Ok, I'm going to try to post a new thread, maybe it will not get deleted. However, since it is anti-Disney it probably will. There were SO many off posts ( especially about the charts on that thread) that to get it deleted without a message... just RUDE!
The RoTR has completely ruined the Hollywood Studios experience. I am telling all of my friends not to go for several years. It isn't just that the BG's are gone in 1-3 minutes, but the fact that it makes the parks SO much more crowded now. The waits are insane. If you are staying on-site, then you might get some FP's, but otherwise... We stayed offsite..paid 1400 for the 8 nights for the 5 of us to have an entire house. ( Our kids are young adults.) To stay onsite would have been 5 times that much. We paid over 600 dollars for our one day ticket. We were lucky and did get to ride first thing, but when we got off the lines were completely unmanagable. SO MANY PEOPLE.
Now you have to be on your phone the whole time you are there. Everyone is staring at it waiting for 7 to get a BG. Then you are constantly trying to keep track of times...TOT is only 45 minutes RUN, but then you get there and it is now 90 minutes... Or if you have a later BG's then you are constantly watching it to make sur eyou don't miss it... To move around FP's to accomodate your BG.
Now with only have an hour window that totally screws up even people who planned with FP and ADR's. You can get stuck in the cue for several hours if it breaks down, thereby missing several FP or ADR. Yes, they will probably reschedule you. But for us, a party of 5 or bigger parties- trying to squeeze you into a restaurant will not be easy. And then how many FP's will they be able to redo??? What a nightmare for the CM's.
Before I said to get your BG ride your one ride at rope drop and if you have any FP's and leave, but now with this 1 hour window, that isn't feasable. Just stay far, far away from HS until they open up maybe 4 or 5 more rides and can accomondate the crowds. When I came back in 2008, I did not wait in any line EVER because I planned. Now, that isn't possible, especially if you stay off-site.
The RoTR has completely ruined the Hollywood Studios experience. I am telling all of my friends not to go for several years. It isn't just that the BG's are gone in 1-3 minutes, but the fact that it makes the parks SO much more crowded now. The waits are insane. If you are staying on-site, then you might get some FP's, but otherwise... We stayed offsite..paid 1400 for the 8 nights for the 5 of us to have an entire house. ( Our kids are young adults.) To stay onsite would have been 5 times that much. We paid over 600 dollars for our one day ticket. We were lucky and did get to ride first thing, but when we got off the lines were completely unmanagable. SO MANY PEOPLE.
Now you have to be on your phone the whole time you are there. Everyone is staring at it waiting for 7 to get a BG. Then you are constantly trying to keep track of times...TOT is only 45 minutes RUN, but then you get there and it is now 90 minutes... Or if you have a later BG's then you are constantly watching it to make sur eyou don't miss it... To move around FP's to accomodate your BG.
Now with only have an hour window that totally screws up even people who planned with FP and ADR's. You can get stuck in the cue for several hours if it breaks down, thereby missing several FP or ADR. Yes, they will probably reschedule you. But for us, a party of 5 or bigger parties- trying to squeeze you into a restaurant will not be easy. And then how many FP's will they be able to redo??? What a nightmare for the CM's.
Before I said to get your BG ride your one ride at rope drop and if you have any FP's and leave, but now with this 1 hour window, that isn't feasable. Just stay far, far away from HS until they open up maybe 4 or 5 more rides and can accomondate the crowds. When I came back in 2008, I did not wait in any line EVER because I planned. Now, that isn't possible, especially if you stay off-site.
