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[–] [email protected] 92 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Is it even worth going to Disneyland? It just sounds like an 8 hour day of waiting in line for 7.5 hours and 30 minutes of ride.

[–] funnystuff97 48 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you go during non-peak days and have a general game plan, it's not that bad. You can get a good amount of ride time going if you time your Fastpasses (they're free) good enough.

The pricetag, though, that's on you to decide. I like going, but I wouldn't go more than, like, once... a decade.

[–] XbSuper 2 points 1 year ago

Once was enough for a lifetime for me. I enjoyed it, but it wasn't really that much better than most amusement parks, and certainly not worth the price to go back. I can say I've been, and that's enough for me.

[–] moistclump 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How much is it? For the lazy. Like me.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

It’s a little over $100 a ticket. I also don’t think fast pass is free anymore.

[–] 200ok 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Disney was a childhood fantasy. Maybe my Innocence is preserved by never having gone.

Now I'm old, don't like people, and have zero-tolerance for anything with a queue/poop.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My family used to go every year when I was growing up, and it just progressively got worse. I can't imagine how awful an experience it is now in 2023.

It wasn't nearly as crowded in the years before Fast Pass or whatever the fuck they call it now. It was bearable when Fast Pass was new. But eventually everyone was getting Fast Pass, which defeated the point of it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I believe Disney shot themselves in the foot with Fastpass. It turned the parks from something you experience and explore, into a checklist and schedule.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This sounds like a good solution. It will always be a magical place for me this way.

[–] The_v 15 points 1 year ago

It's 7.5 hours of shopping for Disney merchandise with 30 minutes of rides.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Okay, I’ve never been to Disneyland, but I’ve been to Disney World many, many times, and I’ve been to many other theme parks around the US.

It’s sometimes a bit of a crapshoot, but obviously if you go off-season, opening (of the season) day, or weekdays vs weekends, there will be shorter lines. I’ve been to days at Busch Gardens and Six Flags where there were zero lines and the operators would just let you stay on the ride as many times as you wanted. I’ve also been in the “let’s get grandma a wheelchair so we can go to the front of the line for Small, Small World.”

It’s really just whatever floats the collective boats of the folks you’d be bringing. I do have to say, though, that being a little day drunk or a bit stoned at Disney or Universal is amazing but the lines will potentially take much, much longer.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

We went to universal studios singapore and stood i a line for hours for a 10 minute ride. It was the best fucking rollercoaster in my life but it wasnt worth it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I dunno, but it smells like shit.