No more Stanby line for A&E?

[wn01aa]

I like the idea of this and not waiting in lines over 30 minutes, however with less people standing in those long lines, I am guessing the ride times for 2nd and 3rd tier rides will increase (I mean, not all those people not waiting in line anymore are going to be eating or shopping, lol).

 

[wn01aa]

If 80 per hour is the accurate # then the total per day is likely 1000 guests?.....with that said MK has maybe 20K? 30K guests? Sometimes 40 or 50K per day? What I don't get is why Disney doesn't put them in EVERY park. I know they belong in fantasyland- or maybe epcot but seriously. How much $$$ is disney losing when a family is waiting for 3 hours for ONE meet/greet? I'd guesstimate that capacity should probably be more like 5K per day to even come close to demand.

Or for now make more rooms with them at fairy tale hall.

 

[Miskey]

Or for now make more rooms with them at fairy tale hall.

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They can build all the rooms they want, but it won't do any good if they can't find friends with the right look to place in the room.

Personally, I think what fantasy hall needs is a meet and greet with Kristoff!!!

 

[supergoofy]

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They can build all the rooms they want, but it won't do any good if they can't find friends with the right look to place in the room.

Personally, I think what fantasy hall needs is a meet and greet with Kristoff!!!

I want to meet Olaf.

 

[jco_direwolf]

I want to meet Olaf.

Sven! How can you beat a pet Moose-Dog?

 

[MAD on Disney]

Getting a piece of paper with a return time on it is a good start, but why have people go to a different location to get them? You would think they could invent some sort of machine that could be nearby that could distribute these little pieces of paper... maybe also some kind of clock letting folks know what the return time would be...

 

[jco_direwolf]

Getting a piece of paper with a return time on it is a good start, but why have people go to a different location to get them? You would think they could invent some sort of machine that could be nearby that could distribute these little pieces of paper... maybe also some kind of clock letting folks know what the return time would be...

That type of machine sounds totally un-posible.

I mean it would have to have some automated way to read people's tickets or something so that they couldn't get another before the first one expired. That is all way too hard for a computer to do.

Honestly the sending people away, just sounds like crowd control. instead of making the CM at the queue head to take care of it all, send them away so you can have a second queue to get your queue time for the primary queue.

 

[marypoppins81]

What about the late risers who don't get there for rd and are happy to stand in line for 2, 3, 4 hours? Who are disney to tell them they can't when they've spent $100 each I'm tickets? Also (and sorry if this has already been discussed) won't the queue to get a return time run several hours if everyone has to go get one? Surely this defeats the object.

 

[letsgoreds]

This sounds very similar to the Jedi Training Academy process. Seems to work with few complaints, I hope the same would be true for other rides. For those late riders, FP+ ressies are your only real option, and no shot at JTA. I don't see a lot of late risers complaining about the structure of JTA.

Interesting....

 

[DaisyNY]

Wow...I'm envisioning lots of little girls with tears when they can't see they're favorite princesses! Seems like there should be other options...

 

[JosieMouse]

I like the ideal of not waiting in line, but I can see this going very wrong. Why don't they just let people get the FP at the kiosk in the park. If they make it permanent I hope they offer more passes and let you book them on mde. Another thing to plan for.

 

[cel_disney]

I wonder if the will stop giving them to infividuals and give them to 'groups' instead - a family of 4 getting a single paper....

 

[surferdave]

They'll need a new name.

FP light?

FP junior?

Slowpass?

FP filler?

FP Classic. Why should they stop repeating history now?

I keep trying to figure out how they've made Elsa so hard to cast; they must insist all the CMs have to be able to sing the song and hit the high note.

 

[chapie1968]

As I said when they stated the new FP+ this will make going to the park on stand by an impossibility. This is basically FP+ cheap cousin.

Soon this will apply to every attraction at the Parks and it will mean if you are not there at rope drop to run and get the last remaining spots that are left after FP+, you will not be able to do anything at the park for your $100 a day admission price. No wrong, you can shop and spend more money after you've given them $100 so you can spend more money.

 

[Laugh O. Grams]

Or for now make more rooms with them at fairy tale hall.

Absolutely, it works with Santa Claus at Macy's in NYC. I don't get why they wouldn't pull the trigger on something like that. I get the old adage "Nothing attracts a crowd like a crowd" but this is ridiculous.

 

[jco_direwolf]

This sounds very similar to the Jedi Training Academy process. Seems to work with few complaints, I hope the same would be true for other rides. For those late riders, FP+ ressies are your only real option, and no shot at JTA. I don't see a lot of late risers complaining about the structure of JTA. Interesting....

The difference is there is no queue at the show. They bring the kids in etc. people don't expect to be involved with a show to be the same as a m&g.

 

[clsteve]

Didn't we have this discussion back when we heard they were making a few meet and greets (like at Epcot and DHS?) into FP only?

Every attraction needs a standby line. That way if things are moving particularly efficiently, they have bodies standing by to feed in. Otherwise there will be times they have things moving quickly, but nobody there to see them. Or they would have to issue so many passes that it backs up and the time reservation is not meaningful.

I'm going to have to say I'll believe this when I see it.

Yep

But that one actually showed up on MDE for several days - Pooh and Tigger at the UK Pavilion, if I remember correctly. I agree that the numbers posted in this article are very suspect. But, we know Disney has been contemplating this since they did have the option programmed and then prematurely released with that Pooh M&G. This board blew up for a solid three days over it before Disney took it down...... What fun that was

 

[Jennasis]

Disney would rather not have a 200 minute line of people standing still who could be out and about spending money.

 

[lovethattink]

I hope we hear some firsthand accounts today.

 

[Aurora0427]

I think the problem is finding friends of Anne and Elsa that are the right size, and have the right general face shape and complexion, that want to work as friends of a princess, that live with in commuting distance from WDW. Think about it, if you want to be friends of Mickey or Minine it has a general height requirement, and some what of a build requirement. and they want to work as a friend of a mouse. But other than that the friends can be Boys or Girls, any complexion any face shape, any eye color..

I keep hearing this reason, and I have my doubts. I live in Houston, and we currently have about 7 different princess party companies offering Anna and Elsa, and the girls who portray them could work at Disney, and several of them are former cast members. So how can amateur party companies find actresses to play Anna and Elsa, but Disney can't? We had two of these ladies at a party, and they were fabulous. Completely in character down to the mannerisms. Disney recruits face actors from all over the world, and you're telling me these two specific characters are that difficult to cast? Maybe so, but either way they need to work HARDER, because the Anna & Elsa meet and greet situation at WDW is RIDICULOUS.