Kyjin
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2009
My friends and I went to DisneySea yesterday, and it was quite a saga attempting to ride Journey to the Center of the Earth.
-Started the day solo and got to the ride 45 minutes after opening. Wait time was posted at 90 minutes. After standing in line for 45 minutes (probably about 5 minutes till elevator at that point?) the lights came up. Ride had shut down for "safety reasons." We all exited through a cast member door to the left of the elevators (went past elevator they use for handicapped guests), and received an anytime fastpass good for either park that day. (Did not work for Nemo or Toy Story.)
-Around 11, friends had arrived at the park and I could get another fastpass, so we went back to Journey. Ride was still down (had broken over an hour beforehand), but fastpasses were still available. We pulled for 5-6 timeslot.
-A little after 5: return to Journey. It had come back up for awhile, but by the time we got over there, it was broken AGAIN. Told we could use our fastpasses anytime later that day when it came back up.
-Checked the app around 6:30; ride was back online but we had tickets for Big Band Beat. By the time we got out of the show around 7:30, the ride was down AGAIN.
-During Fantasmic, I noticed they were starting to test the ride. By the time Fantasmic ended, the ride had opened again. However, they had only opened the ride for people with fastpasses. Standby riders could not even line up. After about 20 minutes of waiting, we FINALLY got to ride it. (Well worth the wait!)
Has anyone else experienced the ride being up and down like this before? I've only been in the park once before where the ride broke while I was in line, and that was literally 30 minutes before closing, so we got fastpasses and went on TOT instead. (Journey never came back up that time.) Also, is this common to have the ride go down extensively and reopen only for fastpasses? Definitely made sense since there were hundred of people with unused fastpasses at that point, and the park was only open for another hour anyway, but I was still surprised.
-Started the day solo and got to the ride 45 minutes after opening. Wait time was posted at 90 minutes. After standing in line for 45 minutes (probably about 5 minutes till elevator at that point?) the lights came up. Ride had shut down for "safety reasons." We all exited through a cast member door to the left of the elevators (went past elevator they use for handicapped guests), and received an anytime fastpass good for either park that day. (Did not work for Nemo or Toy Story.)
-Around 11, friends had arrived at the park and I could get another fastpass, so we went back to Journey. Ride was still down (had broken over an hour beforehand), but fastpasses were still available. We pulled for 5-6 timeslot.
-A little after 5: return to Journey. It had come back up for awhile, but by the time we got over there, it was broken AGAIN. Told we could use our fastpasses anytime later that day when it came back up.
-Checked the app around 6:30; ride was back online but we had tickets for Big Band Beat. By the time we got out of the show around 7:30, the ride was down AGAIN.
-During Fantasmic, I noticed they were starting to test the ride. By the time Fantasmic ended, the ride had opened again. However, they had only opened the ride for people with fastpasses. Standby riders could not even line up. After about 20 minutes of waiting, we FINALLY got to ride it. (Well worth the wait!)
Has anyone else experienced the ride being up and down like this before? I've only been in the park once before where the ride broke while I was in line, and that was literally 30 minutes before closing, so we got fastpasses and went on TOT instead. (Journey never came back up that time.) Also, is this common to have the ride go down extensively and reopen only for fastpasses? Definitely made sense since there were hundred of people with unused fastpasses at that point, and the park was only open for another hour anyway, but I was still surprised.