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Just recently went to Disney land myself. We did the tour hopper on a day when California land closed early for a Halloween event, unfortunately we didn’t book

Just recently went to Disney land myself. We did the tour hopper on a day when California land closed early for a Halloween event, unfortunately we didn’t book well enough in advance to get tickets for the event, but that’s just bad planning. Anyways, the trip was amazing and magical as ever, there was no mysterious lack of black people, OPs experience is completely foreign to my own. The fast track wasn’t there, and we too looked puzzled at a group going through anyway until we realized they where accompanying a disabled guest. I don’t know if they also have some VIP thing, but I don’t mind waiting longer so someone in a wheelchair and their friends can have a nicer visit to the park. We knew we wouldn’t be there at 7am, so we planned on being ready to join the RoTR virtual line, instead of being in a ride when it opened, and we got a spot, amazing ride, though I’m puzzled why after a virtual line we still had to stand in a real line for 1 hour, they could just call in fewer groups at a time. The ride was still worth it all though, absolutely amazing, I would recommend it to anyone even with the 1 hour line. Cost wise, yes Disneyland is expensive, but as a european who also has to book expensive flights on top, I still think it’s worth it.

brutus1213 5y ago
I made the same mistake as you a few years back. Had no indication that they were closing early for holloween (and letting in others plus a parade). I was pretty annoyed that I couldn't pay more to stay (same situation .. was sold out). My thinking was that this is locals crowding out the tourists. When I considered what I paid compared to annual pass, it was clear that the hard core disney fans in the area were getting a far better deal than I was. I was also appalled at the number of people (popular rides like guardians of the galaxy had 1.5-3 hour waits). I did not understand Fastpass (my bad but come on .. it was visiting a theme park for my kids .. why do they make it so complicated? I am on vacation to avoid complexity.) As a parent with little kids who could not go on every ride, it was simply terribly over priced. It was not like this when I was a kid. Basically, my experience made me swear off Disney .. it is like the big mac burger .. the picture of the burger is amazing. Reality is different.
- jinushaun 5y ago
  Disneyland is complicated because the majority of park attendees are annual pass members who visit the park regularly. They have perfected a system that has completely saturated the capacity of the park. It’s akin to bots buying up all the consoles leaving none for real people. One-off visitors to the park have no chance against this crowd. I know because I’m married to one of these people. We easily ride all the rides we want multiple times a day.

brutus1213 5y ago

I made the same mistake as you a few years back. Had no indication that they were closing early for holloween (and letting in others plus a parade). I was pretty annoyed that I couldn't pay more to stay (same situation .. was sold out). My thinking was that this is locals crowding out the tourists. When I considered what I paid compared to annual pass, it was clear that the hard core disney fans in the area were getting a far better deal than I was. I was also appalled at the number of people (popular rides like guardians of the galaxy had 1.5-3 hour waits). I did not understand Fastpass (my bad but come on .. it was visiting a theme park for my kids .. why do they make it so complicated? I am on vacation to avoid complexity.) As a parent with little kids who could not go on every ride, it was simply terribly over priced. It was not like this when I was a kid. Basically, my experience made me swear off Disney .. it is like the big mac burger .. the picture of the burger is amazing. Reality is different.

jinushaun 5y ago
Disneyland is complicated because the majority of park attendees are annual pass members who visit the park regularly. They have perfected a system that has completely saturated the capacity of the park. It’s akin to bots buying up all the consoles leaving none for real people. One-off visitors to the park have no chance against this crowd. I know because I’m married to one of these people. We easily ride all the rides we want multiple times a day.