KenHutch
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jul 7, 2005
They overestimate most of the rides when it gets close to closing to discourage people from getting in line. Remember if your in line you will get to ride even if the park is closed so they overestimate the wait times on purpose. If they had posted a 40 minute wait I guarantee you that the line would have become 120+ minutes again very quickly. I think sometimes they overestimate during the day as well. I was at Magic Kingdom the next day where Standby on PoTC and Haunted Mansion were 55 and 60 minutes. My actual wait time was 25 and 30 minutes. The curse of being a retired Marine I still time everything.That long before closing?
I wonder if that will become a thing? If word gets round that getting in line 15 mins or so before closing gets you a short wait then people who might have joined 2 hours before closing will put off doing so, and so the wait time around then drops.
We have a RD planned for our first AK day in August, and an early afternoon FP booked for our 2nd AK day, so a late run at the end of that 2nd day was on the cards. Now I have to think about whether it would be better to get in line at 7:15 or so for a 9:00 close, or leave it till 8:45.
Dilemmas, dilemmas.