I just got home earlier today from my chaperone trip. Overall it was a great time. Got to ride ROTR when I didn’t think I would have that opportunity. Rode GOTG for the first time since it was TOT. Had the best spot for fireworks I have ever had.
But here is a question that came up from my trip and a couple of opinions on some things.
First is for POC. When did they get rid of the fog and projections? I always loved that part and it was no where to be seen. I’m sure I missed posts about it on here so I was just curious when/ why that was taken out?
Now for opinions on some things.
I tried max pass two of the three days and did not find it anywhere near worth 20 dollars a day. Now a big part of that is likely the impacted schedule I had being that I didn’t get to make my own schedule and that DD wanted to coordinate with friends. I found it useless as I would have to sit on my phone waiting for times to come up that I could actually use the pass. Saturday I had to go wait in line at city hall just to get it because the app was having big time problems taking payments so I lost a lot of park time trying to get the pass. The photo pass part is nice but otherwise I was better off not spending the money. I will likely try it again whenever my next trip is to see if I like it better when I don’t have to worry about meeting up with a group for other activities. But this time it was not helpful much at all.
Single rider is still by far the best way to do rides that have it IMO. Even with a group of 8 we had a blast with single rider rides.
BGs, I am not a fan of the BG system and hope it doesn’t last long. For me it added a level of stress to the day we went for it that I would prefer to do without. It also (and this is my bigger gripe with it) makes the morning time in the parks far less fun. I have been used to being one of the first in the parks when we go and getting many rides done right after rope drop before lines get long. Friday we got the BG, rode SM and then all the rides I would normally go to had long waits. I have never gotten so little done in the morning when I made it before rope drop. It makes DL park far more crowded at rope drop.
The evening after fireworks was a great time for rides however. Having always gone with a young child before (DD is 11 now) we rarely stayed late in the parks and would leave right after the night shows if we stayed that late. But for our last night we (DD and I) were able to stay after fireworks and walked onto several rides including smugglers run, POC, BTMRR, and a very short wait for IJ. Very few rides other than SM and PP had long waits. Smugglers had no line at all and we even had an empty seat because not enough people were there to fill it. So we had a great time after fireworks (and over all).
But here is a question that came up from my trip and a couple of opinions on some things.
First is for POC. When did they get rid of the fog and projections? I always loved that part and it was no where to be seen. I’m sure I missed posts about it on here so I was just curious when/ why that was taken out?
Now for opinions on some things.
I tried max pass two of the three days and did not find it anywhere near worth 20 dollars a day. Now a big part of that is likely the impacted schedule I had being that I didn’t get to make my own schedule and that DD wanted to coordinate with friends. I found it useless as I would have to sit on my phone waiting for times to come up that I could actually use the pass. Saturday I had to go wait in line at city hall just to get it because the app was having big time problems taking payments so I lost a lot of park time trying to get the pass. The photo pass part is nice but otherwise I was better off not spending the money. I will likely try it again whenever my next trip is to see if I like it better when I don’t have to worry about meeting up with a group for other activities. But this time it was not helpful much at all.
Single rider is still by far the best way to do rides that have it IMO. Even with a group of 8 we had a blast with single rider rides.
BGs, I am not a fan of the BG system and hope it doesn’t last long. For me it added a level of stress to the day we went for it that I would prefer to do without. It also (and this is my bigger gripe with it) makes the morning time in the parks far less fun. I have been used to being one of the first in the parks when we go and getting many rides done right after rope drop before lines get long. Friday we got the BG, rode SM and then all the rides I would normally go to had long waits. I have never gotten so little done in the morning when I made it before rope drop. It makes DL park far more crowded at rope drop.
The evening after fireworks was a great time for rides however. Having always gone with a young child before (DD is 11 now) we rarely stayed late in the parks and would leave right after the night shows if we stayed that late. But for our last night we (DD and I) were able to stay after fireworks and walked onto several rides including smugglers run, POC, BTMRR, and a very short wait for IJ. Very few rides other than SM and PP had long waits. Smugglers had no line at all and we even had an empty seat because not enough people were there to fill it. So we had a great time after fireworks (and over all).
