Why is Peter Pan "always first"? (silly question?)

[miss.potatohead]

We rode PP first because it was the first ride we saw! 15 minute wait in the first hour of the park being open. Though it broke down whilst we were on it (...our ship was the one that malfunctioned too!). We went to ride it around 6pm on our last day at the parks, went in a 30minute line, wound our way through the line and was the next family to go on when...you guessed it, it broke down! 30 minute wait for it to be fixed or come back later - we left to DCA and made Screamin' or TSMM our last ride of the trip.

 

[wdwfan22]

I completely understand the concept of riding PP first, but what about Nemo? How do you get on Nemo at all if you're not racing there first thing in the morning? Doesn't it regularly have 2 hour+ waits?

I was there in November 2010 for 10 days, and had some pretty crowded days around Veteran's day and Christmas opening day, and everytime we walked by Nemo the wait was never more than 30 mins. Usually it was 20.

It might have been more when I didn't see of course, but I think the newness (and insane lines) have worn off of this attraction. Since DL is mostly locals, they have been there, done that and was not overly thrilled, from what I usually read. I'm sure it can get lines comparable with other headliner attractions, but I don't think it's as bad as the first couple years it was open.

 

[nana50]

I was there in November 2010 for 10 days, and had some pretty crowded days around Veteran's day and Christmas opening day, and everytime we walked by Nemo the wait was never more than 30 mins. Usually it was 20.

It might have been more when I didn't see of course, but I think the newness (and insane lines) have worn off of this attraction. Since DL is mostly locals, they have been there, done that and was not overly thrilled, from what I usually read. I'm sure it can get lines comparable with other headliner attractions, but I don't think it's as bad as the first couple years it was open.

I think the Nemo ride is quite lame. The boly people who like it must not have been on when it was 20,000 leagues under the sea. With the giant octopus. there was a lot more to see then.

 

[tanyaewa]

Before I came to DisBoards I had been to DL 6x and never been on Peter Pan! I just never saw it tucked in there!!
This last time we followed Unofficial Guide's MM plan and WOW! There were all kinds of rides in FantasyLand I'd never seen :lol

 

[ConnieB]

I think the Nemo ride is quite lame.

Oh heavens do I ever agree with that statement!

We did WDW for a couple of years so when we started DL this year NEMO was one of the rides I really wanted to do.....after all if folks were willing to stand in line for 2+ hours to ride it for months on end, then it HAD to be great, right.

We thought we'd hit the jackpot when mid-morning our first day the line was barely there at all....we jumped right in and only had to wait for them to finish loading one sub and we got on the next. WOO HOO. Uhhh, no, this was absolutely, positively the worst ride I've ever been on....at ANY amusement park and we all said to each other several times....THIS is Disney?

The portholes are so low that you have to lean over the entire ride (and I'm NOT a tall person, I can only shudder to think what my 6'2" husband would have had to do to see). So for the entire ride you were uncomfortable, but the worst part was that there was nothing interesting to see....it looked like a diorama done by elementary kids, not Imagineers! You kept leaning over knowing it HAD to get better didn't it? But it never did. We got off the ride saying "well, done that, don't ever need to do it again". Another day of that trip we walked past it and it had a 20 minute wait time...and we joked that we should do our civic duty and warn people to not waste 20 minutes....and empathizing with the poor folk who had stood in line for 2 hours that first summer. Knowing how disappointed we were WITHOUT having wasted much of our precious park time, we just felt so sad for those that had wasted 2 hours standing in the hot sun to ride THIS?

I know Disney invested a lot of money in this ride, so I don't see it going away soon....but I also don't see it staying as any part of a long term plan....as soon as Disney needs room for something else, anything else, it'll be gone. At least I hope.

 

[Piglet99645]

I agree. FP has little to do with it. I think the real culprit is the differences in the parks themselves. In CA, there are a multitude of rides, but in HS there are far fewer. If I'm not mistaken, I think TSMM was the only ride my almost-3-yr-old could ride at HS last year...

Well now I can't figure out what "HS" means! I even checked HydroGuy's abbreviation list....

 

[HydroGuy]

Well now I can't figure out what "HS" means! I even checked HydroGuy's abbreviation list....

That is because you would need to check the WDW abbreviations! she meant Hollywood Studios I do believe...

 

[Piglet99645]

That is because you would need to check the WDW abbreviations! she meant Hollywood Studios I do believe...

Thanks. That was driving me crazy! It was still MGM last time I was there...