To address this comment specifically. OP probably realizes it as they've done other events but others may not put the 2 and 2 together but queues are not going to give a great representation of wait times. Not if you are looking at the line and thinking "that line would take X amount of time" if you are comparing it to the same line in the daytime. Remember, there are no FP returnees during the event so lines move MUCH faster.
Maybe they are reporting on different aspects. @skullsplitter seemed to have focused on the rides for younger kids (Dumbo, Barnstormer, Pooh being walk-ons). They both indicate that Space is about 20-25 minutes. We've been hearing that Space, 7DMT have had longer lines. It does make sense that the rides for younger children will be uncrowded since it is pretty late in the evening.
It's hard to adjust your thinking. You always look at lines and naturally compare to what you are used to, which is having a FP line too.
For rides maybe but there were polar opposite reports about crowds on the pathways too.
Very true. It’s an adjustment from with or without FP. It is shorter without FP- the lines are constantly moving.
7DMT is the one ride that I've never seen with a really short line except for during EMH event. It had a long line at every DAH we've done. We don't often ride Space, takes over a year for our old bodies to recover, LOL so not as familiar with the usual wait times on it.
This is true, but comparing it to our experience in October- there were virtually no lines. I didn't have to guess as to how long that line would take to get through the ride because there weren't any. The only thing that had anything close to a line was SDMT, everything else was a walk on.
Having been in both Space and 7DMT lines last night, those times were about accurate. And agreed the length of the lines was not acceptable.
That's pretty much in line with a consistent 25 min wait reported by people who went on the 11th. A 5 min longer wait, while no, not great, isn't really "a lot more crowded"
Going on rides in that first hour is annoying. Too much cross over with day guests still in line. We've managed by hitting the less popular ones to start and moving to those later.
Since the events aren't selling out, that's a pretty good bet.
I know that it isn't an exact science but when they say that Winnie the Pooh has a 30 minute wait and the queue is spilling out into fantasy land I tend to believe it...especially since I waited in several of the lines and a few were longer than advertised. I didn't just skip everything because the lines looked long. I waited in several 20 minute + lines which was unacceptable. At Animal Kingdom I waited in 1 line...for 20 minutes and that was Flight of Passage.
