This is a ridiculous idea! I don’t want to be spending more time monitoring virtual queue lines on my phone than enjoying my family time while in the park. That’s creating chaos where it’s not needed, it takes away from the immersive experience, and adds stress to what should be a relaxing experience. As with many of their recent changes, this is going to add another layer of cost to park goers. Give us a break Disney!!! You’re raking in enough money on ticket and parking prices. Quit nickel and diming us to death!!!
Actually this is wrong bc wdw knows virtual queues do not wrk they are looking at a way to remove em very quickly. Or at least use em only when the ride 1st opens and thats it. They know they do not wrk and cms and guests suffer… cms bc your asking them to wrk when there isnt a job to do when most of the day your just waiting and most guests cannot experience a day at the parks when their waiting on virtual queues. Oh and btw more than half the guests do not have the app and wont use it so how you expect them to join one? Wdw knows og lines and og fp wrked for a reason. A wise snowman once said technology is both our savior and our doom!
I would leave my cell in the car if I could as I hate having to carry that with me anywhere. I have it for emergencies in the car! I refuse to use it in the parks!
I Don’t Like It! – Quoted from the article: “A significant disadvantage is the increased dependency on mobile devices. Guests must constantly check their phones to secure spots, monitor queue times, and receive notifications. This reliance can detract from the immersive experience of a theme park, where the goal is often to escape everyday digital entanglements.” I don’t use Disney Apps! Or any really. Surprise, I use my phone as a phone. It is not used in Walt Disney World. Fast Pass was fine. If you wanted to plan ahead, you could. If you waited until the end of the day, you could still get on a couple rides. Walt Disney bought a lot a property to immerse guests in a total experience away from the rest of the world outside. Now, Disney wants you to reduce your experience to constantly looking at a small screen. Looking down at the screen, you might notice a manhole cover, or wagon tracks in the concrete You may never see the names on the Main Street windows. I enjoy Disney World for the fact I am there. Rides aren’t real long, the lines are long, but that isn’t all I go for. Can I get a reduced ticket price if I never get on a ride? Disney has lost the ideas that got them where they are. Give me a park map and an E-Ticket! I miss the details that have disappeared. As I walk around the Magic Kingdom, I like to point out all the little things that have disappeared in the nearly 50 years I have been going there.
I’m not a fan of the virtual queues. Not only does the return time keep changing but once you get in line, you still have to wait well over an hour to ride the attraction. If it worked as intended, I would be riding the attraction within 15 minutes of my call back time.
Am I missing something? If most of the rides go virtual queue won’t the virtual queue wait times get really long or will a high percentage of park goers rarely be able to get on a ride?
Comments for “Virtual Queue Only,” Disney Parks Cutting Traditional Lines for All Guests
John Bistline
This is a ridiculous idea! I don’t want to be spending more time monitoring virtual queue lines on my phone than enjoying my family time while in the park. That’s creating chaos where it’s not needed, it takes away from the immersive experience, and adds stress to what should be a relaxing experience. As with many of their recent changes, this is going to add another layer of cost to park goers. Give us a break Disney!!! You’re raking in enough money on ticket and parking prices. Quit nickel and diming us to death!!!
Wdw is doomed
Actually this is wrong bc wdw knows virtual queues do not wrk they are looking at a way to remove em very quickly. Or at least use em only when the ride 1st opens and thats it. They know they do not wrk and cms and guests suffer… cms bc your asking them to wrk when there isnt a job to do when most of the day your just waiting and most guests cannot experience a day at the parks when their waiting on virtual queues. Oh and btw more than half the guests do not have the app and wont use it so how you expect them to join one? Wdw knows og lines and og fp wrked for a reason. A wise snowman once said technology is both our savior and our doom!
Rick
It is hard to make sense of your comment. Way to many abbreviations.
watson john
They forget about those of us who DO NOT USE cell phones!!!
Jan K.
I would leave my cell in the car if I could as I hate having to carry that with me anywhere. I have it for emergencies in the car! I refuse to use it in the parks!
Ray Kolpek
I Don’t Like It! – Quoted from the article: “A significant disadvantage is the increased dependency on mobile devices. Guests must constantly check their phones to secure spots, monitor queue times, and receive notifications. This reliance can detract from the immersive experience of a theme park, where the goal is often to escape everyday digital entanglements.” I don’t use Disney Apps! Or any really. Surprise, I use my phone as a phone. It is not used in Walt Disney World. Fast Pass was fine. If you wanted to plan ahead, you could. If you waited until the end of the day, you could still get on a couple rides. Walt Disney bought a lot a property to immerse guests in a total experience away from the rest of the world outside. Now, Disney wants you to reduce your experience to constantly looking at a small screen. Looking down at the screen, you might notice a manhole cover, or wagon tracks in the concrete You may never see the names on the Main Street windows. I enjoy Disney World for the fact I am there. Rides aren’t real long, the lines are long, but that isn’t all I go for. Can I get a reduced ticket price if I never get on a ride? Disney has lost the ideas that got them where they are. Give me a park map and an E-Ticket! I miss the details that have disappeared. As I walk around the Magic Kingdom, I like to point out all the little things that have disappeared in the nearly 50 years I have been going there.
Jo Ann Dumond
I’m not a fan of the virtual queues. Not only does the return time keep changing but once you get in line, you still have to wait well over an hour to ride the attraction. If it worked as intended, I would be riding the attraction within 15 minutes of my call back time.
David kinsman
If they really wanted to improve guest experience hire maintenance people so the rides stop breaking down , this was rare before Covid.
Ken
This is why I only visit Universal Studios instead of Disney World now. I hate having to use my phone at amusement parks.
Bk7
Am I missing something? If most of the rides go virtual queue won’t the virtual queue wait times get really long or will a high percentage of park goers rarely be able to get on a ride?
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