I definitely get all you're saying here, and I agree with almost all of it. WDW has to walk a line - on one hand, they want to make sure the attractions are there for their resort guests, and as a WDW resort guest, I don't want to have to wait while some non-resort guest holds up the line and makes a scene. At the same time, WDW probably would appreciate any extra money that people spend on food and in the gift shops. (Though, in reality, I'll bet most of those people are just hanging around and not spending any money. Though I'm sure Disney keeps track of that somehow.)mapo wrote: Question: When you are working your attraction, how many non Disney resort guests do you get who "just wanna ride one more time"? How long do they hold that queue up?
How many coordinators, managers, security, custodial, park operations, and entertainment cast are utilized to deny access to attractions or entertainment that resort guests are supposed to enjoy as a perk of being a resort guest?
Oh, and at the end of EMH hours (evening of course), how many of those same people are holding us up so we can finally close the damned park?
My question is this. Would you then advocate for a "hard close" of the park prior to EMH, where non-resort guests are shooed out of the park? I am told that they do this for the MK parties. This, of course, would presuppose that they issue wristbands for EMH instead of the current room key system. (Personally, for all those years, I never had a problem with the wristbands.)
Probably the best EMH moment for me was in 1999, when I was almost 17 and visiting with my family. My brothers and paid $10 for E-Ride Night (which I think is what they called it) and there were virtually no lines for anything at MK, even Space Mountain. I think they let us ride Buzz Lightyear 3 times in a row without even getting out.
