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> During the first month after it opened, the new Guardians attraction had an average wait time of 93 minutes, with the maximum wait time climbing to five hours

> During the first month after it opened, the new Guardians attraction had an average wait time of 93 minutes, with the maximum wait time climbing to five hours, according to the data. Words escape me.

dave5104 9y ago
One thing I didn't see mentioned in the article are demographics for visitors. Disneyland has always had a very local crowd, which is why they do things differently from Walt Disney World in Florida. By "local crowd", I mean you get a lot more people with season passes who go just for dinner in the park and then leave. Waiting up to 5 hours for the Guardians attraction would be a novelty to them since they've literally done everything else in the park many times over.
InTheArena 9y ago
That’s usual opening day insanity. Avatar land, at Animal Kingdom in Florida had a four hour wait - to get into the land to say nothing of rides. It always takes a while to get the operations side figured out. At Disneyland it’s worse, because they don’t have fastpass plus (which allows Disney to schedule a ton of rides, and also distributed traffic through the park). It’s also that it was unexpected. Disney was counting on Avatar land being the big opening weekend thing, and instead Guardian stole it’s thunder a bit. From everyone I have talked to, the ride is a blast, but I haven’t been on it yet.
wccrawford 9y ago
The same thing happened at Harry Potter for Universal. Fans are insane. Having said that, I was there for the second day of Harry Potter and waited in the 3 hr line to get into the HP area, and then another 1.5 hr line to actually ride the ride. I was there with a friend, and we chatted the whole time and it was a lot of fun. I probably wouldn't do it again for a new ride anywhere, but it was a neat experience once.

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> During the first month after it opened, the new Guardians attraction had an average wait time of 93 minutes, with the maximum wait time climbing to five hours

by ikeyany 9y ago

dave5104 9y ago
One thing I didn't see mentioned in the article are demographics for visitors. Disneyland has always had a very local crowd, which is why they do things differently from Walt Disney World in Florida. By "local crowd", I mean you get a lot more people with season passes who go just for dinner in the park and then leave. Waiting up to 5 hours for the Guardians attraction would be a novelty to them since they've literally done everything else in the park many times over.
InTheArena 9y ago
That’s usual opening day insanity. Avatar land, at Animal Kingdom in Florida had a four hour wait - to get into the land to say nothing of rides. It always takes a while to get the operations side figured out. At Disneyland it’s worse, because they don’t have fastpass plus (which allows Disney to schedule a ton of rides, and also distributed traffic through the park). It’s also that it was unexpected. Disney was counting on Avatar land being the big opening weekend thing, and instead Guardian stole it’s thunder a bit. From everyone I have talked to, the ride is a blast, but I haven’t been on it yet.
wccrawford 9y ago
The same thing happened at Harry Potter for Universal. Fans are insane. Having said that, I was there for the second day of Harry Potter and waited in the 3 hr line to get into the HP area, and then another 1.5 hr line to actually ride the ride. I was there with a friend, and we chatted the whole time and it was a lot of fun. I probably wouldn't do it again for a new ride anywhere, but it was a neat experience once.