Toy Story Land expansion announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

Brer Oswald

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Actually it happened in it's second year of existence. During both the nighttime parade (can't speak for the daytime parade) and the fireworks, it was a walk on. You couldn't tell that by the wait time posted which was 45 minutes, but, in actuality it was walk on, ride and walk off.
Wow lucky! Guess I was wrong. Although the wait time was at least 20 when I walked on. The instance you just stated is another example of them playing with the wait times to sway the amount of guests in line, and it worked in your favor!
 

Goofyernmost

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Wow lucky! Guess I was wrong. Although the wait time was at least 20 when I walked on. The instance you just stated is another example of them playing with the wait times to sway the amount of guests in line, and it worked in your favor!
I suppose we could look at it as manipulating, but, what is to be gained by that. What would be the sense of changing the numbers for only a few minutes while people watched the parade and be back to regular lines again. People didn't walk up to the ride, look at the wait time and decide to watch the parade instead. In fact, it was the opposite for me. I felt that the lines would be shorter during those activities, but, since getting a fast pass for it was close to the same thing as parting the Red Sea, I decided to bite the bullet and get in line. I was rewarded for my decision. But, for Disney, fudging the times has absolutely no benefit other then making people like myself feel better because it didn't take as long as it said. When we do get upset is when it says it's 45 minutes and it is 90 minutes in reality. Something that used to happen on Soarin all the time.

It was a walk-on because people were watching the parade/fireworks, it wasn't a walk on because it said 45 minutes. It is cause and affect. 20 minutes strikes me as a normal time it would take for any ride that was just a walk up in a relatively long queue area and just confirms that it's the other activity that shortened the wait time. Save the manipulating for FP because that is what FP is. Putting people in predictable places and spreading out the levels.
 

dreamscometrue

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WDI have become synonymous with not being best value for money. It's an acknowledged problem that's only recently been attempted to be turned around. Plus they have the virtual monopoly on Disney parks.
Is that what Chapek is supposed to be addressing? Building faster and chaeaper?
 

Hatbox Ghostbuster

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It's something that's starting to be addressed. Apparently.
AKA, Pixar Pier in DCA.
"This was a project that was fast-tracked with major political pressure inside WDI, and it’s designed by WDI to prove to Bob Chapek that they can still project manage a park concept quickly to completion with good results, which is something Bob feels WDI is not very capable of."
 

Brer Oswald

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I suppose we could look at it as manipulating, but, what is to be gained by that. What would be the sense of changing the numbers for only a few minutes while people watched the parade and be back to regular lines again. People didn't walk up to the ride, look at the wait time and decide to watch the parade instead. In fact, it was the opposite for me. I felt that the lines would be shorter during those activities, but, since getting a fast pass for it was close to the same thing as parting the Red Sea, I decided to bite the bullet and get in line. I was rewarded for my decision. But, for Disney, fudging the times has absolutely no benefit other then making people like myself feel better because it didn't take as long as it said. When we do get upset is when it says it's 45 minutes and it is 90 minutes in reality. Something that used to happen on Soarin all the time.

It was a walk-on because people were watching the parade/fireworks, it wasn't a walk on because it said 45 minutes. It is cause and affect. 20 minutes strikes me as a normal time it would take for any ride that was just a walk up in a relatively long queue area and just confirms that it's the other activity that shortened the wait time. Save the manipulating for FP because that is what FP is. Putting people in predictable places and spreading out the levels.
Obviously it was due to the parade and fireworks. That's why it was a walk on for me two weeks ago. I was just noting another instance in which the time you wait in line is much less than the wait time posted. Looking back at my post, I can see how you thought I believed otherwise. Sorry, it was a miscommunication and poor choice of words on my part.
 

bclane

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I can only imagine what we could have gotten with the original TSL budget.
12 Monorails
11 World Showcase Pavilions
10 DVCs
9 Cabanas
8 Mickey Soaps
7 Swan and Dolphins
6 Dead Future World Pavilions
5 Cheap GotG rethemes
4 More rides at DHS (which would actually be double what they have now)
3 Seasonal Festivals at Epcot
2 Happy Bobs
1 Over Budget Avatar Land
And a partridge in a pear tree???
 

BD-Anaheim

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Is the transition from TSL to SWL also going to feature Art Deco elements similar to the tunnel from Grand Ave?
I'm curious to see if the "LA vibe" for transitions is being carried out throughout the entire park.
 

FigmentForver96

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Is the transition from TSL to SWL also going to feature Art Deco elements similar to the tunnel from Grand Ave?
I'm curious to see if the "LA vibe" for transitions is being carried out throughout the entire park.
I highly doubt it. I imagine there will be a tunnel with themes on both sides to match the land. Mountains on one side and perhaps the toy barrel approach on the other.
 

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