Which rides/attractions could use a better queue?

DisneyJunkie

DisneyJunkie

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I'm enjoying Disney's efforts at making the attraction queues more interesting (or interactive). The one at PPF is impressive, as is the one at LM and HM. But which attractions (that haven't been touched yet) do you think could stand to have their queues done over?
 
WondersOfLife

WondersOfLife

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DisneyJunkie said:
I'm enjoying Disney's efforts at making the attraction queues more interesting (or interactive). The one at PPF is impressive, as is the one at LM and HM. But which attractions (that haven't been touched yet) do you think could stand to have their queues done over?
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Ooo this should be fun.. Okie...

Buzz Lightyear's Spaceranger Spin - Particularly the queue "music" which is that annoying loop of a snare drum. I can't imagine being a cast member listening to that all day. I've said it once already, but I'll say it again. Copy the pre-show transition music from Stitch's Great Escape! It'd work very well here! :)

Jungle Cruise - I feel like they could make this queue line a LOT more interesting instead of the back-and-forth rows like it is now. Think about the style of say some of the queues in Animal Kingdom like for Kilimanjaro or Kali River Rapids or Mount Everest.. Obviously much different theming but something along the lines of that.

Circle of Life: An Environmental Tale - There's something about this waiting area that feels a LITTLE nasty, old and tired. Of course, that should give you the same expectations for the film as well. But I feel like a really nice, cozy and awesomely themed waiting are for this area would be nice. Have some projection effects on the walls that change to different environments and such from around the world, and make the area a bit darker.

O' Canada/Soarin' - They need to dust these two queues. Look up next time at the lights/rafters/ect. and tell me I'm wrong. :p




Spaceship Earth - This might get some hate, but I've always hated the queue for Spaceship Earth. That huge long back and forth line. I always wish that it was enclosed, the back and forth could stay. But if it was enclosed and the queue line was really dark with like stars on the ceiling and a projection of a spaceship overhead flies by every now and then with some really relaxing space-sounding music... It would look awesome! Have the floor look like a ramp going up to a "time-machine space station"..
 
Chef Kronk

Chef Kronk

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The Seas with Nemo and Friends has the longest and most boring queue that I have ever walked through. They have to do something with that, since the ride, which has been a bust IMO, certainly isn't worth that long of a queue.
 
WondersOfLife

WondersOfLife

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NYwdwfan said:
I'll say it:

If there were more attractions to make the crowds more spread out and the lines shorter, the cues wouldn't NEED to be so interesting because you would be walking through them so quickly.
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If there were more attractions there would be more people in the parks because the popularity of that park would go up with more new attractions.. Look at Universal Studios. Once empty with less attractions but still long lines.. Replace a bunch of attractions and still have the same amount of space, it's now making you feel like you're packed in a sardine can every time you go!

So that wouldn't make too much of an effect on that situation.
 
danheaton

danheaton

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I also don't like the Haunted Mansion queue, especially since FP+. It used to be so easy to get on it! I'll also echo the thoughts for Soarin', which feels claustrophobic. The music is great. I also think the play area in the Winnie the Pooh queue (while fun for kids) is a little maddening.
 
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Mouse_Trap

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WondersOfLife said:
If there were more attractions there would be more people in the parks because the popularity of that park would go up with more new attractions.. Look at Universal Studios. Once empty with less attractions but still long lines.. Replace a bunch of attractions and still have the same amount of space, it's now making you feel like you're packed in a sardine can every time you go!

So that wouldn't make too much of an effect on that situation.
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That really makes no sense. Have you ever been to US?
 
JIMINYCR

JIMINYCR

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TOT... I'd like to be taken some of the way through the lobby. Get a better view of the items and the front desk. Then how about after the ride have some Twilight Zone show items displayed around the walk out area. There are some items on the sides of the elevators shaft after they land that you have to look quickly to get a 3 second glimpse.
Kilamanjaro Safari ...They could do a lot more with displays giving us info about Africa and the animals we'll be seeing on the ride. Those TV monitors and infrequent signage arent enough.
I agree about previous comments Splash, JC & Soarin desperately could use help too.
 
WondersOfLife

WondersOfLife

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Mouse_Trap said:
That really makes no sense. Have you ever been to US?
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It really does though. Universal Studios was a good example I used.

Pre-Harry Potter, Despicable Me, Transformers and Simpsons.. Empty. All of that new stuff shoots up out of nowhere, boom. Instantly crowded again making then non-popular attractions even longer and then-popular attractions longer wait times on top of that (The Mummy, Spider-Man, Hulk, Ect.).

I'm saying adding new rides will not change anything based on wait times. If Epcot got new attractions to replace Imagination, Energy and Wonders of Life... Test Track and Soarin's wait times would still be massively long. Might even be longer given the fact that these new rides will draw in even more people.
 
Haymarket2008

Haymarket2008

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Haunted Mansion's new interactive queue isn't offensively bad, but it does impede upon the somewhat subtle spookiness of the original cue. It's a little in your face for my taste.

I think Soarin' has one of the worst queues on property. It's an interesting aesthetic but not to sit in for more than 30 minutes.

Toy Story Midway Mania has a pretty bad queue too. Despite the initial chuckle at the larger than life toys it's very bare and boring.
 
Bairstow

Bairstow

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Chef Kronk said:
The Seas with Nemo and Friends has the longest and most boring queue that I have ever walked through. They have to do something with that, since the ride, which has been a bust IMO, certainly isn't worth that long of a queue.
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I actually quite like that queue, first, because there's no actual waiting in it, and second, because all the fun stuff is on the ceiling.

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SW_matt

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I feel that some of the queue's in AK could teach a good lesson to some of the others! The theming there is simply outstanding!
 

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