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We’ll be there in a few weeks and I’m thrilled that the reservation windows are keeping things manageable!! Might be fun to READ about craziness but I wouldn’t want to be in it.

Curious how it will be in WDW... we’ll be there opening day for that one...
 
MickeyMinnieMom said:
We’ll be there in a few weeks and I’m thrilled that the reservation windows are keeping things manageable!! Might be fun to READ about craziness but I wouldn’t want to be in it.

Curious how it will be in WDW... we’ll be there opening day for that one...
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I'm sure WDW will bring the crazy. Not sure how they would handle reservations, I mean people have been booked already for months!

All the build up, reading the panic on the boards, the whole thing just seemed anticlimactic somehow. Like I said, I think I built it up in my head.
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Farro said:
So Onward looks.....average? I don't know, mini-trailer didn't blow me away. But I said that about Coco and now I've seen it 5 times and it never, ever gets old. My favorite.

So now that SWGE is open in California, I guess I thought it would be a bigger thing than it was.
I realize that the reservation system worked the way it should and that's why what I'm about to say didn't happen, but I was thinking it was going to be lines for hours, masses of people, etc., reminiscent of when Harry Potter opened in Florida.

I know the way it did go down is better for everyone, but I was looking forward to reading about the craziness! And people are so easily influenced, I think if other people saw the masses waiting to get in this new, exciting land it would make them say "hey, I need to be a part of this!".

Maybe WDW will deliver the drama for me. I also think reading on these boards about how "it will be horrid crowds for years to come" helped form my over-excitable expectations.
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Let's wait for the first day without reservations to fully pass judgement... But definitely think the reservation system has done what Disney wanted
 


Farro said:
So Onward looks.....average? I don't know, mini-trailer didn't blow me away. But I said that about Coco and now I've seen it 5 times and it never, ever gets old. My favorite.

So now that SWGE is open in California, I guess I thought it would be a bigger thing than it was.
I realize that the reservation system worked the way it should and that's why what I'm about to say didn't happen, but I was thinking it was going to be lines for hours, masses of people, etc., reminiscent of when Harry Potter opened in Florida.

I know the way it did go down is better for everyone, but I was looking forward to reading about the craziness! And people are so easily influenced, I think if other people saw the masses waiting to get in this new, exciting land it would make them say "hey, I need to be a part of this!".

Maybe WDW will deliver the drama for me. I also think reading on these boards about how "it will be horrid crowds for years to come" helped form my over-excitable expectations.
:p
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Let's wait for the first day without reservations to fully pass judgement... But definitely think the reservation system has done what Disney wanted
 
Farro said:
I'm sure WDW will bring the crazy. Not sure how they would handle reservations, I mean people have been booked already for months!

All the build up, reading the panic on the boards, the whole thing just seemed anticlimactic somehow. Like I said, I think I built it up in my head.
:rotfl:
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Oh, I was fully prepared to hear about PANDEMONIUM as well! 🤣

I'm glad it hasn't materialized, but my DL trip spans the last day of reservations for SWGE and the 1st day without... I fully expect the latter to be IN-SANE. I'm planning on DCA for that day, and the Walk in Walt's Footsteps tour. 👍
 


wareagle57 said:
Think about how limited it is though. Even if you are a DL Resort Guest, you only get ONE 4 hour block in the first month. If you went on your once a year or once every 3 years WDW trip would you really want to be bound to ONE visit to GE? I can’t even imagine how frustrating it must be to locals.

I think the best thing is to for WDW is to limit the capacity to the same level or maybe slightly higher than that of DL, but require not reservations. Hotel guest can get in every day if they want to 3 hours before rope drop. Non hotel guests can queue up every single day if they want to. And when they get in they’ll be met by similar crowds as today.

I can think if much worse things than waiting in a virtual line to get into a reasonably crowded galaxy’s Edge while I use my FP to ride tower of terror and TSMM or wait in a line for Slinky.
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It might be a tough sell, but I think I'd rather have limited time in the land and have it be a relaxed, not shoulder to shoulder with everyone else experience.

soniam said:
I think at WDW a virtual queue system via MDE that limits the number of people who can get in is probably what will happen. You still don't have to wait in line, except to get into the park, which I would do anyway. Enter park, get your spot in the queue, with hopefully a start time and end time, like a long FP, and then go about your day until then. It's not as convenient, since you don't know way in advance, but you still wouldn't need to wait in line to get in. You would also know when you could get in day of at least. I think they are going to do the virtual queue at DLR after the reservation window. I think that's what I read, or maybe that's wishful thinking.

EDIT: Also, a lot of people who are not staying on property at DLR aren't getting in. Those reservations went in minutes. There are still supposedly on property reservations available though, if you book a room, at least for the reservation period. WDW has too many onsite hotels to guarantee a spot for onsite guests. They would have to do something like they did for the non-onsite people at DLR, which left many of those people without a reservation.
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It does sound like they might do a virtual queue, I'm just afraid they'll let in more people than DL is at the moment.

Really, I should have just budgeted for a trip to DL and gone during this reservation period. But who coulda guessed it would be going this smoothly/nicely.
 
TheMaxRebo said:
Let's wait for the first day without reservations to fully pass judgement... But definitely think the reservation system has done what Disney wanted
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That's why I hope WDW will have reservations, but I think the "extra extra magic hours" is their replacement for that :(. If you stay in a resort .. you do have a reservation -- 6 - 9 am EVERY morning.
 
tlmadden73 said:
That's why I hope WDW will have reservations, but I think the "extra extra magic hours" is their replacement for that :(. If you stay in a resort .. you do have a reservation -- 6 - 9 am EVERY morning.
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exactly - just too many rooms at WDW to guarantee everyone a slot - and if people paid to stay on property and didn't get one I can see some loud complaints
 
rteetz said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1135195536569634816
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all I see is one of those 1980's plastic halloween costumes

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