Originally Posted By t1lersm0m <<I know my wife and I can easly spend 2 days at AK.>> Two full days, opening to close? How many times would you be repeating attractions? Because seriously, considering I was there in the summer, and the summers tend to be high capacity, I was surprised at the fact the park was virtually empty from 5-6. If the E tickets weren't so spaced out, we could have easily experienced 3-4 in that hour.
Originally Posted By bloona we could have done everything if it had been open until about 10, as it was we missed a few things, I know we went on EE a few times, but its impossible not to! we never queued long remember so it didnt take much time up. We felt rushed.
Originally Posted By a1stav ^^^^AK has the most immersive animal exhibits I have ever seen (we also felt very rushed to see the Sandiego wild animal park in only one day). If all you want is rides and a MK type experience then yes AK won't fill an entire day, but if like me, you love the lush environment and extensive animal attractions then you can easily spend two days there without going on Kali a dozen times.
Originally Posted By mrichmondj I could absolutely spend more than a day at AK, and probably still not take everything in. I was very pleasantly surprised with Rafiki's Planet Watch during my last visit -- there is so much to see there and very interesting to interact with the animal handlers. If you are just running from ride to ride in the AK and finishing up in half a day you are missing out on a whole bunch of wonderful things to see and do. I think I could spend a half hour just watching the monkeys playing around in Asia.
Originally Posted By CMM1 If the queue for EE is never more than a 10-15 minutes, why should Disney hold AK park open any later than it is right now? One can imagine they will keep an eye on things but I don't think you will ever be able to expect AK open beyond 8PM or so - there are simply not enough repeatable attractions to keep the park open.
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m I'm not denying that there is plenty to do in DAK. I'm simply commenting on the fact that in the busy summer season, an hour before closing the park was empty. I think for most people, DAK is only a half day park. Hopefully EE will help with that. And I'm not just talking about the E ticket attractions being empty because everyone was exploring the animal exhibits. We did whichever walking trail is near KS and there was only a few other people in there with us. We had a CM following us through because we were the last ones allowed in. I think it was Pangani Exploration Trail?
Originally Posted By Labuda ^^ Pangani Forest Exploration Trail Man, oh, man - I can spend hours watching those gorillas. Ditto the tigers over on the Maharajah Jungle Trek - big kitty cats!
Originally Posted By DVC_dad I wish they would bring that temporary ride back, the one with the big slow boats that went around the middle island.
Originally Posted By Friar Tuck and Roll The Discovery River boats were a neat distraction. Unfortunately when the park first opened they always had a massive queue. When AK originally opened there were only three "rides" with Kilamanjaro Safaris and Countdown to Extinction being the other 2. Those 2 rides were high capacity while the boats were not. The long lines from low capacity led to great guest disappointment and Disney made the choice to shutter the ride. I think if Disney brought the boats back now the would do fine, especially if they used both docks (the one near the Oasis and the other near Africa) and ran them like the train at the MK. Also, instead of extending the night hours, I would rather see them bring back the 7am opening times for all guests.
Originally Posted By bloona it was still really busy at 5pm, in every part of the park, not just just around EE. We always spend a lot of time watching the animals too, I felt like it was, "quick, look at the gorillas, we have to move on,not much time!!" KS had a 60 minute queue nearly all day I just remembered, we got FP. We love the jammin Jungle parade, so that's half an hour after you've stood and waited for it, the Lion King show is another half an hour. Having lunch, another half an hour. TDLFAN, get another mission in life will you please? you're doing my nut in.
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m ^^So EE only had a 10 minute queue, but KS had a 60 minute queue? I'm not trying to argue here, and I really do hope EE is helping bring more people to the park. But previously you said that you never queued more than 10 minutes for EE, but now you are saying KS constantly had 60 minute queues. That just doesn't make sense to me. Why would an older E ticket have a longer queue all day than a new E ticket? And what does "you're doing my nut in" mean? LOL, it sounds funny!
Originally Posted By mrichmondj The EE queue was pretty lengthy when I visited last week. Standby was about 60 minutes and fastpass about 20 minutes. KS had about a 60 minute queue, so I skipped it and went to Conservation Station instead.
Originally Posted By CMM1 Tuck: IMO, the DRB's were a woeful attraction with long lines and very little payback. Perhaps now they would offer a nice view of EE but there still is very little that is there to be seen along the river.
Originally Posted By bloona <<And what does "you're doing my nut in" mean? LOL, it sounds funny!>> Im fed up of his comments to me. I suppose that Everest moves the queues quicker, we went on it at the start and end of the day too. KS we went to lunch time, so I guess thatmade a difference, as I said we had fast pass, there must have been an animal on the path or something, because we had to sit and wait for around 10 minutes to move once in the jeep.That got a little warm!
Originally Posted By bloona Oh I forgot to add, that we had seen a few times in the day though that the queue for KS was 60 minutes, I heard a CM tell someone that the park was always very busy.
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m <<Im fed up of his comments to me. >> You can't let him get to you. He's like a child in kindergarten. He picks on the people he can get to. If you ignore him, he stops.
Originally Posted By a1stav There are a couple of reasons that KS has the longest lines. #1 It is the signature attraction of the park, without it AK would not even exist. #2 It is highly repeatable, I always go on it at least twice (once in the morning and once at near closing time).
Originally Posted By bloona <<<<Im fed up of his comments to me. >> You can't let him get to you. He's like a child in kindergarten. He picks on the people he can get to. If you ignore him, he stops.>>>> thanks for the advice xxxx
