potentially eat dinner in their room/off site losing money) or do they create a park ops disaster on MSUSA by setting the parade up just past hopping time that they are inevitably going to have to open the back corridor (bypassing the shops, losing money) because of traffic flow issues.

The only way I can see them avoiding this crunch is by either rolling back hopping to noon like DLR or just getting rid of it all together but that will create a boarding group problem when GotG opens, assuming they still plan to use that system. The last thing they want is people defending on Epcot for the second boarding time, mulling around the entrance, and the losers immediately leaving to go elsewhere when they don’t get their golden ticket.
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MOUACT was the normal Twice a day during Christmas-NYE, before and after 2PM. IDK if MK would go for that, even in off Season(if there is one)? Plus MK has work FOF around MMFF and 2 Cal.
 
mm52200

mm52200

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Touchdown said:
Because FoF/afternoon parade has always been a means to keep people in the parks midday who would rather nap (young families) because their kids are up for opening and want to see the fireworks. Having it at 2/3 pm accomplishes this as it’s close enough to dinner time to not allow the nap. Now because of their annoying 2pm hopper rule they have a decision to make that no matter what hurts them. Do they push up the parade to 1pm and allow those families to nap (and potentially eat dinner in their room/off site losing money) or do they create a park ops disaster on MSUSA by setting the parade up just past hopping time that they are inevitably going to have to open the back corridor (bypassing the shops, losing money) because of traffic flow issues.

The only way I can see them avoiding this crunch is by either rolling back hopping to noon like DLR or just getting rid of it all together but that will create a boarding group problem when GotG opens, assuming they still plan to use that system. The last thing they want is people descending on Epcot for the second boarding time, mulling around the entrance, and the losers immediately leaving to go elsewhere when they don’t get their golden ticket.
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There’s not an onslaught of guest waiting to park hop at 2 pm like you think there is. Sure sometimes a small group forms but otherwise it’s really a non issue.
 

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