iMax
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Rather that happen then what happened with Rise opening day, unadvertised the boarding group system leaving SEVERAL guests furious that they couldn't get on making Disney have to compensate them simply because they're spoiled.
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News Mickey and Minnie's Runaway Railway opening day reports
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Rather that happen then what happened with Rise opening day, unadvertised the boarding group system leaving SEVERAL guests furious that they couldn't get on making Disney have to compensate them simply because they're spoiled.
DarkMetroid567
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They should have, and I bet they would have if Rise hadn't been so consistently problematic.
Magic Feather
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They decided that there couldn't be two in the same park (which I understand logistically, even though it could be made possible technologically), and Rise needed it more.
disneygeek90
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They could have pretty easily corrected that in a second boarding group attempt.
DarkMetroid567
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Right! Virtual Queue at DHS Rise was done very haphazardly at the beginning because it was a last-minute hail mary from ops that ended up working well for them. Remember that the one BG per day limit, backup boarding groups, etc. were all later decisions that would end up being announced for DL Rise before it opened.
Still not the biggest VQ guy, but I think it's been appropriately figured out to an extent.
durangojim
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I'm guessing it'll be down to 45 minutes an hour before the park closes just like smugglers run was on opening day.
DarkMetroid567
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I expect it to go down, but do keep in mind that Smuggler's opened with no FP.
disneygeek90
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I think he means they’ll cut the line off early
The park also had 2 fewer rides then. I bet it still is posted at 60 minutes or less by 15 minutes to park close. An hour to park close I'll go with 75 or less.
disneygeek90
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Toying with the idea of heading over after work and hoping for this.
Magic Feather
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I'd be willing to bet that will be the actual wait, but I doubt they will post it at that. They will want to be scaring off more people than they are taking on when they are dealing with the "fun" that is ops during Nighttime shows. I'd bet that most of the ops/guest flow team weren't even here in the GMR days to have the experience necessary. I'm sure they have a plan, but the first time is usually rough.
Down to 3 hours now...
The ride capacity will be interesting to note. It has the potential to match TGMR when it's running at peak performance but its going to be a much tougher ride to run at full capacity than TGMR, with the configuration of the rows and the shorter dispatch intervals required to hit that capacity (they'll need to dispatch every 53 seconds with completely full trains to hit TGMRs OHRC of 2160)
If it can hit it's capacity the line should stabilize at a lower number fairly quickly.
@lentesta y'all counting ride exits today?
The ride capacity will be interesting to note. It has the potential to match TGMR when it's running at peak performance but its going to be a much tougher ride to run at full capacity than TGMR, with the configuration of the rows and the shorter dispatch intervals required to hit that capacity (they'll need to dispatch every 53 seconds with completely full trains to hit TGMRs OHRC of 2160)
If it can hit it's capacity the line should stabilize at a lower number fairly quickly.
@lentesta y'all counting ride exits today?
durangojim
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That's true. I had forgotten about that. I'll go with 60 mins then.
Great job with the timely reports!
DarkMetroid567
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Ehhh I don't know. Rise is the exception, not the norm. If the line stays at the 3 hours we're seeing right now, I doubt the line gets cut off until park close.
Magic Feather
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What exactly is the path that the queue is following? Is the interior courtyard being used for extended queueing, or just that small set of switchbacks on the OMD Side of the theater?
Giss Neric
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Has the ride broke down yet? The only part I think would be problematic would be the TLC don't go chasing.... simulation scene. There I changed it.
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Jackie should have asked President Josh if WDW is planning on closing due to the coronavirus.
disneygeek90
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Easy on the descriptive spoilers
