Space Mountain-190 minute wait?!

[pa. dad]

I sort of have to laugh at the people who say, "I won't wait more than XX amount of time for a ride." What did you do before Fastpass? I remember wanting to ride Space Mountain so badly when I was 12. Know what I did? I stood in line. For more than 2 hours. Because that was the only way to ride back then. My (at the time) 8 year old sister waited for a chunk of time in line for Dumbo because she wanted to ride and the only way to ride was to wait your turn. I feel like today's children live in a world of "instant gratification" and it seems like young people aren't learning that patience is a virtue. Fastpass has its limits (tiers, headliners often being gone before a 4th FP is available, etc.) and I'll still get in a long line sometimes if I really want to do something. It depends on the situation.

Lines at Disney are often long, but they're longer some times of the year than others. If you don't want to end up in a horrible line, it's probably best not to visit over a major holiday.

I think you make some good points.
Sometimes we'll choose a longer line over a shorter line when the longer line is real nearby and the shorter line is on the other side of the park too. And of course when one or more family members want to do something that you haven't done that trip yet.
On a weeklong trip or similar, you're bound to run into a few lines even with fastpasses and early morning wake up calls.

 

[Redarrow5150]

Disney is just showing you how consistent they are with ride times to construction completions at WDW.

 

[Canuck16]

All I can say is WOW!!!!!