I voted for the current system. Here's why.
(3) Boarding pass lottery the evening before. I had to think about this one. The problem with this is that every single person who was eligible for this lottery would enter it every darn day, thereby making any individual's or family's chances of scoring a BG lower and lower. And who would decide who was eligible? And it would still mess with all one's plans since, unless they got rid of the FP+ system altogether, people would have made a lot of plans 60 or 30 days in advance.
This I saw suggested elsewhere -- it's boarding pass lottery where you have to be IN THE PARK. Can't enter is every day, unless you decide to head to DHS at 7pm every day.
(4) Pre-selling boarding passes for $50/pass. This rewards people who have lots of money to throw at Disney. Why are they getting rewarded?
That already happens. Club guests can buy 90 day fastpasses, which is effectively a FP to FOP/Slinky Dog, pre-scheduled at any time they want. People buy early morning/late night tickets, throwing extra money to get more park time with low waits. People spend extra to stay onsite, to get a 60 day booking window for FPs. Various VIP tours come with line cutting.
So Disney already rewards those willing to spend extra, in lots and lots of ways.
Look at it this way, you pay "extra" if you want to use a Disney Water park during your trip. You pay "extra" if you want to experience dinner in Cinderella's Castle. Is paying "extra" for a special attraction really
that different? Yes, it feels a little different than past attractions, but it really isn't fundamentally a massive change.
Especially if you still had a way for non-paying guests to enjoy it. (Pay extra for a boarding group... but anyone can get in a 5 hour standby line).
(5) Obtaining boarding pass when booking trip. Here I picture having to get on the computer at 7 a.m. a year in advance of when I want to go to WDW just in order to book my resort and having to pay full price. Well, WDW might really love this idea--
Yea.. you just made it sound perfect! I'd rather get on my computer at home at 7am a year in advance, then show up in the park at 6am to start smashing the app on my phone at exactly 6am!
And yes, Disney would love the idea of paying full price. And perfect supply/demand marketing. If people really don't think it's worth it, then people won't book it.. and there will still be availability later on.
Does anyone know what the actual survey said? Apologies if this is somewhere in the thread. I didn't have a chance to read every single post.
Yes, you can find it. It gave just 3 options, current boarding group, limited FP+ plus standby, or standby only.