IheartNARWHALS Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I did stay and scream at Finnegans and this was our plan: The Walking Dead - walk on AvP - walk on Dracula - walk on Giggles - walk on Halloween - 20 minutes Roanoke - walk on Dollhouse - 20 minutes FDTD - 30 minutes What day did you go? Shit, that sounds nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foREVer56 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 If that's true about Halloween, it has to have been earlier on. That hasn't been the case the past week or so for that house. Shoots up to an hour real quick and expeditiously rises even higher. Except on either Thursday or Friday last weekend where it was a 5 min wait til around 6:45 for some reason. but that was not the norm at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleman2122 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 What day did you go? Shit, that sounds nice I went Saturday the 18th Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartNARWHALS Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I went Saturday the 18th The most successful Saturday I've ever heard of xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coleman2122 Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 The most successful Saturday I've ever heard of xD It was awesome! It wasn't too crowded, we go every year on that day and it's always successful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duh1011 Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 It was awesome! It wasn't too crowded, we go every year on that day and it's always successful Please teach me your ways sensei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_K. Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Please teach me your ways sensei It's a non-FFP night. That's about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorules Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Anyone know how the crowds were last night? This week is the one where Orange County has thursday and Friday off of schools and I was wondering if going tonight was even worth it. Already been 5 nights, don't mind waiting until next week if tonight is going to be unbearable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartNARWHALS Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Anyone know how the crowds were last night? This week is the one where Orange County has thursday and Friday off of schools and I was wondering if going tonight was even worth it. Already been 5 nights, don't mind waiting until next week if tonight is going to be unbearable. Even if it is bad tonight, it's open till 2. Most people clear out by midnight. So after that the lines should thin out tremendously. The FF horde is going to be there though so do some rides. It couldn't hurt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaronupsidasium Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 Theyre putting video projectors in the Dracula and Halloween queues right now. Halloween is basically playing DVD extras Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foREVer56 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Anyone know how the crowds were last night? This week is the one where Orange County has thursday and Friday off of schools and I was wondering if going tonight was even worth it. Already been 5 nights, don't mind waiting until next week if tonight is going to be unbearable. Without rushing/express, we did: Halloween/FDTD 4 Dollhouse/Drac 3 Roanoke 2 TWD/AvP/Giggles 1 Plus RHPS and Transformers. So I guess it wasn't too packed. xD Halloween was under 30 all the way until 7:30. It was the longest of the night at 90. TWD peaked at 75 for about an hour then was 45-60 all night. Same with AvP. Roanoke FDTD and Dollhouse never made it past 30. Drac and Giggles hit 60 very briefly but were 45 or less most of the night. Drac was literally a walk on from 11:30-1. FDTD was 10 or less for almost the entire night. It was amazing. I'm never not going on a Wednesday again. lol And isn't it a little late to add anything to the queues at this point? They made the screen in front of TWD playing trivia WAY brighter last night too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clash Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 walking dead was 120 minutes around 6:30... why? i dont understand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King_K. Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 walking dead was 120 minutes around 6:30... why? i dont understand It's towards the front of the park and it's immensely popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tich0las Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 As a fan of the show, I would be extremely disappointed if I waited 2 hours for that house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giorules Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) I still ended up going last night but wow was it beyond packed. The streets were so congested and for most of the night when I would check times, 6 houses would be at 120-150 min with 2 around 60/70 (Usually FDTD and Dracula). But when I walked over to KidZone and saw Dollhouse at 125 and Roanoke at 130 at the same time I decided to just walk around until around 12 and then hit houses once people started clearing out. Did AVP with about a 15 minute wait, Giggles with maybe 5 minutes, Roanoke with about 20, and FDTD with about a 45. Just spent most of the night in the zones. Also, AVP and Dracula both had projections last night. Edited October 24, 2014 by Giorules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) I have a sneaking suspicion that TWD has been inflating its wait times. Three times I've entered the queue at 60 or 90 minute waits and only waited 35 minutes at the most (including delays). Every time I've walked past the queue since, the time has consistently been anywhere from 60 to 120 minutes but was visibly very short, the same length as when I waited 30 minutes. Entering other house queues confirmed that the line wasn't double-backing in the soundstage section backstage, so no chance that they changed the queue over there to lengthen it out of view. Either way, the Walking Dead line has always had a massive discrepancy from what it actually claims. I have a suspicion that the wait time is being artificially inflated, either to keep the house from becoming packed or (more cynically) to make it seem more popular than it is. I'd brush it off as lucky mistakes if I hadn't checked literally every day that I've attended the event several times a night and found it to be consistently wrong. It's happened too often to just be a typical error. Edited October 24, 2014 by Cody 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duh1011 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I have a sneaking suspicion that TWD has been inflating its wait times. Three times I've entered the queue at 60 or 90 minute waits and only waited 35 minutes at the most (including delays). Every time I've walked past the queue since, the time has consistently been anywhere from 60 to 120 minutes but was visibly very short, the same length as when I waited 30 minutes. Entering other house queues confirmed that the line wasn't double-backing in the soundstage section backstage, so no chance that they changed the queue over there to lengthen it out of view. Either way, the Walking Dead line has always had a massive discrepancy from what it actually claims. I have a suspicion that the wait time is being artificially inflated, either to keep the house from becoming packed or (more cynically) to make it seem more popular than it is. I'd brush it off as lucky mistakes if I hadn't checked literally every day that I've attended the event several times a night and found it to be consistently wrong. It's happened too often to just be a typical error. I remember that on opening night, they DEflated the times. I went to TWD and it said 40 mins, but we waited an hour an a half. Every wait time was about 2x as long as posted, with the exception of Dollhouse which said 40 mins but was a walk-on 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
April Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I have a sneaking suspicion that TWD has been inflating its wait times. Three times I've entered the queue at 60 or 90 minute waits and only waited 35 minutes at the most (including delays). Every time I've walked past the queue since, the time has consistently been anywhere from 60 to 120 minutes but was visibly very short, the same length as when I waited 30 minutes. Entering other house queues confirmed that the line wasn't double-backing in the soundstage section backstage, so no chance that they changed the queue over there to lengthen it out of view. Either way, the Walking Dead line has always had a massive discrepancy from what it actually claims. I have a suspicion that the wait time is being artificially inflated, either to keep the house from becoming packed or (more cynically) to make it seem more popular than it is. I'd brush it off as lucky mistakes if I hadn't checked literally every day that I've attended the event several times a night and found it to be consistently wrong. It's happened too often to just be a typical error. But doesn't Express also play a factor? If there's a lot of Express people, they can make the line even longer. However, if there is less than the standby line is going to move faster. It just seems like a variable that can always change so sometimes the line could be less than posted but it could be more if not what is posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostdude Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I have a sneaking suspicion that TWD has been inflating its wait times. Three times I've entered the queue at 60 or 90 minute waits and only waited 35 minutes at the most (including delays). Every time I've walked past the queue since, the time has consistently been anywhere from 60 to 120 minutes but was visibly very short, the same length as when I waited 30 minutes. Entering other house queues confirmed that the line wasn't double-backing in the soundstage section backstage, so no chance that they changed the queue over there to lengthen it out of view. Either way, the Walking Dead line has always had a massive discrepancy from what it actually claims. I have a suspicion that the wait time is being artificially inflated, either to keep the house from becoming packed or (more cynically) to make it seem more popular than it is. I'd brush it off as lucky mistakes if I hadn't checked literally every day that I've attended the event several times a night and found it to be consistently wrong. It's happened too often to just be a typical error. I'm sure it's a psy op cohorted by the Illuminati, Tri Lateral Commision, Skul and Bones, and the Builderburg group. The truth is out there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 (edited) But doesn't Express also play a factor? If there's a lot of Express people, they can make the line even longer. However, if there is less than the standby line is going to move faster. It just seems like a variable that can always change so sometimes the line could be less than posted but it could be more if not what is posted. Express doesn't play as much of a factor as it seems, as the Express lines only get occasional groups of people rather than a nonstop flood like the regular queue. Express couldn't really add more than 5, maybe 10 minutes at the most. What I do know is that the line has never been more than 30 or 35 minutes every time I've gone through and has visibly been no longer than 40 minutes but has consistently read wait times of ridiculous lengths. I'm going again tonight and I'll record how the line looks and compare it to the posted wait time just to prove my theory. Edited October 24, 2014 by Cody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foREVer56 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 I've waited 30 when it's said 60 and 75 when it said 75. So it just depends. Also, if both the regular and express queues are almost 100% full and it posts a 160-180 min wait, I'm inclined to believe it. Also, tonight is sold out according to Universal. I'm calling 200 min posted waits for Halloween/TWD, 180 for AvP, 120-150 for everything else. I feel like Halloween and AvP's queues aren't prepared to deal with that kind of crowd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostdude Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Express doesn't play as much of a factor as it seems, as the Express lines only get occasional groups of people rather than a nonstop flood like the regular queue. Express couldn't really add more than 5, maybe 10 minutes at the most. What I do know is that the line has never been more than 30 or 35 minutes every time I've gone through and has visibly been no longer than 40 minutes but has consistently read wait times of ridiculous lengths. I'm going again tonight and I'll record how the line looks and compare it to the posted wait time just to prove my theory. Go get'em tiger! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IheartNARWHALS Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 About last night. All these projections at almost every house except Roanoke. When did this happen? Do they only play them on packed nights? That was the first time ever seeing them. The AvP one was hilarious. It was the logo then it cut to a Lego animated scene from one of the Alien movies xDDD But the one in the Dollhouse queue (I saw coming out of Roanoke) had all the Icons. It was a nice touch for people waiting in the regular queues. Also last night was very successful for me with one of my friends. We have express so we got there at 8, did every house (except TWD because we didn't want to go through it) and every ride (except The Simpsons because we didn't want to walk to the back of the park for it) and we ended up leaving at 12:30. The park closed at 2. So in 3 1/2 hours we did every house and every ride with express. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Okay, I got in line for TWD. It says 160, but looking at it I estimate 60 minutes, 90 at the most if it doubles back out of sight. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) Entering the house now. Line is about 50 minutes. The sign is literally almost 2 hours overestimating it. Edit: I don't think the queue even has a 160 minute capacity. The wait was under an hour and used almost the entire queue space available. Edited October 25, 2014 by Cody 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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