Is Disney drastically adding extra times on the wait? I figured out that 1 theater holds about 100 people! So that 100 people every 5 mins! If this is the cause, then why are te waits in the 60-120! Even 2 weeks ago, when I saw the wait at 65 mins, nobody was outside of the queue, their was barely anyone over by those pictures in the queue.
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Soarin Wait time?
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Zummi Gummi
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You also must factor in the time it takes to load and unload.
ok so it takes 2-3 mins extra!
I found that the posted wait times are normally much longer than the actual wait or else pretty accurate.
The soarin' wait times are crazy but it is a ride that everyone enjoys. I am pretty sure that Disney would not change the posted wait times. It is in their interest to get them right. Post them too short and people will complain that they had to wait longer, post them too long and people will complain that the wait times were too long and they didn't even try to queue
Remember that if it changes to a 10minute wait at any point you will suddenly get a huge number of guests rushing to the queue and pushing it right back up again.
The soarin' wait times are crazy but it is a ride that everyone enjoys. I am pretty sure that Disney would not change the posted wait times. It is in their interest to get them right. Post them too short and people will complain that they had to wait longer, post them too long and people will complain that the wait times were too long and they didn't even try to queue
Remember that if it changes to a 10minute wait at any point you will suddenly get a huge number of guests rushing to the queue and pushing it right back up again.
benji
Member
I wouldn't wait no longer than 30 min. for Soarin. The queue is so boring and the ride isn't that good. The video is always blurry. Disney does a good job at making sure the wait times are accurate. I find the wait times at Disney World are about 5-10 mintutes off give or take and thats not that bad. How long would everyone else wait standbye for Soarin?
I waited about 15 mins. I got to epcot before rope drop and headed straight for it. The queue line did look pretty dull and whilst I appreciate the technology, the ride wasn't that great. If I had waited more than 45mins I would have been annoyed.
ToTBellHop
Well-Known Member
Soarin's capacity is DRASTICALLY lower than some of the great E-Tickets like Pirates, HM, and SSE...and it's the most popular ride at WDW right now. That's why it has long waits. Most new, great attractions are like that. The ToT used to have MUCH longer wait times than nowadays when it averages about 40 minutes.
Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
Soarin's managers base the wait time estimate on many factors. Number of theaters operating, number of guests entering the queue, FLIK cards, number of Fastpasses returning and current location of the end of the line all figure into the estimate. Usually, it's pretty accurate plus or minus 10 minutes.
mkepcotmgmak
Well-Known Member
you also have to remember that while you are waiting behind every Guest in front of you in the stand-by queue - you are also waiting in line before every Guest that is constantly going through the FastPass lane, as well.
I would probably wait an hour for Soarin' - and depending on how anxious I was to do something else at Epcot - maybe an hour and a half. Wait - I did wait an hour and a half in March - and would do it again. LOVE THAT HANG-GLIDER!
I would probably wait an hour for Soarin' - and depending on how anxious I was to do something else at Epcot - maybe an hour and a half. Wait - I did wait an hour and a half in March - and would do it again. LOVE THAT HANG-GLIDER!
jjgoo
Member
IMHO always get a fst pass for Soarin'. It is a great ride and I love it, but I just don't think any ride is worth more than an hour wait.
I don't mind so much a kind of long wait, but my wife has made it clear to me that there is no way she is going to wait an hour for a five minute ride.
I guess this is why we always try to go in a slower season too.
I don't mind so much a kind of long wait, but my wife has made it clear to me that there is no way she is going to wait an hour for a five minute ride.
I guess this is why we always try to go in a slower season too.
ImaYoyo
Active Member
This is actually not done by the Attraction Managers, but rather by those little red cars that get handed to guests a few times each hour.
As far as the capacity, lets use your numbers... 100 people every 8 minutes (if turn-around time is truly only 8 minutes total), that's 7.5 loads every hour. That's only 750 people per hour. That's not a whole lot of people considering it's the most popular attraction in that Park. You can also tell by looking at the lines that there are usually a HECK of a lot more than 750 people standing in line at any given time.
Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
I often worked at the same location as the Soarin' ops. managers, and saw them manually entering the wait time into the computer. I even asked what they were doing, and they explainied about how the wait time is determined and updated. The proceedure may (and probably does) vary from attraction to attraction.
CThaddeus
New Member
Anything more than 10 minutes is too much for me. It's fine for what it is (an IMAX movie in Smell-O-Vision), but it has never really impressed me the way it seems to have impressed the rest of the world. I love the soundtrack and Patrick Waburton's preshow spiel for it, so I do listen to those a lot in my car, but if the single rider line at California Adventure looks to be more than 10 minutes, I'll skip it. I went on it at Epcot last May, but I doubt I'll ever do it there again. As has been stated already, the queue is deadly dull and the line is insane. Even with Fastpass we still waited probably 15 minutes (5 minutes beyond my limit!). I guess I'm spoiled that I have available to me less than 15 minutes away at California Adventure, but even so, I really don't go on it much. In fact, I'd probably guess the last time I went on it WAS at Epcot in May of last year!
ImaYoyo
Active Member
Well it is possible something has changed since February, but when I did a DI program at EPCOT for my teambuilding event, we got to take a look at Soarin, and the fast pass system was the same all-around. Could have changed, you never know, but it doesn't make much sense that it would be manually input. That would be much less accurate than the time cards. It would also not make sense that if it is manually updated, why are time cards still in use?
DizneyPryncess
Well-Known Member
Most times are 15 minutes or so shorter than what is posted, in my experience, for most rides. Soarin however has not lied to me so far. I've waited almost the entire time, give or take 5 minutes maybe. But the overestimated times could happen on any ride.
Texas84
Well-Known Member
Went to Epcot today. The posted Soarin' standby time was 50 minutes, but it was actually 30. The first time we went fast pass, the standby wait was posted 50 minutes, but there was maybe 20 people in that line. After I exited the second time, they dropped the standby to 40. So it was probably only 20 minutes. :lookaroun The only wait time that seemed to be accurate was Test Track.
Captain Hank
Well-Known Member
I know that the FLIK cards play (or at least played) a big role in determining wait times, but did not result in an automatic update of the wait time board. However, the most recent FLIK times are consulted prior to changing the board. I left WDW to go seasonal in January, so the system may have changed since then.