PHOTOS - What happens to the 'Be Our Guest Restaurant' outdoor queue now it's summer?

[sshindel]

Remember when DCA installed those amazing outdoor canopies to shade the huge crowds when they opened Little Mermaid! Those TDA guys are SO much better than TDO. Silly fools...

 

[Animaniac93-98]

It's SO bizarre to see a line like that for Mermaid now when it routinely is never more than 10 minutes.

 

[Prototype82]

That's very courteous. Who else freaked out at the title of the article and thought they put an ugly canopy up?

 

[Prototype82]

The inside however IS amazing... but it's not worth wasting 2-3 hours of park time to see

That's debatable.

 

[xdan0920]

That's very courteous. Who else freaked out at the title of the article and thought they put an ugly canopy up?

Me.

 

[Big C 73]

Knowing Disney I figured it would be like this:

You can enchance your waiting experience with a Magic Shade (trademark) for only $14.99!!!

You will be covered from that hot winter sun near the Beast's castle and a interactive holding pole is included! You will get to control the shade by moving it with your hand!!! That's magic.

*your umbrella will magically Disappear when the host or hostess removes it with there 5 finger wand

 

[mm52200]

My family atleast believes that it's worth the wait since it's a higher quality experience than any other counter service restaurant at WDW. The line always moves pretty fast and I personally think the wait time estimations that the cast members give out are horribly exaggerated. The whole ordering process has never take more than a half hour for us, waiting in line, ordering, and then receiving our food. So I personally applaud them for handing out the umbrellas and free water to those in line.

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

that's where fastpass+ will hopefully solve all of this or require reservations for breakfast and lunch

Still have two pages to read before I'm caught up, but let me stop you here for a sec.... My experience with the fp was a total nightmare. I have a very detailed report of it up on the trip report forum, it's day two, midday....


Ok, need to catch up on the rest of this thread now

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

Knowing Disney I figured it would be like this:

You can enchance your waiting experience with a Magic Shade (trademark) for only $14.99!!!

You will be covered from that hot winter sun near the Beast's castle and a interactive holding pole is included! You will get to control the shade by moving it with your hand!!! That's magic.

*your umbrella will magically Disappear when the host or hostess removes it with there 5 finger wand

Lol well that's one way of looking at it. It's positive. I like it!

 

[ttalovebug]

For those complaining that "it looks awful" let's review the mantra, since everyone likes to pull out the list on so many other issues:

Safety, Courtesy, Show, Efficiency

Certainly the umbrellas help shade the people under them in the sun, reducing stress from heat, along with blocking some of the rays to reduce sunburn. That seems to promote guest Safety.

And certainly Disney isn't required to provide these to guests, but it's a nice gesture for those who decide to wait in line (arguments on whether or not its worth waiting for aside), and I'm sure is nice in the event its raining. That seems to be a Courtesy for guests.

Seems like Disney is putting Safety and Courtesy first. And handing out umbrellas for guest's temporary use doesn't seem to put Efficiency above any of the other three, so I think we're all clear here.

100% agree. I can't believe anyone has anything negative to say about this. They're actually showing concern for the comfort of guests, something you don't seem to see too much at the parks nowadays. They're actually giving out water for free? At Disney? I say A+.

The umbrellas ruin the aesthetic? They'll be gone once lunch hours are over. /shrug.

 

[Sped2424]

The line is never more than 20 to 30 minutes. And for the experience there its worth it.

 

[toolsnspools]

Maybe they can replace the dead tree next to the bridge with one that will provide a little more shade.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

If there were more attractions and restaurants that were new, the line would be dispersed elsewhere. Jus' sayin'

 

[DManRightHere]

Cheapest fix ever!!

I get the feeling the restaurant managers decided to do this putting up with a bunch of whiney people complaining about the heat and the park said NO to any other covering structures (and they should say no for how they designed the entrance).

 

[Magenta Panther]

http://www.wdwmagic.com/dining/be-o...restaurant'-outdoor-queue-now-it's-summer.htm

Gaah. Maybe it would help NOT screw up the ambiance if Mary Poppins handed out the umbrellas...

 

[TP2000]

Oh please.

I stood out in the sun under no shade at Disneyland when those stupid subs opened back up. No one rushed out with a glass of water for me. By your logic, TDA should have foreseen the attendance spike and built umbrella's on the railing, which they did not.

I'm sure the TDA cubicle drones were calling up the TDO cubicle drones and chatting it up that day.

When something is popular sometimes the demand outstrips capacity. It's really that simple.

Not sure what TDA has to do with this. TDA lets WDI make boneheaded decisions about Disneyland too; see the shadeless Racers extended queue and the complete lack of water fountains in Cars Land as example #356 and #357 of that.

At least the TD's are consistent, whether they end with an A or an O.

 

[articos]

WDI didn't realize they'd end up with daily queues like this. The assumption was if it got busy enough, the restaurant would manage the crowd. (giving out return times, or doing a pseudo res system) At points in the development, the Entry Hall and the Library were both waiting areas.

Expect a permanent solution to come.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

I think those umbrellas are neat. Not a permanent solution by any means, but a good, considerate initiative nonetheless.

Expect a permanent solution to come.

I wish that after 41 years there would finally be a permanent solution to the temporary Mansion queue canopy.

Yes, even WDW in it's prime sometimes took the shortcut. In fact, cheap is the standard, from which WDW has deviated in only a few short, but formative, phases, in the years up to 71, the years up to EPCOT, and during Eisner's first years.

 

[The Empress Lilly]

This is a clever and thoughtful way for front-line staff to graciously serve the line of waiting "guests". Bravo to whomever at Magic Kingdom Park thought of this idea!

That said... The climate in Orlando is miserable and fun-killing for several months out of the year. It's always been that way, it always will be that way. So how does WDI and TDO's planning department not think of this stuff years in advance when they plan and design these new park offerings?

You can tell it's people working in cubicles far removed from the theme parks that approve this stuff. And then it's up to the front-line staff working in the theme parks to clean up the mess that WDI creatives and TDO planners made in their cubicles. The troubling thing is that those cubicle drones make a lot more money than the front-line staff and supervisors who have to think up the solutions to the mess.

Yes. I too applaude the solution for what it is.

But with the understanding that they messed up the bigger picture. One, if BOG was build right the lines would've been sheltered in the first place. And two, if there were awesome restaurants operating at the Veranda or Tomorrowland Terrace we wouldn't have this problem to begin with.

 

[meyeet]

WDI didn't realize they'd end up with daily queues like this. The assumption was if it got busy enough, the restaurant would manage the crowd. (giving out return times, or doing a pseudo res system) At points in the development, the Entry Hall and the Library were both waiting areas.

Expect a permanent solution to come.

Hopefully that permanent solution is with some sort of pager system like most restaurants use. "While you are waiting why not go do some shopping in the new Prince Eric's shopping village, or check out the dishes for sale in Belle's village."