This just seems like the lie we’ve been fed by people defending the international conglomerate’s decisions. I remember people saying Tron could never have Standby because it would be 10 hour waits. Rise of the Resistance could never have standby because it’s not reliable enough. And yet those somehow are surviving.
If there’s not enough queue, they could just cut off the line when it gets too long. So I’m not buying it.
If there’s not enough queue, they could route it through the exterior walkways like Universe of Energy did in the early 1980’s. I’m not buying it.
When queues are long they self regulate. If you post 3 hours on the sign, less people will get in line. If people see a line spilling out a building, they’ll be less likely to jump in. The problem will most likely solve itself.
And if they didn’t build enough queue, it really calls into question why they could build a building that holds the volume of 5 spaceship earths and not think to save or expand the entire previous attraction’s building to hold a little more queue for their new upcoming, highly anticipated—first Marvel at WDW and first roller coaster at EPCOT—attraction.
(This isn’t directed at anyone in particular, I just don’t see how Virtual Line-only is necessary beyond the opening day, or maybe even opening week, let alone several years later.)