focusondisney
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- May 7, 2009
I'm not real happy with the way Disney is handling this CP situation either, focusondisney. Sigh.
First of all, I can't believe that they are only offering the Ultimate package for 12/1 & 12/2 and no other CP ceremony!?
And if Club 33 people are also going to have a crack at getting seats on the other nights when the AP holders may or may not 'win' seats, the AP holders have even less of a shot at seats.
I walked by the CP area last year - a couple of times - and looked right at the empty chairs waiting to be filled by invitation-only guests. There were not many. There is just not enough room in that location to add in a lot of seats. So the people who get chosen in this crazy lottery will really be few and far between, I think.
Of course, yes, we could all stand there and view the CP from afar - one of the people who commented on the Blog suggested that. But unless it is 'organized standing' - in other words, a designated location or spot for people who signed up and registered to stand - then it will just be a free-for-all/get to the right place at the right time sort of situation...and that's what causes all of the crowds every year for the invitation-only events.
It just seems to me that this CP information (about the 20 nights) should have never been announced in August. Until Disney had it all figured out exactly how they were doing the whole thing, and unless they were going to be crystal clear up front in telling everyone exactly what the chances of seeing the CP would be (making it clear up front that AP people may or may not get to see it and that there would be no dining packages, no Ultimate on any night beyond 12/2, etc.), it wasn't worth even bringing it up and getting people's hopes up. They made it sound like, "Hey, isn't this great? We're expanding the CP to 20 nights so everyone can see it," when, really, that's not exactly the situation.
Perfectly said! Why did they even bother anouncing anything til they had a plan in place? Originally, I did not care about the CP at all. We have seen it a few times @ WDW & was fine with not seeing it. But after hearing about that Ultimate Tour, I got myself all geared up to see it. And did not even cringe or miss a beat when that CM told me the price. "Wonderful! Book it!", I said. And there is no way I'm gonna jockey around for a SRO spot.
I actually don't know how DL regulars put up with so much standing room only atractions: World of Color, Fantasmic, CP. Maybe it's spending 35 years on my feet as a nurse, but on vacation, I want to SIT!!!