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FLIK Cards going away
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Jon81uk
Well-Known Member
Five minute increments and the smallest they usually show is 5 minutes. I don't think I've ever seen a zero as its unlikely you will wait less than 3 minutes.
Usually if its less than 10 at ToT they put 13 on the wait time board.
Wait, you mean that when DHS would open, and the posted wait time for TSM would instantly jump to 60-90 minutes, it wasn't accurate?? Next you're going to tell me that those "Surprise FastPasses" one would sometimes get (like at Test Track and you'd get one FP for TT and one "surprise" FP for HISTA) were trying to get you into an attraction that usually had little-to-no wait in order to spread the crowds out.
RetroCOTfan
New Member
FWIW, our group got red cards half a dozen times (at least) last week. The last was on Saturday, I think.
Figment82
Well-Known Member
Personally, I love that they do that.
Me too, although I've personally heard people complain that it was a walk on and the sign wasn't accurate.
Um, it's a joke, people...
disneygeek90
Well-Known Member
They also did this at Haunted Mansion in DL a week or so ago. Fun stuff.
ford91exploder
Resident Curmudgeon
That's the kind of touch one still sees at DL but is long gone from WDW, Hey they are TOURISTS what do they know...
RetroCOTfan
New Member
Except this quote was replying to someone talking about how it happens at Tower of Terror.
Notes from Neverland
Well-Known Member
Saw this exact thing at WDW at the Haunted Mansion in February.
Otterhead
Well-Known Member
Oh, so that's why there was a two month wait time when I was there...
Although seriously, when I was there last time, I remember going to Rock & Roller Coaster and seeing a 570 minute wait. I had to wonder if someone walked off with their card...
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Phil12
Well-Known Member
I always stuffed the card in my pocket while in the queue and kept all those FLIK cards as souvenirs. I must have about 40 cards. I think I'll wait a few years and then sell them on eBay. Theme park junkies will love these. I'll attach a tag to each one noting the attraction and queue wait time.
Tom Morrow
Well-Known Member
An experienced CM at an attraction can usually give you a more accurate estimate of the wait time just by looking at it and knowing what capacity the ride is operating at. Some attractions even train CMs to gauge the wait time. Lazier CM's, however, will just look at the sign and say "yep, that's the wait time."
jsreg51654
New Member
Just now catching this thread. They started taking away those cards over a year ago. It appears they are doing it in phases/ park groups.
I'm waiting for people on the other Disney forum to complain that it was always a family tradition to get the FLIK cards and that they're now cancelling their trips
Yes! Less people to get in my way and shorten the wait.
MaryJaneP
Well-Known Member
The whole "wait time" seems to be a game whereby the operator can "incentivize" guests to stay at this attraction or forego this attraction for somewhere else in that park by artificially inflating or deflating (deflate-gate) the number displayed as the current "wait time". To imagine that there is ANY scientific basis for their guessitmate is ludicrous. It completely ignores the innumerable variables that are in play and which can drastically change the actual time between entering and exiting and attraction. It represents nothing and at most could be some kind of very rough average that may or may not be based upon length of the line. Of course, again, this completely fails to take into consideration that nothing seems to proceed without wildly occurring swings in load/unload/accessability/attraction-status/etc events. An app that displays wait-times, laughable advertisement.