fatmanatee
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 25, 2017
Unfortunately, a harsh reality, that it seems many people are having a hard time digesting/understanding is the following: Just because you have booked a trip to WDW after August 29 does not mean you are entitled to gaining access to SWGE.
I'm not sure how many people feel this way. I've seen a lot of questions from people planning to visit asking if they'll be able to get in GE, usually from people who had already booked trips at this point and weren't necessarily planning for GE to be open at the time (guessing this is mostly families who have to plan vacations far in advance). Others are debating putting off their trips until later, when the crowds will hopefully be lighter. I'm personally avoiding GE on both coasts until I see how this works and I'll visit once things get more settled. If they decide they have to install a new reservation system to get things to a reasonable level, then fine.
(As an aside, if anyone I know asked me for recommendations on this, I would say wait until it looks like things are slowing down, but if you REALLY want to go earlier, then prepare for the worst and plan appropriately)
Again, and I guess I'm going to have to repeat this several times over the next two months... there's literally nothing we can do about this right now. We're going to find out a bit about how bad things get once the DL reservation period ends, and it might get bad enough that Disney decides that it's worth bringing back the reservation system. And yes, you will run the risk of not getting in if things are that crazy (this might even happen on Monday, when we'll have real evidence of whether the system works or not). But you have to make a decision based on their plans: go when it opens to all or soon after and deal with the risks associated with that, or wait until things slow down. Right now, we're stuck until we see how this works in practice.