Disney Finds New Way To Bleed Park Guests Dry: Introducing* LIGHTING LANE PREMIERE PASS

[setsuna16]

*Guests to Disneyland Paris (there are dozens of them! dozens!) have already had Lightning Lane Premiere Pass prior to this announcement for the US (Domestic) Parks

Comments

[la_petite_singe]

Great, but did they fix the fucking DAS thing for guests w/ disabilities??? From what I understand, they really need to!

[setsuna16]

Last I heard they made another change to it somewhat recently. And, if memory serves, it kind of made it worse? But I don't have the need to know about the particulars of the DAS, so I don't retain that information.

[beaucadeau]

…couldn’t be me. I went to Disneyland Paris this summer and it slapped negl

[setsuna16]

I want to go to Tokyo Disney for their 50th in 2034, because I've been to every Disney Park during their 50th at this point. But I have no desire to ever go to Disneyland Paris. I have very little interest in Paris/France in general, and while their castle is stunning, ehh.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, though!

[beaucadeau]

I mean, fair. I was already in Paris with a friend and we thought why the hell not. The ticket was reasonable, the train to the park was direct and cheap, and tbh it was my best Disney/themepark experience in a long time: not too crowded, lines were constantly moving, good quality food at reasonable prices, and the rides were excellent. I don't know if I'll ever go to Disneyland or Disney World again, but I'd go to Disneyland Paris next week.

[fffireburns]

I do like the idea of just being able to get in line if you have a pass, because that feels closer to the BEST system, which was the paper passes. But paying for it?? Per park??? Lmao bye.

[setsuna16]

The OG Fast Pass had Donald on the back of the tickets, too. Our benevolent King. Mickey would never allow such a glorious thing to be free.

[fauxkaren]

The Defunctland video about Fast Passes kinda proves that the original paper ticket system was the ideal Fast Pass system and generally worked as intended.

But Disney can't monetize a free system that works well at creating a better guest experience so of course it had to go!

[setsuna16]

I liked how they were like "oh, that giant monster out there? Some of the people out there have figured out how to be friends with it and like it!"

[captainamerica]

i'm soooo fucking glad i don't work at the parks anymore

[setsuna16]

On the cruises they apparently have a cast member appreciation moment during the last dinner because "cast members are the magic" and it's like "now Disney, we ALL know you treat your cast members like expendable nothings..." BUT the overall sentiment is true and cast members are the magic and even if it ultimately an empty gesture I appreciated that they made it.

Long story short: I appreciate what you did as a cast member, even if we never interacted.

[manu19]

Read it like three times and still don't get but I haven't been to an amusement park since Universal in Orlando in like 2018 so I am probably not the target audience anyway. Poor parents though, so expensive

[setsuna16]

Perhaps I also made it more convoluted than it needed to be. I can do that sometimes.