An hour is a ridiculous amount of time to have to wait. I would be very upset if I had a FP and still waited an hour. That just doesn't fit into my schedule for the day. I agree with you about the anytime FPs. It seems like they plan for a certain number of FP before the day arrives and then anytime someone gives out anytime FP it changes that whole planning process.Our experience with FP last week was very much hit or miss. It took us just about an hour from the time we entered the FP line on TT until we actually got off the ride-back ups at every stage made for a long wait. One FP for FoP was fairly quick (about 13 minutes from the tap style to the pre-preshow), but our second FoP FP took much longer. TSMM was long, but Space and Big Thunder were less than 15 minutes each.
It did seem that many people had anytime FP to use for rides like TT and Soarin, which I'm sure is part of the issue.
I know when we went to MK in March we noticed the Space Mountain FP line seemed ridiculously long. We didn't have a FP for it, but that made us turn away pretty fast. It almost makes me wonder though because the line was backed up behind the scanners like you said. So maybe people are just slow at scanning their bands.Just got back from 5 days and have to disagree. I actually thought for the majority of rides the FP seemed quicker than in the past. That being said, there were times where the FP entrance was backed up out the door but almost always that backup was for scanners and you zoomed through the line once you got it. I was actually shocked how quick we got through FoP on FP, I was actually expecting that one to be 30 minutes but usually in the first preshow area 5-10 minutes after entering.
I know when we went to MK in March we noticed the Space Mountain FP line seemed ridiculously long. We didn't have a FP for it, but that made us turn away pretty fast. It almost makes me wonder though because the line was backed up behind the scanners like you said. So maybe people are just slow at scanning their bands.
Haha if the line went through that whole que it would mean the end of the worldAt Space Mountain, if you see FP out the door it's pretty much ALWAYS at the scanners (or a broken down ride). The walkway into that ride is very long - you're not going to see an actual line the entire length of the queue.
Haha if the line went through that whole que it would mean the end of the world
An hour is a ridiculous amount of time to have to wait. I would be very upset if I had a FP and still waited an hour. That just doesn't fit into my schedule for the day. I agree with you about the anytime FPs. It seems like they plan for a certain number of FP before the day arrives and then anytime someone gives out anytime FP it changes that whole planning process.
I knew exactly what the PP was saying, but that is still a really long to wait for a ride with a FP, preshow or not. I've never had to wait that long EVER with a FP and I don't believe anyone should. I was simply saying that waiting an hour when you planned it to be much shorter wouldn't work in my schedule. I've waited two hours for 7DMT and an hour for many rides, but I didn't have a FP.The PP didn't wait an hour in the FP queue - they stated it took an hour from start to finish, as in entering the FP queue, doing the preshow, loading, riding, exiting.
Maybe WDW isn't for you if things have to fit into your schedule for the day or you get upset? There's so much that can go wrong at WDW that anyone trying to stick to a schedule is most likely going to fail.
Haha I've never been there during Christmas time so I wouldn't know.Or Christmas Week on steroids!
I know when we went to MK in March we noticed the Space Mountain FP line seemed ridiculously long. We didn't have a FP for it, but that made us turn away pretty fast. It almost makes me wonder though because the line was backed up behind the scanners like you said. So maybe people are just slow at scanning their bands.
We also saw Living With the Land at 40 minutes standby, something I don't think I have ever seen.
Yeah it's a pretty long walk through that building to get to the ride, but it's definitely worth it. DH and I usually get so excited with our FPs that we jog through the FP que.The SM FP line is deceiving from the outside. Once thru the tapstile it is common to walk for 3-5 minutes in the building to reach the back of the loading line.