I am now ANGRY!!!!

[anniemae]

This thread has given me some thoughts. I'm not calling anyone out, just offering another option.....

What does it matter SO MUCH that a particular experience MUST be done? Are people seriously spending thousands of dollars and multiple days/weeks at a destination just for one approximately 5 minute experience? Has anyone thought of not staying up all hours waiting for the window and then seeing what there is when you wake up? Then if whatever is not available you either tell the person that wanted it, "I'm sorry but there were no FPs left for that, so your options are we can spend an entire park day waiting in line for that ONE thing OR we can spend the rest of the day checking out other fun things to do." Or if it is a child that didn't know to begin with, you don't tell them anything and then if they see at a park, you explain what happened.

If you want to tell me that this event is "ALL" your party wanted to do or "were really really looking forward to" and you can't do without, then perhaps you are creating people that are spoiled to having all of their expectations met. Call me crazy, but not everyone gets EXACTLY what they want EXACTLY when they want it and EXACTLY how they want it to happen.

There are how many people staying on disney property and in the parks on any one day? Hundreds? thousands? Millions? Do the math....people have different FP opening days than you. Not everyone with reservations/tickets is going to get to ride/meet "exhibit a" on May 1, 2015. They might not even get to do it during their time there from May 1-May 5. That's when you have an alternate plan.

I may be thinking crazy, but I am betting there are other things to do at Disney. I dare say there is even more than one park to find things to do! And resorts too!

I'm not sure why people get so crazy to do one particular thing, but they do. I think if you are paying all that money to go to Disney, you want to do what you want to do. If there is an A & E meet and greet, and you have a Frozen-crazy child, you want to go to the meet and greet. You don't want to save for vaca, to be told you can't do certain things because you didn't stay up until 1 am two months ago booking something that sold out in 10 minutes. It would be like planning a vaca to the beach only to be told you can't go in the water because the ocean is at capacity and you didn't book your swim time two months ago. Oh, but you can play in the sand and build a sand castle, or have a picnic on the beach, but no swimming. At least that's my take on it.

I think people who can go often can have an "Eh, we'll do it next time" attitude. But if you only go every few years, yes there is a need to do things that are popular, or new. Kind of like justifying going again, to do all the new stuff. So you want to do the new stuff.

I know the last time we were there, we wanted to do the new stuff we had not done before like soaring and 7DMT, and the new TT. It would have been really disappointing and I would have felt a little cheated if we didn't get to experience the new stuff. And isn't that why Disney creates all these cool new rides, to entice folks into coming back to experience something new? That's why we went back, and it would have stunk if we couldn't experience those things, because who knows when we will go back. We had to be flexible and would have preferred different time for certain things and it took some juggling but we got all the rides we wanted and just kind of went with it.

 

[larryz]

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[larryz]

What do you think park opening would be like at MK if A&E and 7DMT both issued paper FPs that were made available same day on a first come, first served, basis? Do you think that maybe that would raise some safety concerns?

Imagine if WDW ran park opening like Southwest Airlines runs seat selection...

People would have to sign up 60 days in advance for 'one-up' numbers to rope drop, and line up, in order, to get into the MK. With 20 or so entry booths, however, they could have numbers 1-500 at booth one, 501-1000 at booth two, 1001-1500 at booth three, and so on. but to keep it fair, they'd have to stagger booth openings so nobody gets in before the people with lower numbers. Booth two doesn't open until booth one's line is depleted, then they'd hold the next person (without a number) until the last person with a number goes thru booth 20.

Sounds glorious, doesn't it?

 

[Jenny Sanders]

I have always waited until 8-9am the next morning, and have always gotten every FP I wanted. My son literally booked a trip 14 days out and got every FP he wanted, including 7 Dwarfs Mine Train. So, don't worry, it will all work out...

 

[cakebaker]

No psychic ability needed. I imagine there are a number of posters here with that same power.

Which really just means that the number of likes you receive probably doesn't add any validity to what you posted.

 

[Jenny Sanders]

magine if WDW ran park opening like Southwest Airlines runs seat selection...

People would have to sign up 60 days in advance for 'one-up' numbers to rope drop, and line up, in order, to get into the MK. With 20 or so entry booths, however, they could have numbers 1-500 at booth one, 501-1000 at booth two, 1001-1500 at booth three, and so on. but to keep it fair, they'd have to stagger booth openings so nobody gets in before the people with lower numbers. Booth two doesn't open until booth one's line is depleted, then they'd hold the next person (without a number) until the last person with a number goes thru booth 20.

Sounds glorious, doesn't it?

This made me LOL!!!!! I hate SW for that exact reason...

 

[mom2rtk]

Which really just means that the number of likes you receive probably doesn't add any validity to what you posted.

I never said it did.

 

[Laketravis]

Naw, just making an observation to which no suggested solution is required. But you are the second person to state you intend to stop me from doing that. Good thing I didn't start a thread on how upset I might be about something Disney.

 

[cakebaker]

I never said it did.

Ok, you're the one who commented on my post that was directed at someone else. That's fine, but I wouldn't expect that my comments or the point of them were directed at you.

To be more clear- I took from LT's post that he thought the fact that there were some likes on his post made his point more valid. Perhaps he did or didn't, I don't know, but that's what my post that you commented on was about.

 

[ImAllEars]

Which really just means that the number of likes you receive probably doesn't add any validity to what you posted.

Except for the people who actually like it

 

[Brian Noble]

Has anyone thought of not staying up all hours waiting for the window and then seeing what there is when you wake up? Then if whatever is not available you either tell the person that wanted it, "I'm sorry but there were no FPs left for that, so your options are we can spend an entire park day waiting in line for that ONE thing OR we can spend the rest of the day checking out other fun things to do."

That's what we do, but I'm also known to be the meanest parent in the Universe.

 

[larryz]

I never said it did.

And why would anyone expect it to?

 

[Oodalally13]

That's what we do, but I'm also known to be the meanest parent in the Universe.

Hahahah! Well I'm the "meanest teacher" at the high school I teach at so maybe that's Wh we see eye to eye!

Granted by "mean" I hear it's because I make them follow the rules (especially the school's no cell phone and dress code policies) and if they don't do their work at all the receive a zero, not a second chance.

 

[cakebaker]

Except for the people who actually like it

Absolutely true- like minded folks tend to bolster each others opinions- but if their like minds are wrong to begin with.....

 

[BugsDaddy]

Naw, just making an observation to which no suggested solution is required. But you are the second person to state you intend to stop me from doing that. Good thing I didn't start a thread on how upset I might be about something Disney.

Intend to stop you? How would you suggest that I could do that? Once again, a perspective that is way over the top. I will comment on the ridiculous and obvious regardless of who posts it. If you happen to post it more often than most, I cannot control that.

 

[techtony]

WOW - I had no idea my rant in the middle of the night would have garnered this much of a response - and some arguments LOL.

Here is what ultimately happened. Some nice person last told me to wait until 1am. So after taking some ibuprofen, and watching an episode of the Big Bang Theory, I tried again....and again.....and again.....and again. No dice. 2am - still nothing. At 2:30 I gave up.

Fast-forward to this morning. Tried again - no dice. Called Disney, and after sitting there on hold for about 30 minutes, the cast member found an issue that prevented me from doing any of this in the first place. The last time I called, somehow, they put everything in my partners account, not mine. If I had just logged into his, everything would have worked. So eventhough that 1am thing was in effect, it did not make a difference to me. I KNEW something was up because when I tried to link my reservation through the app (thinking the app would be a logical alternative to the website) - it stated that this reservation is already linked to Davids account. Well that is weird - why would that be? Turns out, that was my first clue something was wrong.

Now to address everyones response (summed up nicely of course)...

This is my vacation. My FIRST real vacation. I am allowed to do the following:

1. Complain
2. Have Emotions
3. Get angry if I want
4. Ask for empathy or sympathy.
5. Be excited if I want
6. Do a happy dance (my legs allowing)

I saw a lot of people saying "chill out", "calm down", "stop complaining", "you are overreacting". First of all, it is difficult to guage someone's emotions or their state of mind - you are looking at me venting my frustration on a forum - in a moment of time. In no way was I running around the house, screaming and yelling, crying, lamenting or throwing cats off cliffs because I could not make a fastpass. This also was in no way me complaining about the fastpass system in general. So far - and because I am a planner - I love the fact I can do all of this ahead of time. I did not make this post to start online world war 3 - the board wars. I was ticked off, and I am allowed to be.

Now the moral of this story -

I called Disney when I had a problem, they fixed it right away. and guess what? I got everything I wanted.

<choir of angels singing in the background>

 

[cakebaker]

And why would anyone expect it to?

Then why mention it? If not to show that hey, this is a great thing I just said, look at the likes it got- what's the point of saying your post got likes?

 

[Angel Ariel]

I'm glad it worked out for you, tony! That's the important thing

 

[mesaboy2]

WOW - I had no idea my rant in the middle of the night would have garnered this much of a response - and some arguments LOL.

Here is what ultimately happened. Some nice person last told me to wait until 1am. So after taking some ibuprofen, and watching an episode of the Big Bang Theory, I tried again....and again.....and again.....and again. No dice. 2am - still nothing. At 2:30 I gave up.

Fast-forward to this morning. Tried again - no dice. Called Disney, and after sitting there on hold for about 30 minutes, the cast member found an issue that prevented me from doing any of this in the first place. The last time I called, somehow, they put everything in my partners account, not mine. If I had just logged into his, everything would have worked. So eventhough that 1am thing was in effect, it did not make a difference to me. I KNEW something was up because when I tried to link my reservation through the app (thinking the app would be a logical alternative to the website) - it stated that this reservation is already linked to Davids account. Well that is weird - why would that be? Turns out, that was my first clue something was wrong.

Now to address everyones response (summed up nicely of course)...

This is my vacation. My FIRST real vacation. I am allowed to do the following:

1. Complain
2. Have Emotions
3. Get angry if I want
4. Ask for empathy or sympathy.
5. Be excited if I want
6. Do a happy dance (my legs allowing)

I saw a lot of people saying "chill out", "calm down", "stop complaining", "you are overreacting". First of all, it is difficult to guage someone's emotions or their state of mind - you are looking at me venting my frustration on a forum - in a moment of time. In no way was I running around the house, screaming and yelling, crying, lamenting or throwing cats off cliffs because I could not make a fastpass. This also was in no way me complaining about the fastpass system in general. So far - and because I am a planner - I love the fact I can do all of this ahead of time. I did not make this post to start online world war 3 - the board wars. I was ticked off, and I am allowed to be.

Now the moral of this story -

I called Disney when I had a problem, they fixed it right away. and guess what? I got everything I wanted.

<choir of angels singing in the background>

You didn't start it. Everyone just moved to the next battlefield.

 

[larryz]

Then why mention it? If not to show that hey, this is a great thing I just said, look at the likes it got- what's the point of saying your post got likes?

Sometimes I "like" things not so much for what was said, but how they said it.

But really, is it worth discussing what "like" means when we have so many more important things to talk about?

(Translation: I can't wait to see that thread...)