Day 5: Lines, Lines, Lines, and more Lines

Hello from All Star Movies in Walt Disney World Florida. Today was our second day at Magic Kingdom and our assignment was to learn to how different rides contained different activities in the queues for the riders to enjoy while they wait. Two preset groups were paired together for this assignment. What was going to be our first line was the line for the bus to Magic Kingdom. However, we thought it was too long that we decided to go to Epcot and took the monorail from there to Magic Kingdom. It most likely ended up being longer, but hey, more lines to wait in.

The first ride we all rode together was Pirates of the Caribbean with every student on the trip, and we got a lovely group photo on the ride. 

The first queue that our group waited in was for Peter Pan's Flight. The wait was 75 minutes, but with the Disney Play App it did not feel like it. The app offered many games such as pictionary, fun questions, and helping Tinker Bell find items in the Darling's bedroom. Also in the Darling's bedroom, Tinker Bell can be found flying around the room and shadows are casted on the wall and you can interact with the shadows on the wall. The 75 minute wait went by quickly because of the interactive queue and the Disney Play App keeping us busy. 

Each group had to ride three rides that included queues to interact with. The rides our group chose to ride were Peter Pan's Flight, Under the Sea, and Dumbo. The purpose of this was to see how Disney has used psychology research to help them understand what kids are feeling when they are waiting in lines. They understand that by making the queues interactive it makes the wait time seem much shorter than it actually is, people are very impatient and Disney would lose business if their customers were too bored to come back. The other group chose to ride Under the Sea, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and Dumbo. As a class we all rode Seven Dwarfs then we separated again and did our own things. Some of us continued exploring in Magic Kingdom and met Mickey and others went to Hollywood Studios and explored rides there. 

Tonight is Magic hours in Magic Kingdom, so there are many of us who are using this opportunity to explore and see what the park is like after hours and spend more time riding our favorite rides. Tomorrow we will be returning to Magic Kingdom to learn more about how our magic bands use technology to track us throughout the parks to maintain park efficiency. 

- Rebecca Phillips and Lauren Spina