Point taken.
I think I need to clarify my stance on 'b' attractions though:
When I think 'b' attractions that are fun fillers, I think high capacity, fast loading, easy to take in during the morning, AFTER you have made the best of the first hour, or even the first 1.5 hrs, riding the headliners and getting one fp or two.
Buzz, Pirates, HM, Philharmagic, (wedway - I love this attraction, so silly but I do) even small world - these rides have high volume hourly turn overs. I usually use these as fun fillers while we wait for a fp to mature in the morning, or waiting to pick up another fp once the window opens. It will take a large number of people to get in the fp+ line to have any real impact on the standby line, and I forsee that to be a 'down the road' thing.
ETWB has two big negative factors, OHRC and popularity. Right now, I think you would consider it almost an 'e' ticket - perhaps for the age set that dumbo is an 'e' ticket. And, how many shows per day, and how many will the 'theater' fit? These are very limiting factors. Going on the hype this attraction has, its the new dumbo almost. (here is something to think about - this 'attraction' and popularity are relatively new - how does the general population know to scamper here first in the morning? Perhaps technology and the information highway. If it can make this attraction so popular, and so fast, how long will it take to get people on the fp+ program? Ok- when I say ETWB is new, its not actually. I saw it with my kids when they were tiny, my son was the beast! this has got to be about 10 years ago. But back then, it was not a well known attraction. It was easy to see whenever. And it was fantastic back then. Now, its well known and loved and desired. The competition has gotten fierce, FAST. Just saying, that more people are plugged into the internet, and do some research before going now, then they use to.) Ok, that was rambly. dont know if I made any point at all, but I tried.
I think on certain 'b' attractions, even a small number of fp+ will have big impact. Peter Pan, pooh, small capacity rides will get snarled up quickly. The dreaded speedway will be BUGLY if the fp+ comes into effect. Barnstormer will be bad.
But, an educated user will know this, right? So, they would adjust their plan to try and compensate. For example, when doing the Mk next week: if I got the chance to participate in this deal, here is what I think my plan would look like.
FP+ Space, Parade, and mermaid (have not seen this yet) - the attractions I would pick close together in the early afternoon time slot.
Arrive at ropedrop. Head directly to BTMRR, try and ride at least 2x's, maybe even a couple of more if possible. I would be keeping an eye on splash though, and time (my kids usually take at least one picture of me looking at my watch at Disney). Ride splash next (mornings are so much slower for this attraction, people dont want to get wet first thing, especially if its cold. However, Disney controls the water effects and the amount of 'wetness' riders will experience due to outside temperature, and with the wise use of seat placement, and the magic towel trick, its not a factor for us).
Now, I would do a few favorite b attractions that I would consider high capacity low wait time rides depending on our location in the park - pirates, hm, and or philharmagic. Lunch, wander over to tomorrowland, do wedway and hopefully space mountain would be ready to go, then check out the new fantasyland, and ride mermaid with fp. Do parade, go home hot and exhausted after a successful 3/4 day at the MK with teens. 3 mountains, hopefully a couple of doubles, lots of fun fillers, and a look at the new stuff.
Success. But, if I was touring with small children, or seniors, or kids that dont like or do mountains, it would be totally different. It also would be totally different if I was a first time visitor, or someone who rarely goes, and wants to see as many different things as possible. But there would be ways to tweak that Itinerary too.
A wise man once told me, that if you understand crowd mentality, and disneys crowd control, and the difference in each attractions abilitiy to handle crowds, you know where to be when, and more importantly, how to adjust to stuff on the fly, like rides going down, or unexpectedly large crowds, whatever. Give a man a fish....