Read the signs

[bpgstudios]

Well i know a few people who collect Fastpasses and sometimes ask me to get one on their birthday or something, and I think I have seen a few on ebay a while back...not sure if he bought it from a friend or the internet (i was just eavesdropping, not part of the convorsation)

anyways, ill be at Magic Kingdom tomorrow, some more stories when I return.

(*hopes to be able to contribute his humorous and frustrating stories in the future in this here forum too*)

[Celerystalker]

Maybe I am a stupid guest. I am one of those people who looks at the wait time and then asks the CM if that's REALLY the wait time.
I swear it makes sense in my head -
Say I got a fastpass because the wait was thirty minutes, then I went to another attraction and come back.
My fastpass isn't good for another 30 minutes and the wait time says 30 minutes.
It's for an attraction like Tower of Terror where you can't see how long the line is during a slower time of the year (I'm only guessing you can see the line during the busy times - I personally refuse to go during those times of the year since it seems pointless to me).
So I can either sit on a bench and wait 30 minutes or wait in line for 30 minutes. Only I know the wait time is not usually accurate.
So I ask.
And get told it's 30 minutes.
I've gathered from most of the posts here that the wait time system is seriously flawed and I guess the CMs have no way to know what it actually is, but I keep looking to them like they are the master of my world and know everything.
I guess I'll stop asking and just make my own decision.
And another thing - I always say "Can I ask a question?" because I think it sounds polite instead of just running up to someone and asking the question.
I'm so sorry! Please don't hate me! I swear I will commit every post to memory and be a perfect guest next time I come. :(

[BTTF4Life]

Wait times are estimations. The tend to be accurate, but sometimes they're posted higher than what they are.

[Stduck]

Yup its an estemate. But pretty accurate. Things that will affect the wait time....unexpected down time (or on Mansion and Buzz LONG ride stops), cast members who do not group correctly (sending empty rows. this can be avoided most of the time) and the number of fastpasses an attraction gives out.

[DLRFantasmic!Dan]

Guests always ask me, when I am working at "Honey", if the wait time for Space Mountain is correct, then I say, "That is what is says."

My (possibly outdated) Disneyland Radio Guide pamphlet states the following:

100 Delayed opening
101 Attraction is down (Routine)
102 Attraction is down (Urgent)
103 Attraction is down (Emergency)
104 Attraction is operating
105 Attraction is operating (Reduced capacity)
106 Attraction is operating (Full capacity)

I don't think I've ever heard a 102, 103, or 106 call. The other codes tend to work just as well for them anyway.

I never heard of a 102 or a 103!!!

[PirateJohn]

Guests always ask me, when I am working at "Honey", if the wait time for Space Mountain is correct, then I say, "That is what is says."



I never heard of a 102 or a 103!!!

They've been obsolete for a while. I remember using them at Toon Town back in 96.

[BTTF4Life]

Yup its an estemate. But pretty accurate. Things that will affect the wait time....unexpected down time (or on Mansion and Buzz LONG ride stops), cast members who do not group correctly (sending empty rows. this can be avoided most of the time) and the number of fastpasses an attraction gives out.

Also if you have disabled guests loading onto an RV, especially if it's an RV that can hold a full wheelchair. Things like that can cause ride stops or cascade stops.

[Alyssa3467]

My (possibly outdated) Disneyland Radio Guide pamphlet states the following:

100 Delayed opening
101 Attraction is down (Routine)
102 Attraction is down (Urgent)
103 Attraction is down (Emergency)
104 Attraction is operating
105 Attraction is operating (Reduced capacity)
106 Attraction is operating (Full capacity)

Anyone here care to update the Wikipedia article on "DisneySpeak" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisneySpeak? I'd do it myself, but I'm not a Cast Member, and don't have access to a (possibly outdated ;) ) Disneyland Radio Guide pamphlet.

[hhsrat]

[quote="Alyssa3467"]Anyone here care to update the Wikipedia article on "DisneySpeak" at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisneySpeak? I'd do it myself, but I'm not a Cast Member, and don't have access to a (possibly outdated ]

Keeping in mind that WDW and DLR have different uses for the codes

DisneyLand:
100 Delayed opening
101 Attraction is down (Routine)
102 Attraction is down (Urgent)
103 Attraction is down (Emergency)
104 Attraction is operating
105 Attraction is operating (Reduced capacity)
106 Attraction is operating (Full capacity)

WDW:
100 Delayed Opening
101 Attraction is down
102 Attraction is operating normally
103 Restroom break
104 ?
105 ?
106 ?

Of course, to really confuse people, you can use radio codes that are standardized but not widely used. For example, 10-81 (lunch break), or 96-E (escaped animal)

[PirateJohn]

96-E (escaped animal)

At Disneyland we just call them "guests."