Didn`t the older model also have windows you could slide open and these do not ?
The windows do open, they sort of tilt open from the top. It's enough to provide ventilation, but not enough to cool it down on a hot day.
Didn`t the older model also have windows you could slide open and these do not ?
Yes, you just have to ask the attendant at the station. If it's already spoken for, you can ask to wait for the next monorail. Also I discovered (I'm willing to bet I got it from DISboards) that you can also ask to ride in the tail. I really loved that. The view was even better than the front with the driver, IMHO. Make sure you're okay with looking backwards when you travel, though!On that note, do they still allow you to request to ride with the driver??
I’m a GCH girl and I value staying onsite, but they’ve damn near priced this ride or die out. Pushing $1000/night for a small room with a ****ty view? It’s getting bananas.
I like to use the historical crowds section on TP (more than I use the forecast section).
This week so far was 7 and 8 Mon/Tues/Wed. And it's definitely trended up since the $99 AP ticket promo launched.
Maybe things have picked up? UNLESS reduced staffing and cuts are starting to impact wait times (which I think is how TP measures these numbers). That... would be bad.
I think there are a lot of issues at play regarding the lack of crowds and I think Disney doesn’t need to address any of them. Over time, it will be a success.
I think a lot of people, fans and Disney execs alike, were expecting instant nostalgia with Galaxy’s Edge and instant crowds. But nostalgia doesn’t work that way. There are tons of rides at Disneyland that I absolutely love, not necessarily for the ride aspect, but because of my memories. Going on the Dark Rides with my dad, remembering the first time my folks let my sister and I ride in a Doom Buggy together. Today’s 10 year old will love SWGE and go back time after time. It’s their Pirates or Haunted Mansion. It’s going to be a huge draw for a long time. Radiator Springs Racers still has a long wait to this day. SWGE will follow.
Tons of people wanted to avoid the crowds. We’re going at the end of the month, not because of SWGE and lack of crowds, but because of a DVC use miscalculation by my better half. If it wasn’t for that, we wouldn’t have gone until Fall 2020 or later. Combine that with people who wanted both rides in SWGE open, and a lot of people just made other summer plans this year. I think the fall and next summer will be a lot busier than normal.
People going to Disneyland more than once every 5 years is a creation of the last 25 years. In my youth, I went when I was 7, 12, 17, and then for Grad Night. That was the typical experience if you didn’t live close to the park. I think the ticket price increases and a drop in crowds is just making the pendulum swing back in the typical experience rather than everyone going multiple times a year. It’s going to change again.
Great thread though! I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s thoughts.
Time will tell with SWGE. (I won’t see it until September). We were going to skip a few years of DLR because of anticipated crowds. We bought APs because crowds have not materialized.I think there are a lot of issues at play regarding the lack of crowds and I think Disney doesn’t need to address any of them. Over time, it will be a success.
I think a lot of people, fans and Disney execs alike, were expecting instant nostalgia with Galaxy’s Edge and instant crowds. But nostalgia doesn’t work that way. There are tons of rides at Disneyland that I absolutely love, not necessarily for the ride aspect, but because of my memories. Going on the Dark Rides with my dad, remembering the first time my folks let my sister and I ride in a Doom Buggy together. Today’s 10 year old will love SWGE and go back time after time. It’s their Pirates or Haunted Mansion. It’s going to be a huge draw for a long time. Radiator Springs Racers still has a long wait to this day. SWGE will follow.
Tons of people wanted to avoid the crowds. We’re going at the end of the month, not because of SWGE and lack of crowds, but because of a DVC use miscalculation by my better half. If it wasn’t for that, we wouldn’t have gone until Fall 2020 or later. Combine that with people who wanted both rides in SWGE open, and a lot of people just made other summer plans this year. I think the fall and next summer will be a lot busier than normal.
People going to Disneyland more than once every 5 years is a creation of the last 25 years. In my youth, I went when I was 7, 12, 17, and then for Grad Night. That was the typical experience if you didn’t live close to the park. I think the ticket price increases and a drop in crowds is just making the pendulum swing back in the typical experience rather than everyone going multiple times a year. It’s going to change again.
Great thread though! I’ve enjoyed reading everyone’s thoughts.
I am a huge SW fan and just came back from GE last weekend. After the initial awe of the land, I am in the camp of Disney screwing up the experience.
I realize that they wanted us to feel as if we are on Batuu, but without any SW music, it felt empty and lacking the nostalgia of the movies. The SW main title in the background while entering the land...the darth Vader theme when the stormtroopers come out...Rey’s music when she’s out for pics. That would get the goosebumps out and pump any big or small fan up. No one knows what Batuu is so I just felt kinda lost, but everyone knows the music and that could ground people into what to expect. Carsland has the music in the background and SW land should do the same.
Disney went for immersion, but I think experience is more important. Now, I don’t think this is the reason Disneyland is so empty, but it could stop the casual fan from making multiple trips.
I think this is a good assessment. Theme Park business is down across the board, so it's not like Disney made some major blunder, it just kind is a natural lull. It will work out.
Knott's has been crowded this summer. Maybe because they are so affordable.
Yes. Nearly always I’ll ride up front. At least it was allowed when I last rode it about eight weeks ago.On that note, do they still allow you to request to ride with the driver??
It’s allowed just not always offered. If there is a magnet that says DNL next to the door above the buttons that means they aren’t offering it.Yes. Nearly always I’ll ride up front. At least it was allowed when I last rode it about eight weeks ago.
This past weekend was quite crowded, compounded by a LOT of ride breakdowns that caused congestion and long lines on the rides that are working (plus overloading the FP return lines with replacement FPs). So this past weekend was kind of a mess, hard to tell if that’s what next weekend will be like if the rides stay up.Can anyone vouch for the crowds level currently in the weekends before the AP blackout is over? I'm debating whether to visit Disneyland on a weekday vs a weekend.
Well said.they went for immersion. Into a land none of us know.
The wait times don't seem that bad *except StarWars and Radiator Springs (but it was down for a bunch of the morning).Looks like crowds have returned today.