Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub So what are your travel plans? Will it be similar to the 24 hour party and people will be lining up hours in advance? Have they announced anything to keep the insanity sane?
Originally Posted By danyoung Has anyone heard any more about the AP early entry? They talked about it happening on Monday, Wednesday and Friday through the summer, but I have yet to read that they're going ahead with this.
Originally Posted By wa6oqc Disney California Adventure Preview Event Sweepstakes.. <a href="http://disneyland.disney.go.com/entry/2012-june-california-adventure-preview-for-passholders/?CMP=SOC-DLRUSENFY12Q2FBDM0333" target="_blank">http://disneyland.disney.go.co...FBDM0333</a>
Originally Posted By ksargen My travel plans include coming down the night of 13th, going the 14th to DCA, and beating feet out of there that night, or fast the next day. We may actually get a hotel away from the resort because of the occupancy levels... I have zero desire to be there on June 15th. MAYEM! Although I don't think it'll reach the level it was for Leap Day. We can only pray for such on the behalf of CMs throughout the resort! *LOL*
Originally Posted By 9oldmen >>Although I don't think it'll reach the level it was for Leap Day.<< It could be just as bad, but hopefully they will be prepared with appropriate STAFFING. (as I recall, the Leap Day thing would have worked a lot better had they not miscalculated so drastically with their projections, and had enough staff to handle the numbers).
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt What if June 15th turns out to be a repeat of February 8, 2001?
Originally Posted By SuperDry It all depends on the weather . Hopefully, the lesson has been learned from Leap Day. Although, the situation is a bit different: Although being there on the "first day" is somewhat unique, being able to stay in the park for 24 hours+ straight was a once-in-a-blue-moon experience. Plus, a lot of the logjams came later in the evening that day, since people could arrive late and stay all night. I doubt that there will be a huge number of very late evening arrivals on June 15, with the parks closing at regular times. But anything could happen. Also, with the media day on June 14, there will be tons of advanced publicity, unlike the Leap Day event. I think the whole weekend will be interesting: Fri, June 15: First Day, but it's a weekday, and all SoCal APs are blocked out. Sat, June 16: all but Premium APs blocked out, but it's a weekend. Sun, June 17: Weekend, and all passes but SoCal Select valid. So, each day has its own dynamic.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 "as I recall, the Leap Day thing would have worked a lot better had they not miscalculated so drastically with their projections" To be fair, I think most of us projected "oh, probably a little more than a typical February weekday, but nothing crazy.". This was a first-ever attempt, so they really had nothing to base a projection on.
Originally Posted By crapshoot <<What if June 15th turns out to be a repeat of February 8, 2001?>> On 2/8/01 we snuck into DCA about 3:00pm against company orders. It was an underwhelming crowd by that time. Oh it was busy, but it wasn't what we were expecting. Fast forward to 6/15/12; It'll-B-Nutz in comparison.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "It was an underwhelming crowd by that time. Oh it was busy, but it wasn't what we were expecting." That's kind of what I meant. For some reason DCA's milestones have yet to create the kind of frenzied interest that similar or lesser events draw at DL.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance <a href="http://blog.disneygeek.com/2012/05/09/videos-cars-land-ramones-every-role-is-a-staring-role/" target="_blank">http://blog.disneygeek.com/201...ng-role/</a> Couple new videos released, including a Carsland TV spot.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS The first problem with Leap Day was that they offered free Mickey ears. That was a problem because the line to get in was probably twice as large as it would have been if they hadn't announced the free hats. Also, the crowd control that morning was a joke. Those of us who were in line since the wee hours of the morning were let in AFTER the auxiliary line that was outside past Tony Roma's on Harbor. If they do this for CarsLand, (meaning free hats and bad line/crowd control) those of us planning to go are screwed. LOL! Everything worked fine during the 50th with the colored wrist bands. Everyone knew where they belonged. Maybe they need to think "worst case scenario" with the CarsLand opening and make sure to have a structured plan in place just in case. Just my humble opinion of course.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt The easiest thing to avoid the madness is to not go. It's not like Cars Land is a temporary exhibition. It'll still be there a year from now.
Originally Posted By crapshoot << It'll still be there a year from now.>> That's not what the Instant-Gratificationeers want to hear.
Originally Posted By 999HAUNTS No question I'm going. I just think they can handle the crowds a lot better than in the past.
Originally Posted By 9oldmen >>The easiest thing to avoid the madness is to not go. It's not like Cars Land is a temporary exhibition. It'll still be there a year from now.<< But in a year, it will no longer smell like a new...you-know-what!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt Different strokes I guess. For me the smaller the crowd the better.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan "Everything worked fine during the 50th with the colored wrist bands. Everyone knew where they belonged. Maybe they need to think "worst case scenario" with the CarsLand opening and make sure to have a structured plan in place just in case. Just my humble opinion of course." ditto! I was there for both events as well and the 50th was handled way way way better!
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "The first problem with Leap Day was that they offered free Mickey ears. That was a problem because the line to get in was probably twice as large as it would have been if they hadn't announced the free hats." Am I being whooshed here? This is a joke, right?
