How is this acceptable FP+ lovers?

[ArwenMarie]

Wow. That's crazy.

 

[TuneTownMagic]

If that is the FP line, what did the standby line look like?

I'm wondering this as well.

 

[ParkHoppers]

Well this thread really backfired on the OP. That's a shame.

 

[Praying Colonel]

It's does not look acceptable...was it closed all morning?

I'm just thinking it has been down a lot this week...and maybe it just opened.

Th current standby is 30 minutes...according to the Disney app..but I have little faith in that these days


BTW...this is one of my biggest concern with FP+...rides that I used to wait 5 minutes for like PC and HM...now have crazy standby times

Me, too. On our last trip in late August, we waited 30 minutes to do PoTC (no breakdowns or anything unusual going on with the attraction). Our previous long at PoTC on any of our trips was 10.

I think the WDW powers that be would love to take the aggregate wait at a park and distribute it evenly throughout all attractions. Those of us who are used to seeing short waits at attractions like PoTC would see it as a major loss. But they'd see that as a major win, because no one's having a super long wait, and WDW's not having to invest in new capacity to get there.

 

[wisblue]

I saw that and it was during the afternoon parade.

Try again.

My simple point is look at the unintended consequences that FP+ has wrought. That is simply bad show, and after a year of FP+ they have not got it figured out. I have video of Space Mountain from a year ago with a similar cluster.

You mean the video that showed a line of about 40 people in which the person at the back of the line when the video started reached the entrance in 2 minutes? The same one that showed the CM at the entrance trying to deal with an obviously confused person who apparently didn't speak English very well?

If lines like this happened every day at several different lines, it might be unacceptable. For it to happen once in a great while after a ride has been down for a couple of hours is probably unavoidable.

 

[Angel Ariel]

yes, but since we don't know the circumstances in play at the time the photo was taken, we cannot accept the photo as evidence that the line for Pirates is that long consistently because of FP+.

I didn't think the OP was implying it happened consistently. It read to me more that he has an issue with lines like this happening at all.

 

[lugnut33]

For those that asked what the standby line looks like, here it is. Just a typical standby line nowadays at POTC with FP+.

 

[FlipHipster]

Yep. That dude entered the room with a chainsaw and basically dared everyone to disagree. Why didn't we just get in the running CAR?

At least I know now that FP+ has conclusively solved the problem of people clustering around FP entrances.

Quick to the cemetery!!

 

[Angel Ariel]

Yep. That dude entered the room with a chainsaw and basically dared everyone to disagree. Why didn't we just get in the running CAR?

At least I know now that FP+ has conclusively solved the problem of people clustering around FP entrances.

Lol, amen! Had to click the unsubscribe there today..just too much!

 

[mesaboy2]

Quick to the cemetery!!

Love that one!

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

For those that asked what the standby line looks like, here it is. Just a typical standby line nowadays at POTC with FP+.

If at first you don't succeed.....

 

[MakiraMarlena]

I didn't think the OP was implying it happened consistently. It read to me more that he has an issue with lines like this happening at all.

Not sure what that has to do with FP+ since this was due to a ride breakdown. And stuff happens. So how can we say that such things should never ever happen under any circumstances?

I guess what he's really saying is that if they opened both lanes to all guest traffic again the line would never be that long. So that would be the FP+ argument I guess. the picture also says nothing about how long it actually took the line to clear out after the ride went back up.

I think this ride was more disadvantaged by the new boats they have than by FP+. They no longer use the back rows at all - I guess because the new boats turned out to be unbalanced and people got soaking wet on the hill.

 

[lugnut33]

If at first you don't succeed.....

If you find those FP+ lines acceptable then so be it. I just don't get why?

 

[lugnut33]

Not sure what that has to do with FP+ since this was due to a ride breakdown. And stuff happens. So how can we say that such things should never ever happen under any circumstances?

I guess what he's really saying is that if they opened both lanes to all guest traffic again the line would never be that long. So that would be the FP+ argument I guess.

It had broke down 2 hours before this photo was taken.

 

[cakebaker]

If at first you don't succeed.....

Yup- typical.

A single picture and it's declared what it looks like all the time.

Actually, according to a pretty well respected source easywdw the median standby wait time at POC for 2014 is 25 minutes. At peak it's 40 minutes. That's up 10 min for median, 20 peak from 2013 with some of the increased wait attributed to lesser capacity on the ride.

That's as close to fact as we have- and much better, imo, than a single photo taken to show how long a line is. I have a pic of the line at the Maelstrom that would knock your socks off- it was the weekend it closed. I doubt it's illustrative of the normal wait on any given day.

 

[BuzzinDownToDisney]

If you find those FP+ lines acceptable then so be it. I just don't get why?

If you decide to spend a day at MK trolling a group of random strangers on the internet, so be it. I just don't get why?

 

[lugnut33]

Yup- typical.

A single picture and it's declared what it looks like all the time.

Actually, according to a pretty well respected source easywdw the median standby wait time at POC for 2014 is 25 minutes. At peak it's 40 minutes. That's up 10 min for median, 20 peak with some of the increased wait attributed to lesser capacity on the ride.

That's as close to fact as we have- and much better, imo, than a single photo taken to show how long a line is. I have a pic of the line at the Maelstrom that would knock your socks off- it was the weekend it closed. I doubt it's illustrative of the normal wait on any given day.

Nothing you just posted has anything to do with FP+ and that line. You cannot sit there and tell me that isn't a typical FP+ line you'll see several times a day while going through the parks? If it isn't, then why did Disney build FP+ queues outside the Fp+ queues?

 

[lugnut33]

If you decide to spend a day at MK trolling a group of random strangers on the internet, so be it. I just don't get why?

Those aren't my photos, those are from the Touring Plans twitter account.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

Saw this photo posted on Touring Plans twitter account and it makes me shake my head. This is a photo of the FP+ return line for Pirates taken at around 2:15 today.



I don't get how this is a good thing.

Not a "lover", but not a hater.

But no one complained about the TSM FP line.

Could they use more machines? Sure.

Is it possible that a lot of these folks are getting their 4th FP? Sure.

If you think the indignant posts will make it all go away, enjoy.

eTA: I assumed if was a kiosk line. I have seen lines happen during legacy FP days. Often can be explained. What that explanation is, I don't know. But after MANY reports of smooth sailing last week, I'm sure something was up.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Nothing you just posted has anything to do with FP+ and that line. You cannot sit there and tell me that isn't a typical FP+ line you'll see several times a day while going through the parks?

But it's not. It's one you might get occasionally during the day due to various circumstances (in this case the ride went down and came back up) but it is not typical. I've seen them back up on occasion but it's not a regular thing.