I really don't understand what you mean here? Both parties waiting at the merge will necessarily have waited in either the standby queue or the lightning lane. They'll also be waiting in a place where there is at least 1 castmember extremely nearby.
"Return to Queue" also literally provides exactly what is required based upon the needs that many are expressing to Disney CM's.
It will be interesting to see how it goes.
Years ago my daughter had a bathroom emergency just as we got to the front of the peter pan fastpass line. The castmember let us exit and get back into the fastpass lane when we got back a few minutes later. It wasn't a big deal at all. People are catastrophizing about this but nobody who is already in line has any idea why castmembers let people into the lightning lane, so there's no reason for "confrontations" to arise.
Only difference is there are no real details on how this is working and if you really think that its a legit replacement thats fine but it most certainly is not
All good points.
Some of the solutions, even if they's re not as effective as DAS (especially regarding lower waiting times), from an accessibility standpoint, might work just fine. We just have to hope people won't abuse these as well.
The sad part is that a good chunk of the lost business (which I don't think will be that large) will be people/families that actually have/deal with severe disabilities, where DAS might indeed be the only solution (and for those to whom this is true, they will know). Most others will still go and learn to use the other accommodations (which will yield varying results), and cheaters will either conform or find other accommodations to game.
Because in the end, WDW has no similar peers anywhere in the world.
Sure, there are other great parks, but people hardly plan family vacations JUST for that.
UNI Orlando has that crowd too but it's smaller.
Even Disneyland. I've been a couple of times and even though I love it, it doesn't feel the same going to Cali JUST to go to DL, as it feels going to Florida JUST to do WDW.
And Disney knows that.
And while that remains true, the elasticity of their demand will remain massive.
If you had to exit a queue THE FRONT of the line is absolutely the best and obviously the easiest and the most convenient place to exit; everyone is behind you, no need to wade through folks. Not the best example in my opinion.
You think people are going to get upset because you are exiting a line by walking past people going backwards in line? Because that's the only way you're going to be able to exit anyway. People have to exit lines for various reasons all the time. You don't exit the line by walking to the front, you exit it by walking out the back.
Isn't this the reason we are in this mess?
Which is exactly what is contemplated by the ADA. Reasonable accommodations specifically tailored to an individual's unique needs based upon a dialog with that individual. Disney is leading the industry as usual here. The IBCCES path other parks have taken is a dead end in my opinion. I wouldn't be surprised to see Universal follow Disney's lead here in the near future.
You were in front, you exited by walking backward through the entire queue then walked forward through the queue again?
No, because peter pan is somewhat unique in that the merge point is also right by the entrance/exit, and that's where we were when my daughter decided to tell us for the first time that she had to go right that very instant. But in most cases if you're in a standby line and have an emergency the easiest way to exit that standby line will be to walk backwards through it. People are not going to give a hard time to someone doing that.
Exiting the queue, no problem.
I don't believe I made any statement on the bolded.
I think it's probably a mix. Some people may see it as a downgrade. But for someone with anxiety issues, this is basically saying they have to wait until they have a panic attack, and then get out of line (at which point they're already mid panic attack). For those who might encounter a medical need, I can see how the idea of getting out of line quickly if needed could be scary. Some of those lines are quite packed and there's no obvious place where a person could alert a CM that they need to leave without either waiting quite awhile or pushing past people.
