DGsAtBLT
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2017
For those of you who are feeling confident that they're going to go to a FP+ system for RotR and are equating it to FoP, well . . . I want to say a few things.
(1) I love FoP. My sister and I stay at AKL and we try to ride FoP every day we're at WDW. We often succeed in our quest, sometimes getting a 4th FP+ for FoP and riding twice. I mean, we both love this ride.
(2) We were bowled over by RotR. I think it's not comparable to FoP. Not that it's "better," but that RotR is an experience. FoP is a ride--a very detailed, well-done ride, but a ride. RotR? Not a ride, although it's partly a ride.
(3) As many fans of Avatar as there might be there are maybe a zillion times more fans of Star Wars, which has been around for a lot longer and has legions of avid fans. SWGE is a big deal to these fans and RotR is the premier attraction. Star Wars fans will want to do RotR.
(4) It's possible to get FP+ for FoP on the day of, even if you didn't book it 60+4 ahead of time. RotR? Hah. No way. Not until WDW builds something either comparable or surpassing RotR will this be a possibility. So if they do go to a FP+ system for RotR, only people staying onsite will have half a chance of getting to experience RotR and they'll have to book it at 7 a.m. EST on the dot on probably day 60+7. This would shut out all people staying off-site and anyone whose trip is less than 7 days (if 7 days would even be adequate to snag a FP+ for RotR).
If they did do this, then there'd be a standby line. If FoP has 4-hour standby lines, then I'm gonna guess that RotR would have 6- or 7-hour standby lines.
Does WDW want to do this? I can't predict what they'll do. No one can, despite the certainties of some posters here.
My point? RotR is unique. It's not SDD or 7DMT and it's not even FoP. And it has built-in Star Wars fans who will want to ride. I'll be interested to see if WDW does go to a FP+ system for RotR. And I won't be at all surprised if DAH at DHS becomes their hottest ticket, assuming it would include RotR.
I mean, I can’t imagine that they never do. They built the line with FP+ in mind and I would hope a vague idea of the popularity. Is it 2 months away, 2 years away, 10 years away? That’s the question.
Nothing is certain but I think it’s a pretty safe bet it eventually happens. Dont forget soon it will exist on both coasts as well as WDW getting a slew of new attractions that while maybe not on ROTR’s level will become musts for a lot of people as well. I do think it’s reasonable to think this eventually settles to something vaguely resembling FoP popularity. If I’m not mistaken the capacity of ROTR is higher too?