Lightning Lane Premier Pass

[HauntedPirate]

I would buy the equivalent, in a heartbeat, if I visited an international park.

Visiting an international park, to me, is the time when you don't want to buy any kind of skip-the-line pass, unless your goal is only to experience the ride itself and skip any and all details in the queue.

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

As long as it’s very limited supply…have at it.

But to embrace common sense…there is none if you pay $200+$449 for rides in magic kingdom

It’s not that good…and even though still one of the best parks on the planet…there is still not a “value there”

Honestly these type of statements are just silly.

I get that your time just might be so meaningless that wasting it standing around doing nothing is the best use of your time. So for your, sure there is "not value there "in reducing the time waiting around doing nothing. But for many people, including myself, my time is limited, its valuable, and I would much rather spending it doing something, anything, other than standing around doing nothing, when its avoidable.

As to costs, again being a completely subjective and relative decision. Given you don't value your time, maybe for your budget 200-449 is too much to pay. Listen, I don't spend other people's money, so whatever works for you personally, that's great, but it has nothing to do with common sense. While I am not an actor or a professional athlete, and don't have "FU never have to worry about what my grandkids are going to do for work kind of money," I and many others, have a budget such that in a real sense there isn't really a practical difference between spending 15K, or 10K for an annual trip to WDW. So to me, spending the money to skip having to literally wait around and do nothing in a line is a no brainer.

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

Visiting an international park, to me, is the time when you don't want to buy any kind of skip-the-line pass, unless your goal is only to experience the ride itself and skip any and all details in the queue.

I can understand this in theory, but I think you could also argue that you want to be able to skip the lines at the international park because 1) for most US people, its far mor likely your visit to an international park is a 1 and done, vs multiple trips to WDW and 2) don't you want more time there to explore the other things the parks offer, the food, the shops, the shows, all the special items you can't get domestically?