A&E No Line Holding Policy

[ConnieB]

They are in the same room, just on opposite sides. No more visiting princess.

So no more photos of them together? Sad.

 

[Itinkso]

As recently as Jun 13, A&E were greeting together, and Aurora was there also.

And on June 14th, Aurora moved to the front of MK for her own, separate meet and greet.

 

[SillySallySews]

As recently as Jun 13, A&E were greeting together, and Aurora was there also.

They started last Sunday. There are tons of pictures on the Internet from this past week of them being separated. I have a FP to meet them next Tuesday and it changed on Monday and no longer says they are meeting with a visiting princess. There were also announcements about the change last week on multiple Disney blogs.

 

[SillySallySews]

So no more photos of them together? Sad.

It makes me sad too. :-(

 

[mom2rtk]

I don't understand why they don't make it fastpass only or pass out return time tickets day of. It's crazy to make people wait in line for hours when they could be spending money elsewhere in the park (looking at it from Disney's financial side).

this is what I said a few months back. Why can't they just hand out some sort of ticket that tells people to come back btwn 1 and 2, or 2 and 3.....breaking up the group so you don't have to stand in line for 4 hours?

Because the NEED a standby line to maximize the efficiency of moving people through. Because if they issued enough FPs in a given timeframe to prevent slow times with nobody there, they would also risk a backup in the FP line that people would be unhappy with.

Standby is fine the way it is. Nobody is making you enter against your will. And people who don't know about FP and enters the park, or someone who was shut out of getting a FP, should have an option.

 

[ChgoMusicGirl]

For what it's worth, the SB line was 20 min at 1:15 am last Sunday (Monday really). And the CM at the front said that it was really less than that. So if you can't get a FP+ and don't want to spend half your day in a line, you just have to stay up really late! ;-)

 

[Ava]

So no more photos of them together? Sad.

That is a total bummer. Maybe by the time we go in late Sept, when crowds are lighter, they'll change it back to having them meet together.

What they really need is a set up like Macy's Santaland in NYC - the place is designed as a little "village" so they can have multiple Santas meeting at once, but the guests only see the room that their Santa is in.

 

[MillauFr]

I wonder if Disney is worried about people paying others to stand in line for them? This is a growing business and one that Disney probably does want to encourage.

 

[jtowntoflorida]

What they really need is a set up like Macy's Santaland in NYC - the place is designed as a little "village" so they can have multiple Santas meeting at once, but the guests only see the room that their Santa is in.

That is how Princess Fairytale Hall is set up.

 

[DonaldDuck77]

Sorry for those that missed them together (we saw them last November), but kind of interested to see each of them on their own. I wonder if Anna and Kristoff will do the Prince/Princess meet at the MNSSHP? (sorry Elsa, you're still DD8's favorite)

 

[RogueKnits]

I think it's a good idea to enforce the "everyone needs to stand in line" policy. I understand people leaving the line to use the restroom, grab a drink, etc. and then coming right back, but I don't like the idea of line holders while the rest of the party does their own thing. The line is long, everyone knows this before deciding to wait. It should be a factor in your decision making that if you want to see A&E you will be waiting in line for 2-3 hours and not experiencing other attractions. Maybe it will cut down the wait a bit if the rule is strictly enforced.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

For what it's worth, the SB line was 20 min at 1:15 am last Sunday (Monday really). And the CM at the front said that it was really less than that. So if you can't get a FP+ and don't want to spend half your day in a line, you just have to stay up really late! ;-)

Not a lot of four year old's awake at 1:15am.

 

[Drusilla]

They should have 2 rooms with A&E in it. When you got to the front of the line you'd be directed into a line towards the left or right (kind of like they do at Soarin') and then you see the A&E in that room. Kids wouldn't know that there were 2 different rooms, it would make the line go twice as fast and make guests much happier in general. Solved!

 

[mom2rtk]

They should have 2 rooms with A&E in it. When you got to the front of the line you'd be directed into a line towards the left or right (kind of like they do at Soarin') and then you see the A&E in that room. Kids wouldn't know that there were 2 different rooms, it would make the line go twice as fast and make guests much happier in general. Solved!

Um. They already do. I'm sure that's a big part of why they moved to the MK.

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

They should have 2 rooms with A&E in it. When you got to the front of the line you'd be directed into a line towards the left or right (kind of like they do at Soarin') and then you see the A&E in that room. Kids wouldn't know that there were 2 different rooms, it would make the line go twice as fast and make guests much happier in general. Solved!

That's pretty clearly against Disney policy.

 

[Drusilla]

That's pretty clearly against Disney policy.

What policy?

 

[roomthreeseventeen]

What policy?

I thought it was Disney policy that a character was never in one park twice. I could be wrong, I guess. Maybe that used to be the policy?

 

[MikeP22]

I thought it was Disney policy that a character was never in one park twice. I could be wrong, I guess. Maybe that used to be the policy?

I think that was really more of an urban legend type thing...

 

[mom2rtk]

I thought it was Disney policy that a character was never in one park twice. I could be wrong, I guess. Maybe that used to be the policy?

They've played pretty fast and loose with that policy on many occasions. Cindy is at CRT and in PFT at the same time all the time. Probably also out in front on the stage at the same time several times a day.

But they do try to not have the same character visible in the park at the same time.

 

[Drusilla]

Do A&E stop meeting guests while they are in the parade?

Add: A&E wouldn't be visible at the same time, they'd be in separate rooms with different guests at the same time. I thought it was a good solution to a huge A&E line problem.