Originally Posted By grumpster Should have added, went on TSM (even though Mr. potatohead says midway mania)and never waited more than 25 minutes on the 9-10 times I went on it.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins I'm hoping for an easy wait on TSM too. Is most of the queue outside? I don't really mind long queues if they're out in the park. Those heavily themed inside queues are okay when all you do is walk through them, but I hate them when you're in there forever and you can't tell how far you've been or how far you have to go. Last year we wen't on Roger Rabbit with a posted wait of 20 minutes but something must have happened, because the queue just stopped and clogged and it became as bad as it was when it opened before fastpasses. I hated not knowing how far we were and whether we should give up or whether we already had too much invested in the wait and should perservere. We ended up waiting for two hours. It was awful. But only the second worst wait I've had. The worst was just about the same scenario for Rockin Roller Coaster even though their indoor part wasn't all that long. Now I can hardly stand to hear Aerosmith anymore.
Originally Posted By grumpster nemo - yes, most of the queue is outside. When the line is really long, it extends to two open buildings across the walkway (just in front of Screamin launch). When enough space is open in the main line, they move people from the 1st building over by roping off the walkway so you can pass. Once in the main line all you have for cover are some unmbrellas that don't completely shade the queue. The actual inside queue is quite short unless they use the inside switchbacks. Some tips: If the queue doesn't extend out to the two buildings but goes out to the main entry it's about 20-25 minute wait. Line out to first buliding is about 25-35, and 35-45 if you're in the last building. The only time the line extended past the second buliding was first thing in the morning. There is no air movement in the outside queue so it was very hot. We found that any time between 11-2 the lines seemed the shortest but of course everything changes from day-to-day.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>When enough space is open in the main line, they move people from the 1st building over by roping off the walkway so you can pass.<< Off-topic, I know, but I just had to say this was one of the stupidest-looking things I've seen at DLR in quite a while.
Originally Posted By grumpster ^^^^ The few times we had to cross we could hear the people trying to get through complaining loudly to the CM's - they (not the CM's) too thought it was stupid .
Originally Posted By alexbook I was one of the people trying to get through and complaining (though not too loudly, I hope).
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<My friend checked into DLH at 6:30 this morning and his room was ready! Interesting...>> Perhaps the Joe 6 Packs of the US are starting to realize that they really can't afford to stay at places like the DLH.
Originally Posted By LuLu >>TSM: If the queue doesn't extend out to the two buildings but goes out to the main entry it's about 20-25 minute wait.<< Are you sure? I know it's posted there at 40 or 45 minutes, the several times I was there last week. Only twice did I stand in the regular queue, and I'd swear it was at least 1/2 hour.
Originally Posted By grumpster ^^^ Yes, I'm sure, at least from my experience. We timed it each time we went - my family and friends would make bets on the wait time. Once, at night, when the indoor switchbacks were being used, it took almost 30 minutes. BTW - My family always plays the line-wait game to pass time, it's the only reason why I can recall the times.
