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Frozen Ever After opening day
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BiffyClyro
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My friend text me saying the wait times were 5 hours and then it broke down... She heard this somewhere, so is this true?
If so my heart just sunk slightly at the ridiculousness of that. Booked fastpasses for it but still...
If so my heart just sunk slightly at the ridiculousness of that. Booked fastpasses for it but still...
MagicHappens1971
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The ride was evacuated earlier today, yes.
BiffyClyro
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Sorry, I don't get these new fastpasses... What do you mean? Fastpass holders had to wait 3 hours?
5thGenTexan
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Could be worse....Six Flags "USED" to do deep theming to there queues during the Time Warner Era when they wanted you to be immersed in the story line SFGAm's Batman The Ride had a good theme until they removed almost 80% of the theming aspect..Entering a beautified new park commisioned by Bruce Wayne. Only to find behind the wall that Havoc reigns in the Slums of Gotham. Only way to escape is to enter the storm drain and accidently enter the Batcave to Help Batman use his new vehicle to wipe out the scum of Gotham...Yes there was a plot to this Coaster.
But, thank the Maker they didn't take it to stupid routes of just making a sign standee with facts of the Frozen Characters while waiting in line..Like they show here at SFGAm's Superman Ultimate Flight....No Story, no plot...Nothing...Plus you can't barely read these due to their angle and distance they are from the queue..
Everything at Six Flags (my park is SFOT) was themed before Time Warner. Back when it was just one park and shortly thereafter SFOG. I really hate TW and Premier was worse. This are a bit better now, but I would like to see Bugs and DC stuff gone. I'd like to see the whole thing dissolved and return the parks to their regional origins, especially SFOT.
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Kate F
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I actually got back from a Norway trip a few weeks ago and I can tell you that they had something related to trolls in pretty much every store we visited. There were little dolls and statues of trolls all over the place. We even had a tour guide tell us a story about the Three-headed troll. They are a very important part of Scandavian folklore.
Just for the record, I've long gotten over the closure of Maelstrom, I just thought I'd tell you that. I think Frozen Ever After looks like a huge improvement as an actual ride, but Maelstrom represented Norway much better, there's no question.
wdwfan22
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FASTPASS return times have been 90 mins + at times. Still better than 5 hours.
BiffyClyro
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Way better. Got to admit though, the whole thing seems a bit of a mess. Hope it dies off soon.
wdwfan22
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I think it will be months before this dies off. Hopefully they can get it down to like 2 hour waits instead of 5. In other news Gran Fiesta Tour is about a 5 min wait at the moment.
disney4life2008
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See I'm the opposit actually, I take the tolls all the time and avoid I4 at all costs. Sorry for contributing to the thread drif
I take the tolls sometimes but it just pains me to be out of $15.
aladdin2007
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the new scenes/track are in the previous load room
disney4life2008
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I-4 is a nightmare. And it is always an accident in either direction which makes matters worse. With the construction going on, it will make things unbareable. On the flip side, it should ease up within the next 10 years lol
Disney Analyst
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This site has some images from when we were guessing, would say it's pretty close.
http://didyouknowmagic.tumblr.com/post/116791301780/frozen-ride-update
hopemax
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Think about the math. If this can optimistically handle 1500 people per hour. And if it is loaded 2/3rds from the Fastpass line, and 1/3 from the standby line, 500 people an hour can ride standby. Which means a 2 hour wait is only 1000 people, a 5 hour wait is 2500 people. By comparison, the old Horizons ride could have almost 700 people experiencing differing parts of the ride, at the same time. Or the Indiana Jones Stunt show can seat 2150 people per performance. It will probably come down from 5 hours, but I think 2 hours is probably optimistic. Too many little girls will want re-rides or people weren't able to get Fastpasses. Given the rest of the park, parents will acquiesce (even if it's just one parent waiting in line with the mini Elsa, while the other takes the older kids to Test Track).
Donaldfan1934
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DHS's original identity was a theme park that celebrated the movies and a working studio that showed you how they were made. It eventually lost most meaning, but the redo makes it seem like it'll have the revived purpose of celebrating the history of movies as well as continuing to be an IP dumping ground for things that don't fit in the other parks. Toy Story land is definitely part of the latter end of that purpose. Yes, the characters may work in MK individually, but this is the only way to do it if they want to bring them together naturally. In Frozen's case, however, there was already a perfect place for it at WDW. I don't think its a good idea to further dilute DHS's identity when it looks like they'll get things at least partially in check.
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Thanks phoenicians
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Anybody know the rides status? It's showing its closed again but is standby closed or the whole ride down?
EthanMagicBands
Active Member
I just went on this today. We got to our FastPass+ time right when the ride reopened around 12:30pm (after being down for about an hour or two around 11am), and we were on the ride within about 10 minutes. We didn't have to wait at all in the outside sun thank god!
I must say, our entire family enjoyed the ride and it was very well done. It's essentially the same as Maelstrom in terms of the ride motion and "track", but it's a completely different experience. Very immersive and the animatronics were outstanding. There is more of a flow to it, where I felt like Maelstrom was just a bunch of scenes. You know on Seven Dwarfs Mine Train when you go in the cave and they are all singing and mining and its very beautiful and well done? That's what this ride feels like for most of it. I loved the part where you start going backwards and Elsa's magic kind of follows you back with wall projections and lights on the ceiling and singing.
Honestly, we all liked it better than Maelstrom (which we had been on numerous times previously). I think the only thing I truly miss is being able to relax on a bench in the Norway village at the very end.... that aspect is completely gone. You can't even hang out anywhere once you get off the ride (which loads/unloads in the exact same spot). Overall we were impressed and it beat my expectations.
I must say, our entire family enjoyed the ride and it was very well done. It's essentially the same as Maelstrom in terms of the ride motion and "track", but it's a completely different experience. Very immersive and the animatronics were outstanding. There is more of a flow to it, where I felt like Maelstrom was just a bunch of scenes. You know on Seven Dwarfs Mine Train when you go in the cave and they are all singing and mining and its very beautiful and well done? That's what this ride feels like for most of it. I loved the part where you start going backwards and Elsa's magic kind of follows you back with wall projections and lights on the ceiling and singing.
Honestly, we all liked it better than Maelstrom (which we had been on numerous times previously). I think the only thing I truly miss is being able to relax on a bench in the Norway village at the very end.... that aspect is completely gone. You can't even hang out anywhere once you get off the ride (which loads/unloads in the exact same spot). Overall we were impressed and it beat my expectations.
EthanMagicBands
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It's back up, but FP+ only.
gmajew
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