It is only 10:20 though - let’s see what it looks like at noon once everybody has gotten out of bed.
FWIW, the wait times right now look a little longer than what I experience in late January at a similar time.Nice
That's not a bad option either. My concern is that people would feel forced to sit in the park all day trying for bgs. (And unlikely to get one, as you stated) Obviously, you pointed out some positive aspects. Reasonable people can disagree on with pros outweigh the others.
I agree, I was surprised that they didn’t continue to call BGs last night and run the ride a little past 10pm in an effort to get more people a chance to ride. I’m really sorry you didn’t get an opportunity to ride.
Yeah - I guess it’s hard to get a sense of what’s going on from afar. They might have also had lots of recover FP returners last night coming back once the ride was back up. I guess the major takeaway is that it’s super frustrating to see them stop calling new groups 2 hours before close BUT that’s the way it has to be the best thing or they’d have to run the ride until midnight.
What do I know. Until I get out of my recliner and head there in 3 weeks I’m just an armchair analyst!
Oh I’m sure Disney is doing everything they can to accommodate guests. That’s why I feel for the people in guest relations right now. However, people “at the top” like Chapek might need to come out and say the current VQ system is flat out not working if it does not improve in a few days.
A good point. They do hand out FPs with return times in the last hour though and you get less then an hour to return. It’s also being suggested that on a day with poor performance perhaps operating the ride until 11pm would’ve given another ~1,300 people a chance to ride. We’re all seeing different angles here though and none of it really matters because Disney will just do whatever they want to do anyways
It would have been a nice bonus if they did that though. I of course am not accounting for the operating logistics and employee costs.
Each boarding group has a number Disney sets in it and multiple parties end up with the same group number. We are estimating based on the ride throughput that each group likely has between 75-100 people in it.
No one knows how many people are in a bg. But the general idea is 70 to 100 people per bg
If you have more people arriving on time than Disney can accommodate, then luck of the draw is the only option. The more I think about it, the more I think the current system is the best option. On less crowded days the early arrivals get the BGs, on days it’s insanely crowded and there are more early arrivals than spots available, it’s a lottery. And it’s not just a lottery in the sense of if you get a BG, but a lottery in the sense of if you get an early BG and are able to count on riding or not. If the ride breaks down and they don’t reach all the BGs, then what else can they do besides give you an FP for the following day? One thing that folks can do to give them a better chance of riding is not wait until the last day of their trip to try your luck at RotR.
With 10 of us going this Friday, and only one day at WDW (sorry!), I was thinking that one or more of us would try this strategy BUT - what happens if those people end up not being registered as having tapped in? Can we still go to a CM (what is that, btw? a person who works there??) once they get back into the Park and tell them that they had tapped in?
But once they call the last number, that BG still has 2 hours to show up. Then you have to get them through the ride. So I understand why they would cut off BGs at 8-8:30 when the park is 'closing' at 10.Yeah - I guess it’s hard to get a sense of what’s going on from afar. They might have also had lots of recover FP returners last night coming back once the ride was back up. I guess the major takeaway is that it’s super frustrating to see them stop calling new groups 2 hours before close BUT that’s the way it has to be the best thing or they’d have to run the ride until midnight.
EDIT: although in another respect, only 3 more BGs got called after that last night which they could have potentially moved through in another 15-20 minutes so maybe they did close the ride on time and could have accommodated more by running an extra hour.
Well they don’t have to give them 2 hours to show up; but then that would create complaints of people not being at DHS and not able to get back in time OR people who waited at DHS and were never called and basically this is a no win situation
CM= cast member
