Originally Posted By lightfello We found the best time was at about 20 to midnight. We took a nap in the afternoon in order to be able to stay up that late; even my friend's 4 year old. Of course with little ones you'd be better off doing it first thing in the morning or during the parades or Fantasmic. We went on it last night (Sunday) and waited about 20 minutes. It was the shortest time I'd ever waited.
Originally Posted By The Goddess Mara I think there would be a terrible outcry from the public if Disney were to monkey around with the Peter Pan attraction--it's one of the originals from 1955. As far as the line, we never wait when we go on Peter Pan in Orlando because they have FastPass.
Originally Posted By SunshineOR In our trips to Disneyland, we always think Peter Pan is the most painful line. It looks deceptively short, but because of the slow load, the line feels like it never ends. I'm generally pretty easy-going about lines, but I did feel the urge to snarl and bite at the person ahead of me in this line once. We were almost there after a tortured long wait with 2 preschoolers and suddenly the man in front of us waved in his group of about ten older kids/teens who had been going on other rides while he held their place in line. It is my favorite of the Fantasyland dark rides, so while DH refuses to do the wait, I take the kids and sacrifice the time to take it once each trip. I don't want them to change the ride exactly, but I always wonder if they could make a modification and use different vehicles that seat more people to move that line a little quicker.
Originally Posted By serendipityaey Peter Pan is almost always the longest line we wait in, since other busy rides have fast passes. HM - we've gotten in the short line before, and passed probably 100 people, maybe more, and kept being asked if we had fast passes. I don't think anyone had gotten in that line in quite awhile, but a bunch of people followed us. It felt weird doing it, but it was an open line. Pirates - We got in line at the hub the day it re-opened and I think we got through that line in 30 minutes, taking the right side, of course. The people ahead of us took the left, and were still standing down below when we were going in the door. We took the left side a slow day in Feb and that also took about 30 minutes
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<I think disney is missing a major opportunity by not capitalizing on the seemingly eternal devotion of the public to the peter pan ride. This attraction could easily be moved to a larger location and turned into something much more ambitious. The same basic ride technology and story, only done on a much larger scale.>> I think that would be a WONDERFUL idea. It could truly be an E-ticket on the scale of Pirates or Haunted Mansion. Of course the negative reaction you've gotten on this thread was to be expected. You're messing with the Holy Grail... something put in the park when Walt was here. Of course it never occurs to these folks that if Walt were alive he would probably be doing the same thing. He was certainly never shy about capitalizing on something the public seemed to like.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>I think that would be a WONDERFUL idea. It could truly be an E-ticket on the scale of Pirates or Haunted Mansion. Of course the negative reaction you've gotten on this thread was to be expected. You're messing with the Holy Grail... something put in the park when Walt was here.<< Agreed. I'm all for it. Make it E-Ticket status somewhere else and then change Peter Pan to a small darkride from another Disney classic - Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, maybe even Beauty and the Beast flying around the castle.
Originally Posted By ChurroMonster How much of the current Peter Pan attraction was there during Walt's time? Not much probably.
Originally Posted By jonvn It was completely rebuilt in 1983. It's basically the same ride, but it was completely redone and extensively enhanced.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 I don't know if it's still available, but it was featured in "The E-ticket" magazine once.
Originally Posted By dresswhites space and thunder both showed 20 minute lines, but we waited about 15 minutes. it is always interesting watching people line up for matterhorn. they will ask if there is fastpass, the cm will tell them no, and the guest will get upset and not wait for the ride. when in reality the line about 20 minutes, if that.
Originally Posted By tiggertoo <<I don't know if it's still available, but it was featured in "The E-ticket" magazine once.>> They offer all the back issues of E-Ticket Magazine on CD-ROM now, so I'm sure it's availible in some format. <a href="http://www.the-e-ticket.com/" target="_blank">http://www.the-e-ticket.com/</a>
Originally Posted By DrShrinker "Westsider, have you noticed that sometimes on HM, one side of the line is practically empty and the other side is to the gate? I feel silly just walking past all the waiting people. What could they be thinking and why don't the CM's point people to both sides?" I hadn't been in a few years when we went last week -- it was a little confusing, we thought the empty linie on the right was the Fastpass line...
Originally Posted By nemopoppins ^^^Then they didn't make it clear enough. Maybe they keep it like that for us AP's.
