[Question] Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

[bigcatrik]

Friday night on Ghost Galaxy they were admitting about 40 from the FastPass line for each 4 or 5 from the Standby line. I went specifically to ride GG and kept my nose in a video game for most of it (100 min. posted wait with no FPs left, but it was really over 2 hours) so I wasn't paying close attention until I got to the very end of the Standby line. It was quite startling once I started counting it out.

Is this typical? Is this caused by not enforcing FP return times so it all bunches up at night?

[CMinParadise]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

Generally speaking, FastPass wait times need to be kept short in order for there to be a point to the system. If a lot of guests are returning to an attraction with FastPasses during a short timeframe, the FastPass queue gets longer. The only way for the CM's working the attraction to keep the FastPass wait time short is to increase the FastPass-to-standby ratio. This results in higher wait times for guests in the standby queue. And yes, this can be caused by guests saving their FastPasses for later, among other things.

[UnderCvrDisneyGeek]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

Are the wait times going to be 1.5 - 2 hours normally? Im going for a few days in October and one night is a halloween event on a friday. Im expecting long wait times on the friday but are the wait times going typically as bad as your talking about?

[oo_nrb]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

Removed.

[UnderCvrDisneyGeek]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

I wonder what u removed.

[bigcatrik]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

Are the wait times going to be 1.5 - 2 hours normally? Im going for a few days in October and one night is a halloween event on a friday. Im expecting long wait times on the friday but are the wait times going typically as bad as your talking about?

GG is a full-time overlay, not just for the special Halloween event (which hasn't started yet) so you can go in the morning to avoid a long line or get your FastPass early, or both.

If you're paying extra for the Halloween event then do the things unique to the event and don't waste time on anything you can do during the regular hours.

Although the SM/GG line was long, I thoroughly enjoyed the nighttime projections on the SM dome. I saw the entire 30-minute light and sound show twice before I reached the part of the line that can't see the dome and resorted to my video game. Even if you ride the ride during the day (which, as mentioned, will be the same any time) you should go up to the second level at night and watch the dome -- maybe not for the entire 30 minutes, though I might. Something's in there trying to get out...

[Malcon10t]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

Is this caused by not enforcing FP return times so it all bunches up at night?

The simple answer is Yes.

[dfan07]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

Space was broken down for a couple of hours on Friday night, so that might have been the cause of the long line. The FP holders with return times during the breakdown came back after it was fixed.

[DisneyDreamer2]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

This brings back memories of leap day where a 2 hour posted wait at 1am turned into a 3 and a half hour wait because we watched them continuously let in 50 people from the fastpass line to 10 from standby. the reason there was a never ending fastpass line was that the ride broke down twice that day and each time they gave everyone waiting a fastpass for up to 6 people. So if you had 6 in your party you could all come back together up to 6 times in a row that night. I would assume your evening with space mountain probably had a similar scenerio.

[Broadway Guru]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

This brings back memories of leap day where a 2 hour posted wait at 1am turned into a 3 and a half hour wait because we watched them continuously let in 50 people from the fastpass line to 10 from standby. the reason there was a never ending fastpass line was that the ride broke down twice that day and each time they gave everyone waiting a fastpass for up to 6 people. So if you had 6 in your party you could all come back together up to 6 times in a row that night. I would assume your evening with space mountain probably had a similar scenerio.

Sadly, nothing out of the ordinary. That's business as usual on most FP attractions. Add in the late FP returns and it's stop and go all day, and when I say "stop," I mean "stand in place for five or 10 minutes."

Used to be you could count on most wait times being about 25% shorter than what's posted on the board. Now it's 25% longer. Ah, the joys of Fastpass...

[Mr Wiggins]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

Ah, the joys of Fastpass...

...Soon to be surpassed by the ecstasy of NextGen.

As the man said, "You ain't seen nothin' yet!"

[Infernoman]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

If only there was a better way! is there? Personally let's drop FP altogether. Extreme? maybe but if I could choose...

...As I see it

[Garthilk]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

I can't wait for NextGen. Finally I'll be able to schedule my ride times long before I even get to the park.

[Seawolf]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

I find it comical that this year Haunted Mansion Holiday only reaches 45 minutes max without fastpass. Just last year the queue was easily over 80 minutes during peak hours. I recently waited in the line and it was constantly moving which made the wait much more tolerable. The system just needs to be removed entirely or strictly enforced.

[CatchAPairO]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

i like fastpass, it can save me at times and has given me a lot. then again, it ruins me when i watch the standby line sit there. if they could limit the fastpasses a little more, allow less, ideally leave enough so that at least everyone in the park could grab one, it would be better. but man, i dread the time i spend watching people with fastpasses go ahead of me.

[ghosty4]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

Friday night they were admitting about 40 from the FastPass line for each 4 or 5 from the Standby line.

Yep, that's pretty much the ratio.

[sediment]

Re: Ghost Galaxy - 10:1 FP/Standby ratio?

Seems more are agreeing with the simplest solution to this particular problem.