Mad Dog
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Quote of the day.To quote our podcast from tonight, it's like instead of building Diagon Alley they built a second theater to Despicable Me.
Quote of the day.To quote our podcast from tonight, it's like instead of building Diagon Alley they built a second theater to Despicable Me.
this is a good thing as long as the rumored additions actually happen...if Pixar and Star Wars are added then I see this as a postive
Im not going to drop 1200k a day (Hotel, tix, food, etc for 5 people) just for nostalgia when I can drop 900 a day, walk to park, have cutting edge rides, new great dinning experiences and something new to look forward to every year.
There would be no need to expand if they would add more attractions to their parks! Epcot's newest attraction (excluding refurbs) is Soarin' (2005) and DHS' is TSMM (2008). If it wasn't for Avatar Land, the only thing AK would be getting within the next 10 years is a new Yeti animatronic. (Or is that even too much?)
Yes, and those are already deep sixed. LOLRides, yes. To be fair, DHS got American Idol and that Jack Sparrow thing.
Yep, add a dedicated FP+ track/theatre and then 2 for stand-by only.These 2 expansions are simply so FP+ can actually work in the 2 parks with the worst capacity issues. This may eliminate the need to tier the attractions.
Yep, add a dedicated FP+ track/theatre and then 2 for stand-by only.
Having 2 for standy-by makes it equal out to the full capacity that each ride was before the expansion, so it will allow for a lot more people to experience the attraction, even if we don't see a huge change in the wait times.
Hmm, I guess that opens up a lot of FP+ availability, but there's no way that the actual wait times will be reduced by much, if at all if there's only one track for Stand-by.Other way around. The existing 2 tracks/theaters will become FP+ only, leaving one each for standby. That's what last year's FP-only tests were about.
I dont know, to me it's not a one or the other thing. Disney has new attractions developing for sure in 2 parks and rumored in the other, so it's not like increasing capacity was decided in favor of expansions because we know those are coming. The thing is, new rides would help capacity in the long-term but not the short. A NEW ride will bring in a ton more people than a third Toy Story Track or third Soarin theater. You bring in a new ride to Epcot or Hollywood tomorrow, the lines for Soarin and Toy Story will get even worse with the attendance boost those parks would undoubtedly get. They're improving their infrastructure because they recognize that the place is busting at the seams and that problem will only get worse in the future. I dont know why you guys are assuming improving infrastructure and new rides are mutually exclusive. Like I said, this looks to me like Disney taking initiative to improve the guest experience at a huge expense to them with no promised ROI, which is an admirable move by any major company nowadays.
I dont know, to me it's not a one or the other thing. Disney has new attractions developing for sure in 2 parks and rumored in the other, so it's not like increasing capacity was decided in favor of expansions because we know those are coming. The thing is, new rides would help capacity in the long-term but not the short. A NEW ride will bring in a ton more people than a third Toy Story Track or third Soarin theater. You bring in a new ride to Epcot or Hollywood tomorrow, the lines for Soarin and Toy Story will get even worse with the attendance boost those parks would undoubtedly get. They're improving their infrastructure because they recognize that the place is busting at the seams and that problem will only get worse in the future. I dont know why you guys are assuming improving infrastructure and new rides are mutually exclusive. Like I said, this looks to me like Disney taking initiative to improve the guest experience at a huge expense to them with no promised ROI, which is an admirable move by any major company nowadays.