But let be back up. I was speaking to the criticism on Disney handled things, not suggesting there are not other ways to hand things now that we have hindsight.
I am saying why I think Disney’s handling makes sense based on the info they had and have.
When SWGE opened, they feared large crowds and implemented the BG concept. But crowds were underwhelming and they opened the land up by evening to everyone. So there was no data to go by for filling to capacity.
So, Disney decides to do the same thing for ROTR based on this. But on day 1, they fill all timeslots and then some. This is a new scenario. So next day they decide to allow early arrivers to start through the gates early. This was a wise decision on their part based on what they had seen. And this is why I wanted to post why I think Disney handled things well.
Going forward, they can tweak things more with this new data, potentially doing so of the things you suggested. But you were able to suggest them based on the experience of how it played out.
Disney should have done what they did in California when SWGE opened. All people staying on property that night get a randomly allocated boarding pass for that day. This could go on for a month or more and be called a soft opening. With an official opening in January. If you don’t use your boarding pass in time, sucks to be you. If all boarding groups have been called the ride opens for standby. Or it closes for maintenance.
Can’t blame you for a nap, there is no way in hell I would have made it thru MVMCP last night. We are going to try RofR again this afternoon using our fastpass. We had an early morning with the Sense of Africa tour which was awesome by the way.
So went to guest relations. Just like you a one day park hopper meant nothing with an annual pass. They ended up giving us one day passes for DL. Which we can use. We are very happy
