Originally Posted By Donny Check this out <a href="http://www.insidethemagic.net/2012/06/preview-inside-the-new-dumbo-ride-big-top-where-walt-disney-world-replaces-long-lines-with-pagers-interactive-games/" target="_blank">http://www.insidethemagic.net/...e-games/</a>
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Us Cauldron girls were just at the Magic Kingdom yesterday and didn't think to check up on this. But we'll be sure to go back and see it for ourselves. It looks like fun!
Originally Posted By leobloom How crowded is it going to get in there? Guests carrying pagers like at restaurants? So you'll have to queue up to have a CM check you in and then wander around playing carnival games in the themed holding pen? I'll be amazed if this works according to plan.
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I think this is going to be pretty fun...ya there will be bugs to workout at first but it will work out just the same.
Originally Posted By magic0214 I thought it looked nice! I have been very happy with WDI recently, even for something like this.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Looks nice! But, just how long is the wait time for Dumbo? 3 Hours? I'd like to make a suggestion. Can we please having something like that, well more mature interactive games (with bathrooms) over at TSMM? They got plenty of space for it.
Originally Posted By Scutr It does look nice but there's still gonna be huge lines for this thing. And am I the only person who thinks WDI is turning everything into a Chuck E Cheese or a carnival midway? I mean, you have this. You have the Mad T Party. Even rides like Buzz Lightyear and TSMM are Chuck E/carnival-esque.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I think I might be the only person that agrees with you. When I walked thru it I felt in my heart Walt Disney would have made this cheap circusy thing if he had wanted it that way...Oh well I guess it is all part of the bigger concept of owning everybody's vacation dollar and every entertainment option. Obviously I will still visit and so will my grand children's children someday
Originally Posted By danyoung I think the queue for the single Dumbo was 90 minutes. So you'd think with 2 working Dumbos the queue would go down to 45 minutes, right? And spending that time sitting down in the air conditioned shade is so much better than standing in an outdoor queue under the hot Florida summer sun. Seems like a total winner to me!
Originally Posted By Scutr Can't wait to see how well it all works out. I'm sure my 5 year old nephews would love it. Me? Probably not so much. But then I've only ever been on Dumbo once or twice in my life anyway and the last time had to be 30 years ago.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "Great.....and now I'm hungry for pizza" Chuck E Cheese isn't pizza, it's mouse droppings on dough.
Originally Posted By tashajilek ^^^ Gross, i dont want pizza for a long time now. If the line is so long for Dumbo maybe people should go on the flying carperts. Even on NYE at the MK was the Flying carpets a walk on. I know kids love Dumbo, but 90 mins is crazy.
Originally Posted By FenwayGirl We were able to ride the new Dumbo earlier this month. It is beautiful..although I do miss Timothy Mouse.
Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad I like this kind of thing. If they keep it up it will seem to kids like there is a playground everywhere they go. It gives parents holding their place in line a break from having to entertain their kids and it doesn't occupy a large amount of usable space anyway. Next they should make an adult ride where the kids have to hold the place in line the parents queue up at the bar with a couple pinball machines while they wait....
Originally Posted By Indigo Don't expect the queue for Dumbo to drop much. Reason being the second spinner (the one that is operational right now) will be dedicated to fastpass access. A few from Standby might get in, but most of the non-Fastpass traffic will be stuck waiting for the other side. At least now they'll be in air-conditioning, up to whatever the capacity for that play area is.
Originally Posted By Scutr >>Next they should make an adult ride where the kids have to hold the place in line the parents queue up at the bar with a couple pinball machines while they wait....<< YES! From your mouth to WDI's Mickey Ears! Although I don't know why this idea excites me so much - I don't have any kids.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros This seems nice enough for people with kids, but it doesn't do anything for me personally. Am I supposed to sit there and watch other people's kids play? That just seems a little creepy. I guess the air conditioning will be nice, but I suspect that this area will only be a relatively minor portion of the overall wait time. I also wonder how they'll deal with the time that they set off the buzzers. Some people will be ready to go as soon as it goes off, but other will need to track down their kids in the playground. Given that this was supposed to eliminate as much waiting as possible, it seems like it will either add some queue waits, or be running the ride at partial capacity. In semi-related news, I 'know' one of the kids in the video! It's the girl playing in the fire truck near the beginning of the video; she's the daughter of a friend's brother. I feel like a quasi-celebrity just for recognizing her (before my friend even knew about it)!
