monkyby87
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 18, 2012
IMHO, they should have made SWGE a 5th gate or, at least temporarily, limited the capacity the way they do at Discovery Cove. Charge a lot of money and have fewer people inside. With the buzz that's been going on for years surrounding this and the release of more and more info about how AMAZING it is going to be, the place is going to be packed to the gills, which, I personally think, is going to negatively impact the guest experience. I've been in Pandora and TSL during high crowd times. It's not fun and no one can truly appreciate the incredible detail in either of these lands when you are jam packed inside and are simply trying to move from point A to point B. Personally, I wouldn't mind if WDW went with a FP+ ONLY scenario for SWGE. Sort of what you see for timed-entry exhibits at places like the American Natural History Museum or the recent Mickey's 90th pop-up museum in NYC. You pay extra, you enter when it's your time and you can actually enjoy the experience. I'm all for anything that will reduce crowd size and increase the likelihood of a positive guest experience. If that means paying for FP+, I'm fine with that. Even without paid FP+, WDW is going to find ways to ultra-monetize access to SWGE.
SWGE isn't big enough to be it's own 5th gate park. It's much like Harry Potter world, it really isn't fit for being it's own park, there just won't be enough there. Granted Star Wars will indeed likely be much busier.
Disney has a balancing act to play of making as much money as they can, controlling crowds, yet still catering to their guests and being an enjoyable place. Making SWGE an exclusive, paid only type of place would hurt their image. Plus, lots of people will be taking an entire Disney vacation with SWGE in mind. If people found out they'd have to pay even more just to go to SWGE, which at the end of the day is just a portion of the park, they'd be disappointed and likely rethink their vacation.
SWGE is going to be crazy busy and crazy popular. There just isn't much they can do to limit the crowds and keep everyone happy.