I've long thought that the one way Disney could help improve the overall attraction experience would be to find a way to guarantee short waits (FP / LL) for a certain number of attractions based upon the length of your hotel stay, while at the same time limiting guests to one FP / LL per attraction, per visit.
In the years leading up to the pandemic, Flight of Passage and Navi River were a consistent problem. They were tiered, so you could only do one per day. But even then, you needed to be online right when the FP+ window opened in order to book something. Many people missed those attractions entirely. Meanwhile, I'm sure there were others using workarounds or just good luck to book them multiple times over the course of a trip. Same was true when Rise of the Resistance was part of the virtual queue lottery system--some got on, many did not.
If I'm staying at a WDW resort for 7 nights, find a way to give me the ability to at least get one ride on FOP, Rise, Tron, Guardians, Remy, etc. Some may bristle at the idea of being restricted in that manner. Some would find a way to work around it. But if you want to foster some semblance of fairness, that's the best way to do it. No ride reservation system is going to overcome daily capacities. If Rise can only handle 1/3 of the people visiting HS in a given day, thousands are going to be left out. However, if I plan 3 days at HS, let me be part of that fortunate 1/3 at least once.
Start with the idea that with 7 days in the parks, guests should get access to every attraction at least once. If people take shorter trips of 6 or 5 or 4 days, they get fewer guarantees. If you eliminate the duplication by people staying in 30,000 Disney Resort rooms, it should go a long way toward opening up access for locals and day guests.
Biggest drawback is that you're flat out telling people that 7 days on property only gets you one FP/LL for Rise, one for Tron, etc. But isn't that better than the reality of many people walking away with ZERO rides?
In the years leading up to the pandemic, Flight of Passage and Navi River were a consistent problem. They were tiered, so you could only do one per day. But even then, you needed to be online right when the FP+ window opened in order to book something. Many people missed those attractions entirely. Meanwhile, I'm sure there were others using workarounds or just good luck to book them multiple times over the course of a trip. Same was true when Rise of the Resistance was part of the virtual queue lottery system--some got on, many did not.
If I'm staying at a WDW resort for 7 nights, find a way to give me the ability to at least get one ride on FOP, Rise, Tron, Guardians, Remy, etc. Some may bristle at the idea of being restricted in that manner. Some would find a way to work around it. But if you want to foster some semblance of fairness, that's the best way to do it. No ride reservation system is going to overcome daily capacities. If Rise can only handle 1/3 of the people visiting HS in a given day, thousands are going to be left out. However, if I plan 3 days at HS, let me be part of that fortunate 1/3 at least once.
Start with the idea that with 7 days in the parks, guests should get access to every attraction at least once. If people take shorter trips of 6 or 5 or 4 days, they get fewer guarantees. If you eliminate the duplication by people staying in 30,000 Disney Resort rooms, it should go a long way toward opening up access for locals and day guests.
Biggest drawback is that you're flat out telling people that 7 days on property only gets you one FP/LL for Rise, one for Tron, etc. But isn't that better than the reality of many people walking away with ZERO rides?