Sea World's "GAC" Now Has Return Times

[lovethattink]

I'm not sure when this changed. I suppose it must have been sometime between May when we last visited and yesterday. The paper work still shows which attractions accommodations will be made on the front of the paper. The back of the paper use to be blank. Now it has spaces for attractions and return times.

 

[WantToGoNow]

We were speaking with a cm on Thursday that told us SeaWorld and Universal were also going to the same system as the DAS to keep out consistent.

 

[lovethattink]

We were speaking with a cm on Thursday that told us SeaWorld and Universal were also going to the same system as the DAS to keep out consistent.

Universal has had this in place for years. I hadn't heard about Sea World. Legoland had also has it in place for years.

 

[Rowanonfire]

Universal has had the system in place for a long time. Seaworld had it in place before Disney but I'm not sure how long. I believe at Seaworld you can have more then one return at once though, though I may be wrong.

 

[SueM in MN]

From what I have read about other parks, the DAS system that WDW rolled out is pretty much the Theme Park standard at most parks now.
There may be some individual park differences, but all appear to be pretty similar.

 

[Talking Hands]

Universal has had the system in place for a long time. Seaworld had it in place before Disney but I'm not sure how long. I believe at Seaworld you can have more then one return at once though, though I may be wrong.

Last time I went to Sea World they put the times of all the shows I was seeing on it as I was to meet the sign language interpreter at each show. Worked out really well.

 

[cmwade77]

From what I have read about other parks, the DAS system that WDW rolled out is pretty much the Theme Park standard at most parks now.
There may be some individual park differences, but all appear to be pretty similar.

The exception is Universal studios Hollywood. They tried the return time passes and they failed due to many of the problems that have been reported here. So they switched to scanning the pass and allowing you to ride, but then you have to wait the length of the line before using it for the next ride. This system ended up working much betterv and eliminated a lot of the issues that they were having. So I wouldn't be surprised to see the system at all of the parks progress to that.

 

[tinkerpea]

The exception is Universal studios Hollywood. They tried the return time passes and they failed due to many of the problems that have been reported here. So they switched to scanning the pass and allowing you to ride, but then you have to wait the length of the line before using it for the next ride. This system ended up working much betterv and eliminated a lot of the issues that they were having. So I wouldn't be surprised to see the system at all of the parks progress to that.

This is the way a lot of the UK parks work too, you go straight on your 1st ride then wait after that,
Universal also worked like that last trip plus if the wait was under 20 minutes you could go straight on

 

[Southerndisney]

I think having the wait after the ride would make planning easier.

 

[Rowanonfire]

This is the way a lot of the UK parks work too, you go straight on your 1st ride then wait after that,

Yes this is how it is at Alton Towers and it works brilliantly. Makes planning your day so much easier. I'm surprised Disney don't do it this way. It's the same system really, just easier to plan.

 

[cmwade77]

Yes this is how it is at Alton Towers and it works brilliantly. Makes planning your day so much easier. I'm surprised Disney don't do it this way. It's the same system really, just easier to plan.

Not to mention, less manpower involved (especially than the Disneyland system requires) means lower costs and it eliminates several of the issues that have already come up, such as what happens when a ride is broken down at your return time or the accessible queue is longer than the standby, etc.

I am sure Disney has their reasons for not using this method, but I imagine that it will eventually evolve to this system, as that is what had already played out at other parks that have tried return times.