Originally Posted By tashajilek "But the problem is that the majority--based on my own observations, I'd say the vast majority--of WDW guests, all of whom pay $1,000s, are not calling at 7:00 a.m. 180 days in advance. As Spirit said earlier, WDW is catering to a small minority of "commando"-style visitors, at the expense of the majority of more casual visitors. " Nevermind people booking 6 months in advance, what about people like me who spend thousands on a Disney Vacation and book only a few months in advance?? I Visit Dl often and can tell you i dont plan on spread sheets and i never wait 2hrs for a ride and i park hop back and fourth throughout the day. I think this new system would be stupid! whats wrong with first come first serve?
Originally Posted By GOB For us Type B, roam around the park, see what we want, balk at long lines (once a year) visitors, won't we have the option of just not partaking in the program? When it comes to WDW, our schedule is as open as Tobias Funke's relationship with his wife...we don't plan beyond dining and hotels. We wander the parks and see and do everything we want. I'm not sure I'd still visit WDW if I was forced to visit in some regimented, Big-Brother controlled fashion where I wouldn't have the freedom to do what I want (and pay for). Is that selfish of me? Or am I just trying to live up to what theoriginal designers intended?
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo GOB, I would be pretty sure there will still be stand by options for attractions, it's just very likely that the wait times will be much longer for those that do not prebook.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 ^^^Can you imagine what the Standby wait at an attraction like Soarin will jump to? It all ready hits 90 mins on slow days and I have seen 2 to 3 hours on busy days. I can see it now: Soarin Standby - 3 Days, 2 Hours from this point.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Lol. One would hope they maybe at least reduce/get rid of fast pass if they implement this.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo On an optimistic note, maybe they will start to enforce times (though I doubt it)
Originally Posted By vbdad55 >>>not to the other 8 people in my party that get to enjoy all the things they like-- as for me- I don't mind as once I get there I shut down the corporate brain and enjoy.<<< May I ask how you do that if you are following a spreadsheet for the trip? LOL really quite easily-- things are laid out and we know that we have a set time to eat - IF we want to. We will stray off course if we like- but know then backup plans are catch as catch can. But we will NOT be caught eating an $8 cheeseburger at the Commisary because we didn't plan. To know that we have a dinner at 7 PM at Boma on a day we know we are going to AK and we almost always leave by 3 -4 PM anyway is calming, not strenuous. Different members of the party may leave earlier or stay later but they know that at 6:45 - be in the lobby and ready to eat a nice meal. so yeah, in a life where we juggled 2- 5-60 hour a week jobs, getting two kids to and from school and club sports 4-5 days a week, being a member of a school board, going to nite school to finish masters degrees - maintaining a large house, volunteering etc... following a spreadsheet in WDW at least loosely is a walkin the park
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones The issue of memory decay and how it relates to Disneyland. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9iVEJBvKtU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...VEJBvKtU</a> I don't care about the wacky stuff that the woman is going on about but the funniest part is at 2:13.
