MickeyMinnieMom
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I’m sure you’re right. I still find it odd that Disney has allowed that, but it is what it is.
I’m wondering how the days leading up to 8/29 will be crowdwise...??
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I’m wondering how the days leading up to 8/29 will be crowdwise...??
You don't have to believe, that's exactly what Disney is saying.
flynnibus
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The Pho
Well-Known Member
You’ll have those people hoping for a soft open hanging around. But probably not too crazy at the other parks yet. Curious about the uptick in guests wanting to avoid Star Wars in that period now.
NickMaio
Well-Known Member
Time will tell - - -WDW has 10 times the nut jobs compared to Uni.
Case in point - - -when an old ride has 1 or 2 new elements added to it - - the wait times for that ride shoot up to ridiculous levels.
The first summer that Jack Sparrow was in Pirates - - the wait for the ride never dropped below 2 hours the whole summer.
I still think Smugglers Run will make FOP look like the Tiki house for wait times - - -We shall see.
durangojim
Well-Known Member
I can tell you from my own standpoint that we weren’t planning on going to WDW but with the opening date being combined with Labor Day weekend and we decided to fly down for a quick 3 night stay on 8/29 just to see Star Wars land. I have a feeling many people are doing the same thing considering I was able to get a fun and sun offer at 12:05pm yesterday at the Boardwalk and now almost every hotel with the Fun and Sun discount is sold out for that weekend.
What is WWOHP?
Kalima45
Member
Wizarding World of Harry Potter
jt04
Well-Known Member
I was thinking about this place last night and all the debates we had 7 years ago about which franchise was more relevant. Fun times.
I think we have our proof now.
eddie104
Well-Known Member
So FOP even with its issues here and there didn’t prove they could build nice E tickets in the US ???
Ditto. My APs expire in July. We had no plans to renew (and still don’t). But I too am booked for Labor Day (8/30-9/3) with that deal at CSR (that I booked at about the same time). With where we are in life with impending college and a very small window of time to vacation going forward, it’s go then or wait to go in a few years. Guess what I picked? I think there are going to be in good company that weekend.
nickys
Premium Member
I cannot start to imagine how insane this will be, regardless of the phased opening.
With EMH, who knows how many will turn up for it, at least 2 hours before, some will be there even earlier. They can’t have everyone waiting in the park, the line will have to continue outside the tapstiles, unless they have a virtual queue system with return times (which is pretty close to a reservation system, which has been ruled out). Those arriving for RD will need to join that line. So when the park opens at 9am, how long is the line then?
How is that line counted towards park capacity? It seems to me that guests arriving at DHS will need to make a choice, wait in the line for Galaxy Edge, or do the rest of the park, because those with ADRs and FPs for the rest of the park will need a separate line to get them in on time.
Once in Galaxy Edge, some die hard fans will happily stay for hours. Disney may be estimating people will ride and hang around for an hour. I assume they can’t jump back on the ride again and again. But until they leave the land, they can’t let more people in. There could still be a huge backlog to get in, even with the ride queue moving along nicely.
On top of this, you have the guests just wanting to do the rest of the park. Once in, if they decide they want to want to ride MF or RotR, they may find they have to exit and join the end of the line sneaking around the parking lot.
i’ll be watching with interest into see what happens. I expect this to be mayhem for weeks, months. Just glad I won’t be back until December 2020.
With EMH, who knows how many will turn up for it, at least 2 hours before, some will be there even earlier. They can’t have everyone waiting in the park, the line will have to continue outside the tapstiles, unless they have a virtual queue system with return times (which is pretty close to a reservation system, which has been ruled out). Those arriving for RD will need to join that line. So when the park opens at 9am, how long is the line then?
How is that line counted towards park capacity? It seems to me that guests arriving at DHS will need to make a choice, wait in the line for Galaxy Edge, or do the rest of the park, because those with ADRs and FPs for the rest of the park will need a separate line to get them in on time.
Once in Galaxy Edge, some die hard fans will happily stay for hours. Disney may be estimating people will ride and hang around for an hour. I assume they can’t jump back on the ride again and again. But until they leave the land, they can’t let more people in. There could still be a huge backlog to get in, even with the ride queue moving along nicely.
On top of this, you have the guests just wanting to do the rest of the park. Once in, if they decide they want to want to ride MF or RotR, they may find they have to exit and join the end of the line sneaking around the parking lot.
i’ll be watching with interest into see what happens. I expect this to be mayhem for weeks, months. Just glad I won’t be back until December 2020.
Frontierland's Finest
Active Member
Remember when people first rode FoP at AK and people described it as "Soarin' on roids"? I cant't wait to hear the same thing said about the Falcon and ROTR. Falcon is going to be compared to the average guest as "Star Tours on roids" and ROTR will probably get know as "RAT on cr**k", which has a nice ring to it.
Except that Disney initially said LATE fall for the opening. It is quite obvious that construction has been very much ahead of schedule for everything EXCEPT RotR. If people were booking trips expecting it to be open in September, then they were, at the time, smoking some good stuff, as no one has said it would ever open this early. Late fall guests would be booking in mid to late November at the EARLIEST. The fact that lots of people in September and October will at least get one E-Ticket and the land open for exploration is a bonus to most of us.
If every part of the land is ready EARLY but one attraction, why not open it in phases? How is that BAD for the guests that have September trips planned, that had NO plan to visit the land, since it wasn't supposed to be open at all during September? Just curious.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Since WDW already has an advanced reservation system... aka FP/MDE. They could easily adapt that to gaining entry to the land.. just like they use it for shows. That wouldn't conflict with the messaging to date either. The hardest part is transitioning to using it, and the rush that happens (and people screwed who don't know) when you swap it on.
So it's far easier for Disney to make that kind of announcement up front.. and then simply 'let stand by in' if its not needed. But sounds like TDO is going with 'there is plenty of ground space... so we don't need to' and let the individual attractions/experiences be completely overwhelmed.
That's the kind of crap we should be upset about.. not stuff like 'only 1 ride?'
Failing to limit the amount of people in the land in turn fails to limit the amount of demand for each individual experience meaning all experiences will get slammed to the max. So instead of a few things being miserable waits.. everything will be overrun or miserable waits.
Sure there is space for the people... but its going to be a miserable experience.
Here's hoping they come to their senses after DL opens and the mayhem ensues.
So it's far easier for Disney to make that kind of announcement up front.. and then simply 'let stand by in' if its not needed. But sounds like TDO is going with 'there is plenty of ground space... so we don't need to' and let the individual attractions/experiences be completely overwhelmed.
That's the kind of crap we should be upset about.. not stuff like 'only 1 ride?'
Failing to limit the amount of people in the land in turn fails to limit the amount of demand for each individual experience meaning all experiences will get slammed to the max. So instead of a few things being miserable waits.. everything will be overrun or miserable waits.
Sure there is space for the people... but its going to be a miserable experience.
Here's hoping they come to their senses after DL opens and the mayhem ensues.
drod1985
Well-Known Member
They're totally planning on limiting access to the land. This disclaimer is on the official Disney/GE site right now:
That's why I just booked an on property hotel: the EMH access means I'll have a much better shot at getting into the land opening day.
I would assume that most people held off on booking until an opening date was announced. I know there are some who booked on the off chance that it would be open by December or November, or conversely (as in my case) booked prior 10/1 in hopes of avoiding the mess.
My question would be for the people who waited, will you go now or later when the land is fully open? I suspect it may be later.
flynnibus
Premium Member
Well that's the CYA - the question is will Disney do it to preserve the experience? Or just limit legal liability? There is a whole lot of pain and misery inbetween those two levels
