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HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
Premium Member
Yes, agreed!

We were just there last week and ALL waits were pretty low. Low enough to where we didn’t pay anything ride related, but still managed to ride all we wanted - sometimes multiple times .

The longest line in waited in was tron, which was 35 mins. Easy peasy.
You must be mistaken. We were just told by people in the parks 2 weeks ago that they were packed, lines were long, and dining reservations difficult to obtain. Are you sure Tron wasn’t 85 minutes and your rose-colored glasses aren’t altering your memories to push an agenda? 😉
 

Purduevian

Well-Known Member
You must be mistaken. We were just told by people in the parks 2 weeks ago that they were packed, lines were long, and dining reservations difficult to obtain. Are you sure Tron wasn’t 85 minutes and your rose-colored glasses aren’t altering your memories to push an agenda? 😉
I was also there last week. Went to AK on 11/13. Didn't ride FOP, but under 5 min wait for Safari, Everest, dino, and triceratops. I waited 12 mins for Navi at the end of the night.

MK of 11/14 (party day). I did LL for most attractions, but 10ish min wait for Buzz and small world. Finally EPCOT on 11/16 was actually busy, we LL everything but Frozen and remy were both posed over 70 mins when we rode and SSE and Soain were both 20+.
 

Purduevian

Well-Known Member
Starting to see how this system works under busy days. Most people are probably grabbing #4 or #5 around now.

10:45am
MK:
Sold Out: Big Thunder, Haunted Mansion, Jingle Cruise, Pooh, Pan, Pirates, 7D, Tiana, Tron
Past 4pm Buzz (4:05pm)

EPCOT:
Sold Out: Frozen, Guardians, Mission Space, Remy,
Past 4pm SSE (4:45pm), Turtle Talk (4:40pm)

DHS:
Sold out: Slinky, ROTR, TSM, TOT
Past 4pm: Alien (8:00pm), MMRR (7:15pm) MFSR (5:15pm), RNRC (8:00pm)

AK:
Sold out: FOP, Everest, FotLK, Kali, Safari, Navi
Past 4pm: Dinosaur (5:05pm)

*not that I was really trying, but I did see Pirates, Haunted Mansion, and TOT come back while I was doing this.
 
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Chi84

Premium Member
Yes, agreed!

We were just there last week and ALL waits were pretty low. Low enough to where we didn’t pay anything ride related, but still managed to ride all we wanted - sometimes multiple times .

The longest line in waited in was tron, which was 35 mins. Easy peasy.
It would be nice if Disney found the balance where the people who would rather pay than wait could buy enough LLs to free up the standby lanes for the ones who can easily wait 35 minutes.
 

HauntedPirate

Park nostalgist
Premium Member
Wait a minute... the parks are busy this week??

Fake Surprised Season 8 GIF by Friends
 

Purduevian

Well-Known Member
MK is in a weird place right now...
Only LLMP/LLSP left are Barnstormer (4:15), Dumbo (instant), Small world (2:25), Tea party (instant), Aladdin (3:20), Philharmagic (instant), Monsters inc (instant), and Speedway (2:20pm)

Which is absolutely wild because the highest waits in the park are:
60: Tron
55: 7D
50: Pan
35: JC
30: Space and Big Thunder
25: Barnstormer
20: Pooh, HM

So the parks aren't busy, but FOMO made everyone buy LLMP/LLSP today. I can't believe Buzz/Pirates are sold out before noon on a day where all but 3 rides are under 40 mins in the park. LLMP looks like I would expect... but standby looks like a nice September weekday. Party days do very strange things.
 

Chi84

Premium Member
MK is in a weird place right now...
Only LLMP/LLSP left are Barnstormer (4:15), Dumbo (instant), Small world (2:25), Tea party (instant), Aladdin (3:20), Philharmagic (instant), Monsters inc (instant), and Speedway (2:20pm)

Which is absolutely wild because the highest waits in the park are:
60: Tron
55: 7D
50: Pan
35: JC
30: Space and Big Thunder
25: Barnstormer
20: Pooh, HM

So the parks aren't busy, but FOMO made everyone buy LLMP/LLSP today. I can't believe Buzz/Pirates are sold out before noon on a day where all but 3 rides are under 40 mins in the park. LLMP looks like I would expect... but standby looks like a nice September weekday
Those standby numbers are ridiculous to some people, including me. Could it be that people buying the LLs are the reason standby is not as high as in the past?

Wasn’t the goal to fix LLs so standby would move more quickly?
 

Jrb1979

Well-Known Member
Those standby numbers are ridiculous to some people, including me. Could it be that people buying the LLs are the reason standby is not as high as in the past?

Wasn’t the goal to fix LLs so standby would move more quickly?
I view those waits as nothing. We are used to waiting in 90-120 minute queues at other parks all summer.
 

Chi84

Premium Member
I view those waits as nothing. We are used to waiting in 90-120 minute queues at other parks all summer.
I know you do, but I'm not talking about you. As you have repeatedly acknowledged, Disney guests are not the same as people who frequent standard amusement parks.

I'm talking about the people who are Disney's target audience given how they decided to price structure their paid system.
 

Disstevefan1

Well-Known Member
MK is in a weird place right now...
Only LLMP/LLSP left are Barnstormer (4:15), Dumbo (instant), Small world (2:25), Tea party (instant), Aladdin (3:20), Philharmagic (instant), Monsters inc (instant), and Speedway (2:20pm)

Which is absolutely wild because the highest waits in the park are:
60: Tron
55: 7D
50: Pan
35: JC
30: Space and Big Thunder
25: Barnstormer
20: Pooh, HM

So the parks aren't busy, but FOMO made everyone buy LLMP/LLSP today. I can't believe Buzz/Pirates are sold out before noon on a day where all but 3 rides are under 40 mins in the park. LLMP looks like I would expect... but standby looks like a nice September weekday. Party days do very strange things.
These are nice low waits but as you say, the park is not busy.

When the park is busy the wait times raise rapidly then add in a breakdown or two and its havoc.
 

Purduevian

Well-Known Member
Those standby numbers are ridiculous to some people, including me. Could it be that people buying the LLs are the reason standby is not as high as in the past?

Wasn’t the goal to fix LLs so standby would move more quickly?
I think the only answer is that an extremely high % of guests bought LLMP at MK today out of fears of long lines due to thanksgiving week. However, because it's a party day (closes at 6pm) there are just not as many people in the park as they expected. DHS and AK look miserable today

Resort wide wait times at 2:00pm
205: ROTR
100: TOT. SDD
85: RNRC
80:FOP
65: TSM, Soarin, Navi, MMRR,
60: Remy, Safari, Frozen
55: 7D, MFSR, Kali, Alien,
45: EE
35: Tron, Star Tours, SM, Nemo, Pooh

Everything else is 30 mins or less.
 

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