TinkerBelle8878
Well-Known Member
Why is it when I saw the pictures of these shirts that line from Mean Girls popped into my head...
"Stop trying to make fetch happen! Its not going to happen!"
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Why is it when I saw the pictures of these shirts that line from Mean Girls popped into my head...
"Stop trying to make fetch happen! Its not going to happen!"
Nubs70
Well-Known Member
I would change the "rock the band" to "F the band" using the same image of Mickey with an extended bandless arm and an extended middle finger. Wait does Mickey have 4 or 5 fingers? Yup, only four but it still gets the point across.
Computer Magic
Well-Known Member
Implied by stating my wife won't let me...lol... And it has nothing to do with the hot chick in a bikini top.
ttalovebug
Active Member
I am now envisioning one of our own- an enraged fanboi, that is- devising a hacking plan that would destroy the system for one day once it goes live, resulting in furious stampedes of the wifi-less masses to Guest Relations desks resort wide and sending TDO into their worst nightmares.
If anyone of you are particularly skilled in this area, feel free to take inspiration from this post.
ttalovebug
Active Member
One can only hope. My fear is that as always, the ignorant masses who visit WDW will accept it. That's how we've arrived at the low standard we're at today.
But this system seems to be designed to rip off the people who are too ignorant about WDW to know that they shouldn't waste their precious few FPs on a parade spot or Monsters Inc. Laugh Floor. This, in theory, will even things out across the board, so for TDO, no harm done. But those people will feel ripped off. They will go home, and chances are they won't recommend a trip to Disney to their friends or family. I hope that this gives Disney a bad rep, and forces them to take a hard look at themselves.
vinnya1726
Active Member
I think you nailed it. This is the way to make the system work and help give those who stay on property an incentive for staying on property.
Nubs70
Well-Known Member
It gives me the feeling that we will have segregated experiences on a mass scale.
We will have the Wal-Mart experience, the Target experience, and the Tiffanies experience. I due understand that current options allow for the Tiffanies experience but it's a specific individual addition. MM+ serves to place this right out front. If this comes to pass, when looking at GF, I see a beautiful lodging experience that I wish I could partake in but cannot financially justify, but I will have the same in park experience if I stay at a moderate.
If MM+ plays out as described above, I will look at the GF as lodging I cannot financially justify which will result in a diminished park experience. Therefore, why do I want to spend thousands for a knowingly diminished experience?
The beautiful thing about the current FP setup is regardless if you are staying in a concierge deluxe villa, value, or off site at Motel 6, we all have the same opportunity at the in park experience (unless you specifically buy the Tiffanies add on).
We will have the Wal-Mart experience, the Target experience, and the Tiffanies experience. I due understand that current options allow for the Tiffanies experience but it's a specific individual addition. MM+ serves to place this right out front. If this comes to pass, when looking at GF, I see a beautiful lodging experience that I wish I could partake in but cannot financially justify, but I will have the same in park experience if I stay at a moderate.
If MM+ plays out as described above, I will look at the GF as lodging I cannot financially justify which will result in a diminished park experience. Therefore, why do I want to spend thousands for a knowingly diminished experience?
The beautiful thing about the current FP setup is regardless if you are staying in a concierge deluxe villa, value, or off site at Motel 6, we all have the same opportunity at the in park experience (unless you specifically buy the Tiffanies add on).
R W B
Well-Known Member
Wdw1974- thanks for the much needed break down on this that I've been waiting for.
With that said, FP+ is a joke IMO. I'm already locked into a trip in March '14 but if the FP+ stays the same, my wdw trips will start to dwindle down. I don't want to deal with all this planning. I'm going on a vacation, why make me work? I do enough planning in with my business on a day to day basis when I go on vacation, I just want to go with the flow and they are making that anything but easy. I already think ADRs at 180 days is crazy, now they want me to plan rides 60 days out?? And quick service food too?? Then like a few other posts I read, I do 2-3 parks a day but I guess I'm screwed with that since I only have 3 FP+ to use all in 1 park.
So who came up with this FP+ idea and thought it was so great? TDO execs or other suits?
With that said, FP+ is a joke IMO. I'm already locked into a trip in March '14 but if the FP+ stays the same, my wdw trips will start to dwindle down. I don't want to deal with all this planning. I'm going on a vacation, why make me work? I do enough planning in with my business on a day to day basis when I go on vacation, I just want to go with the flow and they are making that anything but easy. I already think ADRs at 180 days is crazy, now they want me to plan rides 60 days out?? And quick service food too?? Then like a few other posts I read, I do 2-3 parks a day but I guess I'm screwed with that since I only have 3 FP+ to use all in 1 park.
So who came up with this FP+ idea and thought it was so great? TDO execs or other suits?
WaltsWorld
Member
While everyone seems fairly unsure about this whole shendig, I've heard the exact opposite reactions from the Guests. I work in the MK and I ask almost all of the Guests involved with the test what they think. All of them have given fantastic reviews. So either they like the benefits of being a "cool-tester with planned fast passes" or it really is a system that will work well inside the parks.
StageFrenzy
Well-Known Member
column A, column B and column C that they didn't have to book 60 days out, compete with everyone else for ressies and still get paper fp
bubbles1812
Well-Known Member
I'm sure they would be just as pleased having to compete with thousands upon thousands of people rather than just a few hundred as for the test, and when they can't use regular FPs in conjunction with their measly 3 reserved FPs...
WaltsWorld
Member
Oh good point, I didn't even think about that. I will have to ask the next Guest I see on how they have been planning everything.
Moving past the fp issue, they have all said great things about being able to have everything on one band. It is convenient for paying, I know that. But then again, that is something you could do with your Key to the World.. so that isn't all that special.
I wonder if the Guest's reviews will stay positive until everyone else gets an opportunity to be involved.
StageFrenzy
Well-Known Member
Plus you bedazzle it with mickey and friends! I would imagine everything will stay positive till multiple attractions go down orrrrr everyone else gets involved.
vinnya1726
Active Member
I was thinking today...what if you pre-order an annual pass...how is that gonna work. If you don't already have one, they will not go live until they are activated which you would do when you visit the parks the first time. I think this would prevent you from making those reservations...not a good selling point for the AP.
WaltsWorld
Member
I'm still quite frightened about the prospects of people having reserved seats for the nighttime entertainment. I'm thinking into the distant (and ideally, fictional) future and I see nothing but guests reserving spots all over Main Street for their viewing pleasure.
Parade Audience Control already has to deal with plenty of angry guests who feel like they deserve a seat at the parade (even though they didn't wait for the 2 hours like the other guests). Imagine trying to tell the guests that they were 2 months two late in picking a seat… oy.
Parade Audience Control already has to deal with plenty of angry guests who feel like they deserve a seat at the parade (even though they didn't wait for the 2 hours like the other guests). Imagine trying to tell the guests that they were 2 months two late in picking a seat… oy.
BigThunderMatt
Well-Known Member
Only if they're stupid enough to do it. The fireworks viewing is pointless, you can see the fireworks from almost anywhere in the park. Only people who are adamant about seeing the castle in the foreground need be concerned. Also, there are 2 parades almost every single night anymore. Unless you're a wuss who can't stick it out for the 2nd parade which is always easy to get a spot for except on the busiest of nights, you have nothing to worry about.
The people blowing their FP's on priority viewing are really just gaining the convenience of not having to stake out a spot 90+ minutes before that first parade. Other than that all they're doing is providing the rest of us with FPs for top tier attractions that they gave up to get their fireworks and parade FPs.
englanddg
One Little Spark...
I imagine that they would have cordoned off areas around the route for "reserved FP seating", and from that point in the seating wouldn't be "reserved"...just the section. Where you sit once admitted to that section is still up in the air.
This is how they do "reserved" seating for World of Color in DCA, and how they handle "Fantasmic Package" reserved seating in WDW.
wdw_nerd
New Member
Do you have any idea when this is going to be officially rolled out? I'm assuming not during the busy summer period, maybe sept - oct when it's a little slower and they can work out bugs?