Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Exactly, DlandDug, duckling! I'm sure they could have found another spot of the princess meet and greet, too, if they had wanted to. The Magic Kingdom needs more than just 3 dark rides but management seems to insist that there never be more than 3.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Especially if you compare this to the amount of MeetnGreet and character buffets they have on property already. Snow White must still be a marketable character since she is being re-introduced in 2 major movie releases this year. I think it is interesting Disney desperately wants to take on Harry Potter when they already have the scariest villains: I consider the evil queen and the old witch to be two villains and they are the ORIGINAL Villains. Market that , Disney!!!!
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Making Memories: A Memorial Day Tribute to Remember this year 2012 as Disney shutters Snow White at WDW. Making final memories and magic during the 75th Anniversary year of the Snow White premiere 12/21/1937 I guess we should be happy it won't be shuttered before the busy weekend. Apparently D23 will honor Snow White at DL with a DestinationD Event August 11&12. Why destroy this attraction this year at WDW and honor it at DL?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Because DL visitors care about Disney history and will honor it by visiting a lame attraction. WDW visitors won't.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Assuming that Snow White's dark ride really is a lame attraction--which I suspect is a minority view point.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Well, whether it is lame or not, it is certainly the least popular WDW dark ride. I thought it was better before they attempted to make it less scary for the tots.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Peter Pan and Pooh always have lines of at least 30-45 minutes.... sometimes well over an hour. I've never waited more than 10-15 minutes for Snow White. I realize that the Snow White ride vehicles have a greater capacity than the Peter Pan ships, but Pan is continuously loading while Snow White (like Pooh) is stop-start, so I would guess overall capacity is about the same.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: Someone on another web-footed site pointed out that the length of an attractions line isn't always an accurate way to determine how popular the attraction really is. Plus the signs seen outside an attraction often display wait times that are notoriously erroneous. We've experienced this, ourselves. We see a wait time that says 45 minutes and then it turns out to really be 20 or less. ORWEN: But even if it's true that Snow White IS the least popular attraction in Fantasyland, it's still popular enough to deserve to stay where it is. It always has a line even if it is a short one compared to the lines at other attractions. There are always guests who want to ride it.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I wanted to also add that if Disneyland were to close down THEIR version of Snow White's Scary Adventure, it wouldn't be nearly so upsetting to us because that version isn't as long or as satisfying as the Florida version is.
Originally Posted By leobloom There's also no FP on Snow White's ride like there is for Pan and Pooh. Suggests to me that the other two are more "high demand" attractions.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<ORDDU: Someone on another web-footed site pointed out that the length of an attractions line isn't always an accurate way to determine how popular the attraction really is. Plus the signs seen outside an attraction often display wait times that are notoriously erroneous. We've experienced this, ourselves. We see a wait time that says 45 minutes and then it turns out to really be 20 or less.>> True... you can't compare a slow-loading attraction like Jungle Cruise with a huge volume people-eater like Spaceship Earth. But comparing one dark ride to another is a pretty fair comparison. And I'm not going by posted wait times, but actual experience. I once waited just under two hours for Pooh when the posted wait was 45 minutes. I hate that I waited that long for Pooh, but you get to the point where you have so much time invested already that you are reluctant to just walk away without riding.
Originally Posted By standor It's a lot cheaper to have a meet and greet than a computer generated ride. Disney is only concerned with the all mighty $$$$$$$$.
Originally Posted By leobloom Just out of curiosity, Witches, if you don't think Snow White is the least popular dark ride in Fantasyland, then which ride do you think is the least popular?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Snow White isn't a computer generated ride. It's a 50's style dark ride with painted plywood flats. I don't know for sure, but I would guess that most of the movements of the flats are purely mechanical... no computers involved. Personnel costs are probably the biggest cost of operation, and a meet and greet probably takes at least as many people to keep it running as an old-style dark ride. Of course I'm just whistling out my butt here because I really don't know what is "behind the scenes" in Snow White.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn Like I've said before... move ALL meet & greets to Tom Sawyer's Island
Originally Posted By HMButler79 ,"" but Pan is continuously loading while Snow White (like Pooh) is stop-start, so I would guess overall capacity is about the same."" Pan also has FP which is why the line is immovable.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: We never really gave any thought as to which attraction in Fantasyland was the least popular, leobloom, duckling. So when someone else brought up the topic, it inspired us to ask a question about it.
Originally Posted By Bellella Bummer for you guys. The one out here in Anaheim is still a gem, but I would have liked very much to have experienced your version. Who needs more meet-and-greets anyway?!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "It's a lot cheaper to have a meet and greet than a computer generated ride. Disney is only concerned with the all mighty $$$$$$$$." Actually I wonder if that's true. I'm guessing that because of labor costs and costuming, operating an elaborate Disney Princess meet and greet is probably more expensive than a dark ride that only requires one or two attendants to run.
