Starclassic
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Tower of Terror
The meet & greet for Minnie, Mickey and Goofy in Epcot has Disney cartoons playing on TVs. Good way to pass the time waiting in line.
At MK, Dumbo is nice because you can take a break inside with air conditioning while the kids play.
And, the day we waited in line to see Pooh, Tigger and Rabbit at MK wasn't bad even though it was a 45 minute wait, because the CMs in costume did a great job interacting with the guests in line. It was entertaining just to watch them.
IMHO, Disney needs to look at ways to add TVs playing cartoons or other entertainment to the queue area. It definitely makes the time waiting in line pass much quicker.
There are quite a few I enjoy....but this year we had a FP+ for Peter Pan and I have to say I really enjoyed the new queue....really nice!
We had a similar experience with the most delightful young man as we waited for Test Track. We didn't talk about astronomy, but about our respective homes (Canada for him), families and a little about technology.Whatever one has the nicest most interesting people in it.
I generally hate lines, but last February DD wanted to ride Sdmt on our last night at MK. It was late and the park was closing in 30 minutes. Sdmt had a posted 45 minute wait, so we decided to just suck it up and get in line. We happened to get behind this really cool Canadian guy and his family who, for some reason, started talking to us about astronomy. We had such a fun and interesting conversation about the stars that led to other topics and the time (and yes, it was a full 45 minutes) just flew by.
Had he not struck up a conversation, we may have stood there grumping and sighing while we waited.
I started thinking that maybe if we talk to those around us and have fun meeting new people, we might all enjoy the waiting- and our trips- more.
Me too. It's also a nostalgic choice from my standby-only childhood.For me, it's all about the ride i'm waiting for. My favorite queue is Space Mountain- the music and the "atmosphere" get me in a good mood to ride the ride!