Yeah, it hasn't happened to me, but I can see how that would very frustrating. In those cases I guess a guest has to decide whether to spend the money to get a LL or not. I actually like the VQ a lot but this issue makes me think it would be better to just let guests line up at the ride for hours, that way everyone at least has the option to wait without paying extra.
While all of that is true, Disney is not the same as a European vacation. It's more comparable to a Universal vacation or a Cedar Point long weekend.
True - of course if I am doing a Disney vacation I am focused on doing the parks and rides, if I want to relax I'll go somewhere else. I know some people are fine with goin to Disney and having pool days etc... I don't see the value in that personally. There are better options and far better hotels than the Disney ones IMO.
Well all I can say that is not my experience and I have been to Rome and Paris more than once.
Nowadays we have the option to buy an iLL. You can still ride the newest attraction if you didn't get a VQ. I was never able to get a VQ for Rise when it first opened. Even when one was willing to pay for a VIP guide, Rise was not included during the first few months of operation. Laugh all you want, Disney is actually more economical and relaxing for me now than before.
The other parks don't have monorails, Figment, or a giant avatar in a tube.
IP aside. There is no reason that Disney needs to operate the parks the way they do when it comes to things like VQ, paid LL and Genie+. Yes other parks have skip the like passes but they are much simpler to use and priced accordingly that they don't make standby suffer that much.
I almost had to amputate my feet after 2 days in a row of HHN, each with over 30k steps. I soaked my feet in the hotel tub at 2 am on that second day lol
Riots cause Disney has put into the mindset of guests waiting in line is not an option. I do agree they need more capacity as well
Yes it's prevalent in society and is why a lot of parks offer the skip the line passes. I will say most guests are accepting of waiting in standby at other parks.
Standing in line is an option so is buying genie+ or an ILL. Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s not a viable option for others.
I didn't say anything about not liking it or that's it's not a viable option. My point is that at other parks it's accepted that waiting in standby is part of going.
What makes you think standby is not acceptable at Disney? Why would they make their queues so attractive if they didn't want people to use them?
That goes to original reason for Fastpass. The majority of guests complaints were long waits for attractions. Instead of adding new capacity to the parks they came up with Fastpass.
I think Jrb means that some people would stop going to Disney if they made the line skipping option super expensive so your "only" choice was standby. Or at least that's how I read his prior posts.
Exactly that. IMO with everyone having access to Genie+ it's while availability runs out so quickly and why they had to implement all these rules for it. There isn't enough capacity for everyone to have it.
