Observations from yesterdays last show:
Fastpass: Got Fastpass for last (5:10) show at 9:10am.
Standby: They started letting in Standby for the 5:10 show at 3:10!!, and I watched as hundreds of people were admitted.
What happened is that they had only issued enough Fastpasses for the Orchestra and Mezzanine sections, and filled the Balcony section with standbys. Then later filled the normal overflow Standby section with more starting at about 4:00.
Fastpass Holder line: Not allowed to line up until about 3:45, Then held the line until about 4:20 (10 minutes after listed time).
DAS Section: With the Aladdin show this section was much smaller. It now is several times larger and takes over the first section that was for the Orchestra section. With the Aladdin show about 10 -20 with one or two others would be allowed in first. Now: I counted more than 160 persons total. Most guests that needed assistance had an additional 2-4 people with them. Several showed up without a DAS or visible challange, and were stopped, then they would argue or yell at cast members until admitted. One was a young women with a double stroller with two small babies inside. After arguing with the first cast member for several minutes, a second cast member tried repeating over and over the guidelines for admission, then they brought over a Supervisor, who finally gave up and and waved her, the stroller with two kids, and 7 additional guests inside. This was repeated several times with people being stopped, then after arguing for a few minutes were admitted. I did not see anyone denied entry or turned away. No cast member would risk a complaint to Guest Services and enforce guidelines.
VIP: About 40 persons, most with a Plaid. Less than half full.
Show: Great, the cast were all were very good. But, the show was stopped twice do to technical problems.
