MrPromey
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You do realize they expect to charge as much as $25 per ride for some of the top tier stuff that's excluded under the current plan, right?
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Lightning Lane at Walt Disney World
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MrPromey
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Was that copy/pasted from what they said about the variable date pricing at the time they rolled that out?
If not, they must have cracked open a thesaurus to swap a few words because it sounds exactly the same to me.
How did that work out for the guests, again?
You ever hear the saying "fool me once..."?
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MrPromey
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Joeamc
Active Member
I’m calling freebies fast passes and IAS will be “paid fast passes” Lol.
Lil Copter Cap
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Why not name it Zoom Zoom Lane?
Missed opportunity if you ask me.
Missed opportunity if you ask me.
Squishy
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Cause if it's called lightning lane and the person gets struck by lightning Disney can claim they asked for it.
DisneyCane
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They should have called it the "vacuum lane" since that's what it doing to your wallet.
ThistleMae
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At least whoever cut out those letters made them nice and straight. Can you imagine the conversation between the cast members who were assigned the task!
Chip Chipperson
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If they were smart, they'd call it the Magical Express Lane. "Hey, we listened to our guests! They specifically asked for this by name!"
rkleinlein
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Spot on. This really is the new Disney summed up in one photo: Sloppy, lazy, cheap, and tacky. And worse, an unintentional, in-your-face reminder that you get less and pay more for it.
As for everyone defending this by saying it's temporary and you can't expect them to change hundreds of signs overnight: Even a temporary sign change doesn't have to be this sloppy. It would not have been difficult to overlay a temporary sign in a way that you can't see the existing lettering underneath. Come on.
This is on par with the error-filled menu for the new "crēpe" (sic) restaurant. No excuses.
Do people who say this really not realize that beyond day 2, Universal gets MASSIVELY less expensive, and their season passes are a fraction of Disney’s
Or are you just propagandizing for Disney?
ImperfectPixie
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Yep...that's what thin acrylic and double-stick tape are for...temporary overlays. This would never have flown at the shop I worked at...and my boss at the time made Disney look like a spendthrift. This is just plain lazy.
I dont think it will be that cheap. I think your underestimating the GREED of the current TWDC leadership. I think it could go as high as $50 or maybe more since we think they will use a Surge Pricing model for this. I think it will start at $25.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Because we already know no one needs more than three days in uni per trip. They could give away days 4-10 because people wouldn’t use ‘em.
MrPromey
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If they're successful, I imagine it'll grow to something like that but I'm pretty sure I read (probably on this site) that to roll out, the price estimate was between $8-$25 depending on the day and demand...
$25 for a family of four would still be $100 for attractions that in some cases, are less than four minutes long (let that sink in) but I'm sure if they sell briskly, we'll see the upper limit rise sharply.
ImperfectPixie
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Anyone who thinks $100 for 4 minutes of distraction is reasonable is doing some serious drugs or drinking.
Tha Realest
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I saw rickklein's logo and it made me think of our friend WDWPro, who often had some insight or editorializing on rumors like this. I tried to look him up on here and there's scant reference to him anymore, and googling his user online also shows a paucity where once there was a lot of stuff. He did exist, right? I'm not being gaslit, am I?
Let's look at something important inherent in your statement:
"If successful"... "if they sell briskly"
The argument about G+/LL from many people keeps making two contradictory assumptions:
1 -- It's way too expensive, $100 for a family of 4 for a 4-minute experience!
2 -- Everyone will buy it!
Even if the day of free paper FP, not everyone went through the hassle of grabbing a FP and returning later.. plenty of people just got on the 30-60 minute standby line, despite the availability of free fastpasses.
It is indeed pretty expensive for a short duration ride, especially for larger families. There will indeed be free spenders who have no hesitation to spend $100 to skip a 20 minute line.
But most people will look at the line, look at the value of the ride, look at the value of skipping the line...
What this all means: "If they sell briskly" -- It means that lots of people find it fairly priced. Frankly, if it wasn't worth the price, few people would buy it.
And if it is indeed vastly overpriced, then there will be very few takers.
Ayla
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Do you have a link to the new menu?
A look at the new La Crêperie de Paris menu items and details on reservations
Find out more about the food coming to the new EPCOT table service restaurant in EPCOT'S France Pavilion.
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