But this isn't changing. The CMs will all still be there handing out pins and greeting people, guests will be still be walking down Main Street towards the castle for the show to start. It'll all be practically the same. There will just be no train and no over crowding anymore. It'll be fine.
Highly unlikely as now you can get on to Main Street after the opening show (approximately 10 minutes prior to the actual park opening time) and the characters still don't come out until their posted set starting time (usually at park opening). We got in line for Pluto at the flag pole last visit and waited from 8:50am until just after 9am when he came out.
You're vastly misunderstanding how this is going to play out. If you have a breakfast reservation at 8:05, it's still going to be super empty. People aren't going to start waking up at 6:00 AM to get to the Magic Kingdom for 7:45 just so they can piddle around Main Street for an hour.
Scoop already last his job earlier this year.
But everyone is saying it's so super crowded it's dangerous. Which means everyone will be pushing down Main Street at the same time. Well, at least until half stop at Starbucks. (which I never understood since you can get them everywhere, albeit not in a Disney cup)
It's super crowded and dangerous because people are crammed into the space in red. That number of people spread out into the green is going to make it much less crowded and dangerous. There's a relatively small number of people at rope drop, it's just that the current space is SO small.
It's called nostalgia. There's nothing inherently superior about the current location and the experience being trapped between the ticket booth and the train station in that crowd is awful.
But is it really more crowded than in front of the castle and down Main Street during any fireworks show? Or during the parades?It's super crowded and dangerous because people are crammed into the space in red. That number of people spread out into the green is going to make it much less crowded and dangerous. There's a relatively small number of people at rope drop, it's just that the current space is SO small.
It's called nostalgia. There's nothing inherently superior about the current location and the experience being trapped between the ticket booth and the train station in that crowd is awful.
Yep, and they are sacrificing happiness in that group of several hundred to improve the experience of thousands. How progressive.
I've done the Welcome show once back in August 2011, during the show itself things seemed okay but the second those ropes came down people began bolting through the tunnels whilst shoving people and children out of the way. It was a nightmare and have not done it again since.
This. The current show is quite unique, especially the way that it incorporates an actual train - a nice link to Walt. A castle forecourt welcome show seems like it will be just like all the other, slightly lame, forecourt shows.
I went the other day (Dec 26th) and it wasn't remotely dangerous in front of the station. Just people waiting for the show and having a good time.
