What do you think would happen if...

MickeyLuv'r

MickeyLuv'r

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lazyboy97o said:
That’s the beauty of FastPass. Disney has driven attractions per guest per hour way down but people gush because they “skipped” a few lines.
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FP is a little like the lottery, winning a FP triggers the brain's reward system.

If WDW did away with FP, people would lose that high.
We might say people are addicted to FP, just as they are now addicted to 'likes.'
 
MickeyLuv'r

MickeyLuv'r

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Having done the BG thing, meh.
I did it one day of my visit, I didn't feel a need to do it 2 days.

I dunno, I might bother one day of a return visit, but I could also happily pass, especially if the ride continues to have reliability problems.

I know this goes against the grain on these boards, but the unreliability of the attraction annoys me. If the ride continues to be unreliable for an extended period, I will lose further interest in it. I actually also have slightly more patience for how Hagrid's has handled. There's something concrete and honest about a physical line of people, as bad as it is to have a line stop moving. (though I've done pretty very well getting on Hagrid's.)

With RotR, we arrived very early, but didn't know what BG we'd get. We got our boarding group number, but only had a vague idea what time we'd be called. I found that a bit frustrating, even though I wasn't physically in line, I still felt like I was waiting. When our BG was called, well we still had to wait in a healthy line at the attraction. On top of that, the line stopped moving for a for about 20 minutes. I began to wonder if we'd get to ride at all, or if we'd be booted and stuck waiting even more time for the ride re-open with a FP.

In a way, the process felt more cumbersome to me than just a regular traditional wait, because of all the back and forth uncertainty.

Call me crazy, but I think WDW might have done better if they'd split the budget and made 2 reliable attractions that were half as ambitious.
 
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macefamily

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I think all of the ride ques would need to be modified. Now you have two entrances or two lanes (Standby and Fastpass) for every ride. I think a single que would stretch those lines out. They'd have to add some lanes outside most of the rides to satisfy the extension of the single line. But I do think the single line would move quicker because of the subtraction of the Fastpass line so modifications should be minimal. In the Fastpass situation I believe the CM's are instructed to let 10 FP's through the gate to every single rider in the standby lane.
 
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putzer1

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When FP first came out you could only get one at a time, spreading out the supply. They were available for “A” ticket attractions until the afternoon usually. with needing to get ADR’s 180 day out and FP’s 60 days out, is it still a vacation? We use to play “theam park roulette “, first bus at the bus stop is where we are going today. Due to my job, my trips are scheduled in 10 days or less, for me FP’s are useless.
 
Twirlnhurl

Twirlnhurl

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WDW wait times and operational characteristics would look more like how things look at Universal. Their paid Express Pass system takes a much smaller percentage of the capacity of a given ride than Fastpass.

When MFSR opens, you will see how much longer standby lines get when Fastpass is introduced.
 
Jedi Stitch

Jedi Stitch

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Ah yes, If they did away with Fast Pass and Boarding groups. Went back to the "Good Ol days"..... Well, everyone would be in lines for the whole day, Longer lines for the most popular attractions and shorter lines less thought about attractions. I do remember waiting in 3 hour long line for Splash Mountain in DLR, during summer, hot day, on debut year of ride. I remember wishing I could stay at the DLH just so I could have the special early start time for DLH guests only. I can remember rope dropping for the coolest rides. Once the park filled up, I would do the lesser rides, for the shorter lines, before the heat cranked up, I would stand in a long line 90+ and ride a fun ride, then look for AC rides or things during the afternoon heat. Then I would do walk on rides during fire works or parades, and the last hour or so of the park when every family is heading home. A true open to close Park Commando. Then, DLR was a park sized that you could see everything in 2-3 days. WDW parks are larger, and have more stuff. Epcot alone, is a 3 day park to see most things, and not everything.


The real What do you think would happen if.....you could afford to stay on Disney Property for an entire year?

I myself have thought about this, and I could go one entire year at WDW. Each of the parks can be an entire week of exploration. Add in the water parks, and all the hotels to visit. I could spend and entire year and not ever be "hohum" another day at MK. Unlike the videos that just give number for value, moderate, and premium year stay I would shake it up. I would start in the cheapest place for a week and then keep upgrading. Say start at the all stars, then pop, then AoA, from there hit into the various moderate, with the premiums, finally ending up at the flagship resort, Grand Floridian. We spent a half day alone just on main street, forgetting there was an entire park to see. Granted my wife's a shop-aholic so we can spend hours in just one gift shop, but just looking at all the theming, and playing sorcery, we hadn't left main street all morning on our first day.
 
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mark marsh

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Rosanne said:
I still think they should go back to the paper kiosks. At least you had to be in the park to get one. Now people get fast passes 60 days in advance & dont even show up. And they dont cancel the passes they reserved. That means the passes are "all booked" and people arent even using them.
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I would love it if they went back to the paper kiosks. Much easier to enjoy the parks that way, at least for me.
 

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