The math works out identically. You have more opportunities under FP+, but you're competing against a proportionally higher number of guests.
That setup existed for less than 2 weeks.
Queues are like taxes in a theme park. Nobody likes them, but everyone should be paying their fare share. Making people think otherwise was the mistake. If LL needs to exist, I'd prefer it be seen as a somewhat less expensive and less exclusive VIP tour than a somewhat more expensive park admission. And going one step further, require a hotel stay or dining package. This is one program I have no problem with Disney being greedy with. Cap the numbers low enough so that standby is not overtly affected and see just how much people will pay.
Just stop. You're the only one defending it when it's clearly collapsing this week.
Not to mention being locked into a park due to reservations limits which ones people can attempt to obtain. Before it was more flexible in which park you wanted to go to. So if I see my #1 attraction want is sold unavailable, I'm stuck with still going to that park.
And I was there a year earlier, in Feb 2019, and the Tier 1 FPs were SDD, TSM, and AS2. RnRC, ToT, and ST were tier 2.
Yes, if a guest booked a longer-than-average stay, they would have an advantage for the days at the outer edge of their 60+LOS. Pretending that the average length of stay is 4.5 days, a guest with a 7 night stay would have an advantage over the current system for days 60+5, 60+6 60+7, and 60+8. They would have no advantage for days 60, 60+1, 60+2, 60+3, and 60+4.
If everything sells out at T=0, it's priced below market. I'm double-shocked. 1) Shocked that people are paying at this rate and 2) shocked that Disney hasn't been aggressively raising prices in light of #1.
Obviously you have never read my posts. I am on Team Standby Only. But if someone is on vacation and needs help now. I will offer it.
The first half day park at Walt Disney World opened in 1989. Disney began persuing increased crowding by 1993 and was full steam ahead by 1994. The Magic Kingdom still hasn’t replaced all of the dining capacity removed in 1994.
Universal tried to transition to 100% virtual queues and it didn’t work. Jimmy Fallon’s Race Through New York and Fast & Furious: Supercharged were supposed to be virtual queue only and yet today you will see a Stand-By queue. Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure somewhat often utilizes a virtual queue but this is more due to reliability issues. Velocicoaster has almost never actually implemented a virtual queue. Volcano Bay’s opening was a disaster and while it retains its virtual only model capacity was reduced because things like the lazy rivers that are supposed to just be available were filling up. Epic Universe could have been an all virtual park but Universal realized it wouldn’t work because they were not interested in building a boutique park like Discovery Bay.
I think this is where you and I differ. While I know the parks well enough and generally can game plan around whatever Disney management throws at me, I have *always* accepted I am just a wallet to Disney.
This is so true. People will stop going to WDW when they no longer find value in the product. I doubt Disney is too concerned about the diehard fans who complain but find workarounds and continue to visit. Obviously, it’s still worth it to them to keep going.
They already tried that. NextGen was Plan B.
By continuing to give your money to Disney parks, you're telling them that their current trajectory is okay.
