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brunch with yr parents posted:
1. You'll be able to select any time of the day. 2. If the time is before 2, yes, you'll need a reservation for that park.
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BadSamaritan posted:This is a silly question that nobody here can authoritatively answer, but why doesn’t Hollywood Studios have more filler rides? Like almost everything is a big attraction with a big line, why not have a few chiller things to duck into? FWIW, this is a pretty common complaint, I think. Disney has gotten pretty lax about building A-C ticket rides. We got Alien Swirling Saucers in Toy Story Land, but other than that, I'm struggling to think of recent-ish attractions that didn't obviously cost a buttload of money to build. I think you might have to go back to new Fantasyland's doubling up of Dumbo to get another off the shelf attraction. Even attractions that obviously aren't supposed to anchor areas - Na'vi River Journey, Smuggler's Run, Web Slingers - are technologically sophisticated, obviously pricey things. There are probably a couple reasons. It's hard to market an off the shelf, lightly themed thing that's there to pad a day out. DisTwitter would probably get very obnoxious about it, since everything the company does has tons of ink spilled over reviews and POVs. Much harder to tell the degree to which they care about it, but it's probably non-zero. Remember too, though, that Fastpass+ hosed with the idea of "chiller things to duck into." One of the effects of everything having two queues is that everything stacks a wait, even stuff that you'd think would be walk on attractions.
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brunch with yr parents posted:Thanks, everyone, for answering my earlier questions about cheerleading competitions in WDW. We are about three weeks away and the other parents aren’t as insane as me, so I’m not sure if there will be any plans made ahead of time, other than, hopefully, park reservations made ASAP. Against that background, we are hoping to get a lightning lane reservation for guardians of the galaxy and I have a couple of questions. Virtual queue is first come, first served but goes fast so it’s effectively random. You don’t choose a time, you just get assigned a number when you hit the button. Paid lightning lane lets you choose. The system doesn’t let you buy/claim times that you couldn’t be in the park. The 7am VQ requires you to have an Epcot reservation to try at all. Paid access will only let you buy times you could be there. If the 1pm VQ is still available at 2, which is common these days, you can enter if after scanning into the park. There’s no guarantee the VQ system is still in place by May though. Everyone seems to expect it to drop any day now.
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Apr 10, 2023 14:22
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Boxman posted:FWIW, this is a pretty common complaint, I think. Disney has gotten pretty lax about building A-C ticket rides. We got Alien Swirling Saucers in Toy Story Land, but other than that, I'm struggling to think of recent-ish attractions that didn't obviously cost a buttload of money to build. I think you might have to go back to new Fantasyland's doubling up of Dumbo to get another off the shelf attraction. Even attractions that obviously aren't supposed to anchor areas - Na'vi River Journey, Smuggler's Run, Web Slingers - are technologically sophisticated, obviously pricey things.
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Apr 10, 2023 19:08
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Building new, non-marquee rides outside of a larger refurbishment or retheming is probably a really hard sell to the execs too.
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Apr 10, 2023 19:16
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Yeah- I’m bringing two little kids, and I’m struggling on how to pace Hollywood Studios, which is what got me thinking about it. I want to go and see the Star Wars stuff, but am having trouble seeing how it’ll be anything but a half day park when the kids aren’t really able to tolerate the longest lines or midday show times yet. MK, AK, and Epcot all seem to be stronger on either having lots of filler or not relying as heavily on long line-based/showtime-based attractions.
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Apr 10, 2023 19:26
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Hollywood Studios is a half day park that takes a whole day because of how long the lines are.
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Apr 10, 2023 19:31
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Aphrodite posted:Hollywood Studios is a half day park that takes a whole day because of how long the lines are. You could make that argument for every non-MK park really. If you don't do the non-ride stuff (which HS arguably has the least of currently) they're all in the same ballpark for attractions: Magic Kingdom – 24 Rides EPCOT – 11 Rides Disney’s Hollywood Studios – 9 Rides Disney’s Animal Kingdom – 8 Rides Counting non-ride attractions, EPCOT has the WS to eat up time, AK has all the zoo attractions and a lot of shows, and HS has some but not as much. Disney's website lists the total number of attractions including rides as: MK 58 EPCOT 69 AK 64 HS 32 I am curious if average wait timers/ride are higher at HS vs Epcot/AK.
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Apr 10, 2023 19:43
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Poseidon's Fury got got. Closing at the end of May. Bastards.
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J33uk posted:Poseidon's Fury got got. Closing at the end of May. Bastards. interesting to close an attraction while opening another park... I don't think it's going to spring back as Legend of Zelda Land any time soon
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Apr 11, 2023 19:19
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It occupies a pretty large space in a themed area that's now very dead.
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Apr 11, 2023 19:30
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Did it just refurb!?!? Why do this? With Epic slated to open soon, they can’t be planning a big update to lost Continent. Like if you combine this space with the Sinbad theater , you’ve got a lot. But to what purpose?
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Apr 11, 2023 20:05
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More Harry Potter, obviously. Lost Continent is already the spillover line for Hagrid on really busy days.
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Apr 11, 2023 20:07
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Are they going to keep investing in Harry Potter stuff? Seems like the franchise has died a death on this side of the world.
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Apr 11, 2023 20:09
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Arquinsiel posted:Are they going to keep investing in Harry Potter stuff? Seems like the franchise has died a death on this side of the world. I loving wish quote:Hogwarts Legacy sold over 12 million copies within the first two weeks. Hogwarts Legacy has also broken the record for the biggest WB Games launch on Steam, and it has remained near the top of sales charts since its release Even if it was down as a franchise, it's still the biggest thing Universal has going (along with Mario now that that movie broke all records too) and will continue to be the biggest driver of traffic for the parks.
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Apr 11, 2023 20:13
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Arquinsiel posted:Are they going to keep investing in Harry Potter stuff? Seems like the franchise has died a death on this side of the world. One can only hope they continue being dumb and releasing Fantastic Beast movies, bonus points if they include Ezra Miller. Run the franchise into the ground please.
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Arquinsiel posted:Are they going to keep investing in Harry Potter stuff? Seems like the franchise has died a death on this side of the world. Epic Universe is getting a 3rd Harry Potter section.
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Apr 11, 2023 20:30
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BlueBayou posted:Did it just refurb!?!? Rumblings are that it's had plumbing related issues for years now and whatever is going on, they didn't fix. The speculation is Legend of Zelda but I'm not sure I buy that because they have a full blown Super Nintendo World opening in Epic Universe. It would be really weird to put that in there. Maybe a Jurassic Park/World expansion? I love Poseidon's Fury so I'm very happy I'm going to be down there right before it closes to get to do it one more time. My wife has never experienced it so this gives us a reason to make sure she gets to do it. It's campy and corny, but it's also original and fun. In an environment where, increasingly, everything has to be an e-ticket just to get built, I'm sad to see to go.
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Apr 11, 2023 21:12
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J33uk posted:Poseidon's Fury got got. Closing at the end of May. Bastards. It had one cool part imo
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Apr 11, 2023 21:40
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Not to mention it's one of like two attractions at Universal that are not IP based. My theory on them recently refurbishing it and then choosing to close it is that they were comparing its impact on the park operating and not operating. It was the last to re-open after Covid after all. Perhaps the data showed them that it just didn't have enough pull anymore, so keeping it open doesn't help negate lines elsewhere. It also probably doesn't score too positively in their Guest Satisfaction surveys. It's been rumored for a while that Hogsmeade would expand into the former Sinbad area. Diagon Alley has also long been rumored to expand into the closed Fear Factor theater next door. With Poseidon gone, I expect a full re-theme of Lost Continent. I really hope it's not Potter though since it's been all but confirmed that Epic is also getting a Potter land.
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Apr 11, 2023 21:53
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https://twitter.com/ScottGustin/status/1645867519369007113 fuckin FINALLY
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Akileese posted:Rumblings are that it's had plumbing related issues for years now and whatever is going on, they didn't fix. The speculation is Legend of Zelda but I'm not sure I buy that because they have a full blown Super Nintendo World opening in Epic Universe. It would be really weird to put that in there. Maybe a Jurassic Park/World expansion? I don't think it was a coincidence this closing announcement happened the week after the Mario movie broke records. I'd imagine they could put Zelda here, especially if they took over the Sindbad area too. They will have Harry Potter in all 3 parks, why wouldn't they want to sell multipark passes for Nintendo fans also?
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Apr 12, 2023 01:24
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Opening a Zelda area in a location in the middle of the Island of Adventure with very little needed to retheme it to make it look like a town in Hyrule is a slam dunk. You can do something simple like a show and it's guaranteed to get way more foot traffic than that area has seen in years.
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Diabetic posted:Opening a Zelda area in a location in the middle of the Island of Adventure with very little needed to retheme it to make it look like a town in Hyrule is a slam dunk. You can do something simple like a show and it's guaranteed to get way more foot traffic than that area has seen in years. Yeah when I took another look at that whole Lost Continent area, it's absolutely massive, and with PF closing, the only thing being utilized in it is Mythos and some shops. I think they're using the old Sinbad theater as an extra extended queue for Hagrid's when the park opens in the morning, but that's pretty much it. I didn't realized Sinbad closed that long ago, with that in mind, it's absolutely wild they opted to even try to fix the pipes in PF the first time.
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Apr 12, 2023 02:18
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I mean we still don't dine in at restaurants but literally everyone else does and I'm completely flabergasted as to why it took so long for that particular restaurant to pop back up considering how popular it is.
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Apr 12, 2023 14:23
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They’ve been serving lunch and dinner, I think, for awhile now.
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Apr 12, 2023 15:00
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The breakfast seems to be special since people really like the Mickey waffles I guess?
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Apr 12, 2023 15:11
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Arquinsiel posted:The breakfast seems to be special since people really like the Mickey waffles I guess? It isn't really special compared to any other breakfast place at WDW, it just has all you can eat breakfast, which I love, and its in Epcot. There aren't any other places like it in Epcot (that I am aware of) for breakfast. I have to stare directly across the table at my wife or I get motion sick while we eat lol.
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Arquinsiel posted:The breakfast seems to be special since people really like the Mickey waffles I guess? You can basically get Mickey Waffles anywhere, so I dunno if that's a big get.
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Apr 12, 2023 16:42
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alg posted:It isn't really special compared to any other breakfast place at WDW, it just has all you can eat breakfast, which I love, and its in Epcot. There aren't any other places like it in Epcot (that I am aware of) for breakfast. Akershus existed but it sucked
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couldcareless posted:You can basically get Mickey Waffles anywhere, so I dunno if that's a big get.
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Arquinsiel posted:But as alg pointed out, they're all you can eat Mickey waffles, so if that's your one thing I can see why you are desperate for them to come back. I just liked the living with the land chill area 
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Splash Mountain DLR is gone May 30th. May 31st it closes for the start of the replacement.
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Apr 12, 2023 18:33
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Does anybody have a good picture of the second inversion on the Velocicoaster? The second dive loop? It’s my favorite element.
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Fluffy Bunnies posted:Splash Mountain DLR is gone May 30th. May 31st it closes for the start of the replacement. I guess I don't understand taking down your big water ride right before summer. Why not do this in fall/winter?
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The need for more breakfast options in the parks is huge, especially for Epcot. Glad it’s coming back. I keep seeing rumors are that 1900 PF is next to be announced and Bon Voyage breakfast at Trattoria too so I hope that’s a thing. Give me my drat QS at BOG though. I’m finally breaking down and trying lunch there in a couple weeks and I haven’t eaten inside since QS lunch left. Sad I’m going to miss Poseidon’s though. The friends I go with never wanted to stop in, then it was closed, so I never got the chance.
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J33uk posted:Poseidon's Fury got got. Closing at the end of May. Bastards. I've never been to Universal, but most the hype around IoA was around stuff like this and Dueling Dragons and other ancient legend stuff. People give Disney poo poo about what they're doing to Epcot but the loss of identity at IoA seems to be kind of swept under the rug of "who cares, third gate coming."
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VorpalBunny posted:I guess I don't understand taking down your big water ride right before summer. Why not do this in fall/winter? Yeah, sort of wondering if this isn't just bloggers jumping the gun again. Disneyland doesn't have a water park to divert people to. MK racing full ahead to the point they're now ripping the facade to pieces is understandable. DL I would have figured til late August. I do have to say I wish they'd leave the exterior of the mountain mostly alone aside from some agricultural "swampy" stuff. There's room for improvements, but money spent tearing the tree stump off the top of the flume is money that's not being spent on higher quality show scenes in the back of the house. Retheme debate aside, the fear that some of the best animatronic sequences in the industry is going to be replaced with Navi River Journey 2.0 looms over this project. Craptacular! fucked around with this message at 03:11 on Apr 13, 2023 |
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Craptacular! posted:I've never been to Universal, but most the hype around IoA was around stuff like this and Dueling Dragons and other ancient legend stuff.
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For the first time I missed the 7am queue but we managed to snag the 1:00pm Tron queue. 7am one was gone in literal seconds.
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