Disneyland Celebration Begins, Tron is Almost Here, and the Battle for Boarding Groups!

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We’re back from Disneyland and ready to talk about Runaway Railways, Lightcycles, and the struggle to get a virtual queue!

Each week, we cover the top stories in Disney Parks news and discuss the topics that are top of mind for the Disney community.

Welcome to ParksCenter on WDWNT.TV! We’re back with more news and discussing the latest happenings in Disney and Universal Parks. Join us live each Sunday night at 9pm ET!

We begin with a breakdown of the 100 Years of Wonder celebrations at Disneyland last week. We’ll discuss the opening of Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway in Toonwtown, the new Cast Member name tags, the chase for coins, merch, food, and more!

Then, it’s the latest Disney Parks news from around the world.

Splash Mountain has closed, and work has already begun on Tiana’s Bayou Adventure at Walt Disney World. On the other side of the Magic Kingdom, Tron Lightcycle Run continues to inch towards its opening with finishing touches, updates, and Cast Member previews.

We’ll also talk about the Garden Rocks concert lineups, the MOnorail breaking down, Munchling food items, Valentine treats, and new Meet and Greets!

Finally, we’ll talk about the pros, but mostly cons of the Virtual Queue system. With Runaway Railway just getting it in Disneyland, and the announcement of it coming to Tron and Disney World, it seems like it’s here to stay. We’ll tell you firsthand about the headaches, the heartbreaks, and the tricks we use to grab that all-important reservation.

So much to cover, and we’ll pack it all into 90 minutes. You won’t want to miss this special episode of ParksCenter!

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7 thoughts on “Disneyland Celebration Begins, Tron is Almost Here, and the Battle for Boarding Groups!”

  5. Hi guys. Not that I am upset about the Epcot signs….but……..wouldn’t it have been much cooler if the lots were….the dream finder……horizons……etc….a throwback to those characters would have been nice since they have been gutted from inside.

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  6. Only X people can get on a given ride per day. You either have to wait in a physical line or virtual line. It’s not a good look for Disney to have 5, 6, 7 hour waits, and no one wants to spend half their day waiting for one ride. So, on the surface, a virtual queue is a good idea. The issue is the demand simply exceeds supply and the implementation of the virtual queue obviously is not user or vacation friendly. Disney could certainly improve the implementation.

    It would be fairer (and easier) to have everyone with a park pass reservation who wants to try for a virtual queue spot click a button in the app anytime the day before up until a cutoff time (notifications could be pushed to everyone’s phones the day before), and then Disney could just draw names out of a hat and assign boarding groups, so people would know whether they got a spot the evening before. Then, as some people inevitably miss their return time, Disney could automatically reassign slots to people who entered the lottery and are in the park but didn’t get a slot in the lottery. Being able to follow an atomic clock to try to click faster than everyone else gives you an advantage, but tons of people are doing that and, honestly, should it? Selfishly, yes, I want to maximize my chances of getting on a ride, but that shouldn’t be part of the experience.

    We had a physical standby line only with Flight of Passage. That led to 4+ hour waits. The only way you could avoid that was to get to the park at 6 am so you were towards the front of the line. Even then, you were still standing in a line for 1-2 hours as you moved from the tapstiles, to the land entrance, to the ride entrance, not to mention how early you had to get up. That’s not a good guest experience, but at least you could get on the ride.

    Personally, I’m not willing to wait hours for any ride, so I’m fine taking my chances with a virtual queue.

    The only real answer is to build more E ticket attractions and make sure they are designed for maximum capacity. Disney simply has no financial incentive to do that because people keep coming without it.

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