Concerned about new Frozen ride wait times (low capacity)

[momof2n2]

I just hope that all of these lines don't block the bakery and shop. We have no interest in any of the rest of it.

oh come on PG... you secretly love Frozen. I've never heard you say a single negative thing about it.

 

[mom2rtk]

I'm guessing due to popularity the ride will open at 9 with the park.

Agreed. They might cheap out and just do a new overlay instead of creating an entirely new ride, but Disney isn't dumb enough to leave it closed for the first 2 park hours every day.

If I recall properly, when the A/E meet & greet was there, they started with an 11 AM opening but did eventually switch to a 9 AM opening. There's just no reason not to.

 

[mom2rtk]

"Good thing I have that 8:05 ressie and have a handy dandy campsite" said the lady with four daughters and a May 10th day at Epcot...

Just sounds like good planning to me!

 

[momof2n2]

Why would Disney build an inadequate ride? They know the demands are going to be so high and they still build a ride with a low capacity, why not do it correctly and take longer to build the ride but build it right?

Are you new here?

I think they spent their new ride budget on fancy plastic bracelets and a glitchtastic ride reservation system.

 

[anniemae]

I am also concerned about what it will do to the adorable little Norway nook. I think it will be a mob scene.

I think this summer will be very busy at Disney between this new ride, and the new soarin' video.

 

[rteetz]

Are you new here?

I think they spent their new ride budget on fancy plastic bracelets and a glitchtastic ride reservation system.

Well they are spending billions on DHS so they didn't spend it all there.

 

[wisblue]

Everyone wants new attractions, but a simple fact of life and mathematics is that a popular new attraction for which the number of people who want to ride in a day significantly exceeds the ride's capacity is going to create huge demand and lines. It happened with Test Track, Indiana Jones and Radiator Springs Racers at Disneyland, the Harry Potter attractions., and 7DMT. And it's going to happen with the Frozen rides, the new Pandora rides at DAK, and the new Star Wars attractions.

Personally, I think this is one of the underlying reasons behind FP+. With either standby only or the old paper FP system, getting on the newest and most popular attractions without a massive wait required getting to the park early. FP+ mitigates that crush because a lot of people will have their reservations set ahead of time and do not have to rush right to the hot new attraction. Many of them won't bother to be at the park at opening at all.

And you can't be surprised that an operator of a theme park resort that includes hotels is going to provide an advantage to its onsite guests.

I would challenge anyone to come up with a system that would satisfy everyone when you have a park with 30 to 50,000 guests a day or more, a high percentage of whom want to experience an attraction with a daily capacity of 10 to 20,000 riders per day.

 

[momof2n2]

Well they are spending billions on DHS so they didn't spend it all there.

We can discuss that ride capacity in 2018(?).

 

[mom2rtk]

We can discuss that ride capacity in 2018(?).

You're more optimistic than I am.

Avatarland was announced in 2011 and we're still waiting for those discussions to begin......

 

[Grandmaof2]

Lines will probably be long at first too due the fact that Soaring is going to be closed for the first part of the opening.

 

[DVCcurious]

Hope the use the same boats Pirates is using.

nope, they're keeping the Maelstrom viking boats. They're just gonna staple a few paper snowflakes on the side of the boat and call them "Elsa's magical boats"

 

[rteetz]

We can discuss that ride capacity in 2018(?).

For toy story land yes. Star Wars more like 2019-2020.

 

[Mac30188]

Everyone wants new attractions, but a simple fact of life and mathematics is that a popular new attraction for which the number of people who want to ride in a day significantly exceeds the ride's capacity is going to create huge demand and lines. It happened with Test Track, Indiana Jones and Radiator Springs Racers at Disneyland, the Harry Potter attractions., and 7DMT. And it's going to happen with the Frozen rides, the new Pandora rides at DAK, and the new Star Wars attractions.

Personally, I think this is one of the underlying reasons behind FP+. With either standby only or the old paper FP system, getting on the newest and most popular attractions without a massive wait required getting to the park early. FP+ mitigates that crush because a lot of people will have their reservations set ahead of time and do not have to rush right to the hot new attraction. Many of them won't bother to be at the park at opening at all.

And you can't be surprised that an operator of a theme park resort that includes hotels is going to provide an advantage to its onsite guests.

I would challenge anyone to come up with a system that would satisfy everyone when you have a park with 30 to 50,000 guests a day or more, a high percentage of whom want to experience an attraction with a daily capacity of 10 to 20,000 riders per day.

I have not been though Fasspass+, but in theory your point is spot on. I would rather fight for a fastpass than waste half a day waiting to ride a specific ride. It really is a pretty elegant attempt to manage the growing crowds.

 

[Mambo Junkie]

We were there last December and the area was packed with just people waiting to get into Akershus. Maelstrom was already closed. I can only imagine how crowded it will be with both open. As I said before, I'm going to try for fps or I still have my 8:00 am reservation at Akershus. When US opened Men in Black, the wait was 4 hours. I remember one time the M&G for A&E was said to be 3 hours. Especially since we'll be there while Soarin is closed. Hoping it will take the load off MK though.

 

[Planogirl]

oh come on PG... you secretly love Frozen. I've never heard you say a single negative thing about it.

Hey I was sort of nice this time! And I'm trying not to say anything negative about that any more - give me some credit.

 

[dlavender]

We were there last December and the area was packed with just people waiting to get into Akershus. Maelstrom was already closed. I can only imagine how crowded it will be with both open. As I said before, I'm going to try for fps or I still have my 8:00 am reservation at Akershus. When US opened Men in Black, the wait was 4 hours. I remember one time the M&G for A&E was said to be 3 hours. Especially since we'll be there while Soarin is closed. Hoping it will take the load off MK though.

4 hours for MIB!! I will never understand the mindset of someone willing to wait in a line like that....I wont wait 20 mins for a flu shot....More power to them. Frees up other things.

 

[maryj11]

Lines will probably be long at first too due the fact that Soaring is going to be closed for the first part of the opening.

Yes this will make it even worse .

 

[tlmadden73]

Maybe make it FP only? They've played around with this for short periods before.

Probably the best ride they could do this on .. especially for a brand new ride.

 

[ban26ana]

4 hours for MIB!! I will never understand the mindset of someone willing to wait in a line like that....I wont wait 20 mins for a flu shot....More power to them. Frees up other things.

On Christmas Day one year, I saw the line for Peter Pan at 6 hours. I walked by them all and wanted to just say, "you know you don't actually fly in there, right?" Lol!!

 

[mom2rtk]

Maybe make it FP only? They've played around with this for short periods before.

I've actually thought all along that might have been what they were testing for last year. Only time will tell.