Not to mention how they all have the boats on max speed now to get through each ride as fast as possible, despite the attraction being a perpetual 5 - 20 min max wait.
I agree given physical guide maps are a thing but it sounds like CMs are getting exhausted from the role play when certain guests don't want to play along.
People act like making 2B is something every film does. Only 1 SW film has made 2B...ever.
It doesn't matter. It's literally their job to commit to the role play. This kind of stuff used to be what set Disney apart, and in theory still can be. The fact that standards have fallen in Anaheim so that they can be lazy about it and not commit to their role doesn't change that.
Huh, when I went on 12/24 we were in Group 53 or something like that and got on around 1 PM. They capped it at like 125 or so I believe.
No they haven't changed it. Looking at reports, it has a 6+ hour breakdown today.
I don't feel like calling people who are out in the hot sun for hours and hours "lazy" because they break character to actually help confused guests is fair or right. Which is why, perhaps, standards have loosened- some park guests are dense as bricks or hyper-entitled, so, to be fair to the cast members, they have to dumb down the script or otherwise allow them to break character. I was merely offering a way they could stay on script without having to inconvenience problem guests.
Yeah, that's what I'm trying to get at. It's not really a necessary moniker, especially in such a wide galaxy where, say, Blackspire Outpost COULD have freshers called restrooms as a local dialect if they're unwilling to update canon in other ways. I could easily see some high-and-mighty guests getting mad because little Timmy needs to pee and the cast members aren't allowed to tell them where the bathroom is but, according to their rules, have to saying "oh, do you mean the fresher? It's right there!" and then Karen or Bob or whoever shouts at them like "No, the bathroom!!!"
Just to be clear, I don't want to come across as "hyper-entitled", and I definitely think any cast member in any role can and should be able to tell people where the bathroom is. All I'm saying is that every other Disney park around the world has a certain standard. People are paying a premium price to enter these parks and are supposed to be getting a premium show, at all times. I get that CMs are people too. They have feelings, they can have bad days. But their job is to not show that, and to make the guest's experience, as they say, "magical". It's literally their job. If they want to be lazy or look bored or not stay in character or get angry at the guests, they can go work for Universal or Six Flags, or do a myriad of other jobs rather than be an employee at a Disney theme park.
Oh, I didn't mean you when I said as much. I'm thinking about a very specific type of guest. I fully understand many cast members are, essentially, supposed to be partially actors, and as long as they get paid properly for their labor, they should absolutely give their all to the job they applied for. Maybe I'm misunderstanding what's going on here, but it just sounds to me like making a whole land essentially a LARP experience while the rest of the park hasn't really been one for decades for the most part might've backfired if they're already laying off on being in character all the time.
You pay extra. Think of it as Front Of The Line at Universal.
Yep, you can reserve starting at 30 days before your trip. 60 if you plan on staying on property.
Engineer on Smugglers Run is sort-of a weird position. If everyone else is doing their job, then yeah, engineer doesn't have much to do. When I rode it, on the other hand, the gunner was a 5-year old, so me and the other engineer were having to repair things all the time, it was fun.
Like others have mentioned already, this isn't what anyone in this thread is advocating for, nor is it what happens.
Yeah all the kids back in school and ratatouille and Mickey train ride will be out helping the lines at GE
