Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway - Disneyland

Vegas Disney Fan

Vegas Disney Fan

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Newtwo said:
Virtual queue was gone within 1 second.

I don't remember Rise going that fast opening day. It was at least available for a few seconds.

They must have most spots allocated for lighting lane.

Pure greed.
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Rise was just as bad, thousands of people standing on Main Street staring at their phones waiting for the one to two seconds of availability, followed by thousands of cheers and thousands of tears. I actually prefer a self regulating line, you may end up waiting for a couple hours but at least thousands of peoples days aren’t “ruined” before they even reach the castle.

We now just pay a guy who created a computer program to get VQs, we get group 1 on everything for a quarter the price of an ILL. Probably not what Disney envisioned when they created the system but when you make something this uncertain people will find loopholes.
 
waltography

waltography

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ILL's still available as of 11:22am.

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Edit: Sold out as of 11:53am, with some spotty availability here and there as slots are freed up by people exiting the checkout flow.
 
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CaptinEO

CaptinEO

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Newtwo said:
Can't believe that anyone thinks that any of this bullcrap is going to stop under Iger.

It's very clear that Chapek was Iger fall guy for all the terrible moves he put in motion before he left.
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Stop under Iger? Lol these people need to know everything we are dealing with started with Iger. Adding back parking at WDW when bookings are down doesn't mean he's an unsung hero.

Fastpass+, Lightning Lanes, Genie, Virtual Queues, Reservations were all approved by Iger. He's probably still trying to recoup the one billion dollars spent on MyMagic+ 10 years ago.
 
_caleb

_caleb

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CaptinEO said:
Stop under Iger? Lol these people need to know everything we are dealing with started with Iger. Adding back parking at WDW when bookings are down doesn't mean he's an unsung hero.

Fastpass+, Lightning Lanes, Genie, Virtual Queues, Reservations were all approved by Iger. He's probably still trying to recoup the one billion dollars spent on MyMagic+ 10 years ago.
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I mean, it's SUPER convenient to blame everything on Iger, but it strikes me as lazy and overly-simple. When Iger left, Disney's leadership structure for the parks looked like this:

Walt Disney Parks and Resorts​

  • Josh D'Amaro – Chairman, Walt Disney Parks and Resorts
    • Michael Colglazier – President of Disney Parks International
      • Rebecca Campbell – President, Disneyland Resort
        • Vice President, Disneyland Park - Jon Storbeck
        • Vice President, Disney's California Adventure Park - Mary Niven
        • Vice President, Downtown Disney and Disneyland Resort Hotels - Daniel Delcourt
      • Jeff Vahle– President- Walt Disney World Resort
        • Senior Vice President of Operations and Next Generation Experiences, Walt Disney World Resort - Jim MacPhee
          • Vice President, Magic Kingdom - Kevin Myers
          • Vice President, Epcot - Melissa Valiquette
          • Vice President, Disney's Hollywood Studios - Phil Holmes
          • Vice President, Disney's Animal Kingdom - Djuan Rivers
          • Vice President, Downtown Disney - Keith Bradford
          • Vice President, Resort Operations - Thomas Mazloum
          • Vice President, ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex and Disney Water Parks - Kristen Osborne
          • Vice President, Transportation Operations and Maintenance - Jim Vendur
          • Vice President, Global Promotions, Disney Destinations LLC.– Greg Albrecht
      • Natacha Rafalski – CEO, Euro Disney S.C.A. (Disneyland Paris)
        • Senior Vice President of Operations, Disneyland Paris - Joe Schott
    • Bill Ernest – President and Managing Director, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, Asia
      • Stephanie Young - Managing Director, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort
        • Vice President, Park Operations - Noble Coker
        • Vice President, Hotel Operations - Peter Lowe
        • Vice President, Marketing - Maple Lee
        • Vice President, Sales and Travel Trade Marketing - Aliana Ho
      • Philipe Gas - Chairman and CEO, Tokyo Disney Resort (Oriental Land Company)
        • President and Chief Operations Officer, Tokyo Disney Resort (Oriental Land Company) - Kyoichiro Uenishi
        • President of Walt Disney Attractions Japan - Nick Franklin
          • Vice President and Executive Managing Director, Walt Disney Attractions Japan - Dave Vermeulen
      • Karl Holz – President, Disney Cruise Line
        • Senior Vice President of Operations, Disney Cruise Line - Tom Wolber
      • Claire Bilby – President, Disney Vacation Club
    • Chief Creative Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering - Bob Weis
    • Chief Design and Project Delivery Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering - Craig Russell
    • Senior Vice President of Operations Integration/line of Business - Erin Wallace
    • Senior Vice President, Conservation & Environmental Sustainability - Jerry Montgomery
    • Senior Vice President of Global Sports Enterprises - Ken Potrock
    • Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility - Kerry Chandler
    • Senior Vice President of Worldwide Travel Operations - Kevin Lansberry
    • Senior Vice President of Corporate Alliances & Operating Participants - George Aguel
    • Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Diversity & Inclusion - Tami Garcia
    • Executive Vice President, Public Affairs - Alannah Hall-Smith
    • Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer - Jim Hunt
    • Executive Vice President, Global Marketing - Leslie Ferraro
    • Executive Vice President, International Development - Mike Crawford
    • Executive Vice President, New Business Development and Next Generation Experiences - Nick Franklin
    • Vice President, Animals, Science and Environment - Jackie Ogden, PhD
But somehow Iger is directly responsible for everything you hate about the parks? He's ultimately responsible for the entire company, but I'm pretty sure he didn't even know about parking fees! And now that he's becoming aware of how some things have affected public sentiment, customer satisfaction, and investor confidence, he's paying attention to some of them (and some are changing).

Mikey and Minnie's Runaway Railway in Toontown is a big addition to the park. But it also represents the new direction for Disney animation (an Iger initiative) and a respect for its history (something Iger at least pretends). If you want to blame Iger for everything bad, at least be consistent and give him credit for anything good.
 

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