The Miscellaneous Thought Thread

[coffeefan]

I typically don't like park hopping either. I either go to DL or to DCA. Depends what the group consensus is. But I am a local so I usually get there around noon and stay til closing.

 

[Disney Irish]

I typically don't like park hopping either. I either go to DL or to DCA. Depends what the group consensus is. But I am a local so I usually get there around noon and stay til closing.

I suspect this is more common than people realize.

 

[PiratesMansion]

Not that I disagree in regards to MK but I think for me on my first visit to WDW I’d spend more time there simply for the morbid curiosity of comparing and the volume of attractions. But on subsequent visits I could see how I’d spend less time there.

And that fits with what people do IMO. Out west, Disneyland is so unmistakably the core of the experience that people used to DLR assume it must be the same out east. And it is to a point, in large part because MK has more to do than the other parks, but Magic Kingdom both gets swallowed up in comparison to Disneyland and to the sheer quantity of the rest of the resort. It's not emblematic of WDW's nature in a positive way that's better reflected in places like Epcot.

I suspect this is more common than people realize.

Probably true. Many people probably don't feel like they need access to two parks in one day. It's not helping that Disneyland tickets no longer have a set park hopping rate and it now goes up for longer ticket durations.

 

[mickEblu]

Yes it’s typical, because unlike others I’m not a park hopper, never have been and never will be, I like my feet and don’t feel it’s worth all the extra steps rushing going between both parks in a single day. And second I’m not running from ride to ride trying to get to everything quickly, I take my time and enjoy everything at a slower pace. And I’ll usually use my DCA day to plan a dinner off property.

So call me a freak, I don’t care, but I like the way I do it, and so has all the people I’ve brought with me over the years. They feel it’s a better experience than trying to rush everywhere like everyone else. Got to learn to slow down and smell the roses my friend.

I was just playing around. We’re park hopping a lot less these days too. Although if we’re not hopping that means we’re usually spending the day at Disneyland. If we do hop then it’s usually just one time in the late afternoon. My son loves GRR so that’s usually the main reason we’ll do a late afternoon park hop this time of year. Disneyland is just much more accommodating to our barely hit 40” party or just people who are waiting standby in general.

Soarin, Webslingers and TSMM aren’t worth the waits IMO. Not putting my daughter on Mission Breakout yet even though she can go. RSR’s wait times are always insane. And my son refuses to ride Incredicoaster because of the loop even though he loved Ghost Rider. Go figure. Tried telling him Ghost Rider is much scarier and the loop is the most boring part but nope.