We felt the same way. I wouldn't have waited if I'd been running the show, but it was great that DM offered to. Next trip I'm sure we'll skip it because my DH is nowhere near as patient as Ferb!
I read that Phineas & Ferb over at Studios is going to be a "play" experience too and I sure hope it is MUCH higher capacity than Rapunzel & Flynn because with the wider appeal of P&F that could make for some really crazy waits. And my crazy kids will probably still want to do it, at least once.
We will OF COURSE have to do a Phineas Ferb meet when we finally get back in 2012!! How can my Ferb NOT meet their Ferb?!

Plus the girls would love it..the only problem is do you do the TSM run or the P&F run? OY!!
yay for the meet and greet. I know we won't be waiting. We are getting to MK to late in the day to make it to the first meet and I am not that patient. I can't beleive popel are actually waiting hours for this.
I don't think we would wait hours to meet ANYONE!!! I can't imagine?! But thanks to our loving DISboards family, we all have strategies to do the things we know that we have to do!

And there will always be a next time for us Disney lovers too!! So what you don't get done this time, will get done next time..cuz we know there's always gonna be a next time!!!
Love the pics! How exactly does the line for Rapunzel work? We haven't visited them yet.
Well, like I said we did RD and we walked almost directly there, minus the Pluto meet, and there were already people in line. When they are ready to let people in they keep everyone in order in line, and you walk up the ramp that leads to the "stage" area and wait in line there. The kids are encouraged to go stand around the table in front of the stage to color while we wait for the characters to arrive. There is a CM acting like an MC of the show, while the kids are coloring there are PP people taking cute pics of the kids absorbed in the coloring, they did that in order of the parents in line, "that's my dd in a pink skirt with Rapunzel on her shirt" sort of thing. Then the characters come out and dance with the kids around the table. Then they start meeting the kids in order of the line up, while you wait your turn the CM plays pass the Pascal with a stuffed version. It was cute and the CM even made the PP girl come over to take some cute shots of our Rapunzel with Pascal because she had some mirrored glasses on...then you meet them and you're on your way! As far as I feel about it, cute, but should just be a meet and greet line so it moves faster and they can get more kids in!
I love the pic of the girls with Pluto it looks like its from one of the ads

Rope Drop looked great beautiful day!
It was a beautiful day! And we always think it's cute how Pluto has to hold the autograph books!!