From Monday, 6/1 at MK. At 1:00 in the afternoon we used our FP for Space Mountain. Posted SB time was 105 minutes. I was surprised to find FP line backed waaay up (not all that far into the building), and significantly longer than the SB line. Good news was that the FP line moved well, but it was longer than I would have guessed. When we got off ride, SB posted time was at 80.
We got a 4th FP for Space at 9:15pm. That time posted SB was 40 minutes, and the whole situation was more like I would expect...FP line walk to virtually the merge point, and SB not too far in.
Yesterday (6/2) at DHS at RnRC from about 5:15 to 6:00 I saw the posted SB time go from 70 to 30 to 70 to 40.
Today (6/3) at DHS, rode tsmm first thing as SB (8:00am for EMH). They were having technical difficulties, and didn't get off ride until 8:30 to see posted SB of 75 minutes. Woman in charge of posting time said that the line was likely 45 minutes, but she just wasn't sure enough to knock it down. We got in line...by the time in building, SB was changed back to 45. Actual time was about 30 minutes.
Then later in day did tsmm with FP at 1:00pm. FP line was out door into walkway. Posted SB was 85 minutes, but SB line was only backed up to the maze part leading up to PotatoHead. The FP line actually moved pretty quickly, so clearly they were tilting the ride ratio very heavily to FP users.
My conclusions from these examples (and other observations)...1) SB times are not particular stable. They bounce ALOT and are often (although not always) quite overstated...2) particular to TSMM, this afternoon it almost looked like a de facto ride reservation system...sure, there weren't that many people actually in the SB line, but the volume is way tilted to FP. My first example of Space Mountain also kinda felt that way.
We got a 4th FP for Space at 9:15pm. That time posted SB was 40 minutes, and the whole situation was more like I would expect...FP line walk to virtually the merge point, and SB not too far in.
Yesterday (6/2) at DHS at RnRC from about 5:15 to 6:00 I saw the posted SB time go from 70 to 30 to 70 to 40.
Today (6/3) at DHS, rode tsmm first thing as SB (8:00am for EMH). They were having technical difficulties, and didn't get off ride until 8:30 to see posted SB of 75 minutes. Woman in charge of posting time said that the line was likely 45 minutes, but she just wasn't sure enough to knock it down. We got in line...by the time in building, SB was changed back to 45. Actual time was about 30 minutes.
Then later in day did tsmm with FP at 1:00pm. FP line was out door into walkway. Posted SB was 85 minutes, but SB line was only backed up to the maze part leading up to PotatoHead. The FP line actually moved pretty quickly, so clearly they were tilting the ride ratio very heavily to FP users.
My conclusions from these examples (and other observations)...1) SB times are not particular stable. They bounce ALOT and are often (although not always) quite overstated...2) particular to TSMM, this afternoon it almost looked like a de facto ride reservation system...sure, there weren't that many people actually in the SB line, but the volume is way tilted to FP. My first example of Space Mountain also kinda felt that way.