At the time, we both thought maybe a year from now. Usually I have an educated guess on these things and this is something Michaela and I were discussing a few weeks ago while at the park. Lastly, I have no idea when this change will be made at Disneyland. Maybe it was that already, but a park with this many big attractions and a lack of small ones (or enough quality shows at the moment) will make the hours at the beginning and end of the day all the more valuable. Hollywood Studios is about to become a full on ‘get there at opening, take a break middle of the day at the pool and then come back for the night’ park. Even if they don’t, getting in line and waiting 2 hours right as the park is closing is a more efficient use of time than doing that right at opening. While everyone rope drops that, we do think crowd levels will thin out in Galaxy’s Edge by evening time. Showing up early will allow guests to do about half of the park now in the first hour or two, thanks to everyone rushing to Rise. I’ll spill the beans and tell you that we’re going to recommend doing Rise of the Resistance as the last attraction of the night. Next week, we will update our Hollywood Studios itinerary to reflect the change to the park. Getting rid of the virtual queue will save WDW from that and reward guests on a more traditional basis – first come, first serve instead of who has the fastest thumbs and knows how to use the My Disney Experience app. That’s especially true of first time guests. As much as blogs like this one, signs inside and outside of the park and Disney’s own website try to tell everybody the process of scoring a spot in the virtual queue, it’s impossible to reach everyone. I can’t imagine the amount of guests that come to guest relations every day who are upset about not getting to ride the attraction. With that out of the way, I do think there’s positive (non money making) motives for Disney, as well. From a business perspective, this makes sense and the timing is too convenient to think that they aren’t at least somewhat connected. That makes the virtual queue obsolete as adding Lightning Lane to an already complex system doesn’t seem feasible. The new Genie system will be debuting soon and Rise of the Resistance will be an attraction that guests can pay for to skip the line. In addition to virtual queues, we’ve been investing a lot into the guest experience in other ways, including exciting new attractions on the horizon like Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure opening soon at EPCOT, and coming this fall, the new Disney Genie complimentary and convenient digital planning service designed to create your best Disney Day.”Īs much as I’d like to believe that this move comes completely from a guest satisfaction standpoint, there are other motives at play and it says so right in that third paragraph. Virtual queues continue to be helpful with attraction access, merchandise launches, grand openings and more, and guests should continue to check the My Disney Experience app for the latest on how we’re using virtual queues across Walt Disney World Resort including its potential use at Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance at a later date, or from time to time. 23, we will pause the use of virtual queue for Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance, and guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios may experience this incredible attraction using a traditional standby queue for the first time since it opened in 2019. “We know our guests love choice and flexibility when planning their time in a theme park-which is why, starting Sept. Here’s what the Disney Parks Blog had to say about the change:
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