Am I less of a hard core Disney Fan, as I don't want to wait (long)?

[Gracie09]

the most I wait is 30 minutes

 

[keishashadow]

I think the people who wait in the lines are likely first timers who don't plan and many probably don't even realize there are ways to not have to wait, and/or they just don't care and enjoy just hanging out in line and talking...or nowadays playing on their phones.

and these are the same people who return home, bad-mouthing how 'awful' the disney parks were.

hate to say it, as I bemoaned the change, but the new FP+ system has made it easier for those who aren't quite so commando-ish. They can at least snag 3 prime attractions per day...no matter what time they decide to arrive in a park. I've been able to snag 7DMR & TSM FP up to the day prior on recent visits via adjusting plans.

OP - define 'hard-core fan'. Is it the person who has to do it all in one day, willing to wait in long lines...or is those who has been lucky to visit often (or do their research here) & know if they use their ADRs strategically, they can chill?

Most vets know which rides typically have shortest wait times and are willing to use fillers in between them & choose wisely among the eticket offerings.

For those who feel compelled to wait in the lines, more power to them! opens up stand-by times for other atttractions lol.

 

[k8Davies]

I don't think it means waiting is their "thing". It may just be a result of the circumstances of their visit and what their priorities are in regards to what they want to see and do.

yeah when I say "Thing" I do use it more loosely, it more that the people are happy, scratch that, lets say willing to wait that long.

As for me even if it was something I really wanted to do, I don't have it in me to wait that long for anything at Disney, (and I'm British we do love a beautiful well formed queue lol),

 

[Zippa D Doodah]

It seems like most of us grizzled WDW vets have about a 30 minute wait limit. That's true with my family too. I remember the last time we waited longer than that was 60 minutes for SDMT right after it opened. We just always know we are coming back, so if we miss an attraction we will catch it next year.

 

[AshleeH]

I'll wait for meet and greets. I rarely wait a long time for rides - it depends on certain factors though. For instance, our first trip we wanted TSMM and missed all the fastpasses on the day we were there. We had to suck it up and wait in a 2+ hour line (behind the most annoying guests in Disney). This was a special circumstance, since my kids were dying to ride it, but I would never do it again.

In some cases, especially during peak times, a line can be a respite from the heat if it's indoors. And keep in mind that for some people, this is a once in a lifetime trip, so if they've always wanted to ride Soarin', 4 hours might be worth it.

 

[pmaurer74]

just got back after a week at WDW. We waited one hour for Joy and Sadness but it should have been a 20 minute wait and we waited 30 minutes for Winnie the Pooh and Rapunzel, everything else we either walked on or had Fps.

 

[yngsj]

I usually won't wait more than 90 mins. or so but I do enjoy the family time while we are in line. In Jan. I learned a lot about my two teenagers while in long lines at DL. When we are at home they spend most of their time in their rooms or are not home at all. It's the one time they can't really get away! We talk about our day and what we are looking forward to on the rest of the trip so I don't really mind waiting. It was a little different when they were little but we still tried to make it fun.

 

[BrianL]

Smart planning canb help you work around waits. I will wait when I have to though, if that's how it's going down. It's no big deal.

 

[TiggerBouncy]

I may wait as long as 40 minutes. Usually 30 though depending on how tired I am.

I do wonder though who those people are who look at 4 hours and go "hmmm. 4 hours. I could do that!" and get in line. Obviously 4 hours in an extreme - but even when 7DMT opened up and we really wanted to see it and the wait was 90-120 minutes, we passed it by figuring there is always next time - yet plenty of people were pilling in behind shrugging it off. I don't get it.

 

[DVCcurious]

I refuse to wait more than 45 minutes.

But I have kids so I've only been to WDW during summer and spring break.

In 5 trips I have yet to ride a mountain, peter pan, 7 dwarfs, TT, Soarin, ToT (you get the idea)

I've heard these rides are good, but I won't be the sucker who waits an hour to ride them. Shoot, I could do Stitch 4 times during the 90 minures I'd have to wait for Space Mountain. I didn't pay $5,000 to wait in lines.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Generally speaking my max limit is 45-60 minutes. Most times if a line (in any theme/amusement park) shows 60 minutes I figure out if I can just go back to the ride or if it would just be better to bite the bullet and do it or if is even a ride that I really care about riding. Anything posted more than 60 is no way (which is why we rode TSMM 5 minutes before DHS closed back in 2011 as the wait never went below 75 minutes when we checked on it)

That being said there are several times that I can remember at WDW and USO where the wait said one thing but ended up being longer and we decided to stay (not so much of a memorable thing if it was only a 5-10minute longer wait).

TT went down in 2011 (prior to the re-design); the wait time listed was 30 minutes. When we had like 15 people in front of us they shut the ride down temporarily due to heavy rain. Since we were so close we decided to wait it out. The ride was able to be started again then when there was around 7 or so people in line in front of us they had to stop it again due to heavy rain again. We again waited as we were looking at the radar the whole time=quick passing heavy rain plus we were already inside somewhere instead of being outside in the heavy rain. The ride started up again and we were able to ride it quickly enough though even with light rain it still kinda hurt going at you when you are going 64 miles per hour-still had a blast. When all was said and done we waited around 1 hr 15 minutes.

At USO also in 2011 at Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls the line said 45 minutes but went down sometime for an unknown reason while we were in line-no one had a clue what was going on and we didn't know how close we were due to how the queue line was designed (we had not ridden it before) so we waited it out..boy that was one hot hot hot queue line we were getting really uncomfortable so getting SOAKED helped a bunch. We were finally able to ride it but when all was said and done it was an 1 hr 30 minutes wait.

 

[Fuhnuh]

We are also in the 30-40 minute group, maybe less or more depending on the attraction. We've waited longer than 40 for Gringotts and Forbidden Journey at Universal. We also generally stay long enough that we can get most everything we want to do without waiting over 30 minutes. We've missed Soarin on a few trips to WDW and DLR a couple times because of long waits. I think waiting over an hour for a 25 minute posted wait time on that ride once made us gun shy (can't remember which park). I imagine we're still hardcore fans since we've have gone to DLR, WDW, and Aulani every year since Aulani opened.

 

[Jfsag123]

We had our longest wait ever at WDW yesterday - 50 minutes to meet Joy and Sadness. It was a must-do for DS. I don't think we've ever waited longer than 20 minutes for a ride and even that is rare.

 

[DougEMG]

I won't enter a line that is more than 20 minutes. But then we normally go for long trips 3+ weeks so I've got plenty of time to come back a different time when the line is shorter.

 

[MouseTeens]

My family has taken multiple trips at different times of the year. We do it all and have never waited more than 30 minutes for a ride and its rare for us to wait that long. Wake up early, have a decent plan and you can avoid any extreme waits.

 

[10MoreMinutes]

45 minutes is the max I'll wait for my favorites (HM, BTMR, Pirates, Test Track, Expedition Everest, Tower of Terror), 30 minutes is the max I'll wait for anything else. My only exception is if I'm with someone who's never done something before and the wait time is less than, say, 75 minutes. For example, when we were there in May, my brother and SIL had never ridden Splash Mountain, so we waited for 65 minutes for that, and I was real antsy and heading toward annoyed by the time we got on the ride.

 

[Mikie]

I refuse to wait more than 45 minutes.

But I have kids so I've only been to WDW during summer and spring break.

In 5 trips I have yet to ride a mountain, peter pan, 7 dwarfs, TT, Soarin, ToT (you get the idea)

I've heard these rides are good, but I won't be the sucker who waits an hour to ride them. Shoot, I could do Stitch 4 times during the 90 minures I'd have to wait for Space Mountain. I didn't pay $5,000 to wait in lines.

Wow, you have literally named all my favorite WDW rides, except that you didn't happen to mention Expedition Everest! We do ride every single thing there, time permitting, so I sure don't exclusively ride the ones you listed, but I've never left without doing them. Leaving all of those out, what are your favorites?
My kids are hitting high school age, which means lots of conflicts with activities. I haven't traveled in summer since my childhood, but due to our schedules, it is starting to look like that's all that will be available to us now. The picture you paint is not encouraging!

 

[DVCcurious]

My post was a joke. I hate these threads where people come on here and brag about how awesome they are because they NEVER wait more than 30 minutes and they always ride all the good rides.

These threads are like those stock trading scams you see online. "Use my system and you will get 2% per month!" When you do the math you see that $10,000 at 2% per month for 30 years is worth $12 million. And are these people worth $12 million? Nope. What they claim to do is impossible to actually achieve. It's the same thing with this thread.

If 7DMT is a 60 minute wait within 3 minutes of opening, and it stays longer than 60 minutes until the bitter end of the night.....how are these people riding it with a 30 minute wait? I know, they use their FP for it. OK, then how do they also ride Space, and Thunder, and Splash, and Peter Pan, and Jungle Cruise, and Haunted Mansion, and meet Anna/Elsa, and meet Cinderella, all without waiting longer than 30 minutes? I mean, you only get 3 FP's.

Basically it's impossible to do what people on here claim. You can't ride the mountains, 7DMT, Peter Pan, meet A&E, etc without waiting longer than 30 minutes. The only way you could possibly do it is if you show up at Rope Drop, then leave the park at 9:30AM when waits are longer than your 30 minute maximum, then return after 10:00PM when lines die down.

So basically what these people are saying is "I've never ridden a headliner between 10:00AM and 10:00PM without a FP+ and since I only get 3 FP+ per day, I only ride 3 headliners during that 12 hour period and the rest of the time I ride Stitch and Country Bears".

My family has taken multiple trips at different times of the year. We do it all and have never waited more than 30 minutes for a ride and its rare for us to wait that long. Wake up early, have a decent plan and you can avoid any extreme waits.

What you are claiming is literally impossible. I was at WDW during the slowest week of the year last year (the week before Labor Day with the hurricane threat.) Even during the slowest week of the year the headliners had 45 minute waits between 10:00AM and 10:00PM. It's impossible to "do it all" and "never wait more than 30 minutes". Unless you think "doing it all" means getting there at RD, riding two headliners, using FP+ on 3 more headliners, then watching Country Bears and Mickey's Philharmagic for 10 hours before lines die down after the fireworks.

I won't enter a line that is more than 20 minutes. But then we normally go for long trips 3+ weeks so I've got plenty of time to come back a different time when the line is shorter.

So you come back before 10:00AM or after 10:00PM. So, tell me, what do you do for the 12 hours between 10-10 when lines are longer than 20 minutes?



Please somebody, prove me wrong. Tell me exactly how I can ride 7DMT at 1:00PM with a 30 minute wait without having a FP+. I'd love to learn your little secret.

Many people are reading this who are headed to WDW this summer. All of you awesome people who never wait more than 30 minutes should share your secret so those people can also experience a 30 minute wait for A&E at 3:00PM without using a FP+!

 

[nooneshome]

Hard core Disney fans know how to avoid long lines.

 

[DVCcurious]

Hard core Disney fans know how to avoid long lines.

prove it.

I want to ride 7 dwarfs at 2:00pm tomorrow and I have no FP.

Share your hardcore fan secret of how to make the 90 minute line a 30 minute line.

I love how everyone on this thread is making outrageous claims....but no one will tell you how they accomplish this impossible task.


The only way to not wait 30 minutes or more is to avoid all headliners from 10AM-10PM.

I'm not paying $5,000 to spend my day watching Monster's Inc Laugh Floor. I'd love to spend my vacation riding nothing but headliners with less than 30 minute waits! Please, be specific and share your hardcore secrets!

Anyone who claims they can ride Space Mountain in the afternoon with no wait and no FP+ is a liar.