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Magic Key Poll
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Californian Elitist
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If it’s so bad, why do you keep returning here?
To bother just you. I'm so glad its working.
Californian Elitist
Well-Known Member
You’re the bothered and triggered one lol.
Which flavor of Kool-Aid are you currently sipping on?
Too Many Hats
Well-Known Member
I appreciate this perspective. It's definitely been an onslaught of doom and gloom (not only with regard to Disney, but really life in the U.S. in general...) since the shutdown. Undeniably it has affected my outlook. I'm sure I'll visit for a day sometime soon, and when I do, you're right -- these grievances will melt away the moment Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah starts playing at rope drop (oh wait...). Kidding, I hear your point.
But the year and a half away from Disneyland (and largely stuck in my apartment) has also ignited in me an urge to finally travel to all the (non-theme park!) places in the world I've been putting off visiting. I'm sure I'm not alone in this. To sway me into buying a pass and going regularly, Disney should really be trying harder than ever to entice me. But they're doing the opposite.
TP2000
Well-Known Member
The press isn't good. I just checked the reliably pro-Disney OC Register. This is a mess.
But then, can anyone remember when Disneyland ever had a computerized system launch well at all? I can't.
Disneyland's IT Department appears to be supplied by a Radio Shack and staffed entirely by trained poodles.
Magic Key hopefuls face hours-long waits as Disneyland launches new annual pass: ‘So frustrating!’
The good news: Reservations are still available for all days at every Magic Key pass level.
www.ocregister.com
Disneyland fans overwhelmed the new Magic Key website as the first day of annual pass online sales led to hours-long virtual waits, crashing computer servers, payment problems and reservation troubles.
Magic Key annual passes went on sale online just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25 and within minutes the website was advising those in the virtual queue of wait times of more than an hour.
An animated rocket ship roller coaster train circled endlessly around Space Mountain on the Magic Key webpage as fans waited their turn to purchase the new annual passes.
By 11:40 a.m., some aspiring keyholders waiting in the virtual queue got a message on the Magic Key website that “our system is temporarily unavailable,” according to MiceChat.
“I honestly wish Disney would pour money back into their website infrastructure,” Twitter user Skipper Dee wrote. “It’s a hot mess and always has been.”
I guess Disney forgot to send out complimentary press Magic Keys to their PR department at the OC Register.The press isn't good. I just checked the reliably pro-Disney OC Register. This is a mess.
But then, can anyone remember when Disneyland ever had a computerized system launch well at all? I can't.
Disneyland's IT Department appears to be supplied by a Radio Shack and staffed entirely by trained poodles.
Magic Key hopefuls face hours-long waits as Disneyland launches new annual pass: ‘So frustrating!’
The good news: Reservations are still available for all days at every Magic Key pass level.
Disneyland fans overwhelmed the new Magic Key website as the first day of annual pass online sales led to hours-long virtual waits, crashing computer servers, payment problems and reservation troubles.
Magic Key annual passes went on sale online just after 10 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 25 and within minutes the website was advising those in the virtual queue of wait times of more than an hour.
An animated rocket ship roller coaster train circled endlessly around Space Mountain on the Magic Key webpage as fans waited their turn to purchase the new annual passes.
By 11:40 a.m., some aspiring keyholders waiting in the virtual queue got a message on the Magic Key website that “our system is temporarily unavailable,” according to MiceChat.
“I honestly wish Disney would pour money back into their website infrastructure,” Twitter user Skipper Dee wrote. “It’s a hot mess and always has been.”
I think the website issues/queues are pretty embarrassing for Disney. When you have something that is limited in stock and you don't want people to get cart robbed with an out of stock message at check out, then maybe queues make sense. But when you have an unlimited quantity of something like tickets/passes, the professional thing to do is scale up your server resources when they go on sale to meet the demand, and then scale back down after the demand is met. Everyone could have gotten their passes at roughly the same time. Apparently Disney is either using very outdated hosting infrastructure that can't scale, or they're too cheap to briefly scale up cloud resources to create a much better experience for guests (many of whom are dropping thousands of dollars).
It's clear that Disney is willing to spend on hosting/processing infrastructure for things like Genie+, so I think we can assume that they're just cheap and/or incompetent here.
No wait today.
I'm vacillating. I'm old and pretty much tired of the effort of distant travel, especially since my partner died. I seem to be leaning towards the known instead of the new. And at this stage in my life I like to end the day in my own bed.
I have Knott's and UStu passes. I will probably end up getting a magic key but want to watch the park traffic for awhile first and pretend that I may choose not to get one.
I'm vacillating. I'm old and pretty much tired of the effort of distant travel, especially since my partner died. I seem to be leaning towards the known instead of the new. And at this stage in my life I like to end the day in my own bed.
I have Knott's and UStu passes. I will probably end up getting a magic key but want to watch the park traffic for awhile first and pretend that I may choose not to get one.
chadwpalm
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
After finally graduating and getting a good job I bit the bullet to get my first AP. This was in late 2019 and I chose the Flex pass because I live in NorCal and it was a good price for the amount of times I usually go which is at least a couple trips a year. With the AP I could actually do an extra trip or two and knew that even if I broke even I was happy since I got the added discounts. Obviously Covid cut that short and got refunded back what I didn't use.
The new Enchanted tier pass is about the same price range but seems to have more blockout dates, especially around the holidays. I like to go during Thanksgiving week because it is my birthday week and I can see Christmas stuff. That week for that pass level is blocked. The Flex pass didn't block that week. That's actually a deal-breaker for me. I'll just have to stick to saving up and going maybe once a year again.
The new Enchanted tier pass is about the same price range but seems to have more blockout dates, especially around the holidays. I like to go during Thanksgiving week because it is my birthday week and I can see Christmas stuff. That week for that pass level is blocked. The Flex pass didn't block that week. That's actually a deal-breaker for me. I'll just have to stick to saving up and going maybe once a year again.
DonaldDoleWhip
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I've enjoyed DL more this summer than I did from 2015 to 2018 (decreased crowd levels have been huge), so am leaning toward yes.
Model3 McQueen
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- In the Parks
- No
Absolutely not. Just before COVID, I could make 2 separate 3-day trips to Disneyland / DCA, and STILL be under what it would've cost me for an annual pass.
And given the way it's been since 2014.. heck no. I'm still wondering if i'll ever see another Disney original attraction again in my lifetime, without any IP attachment.
Honestly, I wouldn't care if I never stepped foot in California Adventure again. I'm not paying 200 a day for Cars Land. Disneyland? Sure, I still love it for the memories, but those memories are disappearing fast.
And given the way it's been since 2014.. heck no. I'm still wondering if i'll ever see another Disney original attraction again in my lifetime, without any IP attachment.
Honestly, I wouldn't care if I never stepped foot in California Adventure again. I'm not paying 200 a day for Cars Land. Disneyland? Sure, I still love it for the memories, but those memories are disappearing fast.