How so? The placement of waiting guests is still in the new place?
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Well I was meaning they start opening procedures 30 min earlier. (Which sometimes I wish they did! How many times I’ve been rope dropping Space Mountain only to have them announce a delayed opening …)
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That doesn’t have anything to do with starting earlier. There is no amount of time that can assure there won’t be an issue with the ride when they finish the checklist and power it up. It’s just not always an issue that can be known beforehand.
I’m not really sure how to explain it. CM’s clock in about an hour before EE if everything goes right and all the safety checklists pass the ride opens on time. Doesn’t matter where guests are waiting it takes as long as it takes. Which is about an hour for all the rides my DD works. So guests wait at the taps, the rope or in the queue. The ride still needs to be tested before it opens.
Maybe what Jeff and you are saying is the CM’s arrive earlier and then spend 30 minutes waiting for guests to show up?
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But if they started earlier and knew earlier that the ride wasn’t going to open they could advise guests instead of guests getting in the queue for a ride that won’t open
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Which is what they used to do at rope drop on the bridge. 
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100%!!!
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Eh crud, that’s not good. If I were a CM, I wouldn’t want guests near me before opening. If I can’t do anything for them, keep them away, please. Once the ride opens, welcome aboard!
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Yeah this is what I was saying. But as I said I assume that’s not feasible (or economical).
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But it could be.
If what they want is to have guests line up at attractions, it’s not too presumptuous of guests to expect they’ve already determined which attractions CAN be open on time.
As far as CM’s not liking it, I would need a cart to roll out a list of all the things my employers have implemented over the years that I was not pleased with. Change takes time.
And this is Disney. Just when we’ve all adjusted to it, they will change it again.
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Okay maybe this will help you understand.
You know how long it takes to get ready and drive to work. One day you wake up get ready and your car won’t start. So you are now late for work.
Why don’t you wake up everyday with enough time to have a mechanic fix your car so you would still be on time?
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Well, there’s that sometimes, yes.
But there’s also easy ways to make a team’s day just incrementally better that make a huge overall difference in job satisfaction. It’s important to review everything from all angles. This was a temporary fix to a problem created by construction. And given that it is not a satisfier to the majority of the team - and not just the late adopters in the group - they really ought to strongly consider returning to normal processes when able.
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This isn’t an argument. I’m saying the last group that needs to be expected to adjust expectations is the guests. 
WDW execs and the CMs are the first two.
WDW could schedule staff members who arrive even earlier…. Where is that as an option?
If WDW is sending people to a line at “X o’clock” that should trigger them sending employees at “X minus Y mins o’clock… “
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Sigh. From your lips to my employer’s ears. 
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