Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World

[MrPromey]

A system that forced me to wait three hours to get on a headliner would be the one thing that would break WDW for me.

This is what makes this conversation complicated.

You say that like it's a bad thing.

For you, obviously it is but for someone who would be willing to wait, that means their wait might be a little shorter because you (and many others like you), using a system they couldn't use for the most in demand attractions (for whatever reason, since there are potentially a few) that put you and your family at the front of the line is now not even going to bother competing with them by standing in the longer line.

But that's what Disney has created - a situation where there will be clear winners and clear losers regardless of which way they go.

Meanwhile, I have an out-of-state friend who was at Universal yesterday and did Hagrids with a 45 minute wait and then Velosicoaster with 25 after not even getting there until almost noon... and Universal's back to work on their third park. :/

 

[G00fyDad]

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At a max $20 per ride (worst case) for us:

DHS
RotR x4 - $80
Slinky x4 - $80
MK
Space M x3 - $60
SDMT x3 - $60
Epcot
Frozen x4 - $80
Remy x4 - $80
AK
EE x3 - $60
FoP x3 - $60

Total: $560

Glad this is the last trip.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

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At a max $20 per ride (worst case) for us:

DHS - RotR x3 - $60
Slinky x4 - $80
MK - Space M x3 - $60
SDMT x3 - $60
Epcot - Frozen x4 - $80
Remy x4 - $80
AK - EE x3 - $60
FoP x3 - $60

Total: $540

Glad this is the last trip.

Rope drop: $0
Standby: $0

 

[G00fyDad]

Rope drop: $0
Standby: $0

LOL Good one!! You actually think you'll get both of those done at rope drop each day.

 

[Patcheslee]

Nataride (Not a ride)

When you have a 6yo dang near climb on top of you to avoid the bee sting it becomes a ride lol

 

[MrPromey]

You are correct thats my understanding with Coasters as well. More tracks more or longer tracks more launches means more on the attraction at any given time. But I dont think Disney can add tracks to 7DMT or Big Thunder or really any of the existing coasters.

Well, BTM benefits from dual stations. Other coasters like Space Mountain, RnR, Everest benefit from having separate load/unload stations so that, when things are running optimally, nobody loading or unloading is waiting on the other.

Disney has decades of experience with this kind of industry leading innovative ride design to improve capacity... So what happened to all of that when they built 7DMT?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

LOL Good one!! You actually think you'll get both of those done at rope drop each day.

I'll bet you $560 that I can ride every single ride at Walt Disney World in a week without paying for a single IAS.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Rope drop: $0
Standby: $0

Walking around the park and not being able to ride anything: $0
Spending that time buying food and souvenirs: $$$$$$$

 

[MrPromey]

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[CaptainAmerica]

Walking around the park and not being able to ride anything: $0

What planet do you live on?

 

[mattpeto]

I'll bet you $560 that I can ride every single ride at Walt Disney World in a week without paying for a single IAS.

I'm also hoping that the paid Genie+ will make Standby more reasonable everywhere. But it all depends on adoption rate.

 

[Waters Back Side]

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At a max $20 per ride (worst case) for us:

DHS
RotR x4 - $80
Slinky x4 - $80
MK
Space M x3 - $60
SDMT x3 - $60
Epcot
Frozen x4 - $80
Remy x4 - $80
AK
EE x3 - $60
FoP x3 - $60

Total: $560

Glad this is the last trip.

24 dollars would be the high end it said. Which is worse. The Genie + itself is not a price out. The IAS rides will be for a lot of people.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

24 dollars would be the high end it said.

Yeah but the high end is like... TRON opening day or Rise on Christmas. I don't think the "normal" price for the majority of these rides will be anywhere near that amount.

 

[Waters Back Side]

Yeah but the high end is like... TRON opening day or Rise on Christmas. I don't think the "normal" price for the majority of these rides will be anywhere near that amount.

I'll be there between Christmas and New Years. I have already accepted and expect (and budgeted) 24 × 5 (guests) per individual attraction. $120 a ride. And sadly, unlike the Genie rides, these ones, I am predicting for resort guests will need to be booked at or soon after 7. Hopefully I'm wrong. Of course, it was my choice to take my family of 5 to WDW 9n the busiest week of the year.

 

[pdude81]

24 dollars would be the high end it said. Which is worse. The Genie + itself is not a price out. The IAS rides will be for a lot of people.

That kind of depends on what you want to do with your day. If you don't want to rope drop (or got a late start) and the kids want to ride 7DMT, you may just pay for that and stick with standby for everything else.

 

[dreday3]

The only ones we plan to buy are Rat and ROTR.

Now I'm not sure we will even have it by our trip soooo....
For Rat I will just try my best for virtual queue.
My guy and my brother can wait in stand-by for ROTR if they choose and I will shop/eat/drink with my sister. Happy compromise!

 

[Waters Back Side]

That kind of depends on what you want to do with your day. If you don't want to rope drop (or got a late start) and the kids want to ride 7DMT, you may just pay for that and stick with standby for everything else.

As hypocritical I admit I sound (because of the wife and kids disney desire factor) I have $1000 budgeted for rides. The two IAS rides I will be skipping (or at least not paying for) is Space Mountain and SDMT at MK. And now I might skip Frozen also since it seems that will be in the IAS tier and not Test Track. So I'll be paying for rat, slinky, rise, and FOP...$480 total. $525 for 7 days of the Genie. $1005 total. It is possible I will not need the Genie on Jan 2 or 3rd when the parks are emptier and everyone left for home..I guess we will see. It's a shame but I'm a glutton for punishment. I'll be cutting back elsewhere.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

As hypocritical I admit I sound (because of the wife and kids disney desire factor) I have $1000 budgeted for rides. The two IAS rides I will be skipping (or at least not paying for) is Space Mountain and SDMT at MK. And now I might skip Frozen also since it seems that will be in the IAS tier and not Test Track. So I'll be paying for rat, slinky, rise, and FOP...$480 total. $525 for 7 days of tue Genie. $1005 total. It's a shame but I'm a glutton for punishment. I'll be cutting back elsewhere.

Do you guys have a hard time hitting rope drop?

 

[UNCgolf]

Having Frozen instead of TT and Everest instead of the Safari surprised me. Everest has such a huge capacity that line is usually not that bad, Frozen is a welcome change as I doubt most will take part in it.

I can't imagine paying to ride Frozen. That's not even one of the 5 best rides in its own park.

 

[Waters Back Side]

Do you guys have a hard time hitting rope drop?

If I went alone or it was my wife and I we would consider it. We might do early entry on our AK day since it's the only park we are doing once and run over to Everest. We will see.

Generally we arrive between 1030 and noon and spend until the park closes. In the past we would usually have a character meal at 10am and head to the parks but those days are over. We just like to sleep in on vacation.