Peter Pan- am i missing something?

[juliebug1997]

I'm flattered whenever someone makes this mistake.

I was a little confused as I didn't see the "You must be this tall to post" sign.

Yeah, not gonna agree with that part. I think this is an example of something you just don't touch.

I agree. There should be some things that are left as they are, preserved if you will. If you don't like it, then don't ride it, but please don't ruin the memories of hundreds of thousands--dare I say, millions--of people. We live in a society where old things are seen as having no value and nothing is sacred. This should be sacred.

 

[pbrim]

For me, it's pure nostagia. I clearly remember my first ride in 1961, when I was 6. Some of the rides, like Snow White, were just better versions of what I had been on at other parks. But when we went through that window, and were flying, looking down at London, it was pure magic!

 

[KatieCharlotte]

Peter Pan, Small World, and the Treehouse are the three things I remember fondly from my childhood visits to Disney, so they remain "must do's". I would not wait hours for PP, but I've never had to wait more than a few minutes because this has always been our second attraction on our first day at MK at rope drop in the slow season. Sometimes we'll grab a fastpass in the afternoon to ride again because my kids have yet to be very interested in the mountains. Some friends went during the Christmas/New Year holiday, and I cringed to hear that they suffered through a two-hour PP line because they just couldn't leave without riding once.

 

[Violet Parr]

This is seriously our favorite ride. We try to ride as soon as we arrive and it is generally our last ride. We ride it a lot during the first hour or two of opening or during the AM EMH and then we FP it the rest of the day. However, if I had to wait, I probably would. We waited an hour for TSMM one evening.

When my family when in '87, this was our favorite ride. We would say hello to Nana, look for Tinkerbell, quote the lines from the movies, etc. It's just so special to me.

Same here. I would never wait over 15 min for it, and in 6 trips (most over 10 days long) we have never waited more than 5 min for it. We either ride first thing in the morning, or we get FP for it first thing while we do other Fantasyland rides. Or we ride it during special events like MNSSHP or MVMCP.

It's that opening music and Peter's voice saying "off to neverland!" It's a bit of a metaphor for all of Disney World to me. Of course you aren't really in the wild west, or in the future, or in Colonial America. To me, WDW is all about using your imagination and allowing yourself to pretend and play. Our kids love to wave to Nana and boo Capt. Hook. It's just a sweet little ride and a bit of nostalgia.

That said, I've never waited more than 10 min for ANY ride except Soarin and Test Track (and never more than 20 min for those.) When we pass Peter Pan and see people waiting 70 min in line, we always remark that we can't imagine enjoying ANYTHING at WDW after waiting in lines that long.

VP

 

[Disney9.9.10]

For me, I always ride Peter Pan's Flight, but I also almost always do it with a fast pass. I can't say why the wait times are always so long, but for me personally, this ride is one of those nostalgic, brings back good childhood memories types of rides. I've rode this ride every trip since I was just a wee one so I find it special.

 

[aml3679]

It is a must do ride. A classic. I love it.

 

[wishing4PA]

Simple. It's a flying boat. 'Nuff said.

Very low capacity combined with broad appeal and no height restrictions.

This too.

what makes the wait times so long is that it is one of the SLOWEST loading rides in all of WDW. The number of people that can be accommodated per hour is seriously limited. By contrast, SM loads practically at light speed.

Ah yeah, get all technical on us. But yes.

LOL! I actually did wait the 70 minutes- I had no idea what the ride was about but assumed that since the wait time was so long, it must be a great ride so we stuck it out. Now I know and will not be making that mistake again!

Aww! Oh well, I hope you experience it again sometime, but <pssst> with a FP, or early, or late. A 70 minute line would make it a lot less fun for me, too!.

 

[darnheather]

I've mentioned it before on this board but here's my story...

Growing up I went to Disney a four or five times and every time PP was being down. Everyone would always talk about what a great ride it was and how I was so unlucky to miss it. Finally in Disney Paris went on it with spouse, DD5 and DD 9 months. Longest line in the park. Literally I walked onto Space Mountain the same day but waited in line at least 20 minutes for this because I thought it was "must do". The five year old got very scared and the 9 month old cried from the jerkiness of the ride. I was furious when we got off! Never again for us.

 

[xlunascientia]

A friend of mine worked in fantasy land. She says what screwed up the line for Peter Pan is fast pass. Adding fast pass and single rider lines to rides makes the regular line longer.

 

[mesaboy2]

A friend of mine worked in fantasy land. She says what screwed up the line for Peter Pan is fast pass. Adding fast pass and single rider lines to rides makes the regular line longer.

True for any attraction with these options. Pan's main problem is simply that it loads very slowly.

 

[Dis nerd]

I have to say I would never wait long for this ride, but I do try to go on it at least once during my trip. This is one of the rides
I remembered from age 5 (first time trip) when I finally made it back at age 22. So it definitely was cooler as a kid, but I now enjoy it through my child's eyes.

 

[Fairyjen1]

A friend of mine worked in fantasy land. She says what screwed up the line for Peter Pan is fast pass. Adding fast pass and single rider lines to rides makes the regular line longer.

Disneyland doesn't have a FP for Peter Pan and the lines are always 40-70 unless you get very lucky.

In 2001 we went a month after September 11th. The park was almost empty and we walked on everything....except Peter Pan, even then it was a 40 minute wait!

 

[shalom]

It's in my list of top five favorite rides ever. But so are the PeopleMover and Jungle Cruise. I suppose part of the appeal is some kinda nostalgia, but it isn't nostalgia for the ride per se, because I was in my fifties before I rode it the first time. It just has the feel that the Disney movies of my childhood gave me, I suppose.

That said, I doubt I've waited in line more than ten minutes for it, and I likely never will. Hate lines more than I like rides.

mesaboy, being mistaken for Robo couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Better qualified guy? You're the same level of cool, how about that?

 

[mesaboy2]

It's in my list of top five favorite rides ever. But so are the PeopleMover and Jungle Cruise. I suppose part of the appeal is some kinda nostalgia, but it isn't nostalgia for the ride per se, because I was in my fifties before I rode it the first time. It just has the feel that the Disney movies of my childhood gave me, I suppose.

That said, I doubt I've waited in line more than ten minutes for it, and I likely never will. Hate lines more than I like rides.

mesaboy, being mistaken for Robo couldn't happen to a nicer guy. Better qualified guy? You're the same level of cool, how about that?

I'm cute and cuddly until someone suggests I abuse FPs. Then the adamantium claws come out and I go all Wolveriney.

By the way, the check is in the mail.

 

[CastleDreamer]

Our kids love it...its very sweet and old school...wont wait longer than 20 min for it though.

 

[songkat]

I love the nostalgia of the ride as well, and try to get to it each trip. However, FP definitely ruined this in WDW. Every time I'm in the regular line, I see them let 30 people with FP on, then maybe 10 or 12 from regular line, then another 30 or more FP. Ridiculous.

 

[TheDWord]

Maybe the reason why the lines are so long is because this is one of those rides where you don't want to waste a FP yet at the same time you want to ride it. You wind up going standby, just to notice that 500 other people were thinking exactly the same thing...

 

[>Ash<]

for me and my family this ride is just memories and magic....

my dad went to disneyland california when he was a young man working on cruise ships around the carribbean, he got to disneyland and went on peter pan and remembers seeing the ride track dissapear and the feeling of flying around never land,

now comes me, he took me to disney world when i was very small and remembers sharing this experience with me, and seeing my excited face as a child when you fly off to neverland,

i hope to share this same feeling with my children, i shared this experience with my wife whos first trip was with me, my dad goes on it and comes off talking to me like i was 5yo again.
for some people the wait is worth the wealth of memories you can get from somthing as simple as a ride.

for my family the wait is long, we FP it never standby but every time we enter the gates of MK we hop on peter pan. always very nostalgic ride

 

[think-like-tink]

The Peter Pan ride had some of the longest wait times of any ride in MK while I was there and was like this consistently whenever I checked the MDE app. Quite frankly, neither me nor my kids thought the ride was that good- certainly did not warrant a 70 minute wait or a late day FP return. What gives? Was it that PP just happened to be popular that week or is this generally the case? What is the appeal? Or is it that the ride is just so slow that what would be a 10 min wait on another ride is much longer here?

Yes the wait time is always that long *I think*. There is no bells or whistles with this ride, but I think PP has made his ay into peoples hearts and set up camp. It's a fave. for many. I can certaintly say it is a must ride for us.

 

[hookedonears]

I'm cute and cuddly until someone suggests I abuse FPs. Then the adamantium claws come out and I go all Wolveriney.

By the way, the check is in the mail.

Now I don't believe that for one minute.