News New Haunted Mansion Grounds Expansion, Retail Shop Coming to Disneyland Resort in 2024

[chadwpalm]

Doesn't mean your getting into the lottery virtual queue.

A lottery implies it will run out in one second like Rise did. As stated.....double the capacity and nearly flawless reliability. Plus while popular, it's not brand new. Lastly, unlike Rise, people won't be getting to the parks any earlier than they already would have to get one.

I foresee it taking an hour or two before it runs out......at least until Halloween season when it will probably run out in a much shorter time, but still not in a matter of seconds but probably 15-30 minutes.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Weird, I didn't get this ping/notification! Just happened to see this while browsing through the forums here lol.

I don't usually track DL VQs, but will probably look out for it. Did so for the first couple days of MMRR's short-lived VQ.

I’m mostly interested in how many boarding groups go out; given the capacity.

 

[etc98]

I’m mostly interested in how many boarding groups go out; given the capacity.

I wonder if they would increase the number of boarding groups or just increase the number of people they assign to each boarding group

 

[tanc]

HM certainly will be an interesting case for VQ. Unlike other Disney rides, the ride in theory never stops. Of course when they pause it to let certain people on, but other than that it's always running. Definitely keeping an eye on it leading up to my trip.

 

[zipadee999]

HM certainly will be an interesting case for VQ. Unlike other Disney rides, the ride in theory never stops. Of course when they pause it to let certain people on, but other than that it's always running. Definitely keeping an eye on it leading up to my trip.

The stretching room really slows it down though. That’s why HM always has a considerably higher wait than something like Spaceship Earth

 

[Phroobar]

A lottery implies it will run out in one second like Rise did. As stated.....double the capacity and nearly flawless reliability. Plus while popular, it's not brand new. Lastly, unlike Rise, people won't be getting to the parks any earlier than they already would have to get one.

I foresee it taking an hour or two before it runs out......at least until Halloween season when it will probably run out in a much shorter time, but still not in a matter of seconds but probably 15-30 minutes.

Except that means you have to be in the park within 15 minutes of opening. The park doesn't start to fill up until couple of hours after rope drop. The AP crowd won't get there in time and most show up after work. The majority of people have no chance of riding it. That ride is so popular there were massive lines for HMH. I think the window of opportunity will be far less. Finally, because of poor maintenance, it has become the norm that reliable rides are now unreliable. That ride will be in creep mode most of the time as cast members figure out how to operate it.

 

[NobodyElse]

The stretching room really slows it down though. That’s why HM always has a considerably higher wait than something like Spaceship Earth

Eh, I want to say I disagree with this. (I'll try to elaborate after some coffee.)

 

[VicariousCorpse]

The stretching room really slows it down though. That’s why HM always has a considerably higher wait than something like Spaceship Earth

The stretching rooms capacity does not effect the wait time. It can handle as many guests as the omni-mover allows.

 

[WaluigiTime]

I was at Disneyland Paris a few weeks ago and Phantom Manor has two preshow rooms. There was never a wait longer than 10 minutes and usually the wait was how ever long the first preshow was so they could open the doors again. I have no idea how thier version moves people so fast.

 

[Phroobar]

I was at Disneyland Paris a few weeks ago and Phantom Manor has two preshow rooms. There was never a wait longer than 10 minutes and usually the wait was how ever long the first preshow was so they could open the doors again. I have no idea how thier version moves people so fast.

Phantom Manor doesn't have an elevator. They could just let people skip the stretching room entirely. It would be bad show though.

 

[PiratesMansion]

Phantom Manor doesn't have an elevator. They could just let people skip the stretching room entirely. It would be bad show though.

That is incorrect, Phantom Manor uses a real elevator like Disneyland's mansion.

The ones that DO NOT feature real elevators are the mansions at Magic Kingdom and Tokyo Disneyland.

 

[VicariousCorpse]

Phantom Manor doesn't have an elevator. They could just let people skip the stretching room entirely. It would be bad show though.

Yes it does. California and Paris have real elevators. Orlando and Tokyo don't. Here's what it would look like if you tried to walk back through the stretching room from the portrait hall.

 

[WaluigiTime]

Phantom Manor doesn't have an elevator. They could just let people skip the stretching room entirely. It would be bad show though.

We were not skipping it and the wait time was nothing, it was amazing.

 

[zipadee999]

The stretching rooms capacity does not effect the wait time. It can handle as many guests as the omni-mover allows.

I’m not saying it drastically impacts the wait time, but you no longer have a continuous flow of people constantly boarding. It instead splits people into batches. When one batch is about to finish boarding, I’m sure another batch is ready to enter the portrait hallway, so I wouldn’t say they drastically impact the wait time, but they prevent a continuous flow of people from boarding continuously moving vehicles like Spaceship Earth

 

[PiratesMansion]

Yes it does. California and Paris have real elevators. Orlando and Tokyo don't. Here's what it would look like if you tried to walk back through the stretching room from the portrait hall.

That was a fascinating video. I had no idea the Paris stretching rooms had an emergency exit that could be reached that way.

I'm going to assume that they didn't think of that when they put DL's elevators together in the 60s?

 

[NobodyElse]

I’m not saying it drastically impacts the wait time, but you no longer have a continuous flow of people constantly boarding. It instead splits people into batches. When one batch is about to finish boarding, I’m sure another batch is ready to enter the portrait hallway, so I wouldn’t say they drastically impact the wait time, but they prevent a continuous flow of people from boarding continuously moving vehicles like Spaceship Earth

When was the last time you walked straight from the stretching room to doom buggy boarding. Were they releasing empty vehicles ahead of you?

That could possibly happen if they're only running one stretching room, but even then it's unlikely.

It's more likely that at any given time Haunted Mansion is more popular than Spaceship Earth, and thus has a longer line.

 

[VicariousCorpse]

That was a fascinating video. I had no idea the Paris stretching rooms had an emergency exit that could be reached that way.

I'm going to assume that they didn't think of that when they put DL's elevators together in the 60s?

When they constructed Disneyland's elevators they used the pre-existing layout and foundation of the walk-thru attraction. There were dual walk-thrus with one entrance and 3 exits for each side. You would have a split pathway with 3 choices that led you to come up through up open graves in the enclosed courtyard on either side. The current day chicken exit would have been one of these.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I wonder if they would increase the number of boarding groups or just increase the number of people they assign to each boarding group

I think they'll need more, smaller groups. They can't have much of a line outside the gates due to space, so I assume it'll be smaller bursts.