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DisneyCane

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On the pre-show thing, I think it depends on if you consider the pre-show an integral part of the attraction. If you do, then your wait time was only however long you waited up until the pre-show. If you don't then it's a longer queue disguised as part of the attraction.

IMO, in something like HM, ToT or RotR, the pre-show is definitely an integral part of the attraction. In FoP, not so much. For both pre-shows in there I'm just counting the seconds until it ends and I can get to the ride. For my first examples, if I had an option of a 10 minute wait and all I got to do was the pre-show or a 2 hour wait for the entire attraction I'd actually just do the pre-show sometimes.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

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DisneyCane said:
On the pre-show thing, I think it depends on if you consider the pre-show an integral part of the attraction. If you do, then your wait time was only however long you waited up until the pre-show. If you don't then it's a longer queue disguised as part of the attraction.

IMO, in something like HM, ToT or RotR, the pre-show is definitely an integral part of the attraction. In FoP, not so much. For both pre-shows in there I'm just counting the seconds until it ends and I can get to the ride. For my first examples, if I had an option of a 10 minute wait and all I got to do was the pre-show or a 2 hour wait for the entire attraction I'd actually just do the pre-show sometimes.
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Are you saying the pre-shows makes it take longer to get to the ride?
 
FiestaFunKid

FiestaFunKid

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On balance, IMO a preshow is probably better than a non-discript line. However, longer preshows can suffer from poor repeatability (Muppets for example is rough for me now, but Soarin' is ok). I guess I can only speculate on what's not there, but I'm not sure I'd prefer on rides I've riden over and over again (Thunder, Splash, HM, Pirates, SE), etc
 
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C33Mom

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Jayspency said:
I love the boiler room so yes. Also it’s more around 5-10 minutes
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I might just have terrible luck, but we did Mission Breakout yesterday, tapped LL at 6:50, was in the preshow by 6:52 and didn’t get on the elevator until 7:15– both the upstairs and downstairs elevators were loading… as we queued up the stairs it did look like the downstairs queue was shorter. When we were at ToT in August, the queue was all the way back to where you leave the pre-show room.
I have had it be a 10m wait or less, but I’d say that’s less than half the time— it’s possible the DLR version is worse.
 
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andre85

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C33Mom said:
I might just have terrible luck, but we did Mission Breakout yesterday, tapped LL at 6:50, was in the preshow by 6:52 and didn’t get on the elevator until 7:15– both the upstairs and downstairs elevators were loading… as we queued up the stairs it did look like the downstairs queue was shorter. When we were at ToT in August, the queue was all the way back to where you leave the pre-show room.
I have had it be a 10m wait or less, but I’d say that’s less than half the time— it’s possible the DLR version is worse.
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The Boiler Room at DCA is notable larger (and worse imo), and I'm pretty sure usually takes longer than at WDW
 
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C33Mom

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After I posted last night, it occurred to me that pre-show plus bonus line is one of the more egalitarian things Disney has adopted lately. It makes the experience better for occasional and low skill visitors but slows down park experts, ride warriors, and people who can pay $$ to skip lines.
 
splah

splah

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i don't mind the boiler room wait because you can see the finish line. but for me GOTG falters becaue, you waited a long time then the preshow builds up the energy that we need to be on the move quickly and then it's another 20 minutes to get on the ride. the preshow to onboard time should decrease with the more energy in the preshow. ToT and HM are slower atmospheric experiences to start so taking it slow after makes sense, but GOTG loses all the momentum it built up in the preshow

The acting/delivery of the FoP preshow drags the experience down.
 
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andre85

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splah said:
i don't mind the boiler room wait because you can see the finish line. but for me GOTG falters becaue, you waited a long time then the preshow builds up the energy that we need to be on the move quickly and then it's another 20 minutes to get on the ride. the preshow to onboard time should decrease with the more energy in the preshow. ToT and HM are slower atmospheric experiences to start so taking it slow after makes sense, but GOTG loses all the momentum it built up in the preshow
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Especially as the boiler room is the least changes room from ToT, practically looking the same, which definitely feels off thematically. I wonder...do they actually need to use as much of that post pre-show queue as they do? Cutting that down would be an somewhat quick fix to it dragging down the energy

Side note: Am I the only one who found the new pre-show to just kind of end abruptly? Like it just runs out of steam and stops lol. Feels like it needs at least one more like from Rocket or something
 
etc98

etc98

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andre85 said:
Especially as the boiler room is the least changes room from ToT, practically looking the same, which definitely feels off thematically. I wonder...do they actually need to use as much of that post pre-show queue as they do? Cutting that down would be an somewhat quick fix to it dragging down the energy

Side note: Am I the only one who found the new pre-show to just kind of end abruptly? Like it just runs out of steam and stops lol. Feels like it needs at least one more like from Rocket or something
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Funny that both GOTG rides have this issue. Cosmic Rewind also builds up a ton of urgency in the preshow and then tosses you into another slow moving line
 
Fox&Hound

Fox&Hound

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Bocabear said:
When SWGE first opened I was in the park one evening, ROTR had not opened yet, and there was a 25 minute posted wait time for single rider for Smugglers Run. So I joined the Queue... not knowing that the Queue completely skips the pre-show and also any sort of storyline information you need to understand the attraction... Basically it was through a door and up a staircase and series of unthemed hallways, then bam you walk into the ship waiting area.... If I had known I might have waited in the 45 minute line... It was not a good first impression, and the actual wait time was closer to an hour...
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I did the exact same thing. Maybe that is why I think the ride is so poor? Have you done the real pre-show? Did it change your impression of the ride?
 
Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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FiestaFunKid said:
On balance, IMO a preshow is probably better than a non-discript line. However, longer preshows can suffer from poor repeatability (Muppets for example is rough for me now, but Soarin' is ok). I guess I can only speculate on what's not there, but I'm not sure I'd prefer on rides I've riden over and over again (Thunder, Splash, HM, Pirates, SE), etc
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1st place goes to Ellen's Energy Adventure's almost 8-10 mins..
 

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