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Post by reblzmom on Oct 31, 2024 21:24:31 GMT -5
Probably a bad test time for this. We were there 10/28 to 10/31 and crowds were low and wait times significantly under posted time. We did everything we wanted to easily. It was really a nice week crowd wise.
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Post by baymaxfan on Nov 1, 2024 7:51:55 GMT -5
LOL it's not as hard as you might think. Our kids are older, so I think of the headliners... for example our day... Early entry, so we got there at like 7:20. Goal was to go on Space Mtn first, but it wasn't opening, so our kids switched it up and ran to Tron instead. After that we did Buzz and Astro Orbiters to buy some time, hope Space opened but no dice, so we gave up and moved on to Fantasyland. There we skipped the small things and walked on Haunted Mansion while it was still early. Afterwards I think we backed up to Small World, then went on to our prebooked MP for Thunder Mtn at 10. Shortly after our VQ for Tiana was called, so we did that around 10:30. Pirates was down all morning, JC was closed. At this point we doubled back to Tomorrowland, where we rode our actual pass for Tron (second time) and Space Mountain which finally opened, via a MP we picked up earlier. Now it was noon, and I'd say that was riding pretty much everything. Is it every single right? No, but definitely would have been a breeze at that point to the small stuff between noon and 10pm if we'd wanted to. Instead we ducked out, monorailed it over to Epcot, with a MP for Frozen in hand. Caught the 1pm VQ for Guardians, so got the two hardest to ride rides in Epcot with no waits. While we waited for the VQ, we did F&W and started our day-drinking while the kids did their own thing and went on stuff like Mission Space and Soarin. We met up, did Guardians, and split up for the evening. We went back to F&W, but some of our group went over to Hollywood with 3 MPs that I'd lined up for like 6, 7 and 8'ish for IIRC, Rockin, Tower and TSMM. Rise and Falcon are walk-on after that. This day for me was about pushing MP to it's limit and seeing just how much I could thrash it. I think we did ok, using it in many split group situations to book things I know each group wants. A normal day wouldn't see that much hopping but also in a normal day I think it's not really a challenge, to say, ride everything at MK without needing a guide, or really anything paid. We rode almost everything in about 1/3 of a day there with MP. Most of us will not need or want this new pass. However, there is a group of people who, under no circumstances, will not wake up early on vacation. Some of these folks are really wealthy, go to WDW infrequently, want to waltz in after a leisurely late breakfast, and casually walk from ride to ride without having to think about anything. They also don’t want to think about booking rides on LL, not the day off, not a few days in advance. This pass is for them. |
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Post by tomandrobin on Nov 1, 2024 9:11:40 GMT -5
LOL it's not as hard as you might think. Our kids are older, so I think of the headliners... for example our day... Early entry, so we got there at like 7:20. Goal was to go on Space Mtn first, but it wasn't opening, so our kids switched it up and ran to Tron instead. After that we did Buzz and Astro Orbiters to buy some time, hope Space opened but no dice, so we gave up and moved on to Fantasyland. There we skipped the small things and walked on Haunted Mansion while it was still early. Afterwards I think we backed up to Small World, then went on to our prebooked MP for Thunder Mtn at 10. Shortly after our VQ for Tiana was called, so we did that around 10:30. Pirates was down all morning, JC was closed. At this point we doubled back to Tomorrowland, where we rode our actual pass for Tron (second time) and Space Mountain which finally opened, via a MP we picked up earlier. Now it was noon, and I'd say that was riding pretty much everything. Is it every single right? No, but definitely would have been a breeze at that point to the small stuff between noon and 10pm if we'd wanted to. Instead we ducked out, monorailed it over to Epcot, with a MP for Frozen in hand. Caught the 1pm VQ for Guardians, so got the two hardest to ride rides in Epcot with no waits. While we waited for the VQ, we did F&W and started our day-drinking while the kids did their own thing and went on stuff like Mission Space and Soarin. We met up, did Guardians, and split up for the evening. We went back to F&W, but some of our group went over to Hollywood with 3 MPs that I'd lined up for like 6, 7 and 8'ish for IIRC, Rockin, Tower and TSMM. Rise and Falcon are walk-on after that. This day for me was about pushing MP to it's limit and seeing just how much I could thrash it. I think we did ok, using it in many split group situations to book things I know each group wants. A normal day wouldn't see that much hopping but also in a normal day I think it's not really a challenge, to say, ride everything at MK without needing a guide, or really anything paid. We rode almost everything in about 1/3 of a day there with MP. Most of us will not need or want this new pass. However, there is a group of people who, under no circumstances, will not wake up early on vacation. Some of these folks are really wealthy, go to WDW infrequently, want to waltz in after a leisurely late breakfast, and casually walk from ride to ride without having to think about anything. They also don’t want to think about booking rides on LL, not the day off, not a few days in advance. This pass is for them. There is definitely a market for this, but I don't think it is something that will sell out every day, if at all. The most expensive is Magic Kingdom, but might actually be the best value for a family of four. $1300 will get you in every ride at least once, which is a bargain when compared with a VIP tour. |
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Post by helenabear on Nov 1, 2024 11:06:26 GMT -5
Most of us will not need or want this new pass. However, there is a group of people who, under no circumstances, will not wake up early on vacation. Some of these folks are really wealthy, go to WDW infrequently, want to waltz in after a leisurely late breakfast, and casually walk from ride to ride without having to think about anything. They also don’t want to think about booking rides on LL, not the day off, not a few days in advance. This pass is for them. There is definitely a market for this, but I don't think it is something that will sell out every day, if at all. The most expensive is Magic Kingdom, but might actually be the best value for a family of four. $1300 will get you in every ride at least once, which is a bargain when compared with a VIP tour. Admittedly this appeals for someone like me especially if going with my kid with it being just the 2 of us. VIP tours have become too much for me to handle. I cannot easily go 7hrs non-stop and it feels wasteful to quit after 4-5 hours with one. This would allow me to "do it all" and take breaks as needed. Save some cash too. And not have to worry about tours selling out (which they have a few times for us) |
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Post by baymaxfan on Nov 1, 2024 11:12:40 GMT -5
There is definitely a market for this, but I don't think it is something that will sell out every day, if at all. The most expensive is Magic Kingdom, but might actually be the best value for a family of four. $1300 will get you in every ride at least once, which is a bargain when compared with a VIP tour. Admittedly this appeals for someone like me especially if going with my kid with it being just the 2 of us. VIP tours have become too much for me to handle. I cannot easily go 7hrs non-stop and it feels wasteful to quit after 4-5 hours with one. This would allow me to "do it all" and take breaks as needed. Save some cash too. And not have to worry about tours selling out (which they have a few times for us) I have considered this pass. I probably won't do it, but will at least think about it. We've never done a VIP tour because it's not worth it for 2-4 people and, like you, I could see myself quitting after 4-5 hours. There is something special about not dealing with the rope drop crowd and not thinking about booking LLs. It would just be a leisurely stroll through the park at your own pace. |
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Post by helenabear on Nov 1, 2024 11:51:09 GMT -5
Admittedly this appeals for someone like me especially if going with my kid with it being just the 2 of us. VIP tours have become too much for me to handle. I cannot easily go 7hrs non-stop and it feels wasteful to quit after 4-5 hours with one. This would allow me to "do it all" and take breaks as needed. Save some cash too. And not have to worry about tours selling out (which they have a few times for us) I have considered this pass. I probably won't do it, but will at least think about it. We've never done a VIP tour because it's not worth it for 2-4 people and, like you, I could see myself quitting after 4-5 hours. There is something special about not dealing with the rope drop crowd and not thinking about booking LLs. It would just be a leisurely stroll through the park at your own pace. I'm considering it for spring break. In 2026 my kid will be doing a senior spring break trip. This spring break is just the two of us. 4 days. I'll see what he wants to do. I have little issue paying for extras when it's just 2 of us. I have treated friends to VIP tours so we often had 7 or 8. I think once friend's son and girlfriend drove in and joined too. I just get too "tired" (aka hurt and overdone) now. I'll ponder it with the kid for sure. Maybe just 1 or 2 days as well. One last "just us" trips we might get though probably in college we'll find time. |
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Post by Adelard of Bath on Nov 1, 2024 20:33:19 GMT -5
However, there is a group of people who, under no circumstances, will not wake up early on vacation. Some of these folks are really wealthy, go to WDW infrequently, want to waltz in after a leisurely late breakfast, and casually walk from ride to ride without having to think about anything. They also don’t want to think about booking rides on LL, not the day off, not a few days in advance. This pass is for them. You have just described EXACTLY how wife and I vacation when we are at Disney! How did you know we sleep late, eat a leisurely breakfast, sometimes hit the pool, then arrive at the park and for 4-6 hours casually stroll around thinking about nothing? No booking rides, any of that. You don't have a spy camera in our room, do you? Oh except we aren't wealthy and we won't be buying any passes. |
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Post by brp on Nov 2, 2024 11:37:00 GMT -5
LOL it's not as hard as you might think. Our kids are older, so I think of the headliners... for example our day... Early entry, so we got there at like 7:20. Goal was to go on Space Mtn first, but it wasn't opening, so our kids switched it up and ran to Tron instead. After that we did Buzz and Astro Orbiters to buy some time, hope Space opened but no dice, so we gave up and moved on to Fantasyland. There we skipped the small things and walked on Haunted Mansion while it was still early. Afterwards I think we backed up to Small World, then went on to our prebooked MP for Thunder Mtn at 10. Shortly after our VQ for Tiana was called, so we did that around 10:30. Pirates was down all morning, JC was closed. At this point we doubled back to Tomorrowland, where we rode our actual pass for Tron (second time) and Space Mountain which finally opened, via a MP we picked up earlier. Now it was noon, and I'd say that was riding pretty much everything. Is it every single right? No, but definitely would have been a breeze at that point to the small stuff between noon and 10pm if we'd wanted to. Instead we ducked out, monorailed it over to Epcot, with a MP for Frozen in hand. Caught the 1pm VQ for Guardians, so got the two hardest to ride rides in Epcot with no waits. While we waited for the VQ, we did F&W and started our day-drinking while the kids did their own thing and went on stuff like Mission Space and Soarin. We met up, did Guardians, and split up for the evening. We went back to F&W, but some of our group went over to Hollywood with 3 MPs that I'd lined up for like 6, 7 and 8'ish for IIRC, Rockin, Tower and TSMM. Rise and Falcon are walk-on after that. This day for me was about pushing MP to it's limit and seeing just how much I could thrash it. I think we did ok, using it in many split group situations to book things I know each group wants. A normal day wouldn't see that much hopping but also in a normal day I think it's not really a challenge, to say, ride everything at MK without needing a guide, or really anything paid. We rode almost everything in about 1/3 of a day there with MP. Most of us will not need or want this new pass. However, there is a group of people who, under no circumstances, will not wake up early on vacation. Some of these folks are really wealthy, go to WDW infrequently, want to waltz in after a leisurely late breakfast, and casually walk from ride to ride without having to think about anything. They also don’t want to think about booking rides on LL, not the day off, not a few days in advance. This pass is for them.
I'll be posting a little trip report soon (just got back last night and leaving on a short trip today, so will have to wait until we get back) that will address this. We did get up earlyish on this trip, but that was to go running. Not a single rope drop, and some very leisurely entries. And we were able to ride most of what we wanted with short waits and no out of pocket. We were aided by a DHS evening EMH for Deluxe Resorts in one case.
Cheers.
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Post by dlwdwdvc on Nov 4, 2024 9:01:49 GMT -5
Thanks brp looking forward to your most current update.
I live here and have a few tricks but my daughter will visit and thinks she wants to go to MK planning one day only .
Maybe she is thinking Tiana new attraction but she won’t be happy getting wet! Haha
I need to convince her to parkhop and go to EPCOT later. This will be Xmas Day !
It will be difficult to convince her to give the new Country Bear Jamboree a visit .
It’s actually enjoyable surprise!
I just experienced the extended updated Jungle Cruise line Yes it is a new longer standby line.
So the Jingle Cruise will be tempting me to suggest she buys LL for just her family .
I will hold the camera and backpacks nearby if I can find a place to sit.
Also in response to the post about accomplishing so much in their one day trip!
I wonder if the weather or just one of those rare slow days.
For example I notice on the calendar for tomorrow and next day “Good to go” days .
No park pass required at any of the parks .. Might just take the challenge !
And to get back on topic I just gave myself a headache this morn trying to study the difference between LL ,single ,multi and the different tiers . It is really confusing and also different days to purchase in advance .
it was even confusing on Disney world.com because LL does not show up until I entered GENIE .
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Post by nickys on Nov 4, 2024 11:35:03 GMT -5
And to get back on topic I just gave myself a headache this morn trying to study the difference between LL ,single ,multi and the different tiers . It is really confusing and also different days to purchase in advance . it was even confusing on Disney world.com because LL does not show up until I entered GENIE . The single LLs are the “old” ILLs. Tron, 7dmt, Guardians, Rise and FoP. The tiers are a lPITA, I agree. When you can buy depends on whether you are staying onsite or not. You can buy singles and multi at the same time. Onsite is 7 days before for length of stay. Since I assume you have an AP, offsite will be 3 days before - but not sure how many days you can buy for. |
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Post by dlwdwdvc on Nov 4, 2024 12:26:35 GMT -5
Thank you nickys . I kinda knew all that already … I just thought it was funny that it is kinda hidden in Genie … Can’t imagine being a new planner and not having all the background most of us have over our lifetimes with Disney especially since Disney recommends to have the most current update for the APP . I wonder how many know have recently updated .
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Post by nickys on Nov 22, 2024 1:57:31 GMT -5
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Post by tomandrobin on Nov 22, 2024 7:58:08 GMT -5
ha ha ha......That didn't take long for Disney to expand.....lol.
The need for money is strong with Disney.....And as long as guest pay for it, they will keep doing stuff like this.
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Post by dlwdwdvc on Nov 22, 2024 10:01:24 GMT -5
Is this effective immediately ?
Should be Jan1/2025 if Disney gave a **** about their deluxe guests which are a lot of DVC…
I will never get over Top of the World at BLT even tho that is my home resort and actually thankful I met Tom & Jenna (broganmac) one holiday visit while they were waiting for ToW elevator escort up .
Haha boy could Jenna talk nonstop .She was fun and still think of her when I visit WDW & USO …I want Togo to SeaWorld this year for their amazing living nativity onstage and will have to resist looking for her there too
But I know she is still visiting .
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Post by helenabear on Nov 22, 2024 10:13:48 GMT -5
ha ha ha......That didn't take long for Disney to expand.....lol.
The need for money is strong with Disney.....And as long as guest pay for it, they will keep doing stuff like this.
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