too trueLOL wait till the first day of Candy Canes.........
Here today (Saturday) and it doesn’t seem to be too bad. Nothing compared to October at least! There doesn’t seem to be a strong influencer presence today, but maybe my zigging when they zag is working out. Lucky for them as I had a great plan to loudly “go LIVE” from the parks showing how influencers are ruining the experience of day guests. <— villain mode
I saw a couple lines at popcorn carts but nothing insane. Apparently people waited 3 hrs yesterday!?! (I don’t get the appeal of popcorn buckets myself.) The standby times however are ridiculous right now and return times for genie+ shot at waaay up starting at 10 so we’re taking a break at the GCH and waiting to book an evening post parade HMH.
To be on the safe side I mobile ordered our dinner to be picked up later. I added a Mickey gingerbread so let’s see if it still available later!
This post is definitely making me rethink coming on the first day of the 100th celebration…
It would be really nice if Disney set up extra carts next to the popcorn carts for specially bucket sales and left the regular popcorn carts for scoops of popcorn and regular buckets (not the premium ones) so people who just want to get their kids some popcorn can do it easily.Enchant key holders are blacked out today as well, so that minus the influencers is probably helping.
My daughter’s birthday is the first day of the 100th celebration…. We were planning on going, but after yesterday, forget it.
And I completely believe 3 hour lines for popcorn. I don’t understand it at ALL. The bucket isn’t even that interesting.
That's a great idea. I hope that all of you who couldn't get popcorn yesterday will write to Disneyland and suggest something like this.It would be really nice if Disney set up extra carts next to the popcorn carts for specially bucket sales and left the regular popcorn carts for scoops of popcorn and regular buckets (not the premium ones) so people who just want to get their kids some popcorn can do it easily.
Or heck, just sell them in the old arcade space, set up 10 tables and go.
I was going to post the exact same thing. I think the selfie-stick ban occured sometime after 2015, but I could be wrong.I thought selfie sticks were banned years ago? Is it not enforced?
Yup, and no, not enforced at. all. The people walking around with the damn thing in their face makes me batty. They pay zero attention to where they are goingI was going to post the exact same thing. I think the selfie-stick ban occured sometime after 2015, but I could be wrong.
Right? I saw most people who were hoarding popcorn buckets either say no popcorn or throw it out. Some people just want popcorn!It would be really nice if Disney set up extra carts next to the popcorn carts for specially bucket sales and left the regular popcorn carts for scoops of popcorn and regular buckets (not the premium ones) so people who just want to get their kids some popcorn can do it easily.
Or heck, just sell them in the old arcade space, set up 10 tables and go.
I remember we went right after they'd been banned, and a few people ahead of us in line had to leave their selfie sticks behind. I guess they've stopped enforcing that rule.I was going to post the exact same thing. I think the selfie-stick ban occured sometime after 2015, but I could be wrong.
I never said I didn't agree that they shouldn't allow people to mobile order unless they are in the park, the fact of the matter is they do and unfortunately that means people are going to do it. I would have done it because it's allowed.The poster is saying they shouldn’t allow people to mobile order before park opening, not that they shouldn’t be able to mobile order at all. And I agree with this, especially on days when they are releasing special food items like this.
I honestly think people shouldn’t be able to order unless they’ve scanned into a park on days like this. It would make the “playing field” much more fair.
It wasn’t much better in DLR. I actually think 16 rides for being in the parks for rope-dropping and being in the park for 14 hours AND using Genie+ isn’t that great. They should’ve been able to do way more. Rise didn’t even open until at least after one. The evening for rides was actually much better than it usually is for a Friday night. I suspect it’s because locals were in the parks for merch, food, and ambiance and not so much for rides.
My husband and our daughter pretty much walked onto Indie at around 9:30 at night. They said they used their MEP from earlier when it was down but they should have saved it because there was no one in the Standby line. Meanwhile, Goofy’s flight school had a 230 minute wait after it came back up. What a weird day for rides.
Why does Disney make those stupid, expensive “popcorn buckets” that don’t look like they are very good for their supposed purpose? And why do people buy them when they don’t actually want popcorn anyway? Fine, if they are just toys or collectibles, why can’t Disney stop playing this silly game and just sell them in some of the shops on Main Street? Then, on the off chance that someone actually wanted to soil their precious “popcorn bucket” with actual popcorn, maybe they could just get a free voucher? Problem solved!
For that matter, why doesn’t Disney just be honest and upfront, and sell TICKETS for Fantasmic and etc, rather than forcing people to go through the motions of making an ADR for a crummy, overpriced meal or table of cupcakes and Coke products? Just call it what it is, put a price on it and sell it.
I don't know if internal politics is the whole story. But, anyway, Disney is happy to lay people off and shuffle people around when it suits their purpose. Especially these past two years.Most likely because it would cause accounting and internal politics issues. The popcorn buckets and meals can be under the "food and beverage" department's budget and earnings while what you are suggesting would put it under merchandise and entertainment respectively.
Imagine being the manager of Hungry Bear and told you have to lay off some cast members because it makes more financial sense to just sell Fantasmic reserved seating instead of a dining package. It's going to be a rocky few months if someone holds a grudge over this.
We were there Friday and Saturday. Friday was a mess. We mainly wanted to shop, see the parade and fireworks, we didn't do rides. We had fun with the parade. Unfortunately, fireworks were canceled, but I sort of enjoyed watching all the vloggers who had been set up for hours, have their time wasted.
Saturday was easier.