lugnut33
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So it's the guest's fault?To avoid this in the future:
Don’t visit WDW during Election Day week.
Election Day is always the Tues between Nov 2 and Nov 8, usually the week after Halloween week.
So it's the guest's fault?To avoid this in the future:
Don’t visit WDW during Election Day week.
Election Day is always the Tues between Nov 2 and Nov 8, usually the week after Halloween week.
Are you saying that? I did not.So it's the guest's fault?
There's no way I could drink beer and wait in a line for 3 hours and not have to use the restroom. Then I'd have to start over again.That’s Disney’s single-most-overlooked opportunity in the parks right now: marketing to line-standers (hostages). I suspect Disney plans to ease into that, AFTER longer line-waits become normalized in guests’ minds.
If Disney started offering sales in the lines right now, visitors would connect it to Disney purposefully keeping the lines longer to yield more sales. But after years pass and people accept long lines as the “new normal”, Disney can introduce items like food and merchandise into the queue. People will view it as an improvement because it offers a distraction to their long wait.
It's not election week that is impacting the crowds this week, it's Jersey school convention week/Jersey Week and breaks for other schools. And in all fairness, there's not much a guest can do when a handful or rides are or were down and it's peak crowds.To avoid this in the future:
Don’t visit WDW during Election Day week.
Election Day is always the Tues between Nov 2 and Nov 8, usually the week after Halloween week.
People get Election Day off work/school? Where?Election day is also another day off on a short week. I am not from Jersey, but I remember taking my kids out of school this week in 2016 and they only missed 2 days of school and at that time crowds were still lower then other school vacation weeks.
Our kids are home from school today (SC) since schools in our area are polling locations. I don’t know of anyone who gets off from work to vote for a full day.People get Election Day off work/school? Where?
Jersey Week always happens the week Election Day falls. Other events that increase attendance often overlap as well, like what happened this year with runDisney, Veteran’s Day and other fall school breaks.It's not election week that is impacting the crowds this week, it's Jersey school convention week/Jersey Week and breaks for other schools. And in all fairness, there's not much a guest can do when a handful or rides are or were down and it's peak crowds.
Bad luck but yes it does get shutdown more than the average ride.We were at Epcot on Thursday and had a lightning lane for Remy’s. It broke down when we got to the front of the line. We left the park and tried again yesterday and when we were there, it broke down again. Does this ride frequently shut down or did we just have bad luck?
Not in KansasPeople get Election Day off work/school? Where?
In our area (Passaic/Bergen Counties, NJ), schools are often used for voting. Growing up we had either half day or day off for Election Day, and always that Thur & Fri off for NJ teacher’s convention. Mon, Tues, Wed would never be more than half days so parent/teacher conferences could be held those afternoons.People get Election Day off work/school? Where?
Not usually when it’s as crowded as ppl are saying. I find it’s just a waste of money on those days.I know it sucks we have to buy what’s free but G+ is a godsend for skipping lines.
Epcot really sucked the past 2 days. This is my first time visiting and it was miserable. The way they shuffled people around while the half marathon was going on at the same time was horrendous. It’s been impossible to find food because the waits are sooooo long and there’s barely any place with mobile order in Epcot. I wanted to enjoy the food/wine festival but can’t spend 30 minutes in each line for a tiny bite of food! Remy being down almost the entire day was also a pain in the ***. At least I got to ride Cosmic Rewind 5 times in 2 days...that made things a little better!EPCOT and basically all of the parks, are absolutely mental these last two days. Insane amounts of people. The park reservation system is clearly not to maintain crowd control. Laughable!
It would be great to get some reports on if the line times were actually accurate or if they were goosing them to sell more G+
Our kids have the day off in Missouri and I know a lot of families who turned it into a long weekend and took a trip. They use the schools as polling places so they have a no school day.People get Election Day off work/school? Where?
In all seriousness it would be a good idea for the biggest attractions to have a bathroom along the queue.There's no way I could drink beer and wait in a line for 3 hours and not have to use the restroom. Then I'd have to start over again.