CM's being dishonest about wait times

[AshleeH]

We joke about this....we consider ourselves a "card" family......

I don't know why, but we ALWAYS get a card......last trip we started counting them...got up to 11.

Must be something about they way we look.

We started taking pictures of them on each line....

LOL

Happens to us all the time too - we never counted, but on each trip we always consistently get the red cards. Our trip a few weeks ago, we even got one for the Seven Dwarf character meet and greet, which surprised me since they're not standard characters so there's no posted wait time, but I guess it's for the CM's to have an idea for anyone who may ask when getting into the line. We got a laugh out of it though because they tend to hand the card to someone just entering the line - they actually bypassed about thirty people to hand the card to my group when we'd been in line about 10 minutes. It gave us all a chuckle, like they'd missed us and had to hand us the card .

 

[xipotec]

We all have a laugh now.....the CM starts the schtick about what the cards are for and I give it back to them by saying....

"You mean this gives us a pass to the front?"
"This get us into the secret room at the Castle right?
"No thanks I already ate."
"Has this been sanitized?"
"Do I really have to give it back"...might change this since now I read people keep them...UGGGHH.

Going to take pics with the cards and CMs this year........

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

Whats odd to me, being a park veteran is that I can usually tell how long a wait will be just by looking at the line and where it ends...

Of course some things would delay that in the past, like handicap riders or people having trouble getting in and our of a ride car. (POTC I am looking at you.) Or a breakdown.
But in general it works pretty well. At least in the days before Capacity scaling. Now you really have no idea how many cars,, trains, boats or elephants they are running.

Splash: is a great example. If you can SEE the line at all it probable `~30-45 minute wait in the past. IF the line is already up the stairs and not visible, it usually less than 20 minutes.
Space Mountain: If the line is past the initial switch backs, about 45-50.....if it starts half way down the tunnel. 30...if its starts at the final switch backs less than 20.
HM: if the line is outside the awning 45, before the interactive que...30....starts at que...20....just outside doors, 5.
POTC: outside building 45-50, Inside before slope starts 30-40...after slope before first turn less than 30....


Always worked in the past...but with them futzing around with staffing levels and capacity....this all is likely out the window.

Line stacking works best at the attractions where you can't actually see the line. The worst offender is probably TSMM, where they will close off the entire queue area and let the line spill out into the courtyard. Then they'll post a 70 minute wait time when the actual wait is 15 or less. This is an intentional deterrent to prevent guests from getting in line close to closing time.

 

[xipotec]

Line stacking works best at the attractions where you can't actually see the line. The worst offender is probably TSMM, where they will close off the entire queue area and let the line spill out into the courtyard. Then they'll post a 70 minute wait time when the actual wait is 15 or less. This is an intentional deterrent to prevent guests from getting in line close to closing time.

Thats terrible....but not surprising.....