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Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 6:13 pm
by Main Streeter
Freak wrote:I can't wait for them to be able to buy something off my cart 180 days in advance....
Too funny Freak! :cool: Love it! :D:

Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 7:45 pm
by ktulu
So, I am going to book in advance, even if I am not going...

Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 8:40 pm
by darph nader
05:00. Wake up.
05:02. Take a 3min SSS
05:10. Get dressed
05:15. Finish loading car
05:22. Pull out of drive-way
05:32. Get on I-10 westbound
11:00. Stop for leak
14:00. Pull into hotel,check in
14:15. Car unloaded and in room
Day 2
07:00. awaken
07:02. 3min SSS
07:05. get dressed
07:20. Beat crowd for cheesy breakfast
07:55. get in line to open park
08:00-11:55. do rides
11:57. arrive to eat lunch at where ever
12:00. start eating said lunch
12:30. visit head
12:39-16:43. do rides
16:45. arrive for dinner.
"Oh yeah,we're havin fun'. :mad:

Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 10:03 pm
by Cheshire Figment
If they do institute this, I would like to see a strictly enforced policy of if you arrive more than 15 minutes after the reserved time you will find your reservation has been canceled.

The only exception is if the attraction is 101 during the time of your reservation, and then an adjustment will be made.

Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:01 am
by GRUMPY PIRATE
darph nader wrote:05:00. Wake up.
05:02. Take a 3min SSS
05:10. Get dressed
05:15. Finish loading car
05:22. Pull out of drive-way
05:32. Get on I-10 westbound
11:00. Stop for leak
14:00. Pull into hotel,check in
14:15. Car unloaded and in room
Day 2
07:00. awaken
07:02. 3min SSS
07:05. get dressed
07:20. Beat crowd for cheesy breakfast
07:55. get in line to open park
08:00-11:55. do rides
11:57. arrive to eat lunch at where ever
12:00. start eating said lunch
12:30. visit head
12:39-16:43. do rides
16:45. arrive for dinner.
"Oh yeah,we're havin fun'. :mad:
3 Minutes for a SSS, what the heck are you doing that takes that much time???? :eek:

Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 3:35 am
by Goofyernmost
GRUMPY PIRATE wrote:3 Minutes for a SSS, what the heck are you doing that takes that much time???? :eek:
Colon cleansing? It's all the rage.

Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:18 am
by Big Wallaby
Jinxed wrote:When I first read this my first impulse was to think they are trying to scale down on employees at hotels and parks? And also be able to monitor the guests every second spent at the resorts.
I can't find the article now, but I saw one that that is exactly what they want to do.
darph nader wrote:05:00. Wake up.
05:02. Take a 3min SSS
05:10. Get dressed
05:05. Fall into a time warp :D:

Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 9:20 am
by goofyjoe
CptnSkippy wrote: Future visitors to Walt Disney World will be able to reserve ride times from their home computers and bypass hotel check-in desks once they arrive at the resort, the head of the Walt Disney Co.'s global theme-park division said during an investors conference Thursday.
I hope that they set it up so you can only reserve a limited number of rides per day and only at one park per day, or some other way to restrict it. The FastPass system is set up such that you can't get another one until your FastPass window opens or two hours pass, whichever comes first. It'd be nice if people who are on the Disney Death March can't reserve each attraction one after another, and then scream and yell when they show up a little bit late and demand to be admitted.

Otherwise, it's just going to become like Disney Dining. People multiple-booking and then choosing which restaurant they want on the "day of", thereby keeping others from reserving those same slots. (Have they done anything to alleviate that?)

Besides, from a business standpoint, if you didn't go on something once, then maybe you'd want to return to WDW again later. Are they trying to discourage repeat visits? :confused:

Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 11:52 am
by delsdad
Then they can introduce the Disney Attraction Plan. Pre-purchase a set of tickets that entitles you to enjoy several attractions each from groups A, B C, D, and E.

Hmm..this sounds vaguely familiar...

Re: Guests will be able to reserve ride times from home

Posted: Sun Feb 20, 2011 12:57 pm
by GRUMPY PIRATE
Goofyernmost wrote:Colon cleansing? It's all the rage.
BUM'er

:eek: