JohnD
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Um. You're replying to the wrong person. I just made that point.
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Spaceship Earth wait time longer than Soarin? Why?
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Um. You're replying to the wrong person. I just made that point.
Wngo905
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I replied to your comment "As in several years" by stating it was this year or early next
JohnD
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I replied to your comment "As in several years" by stating it was this year or early next
You're splitting hairs. I made the point it's not going down tomorrow but likely when either Guardians or Rat opens.
HiJe
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JohnD
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Kind of my point. Another poster saw that SSE was going to be down and was astounded. I merely replied it won't be tomorrow. Could be "several" years. Maybe it will go down in 2020. But why close a ride if you don't have another new ride open to accommodate the crowds. Maybe it's just me but I would rather not take what the site that shall not be named says as the truth.
TwilightZone
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Erm, this rumor is coming from Marni. He's usually correct about these kind of things. Just see the wdw rumor and timeline tracker for proof.
Epcot_Imagineer
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You are quoting HE WHO SHALL NOT BE NAMED, but Martin here has addressed the SSE refurb in another thread and said to "say your goodbyes by the end of the year". I believe that is what Wngo is referring to.
Epcot_Imagineer
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How many seconds did you beat me by?
JohnD
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Okay. I would take the word of @marni1971 over the site that shall not be named any day. The other thread references that site in Post #1. That's why I referenced it.
Disstevefan1
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This is an easy one. It's because of the fastpass plus system.
Before the fast pass plus system, SSE was NOT a past pass attraction. Remember the old paper fast pass system only had fast passes for attractions that needed it, SSE did not need it, and for the most part there was no line for SSE
Enter the fast pass plus system (FPP). When they created the FPP system, they couldn't list only the small handful of attractions that were in the paper systems, so they added ALL attractions, even the ones that DID NOT need fast pass, this created an artificial demand for all attractions, even the ones that were previously what we called walk on attractions.
I also think FPP SLOWS the throughput of a given attraction in general
FPP is why I think SSE has long wait times now.
Before the fast pass plus system, SSE was NOT a past pass attraction. Remember the old paper fast pass system only had fast passes for attractions that needed it, SSE did not need it, and for the most part there was no line for SSE
Enter the fast pass plus system (FPP). When they created the FPP system, they couldn't list only the small handful of attractions that were in the paper systems, so they added ALL attractions, even the ones that DID NOT need fast pass, this created an artificial demand for all attractions, even the ones that were previously what we called walk on attractions.
I also think FPP SLOWS the throughput of a given attraction in general
FPP is why I think SSE has long wait times now.
THEMEPARKPIONEER
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That’s good, a good old Epcot Center attraction getting some love and better chance of it not disappearing
Tony the Tigger
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disneyfireman
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Without SSE....there is NO Epcot Center...and if it wasn't for epcot...We would ONLY do DLR for our Disney fix.
DuckTalesWooHoo1987
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I kid you not that for year SE was always a walk on all day and probably about 8 or 9 years ago we walked by and it was slammed and we were thinking it had just messed up. So I asked a CM what happened and he said "I'm in shock because I've NEVER seen this line look like this!" and we hadn't seen it like that either. But now in recent years since attendance has skyrocketed it seems rather routine for it to have a pretty long wait. This time years ago you would have never been able to convince me that there would come a time when a Fast Pass would be needed for it but it definitely gets slammed a lot these days. It's one of my favorite rides too.
Trackmaster
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Yeah, its funny how EPCOT is actually a pretty fun park when you actually experience, but it looks pretty pedestrian on paper. The FP+ line-up is just not that impressive at all. But I think that a strong appeal to EPCOT is that it has so many small hidden rides and experiences, and you can do pretty much anything without much of wait.
Buy me an AP and I'll wait in line for you for free...
lentesta
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I will be there tomorrow, and I’m not too proud to accept a salary.
I should promote this as a way to subsidize your family's vacation.