I wrote this in my trip report, but I don't know if Earl, IOAtech, CoasterFEV, etc. read them so I am repeating it here. Also, I don't want to start a big wahoo about this, I just had to express (ha!) my opinion and tell my observations.
We were at USO during a very busy time August 1 - 4. I don't know when the actual peak attendance falls, but the parks seemed pretty well packed during this time. Even with the large crowds, the Express lines were basically a walk on. The longest wait time (15 minutes) we had was on Spiderman at 3:00 one afternoon. The Express system seems to be running quite efficiently. I could be wrong, but even with another hotel coming in, I don't see how that would make a huge difference. We were there last year with the original FOTL when there was only one hotel open and no Passes. Then we came back with 2 hotels plus the Express Passes and didn't notice a huge difference. The wait times in the other lines seemed to be about the same as last year, too. Yes, the hotels are fabulous and beautiful. But they are also expensive. (You can't always get a good rate.) If the onsite Express becomes limited, there is not as much incentive to stay onsite.
Anyway, I love USO and the hotels and am hoping for as little change as possible in the Express perk.
We were at USO during a very busy time August 1 - 4. I don't know when the actual peak attendance falls, but the parks seemed pretty well packed during this time. Even with the large crowds, the Express lines were basically a walk on. The longest wait time (15 minutes) we had was on Spiderman at 3:00 one afternoon. The Express system seems to be running quite efficiently. I could be wrong, but even with another hotel coming in, I don't see how that would make a huge difference. We were there last year with the original FOTL when there was only one hotel open and no Passes. Then we came back with 2 hotels plus the Express Passes and didn't notice a huge difference. The wait times in the other lines seemed to be about the same as last year, too. Yes, the hotels are fabulous and beautiful. But they are also expensive. (You can't always get a good rate.) If the onsite Express becomes limited, there is not as much incentive to stay onsite.
Anyway, I love USO and the hotels and am hoping for as little change as possible in the Express perk.