How does separating A&E save time?

[kay1864]

If a child spends 1 minute with Anna, or 1 minute with Anna and Elsa together...it still takes 1 minute per child in line.

Now if the child had to *choose* which one, well yeah, then it cuts the time in half. But my understanding is they get to visit both (one at a time).

Or is it that the "solo photos" take less time this way? Were the photos "one with A&E, one with A, and one with E" before? If so, they could just limit it to "with both" photos, and cut the time by two-thirds.

What's the point of separating A&E?

 

[Itinkso]

With only Anna and Elsa in one room, it decreases the staffing for the non-stop meet and greet by 33%. It also stopped the banter between the two of them that was increasing the guest interaction time beyond Disney standards as well as increasing the wait time for guests.

 

[Missyrose]

If a child spends 1 minute with Anna, or 1 minute with Anna and Elsa together...it still takes 1 minute per child in line.

Now if the child had to *choose* which one, well yeah, then it cuts the time in half. But my understanding is they get to visit both (one at a time).

Or is it that the "solo photos" take less time this way? Were the photos "one with A&E, one with A, and one with E" before? If so, they could just limit it to "with both" photos, and cut the time by two-thirds.

What's the point of separating A&E?

They don't have to pay for that third "visiting princess." And having two princesses in the room instead of three should move people through quicker.

 

[wilkeliza]

What is does is now instead of little Jane spending 3-5 minutes with both princesses she now spends 1-2 minutes with Ana and then spends another 1-2 minutes with Elsa. Now while Jane is seeing Elsa, little Billy is already meeting Ana. So now Billy's wait is 2-3 minutes less than it would have been if Jane saw both princesses together. Add that 2-3 minutes less across the whole board and the wait time cuts in half.

 

[bauer1168]

If i remember rightly, it was a similar case with Flynn and Rapunzel when they met together and their line was always very long (not as bad as A&E).
Once it went down to just Rapunzel, the lines decreased (in my own experience).
With 2 face characters meeting together, it usually will create longer lines than just 1. So splitting them up should, theoretically help reduce lines, aswell as reducing costs in having just 2 princess' instead of 3.