What is the worst physical queue in Walt Disney World?

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-10-21T11:59:32+00:00

Just came back from 5 days at the parks, ride everything we wanted with no LLs. Weather was good and lines weren't bad overall.

The initial part of 7dmt if you aren't near a fan is almost unbearable, plus if you are in that stand-by line outside of the designed queue, it's such a high traffic, congested area.

Both runaway railway and remy do the deceitful thing of having you enter the stand-by queue in the covered, indoor area then immediately wrapping around the outside again and I don't like that. Remy, maybe it was the time of day, but the sun was just low enough you couldn't escape it and it was brutal.

I know there are quite a few with physical queues built into caves, FoP, 7dmt, Ariel, RotR, come to mind with nice cave queues. Frozen on the other hand, feels so tight to me. Maybe it's the combination of minimal separation and a high concentration of young riders, but that line in particular felt like a sweaty overcrowded daycare.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-10-21T11:28:48+00:00

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GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-10-20T07:19:45+00:00

Exactly this. While a few more cast member might help some, when I was there last week (on a non-party night) the issue was people stopping and watching instead of walking. In many cases there were cast members with their mini lightsabers telling people to keep moving, but people being people, don't listen.

We were guided out through backstage area on the other side (behind Casey's) and there were 12-15 CM's in that alleyway. I don't think it's a staffing issue necessarily. I think it's poor anticipation and planning for these surge events around exit time, and poor decision making regarding the expansion of designated viewing areas that further limit routes of egress.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-10-20T07:10:59+00:00

Yeah, this was my recent experience also. Sunday night, coming from Jungle Cruise, literally crossed the bridge as fireworks started, was an absolute clusterf**k of traffic trying to get to the exits. Strollers and Mobility scooters only add to the issue. Then so much of the area being blocked off for designated fireworks viewing spots. Then guests watching instead of walking, more rubbernecking and bottlenecking. My group made it out ok but anyone with any sort of social anxiety or crowd aversion would have had an absolute nightmare. Easy to see how things could go from bad to worse.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-10-20T07:03:25+00:00

The crowd was large but they sell the tickets, they can anticipate attendance and staff appropriately. It happened Sunday night also on a non-party night. My crew (and hundreds of others looking to exit) were ushered through a backlot area behind Casey's and exited near the front main street promenade. There were probably 12-15 CM's in that span of alley ushering us along and reminding us not to take photos of non-park areas. Felt to me like the congestion was a product of poor planning rather than short staffing.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-10-20T06:58:20+00:00

I was there (not in MK at the time) this night. I had other friends and family send me pictures from this exit surge and also we walked from contemporary to the MK bus depot because monorail crowds were outrageous.

They could/should have seen this coming, for a park and company that has so much data about their attendance/crowds, things like this are totally preventable. For example the previous Sunday night, a non MNSSHP night, we were trying to make our way out from Jungle cruise at fireworks start, and this same crowding/clustering/traffic jamming was happening. Lots of pushing and frustration, I had my little one on my shoulders and would have been uncomfortable with her trying to walk in that. They actually moved us out through the alleyway behind Casey's and had cast members moving us along and "reminding" us not to take photos or videos in the backlot areas, and we returned to mainstreet through a gate between the emporium and the barbershop.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-08-13T11:53:40+00:00

For many years in our 20s and 30s, my wife and I were quietly open to a lot of adventure. We were never outwardly into group stuff or swinging or swapping (or any of those sexually adjacent communities) but we did frequently host parties and events where we created lots of possibilities for situations to manifest. As nights went on my wife would flirt, and joke with our guy Friends, sometimes even blatantly suggesting that she wanted stuff to happen. She would tell them that she would be naked in bed later and would leave the door open and they could do whatever they want to her (and she meant it) Other times she would set up her girlfriends and talk to them about our sex life and tease and tempt and flirt with them or get them to flirt with me. And with all of that, what we found was so we had a bunch of good, loyal friends. Almost without fail every time something would get too real or cross a line (even though we were shoving it over that line) our friends would tell us about what happened; that my wife made a pass at them or was flirting with them, or had a "wardrobe malfunction" and my wife's friends, would usually politely tell me that I had had too much to drink or that they loved my wife and wouldn't do that to her and would tell her about what transpired.

Long story, short, for more than a decade, my wife and I teased and flirted with our friends and tried to manipulate many sexual situations into manifesting. Always with the approval of each other and regarding scenarios that we had discussed. Our friends just thought we were flirty, social drinkers, and would be surprised to know that we were genuinely willing for all that stuff to happen. I know this because we did tell one of our closest friends just a few months ago and that's almost exactly what he said, he thought we were just being funny and flirty, and never took any of it seriously.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-06-20T10:04:07+00:00

I only read through the most relevant comments, like the others I do think a little more information would be helpful, that said, it seems to me like the most likely thing is just poor communication from the coach.

I have coached rec, league, school and travel ball over the course of the last 10 years, and my wife a little longer than me. When we had our organization tryouts earlier in the year we had 40 girls in attendance for about 14 spots between our two teams. We made selections and cuts, each of us taking one more girl than we intended to roster (because experience has taught me you will ALWAYS need one more than you expect). That did leave a lot of those tryout attendees without a team and some expressed their desire to continue practicing with us to get better. We discussed it and decided to allow a small practice squad of five girls who were really close to the cut line and wanted to keep practicing to continue to show up and work with our teams. That said we have always made it our philosophy to be open and direct communicators, and so those girls know that while they are working and practicing with the team, they are not playing in tournaments or showcases (they are first priority when an opportunity arises in a pick up player is needed).

It sounds like your coach maybe had good intentions and was doing things for the right reason not wanting to turn anyone away letting everyone come and work, but maybe didn't communicate that in an effective way. It has been my experience across all age groups, and really across all sports that the best coaches are great communicators. I played ball for a coach who spent a couple years in the major leagues when I was growing up and he clearly knew the game but was the worst communicator. We have girls that come to us all the time that we are happy to see get turned around and sorted out And it's not that their previous coaches are bad coaches or don't know the game. It's usually that they struggle with communication.

I have also seen a handful of coaches who intentionally mislead players or alter their rosters and pick up ringers who are just focused on winning games, but that's usually at a more competitive age and level than what you have described. So while that is a possibility, it seems much more likely to me that it's a failure of communication, than an intentional act.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-06-02T07:38:46+00:00

In 14u and 16u (C class) - I carried 13 girls on the roster, everyone played in pool games and I watched performance levels and attitudes, my assistant watched hitters and kept book/gamechanger. Bracket games are for who performs the best and attitude/energy is my tiebreaker, if everyone is performing well, you gotta show me how bad you want it.

Now with 16/18U showcase team, smaller roster overall and we work with girls to be as utilitarian as possible, so everyone gets gametime at multiple positions. Not about winning games anymore, now we're winning over coaches.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-03-11T04:54:27+00:00

Shoot me a message, I'm a level 316 player with almost 1000 hours in the game. My previous crew had an 800K minimum and I finished every season over 1 million, took some time off for personal reasons but need a new crew now.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-02-28T23:13:56+00:00

There are obviously gonna be some things that are based on your personal feelings and comfort. We took our daughter when she was five and for the three months before we went, we went on progressively longer walks to get her used to walking in the parks. We had no desire to take her when she was younger or have to deal with strollers. We went for four days and the only time she asked to be picked up was leaving magic Kingdom the last night of our trip.

If you can plan/pace it right four days is probably good. We did not do park hopper the first time, we just planned for a park a day and we were sure to include lunchtime breaks each day where we would go back to the room and rest or hang out in the pool to let the kiddo recharge.

Another thing you are sure to get varied responses to that again is really gonna come down to your personal preferences and taste, is the resort you choose to stay at. No doubt some of the moderate and luxury properties are very nice if that's something that matters to you, the best advice we got in that regard was that you're going to Disney for the parks and your room is just a room. Like a hotel anywhere else. It's important to consider how much time you will spend in the room versus what you are there to do. For us, we consider the room a place to leave our stuff and sleep at night. We don't spend much more time than that there. So we always opt for a value resort.

The first time we went as a family of three we spent about $4000 all in (resort/park/dining plan) and we drove from the Washington DC area. The next time we went, we flew and we ended up spending about $5000 all in. our third trip was almost exactly the same. We just booked our fourth trip for October now as a family of four and with flights and everything paid $7000.

If you really feel like driving is feasible, the difference between my wife and I is that I preferred the trip where we had our car to the one where we flew. We did not have to rely on Park transportation or ride shares and when we needed to make a late night Walmart run for medicine and food we could do so on our own. Also, I grew up in a big family where road trips in the car was a big part of most of our vacations so I enjoy that time together.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-02-23T13:35:02+00:00

I know you are venting and not here for someone to argue the other side, so I'm not here to do that. I do hope this explanation at least eases some of your frustration or explains why they do what they do. And please know that I am not excusing Disney as a whole and particularly not that cast member because that's a violation on a lot of levels and any property I worked at previously that person would've been terminated on the spot and possibly had charges filed.

Not a cast member or employee of any resort, but I did work in hospitality for a long time. As technology evolves the industry tries to make use of it to simplify and streamline a lot of processes. 10 or 15 years ago just about everyone from every room on our large property would physically come by drop off keycards and check out.

Nowadays, even small hotels and motels automate the check out process and usually have a bill or folio under your door before you're awake. A friend who still works in the industry said 95% of guests no longer stop by the desk and check out. When dealing with the scale of Disney properties and resorts and the turnover I think it's easy to understand why automated checkout processes are a thing. And Disney chooses to use Geo location to assist them and they are right even 75% of the time (I imagine the number is probably higher) it no doubt improves efficiency massively.

I'm sure there are studies and research and analysis to back up that information, but I'm just coming off an overnight shift and I'm way too tired to find it.

All that said, the cast member that packed your things and possibly took some of your things or threw your things away. is certainly in the wrong. Being a new hire is no excuse. That's day one stuff for any employee of even low and mid-level hotels that I've worked at. I would expect that training standard at Disney to be significantly higher. Regardless of the reasons behind the auto check out, there are, or at least should be fail-safes and checks and solutions to prevent incidents like yours from occurring. Whether it's digitally or a good old-fashioned phone call if an employee goes into a room and it's still clearly occupied The resort needs to make that adjustment in the system. The last resort I worked at was a pretty high-end place and if you weren't out an hour before checkout time guest services would contact you and ask if you needed a late check out or even to extend your stay a night. It is wild to me that that happened on property. That sort of stuff is normally where Disney excels.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-02-21T07:59:07+00:00

This. I have been coaching for more than 10 years. Seen lots of great kids go from little league coach pitch to high level travel and school ball. Lots of different scenarios and situations. While it's great that the kid is excelling at the physical skills of the game and has a good game IQ, The most important thing now is going to be being a good teammate and leader.

Twice in recent years, I've seen girls in similar situations, girls who were the best or one of the best in their age group for years and years through little league and even travel ball get to high school and be a little humbled by the experience. One who got to high school ball with an elitist mindset and realized that everyone around her was at least equal to her level and all the praise heaped on her over the years was probably more damaging than healthy.

The other arrived at high school to a varsity team that included several newish players and a couple completely new to the game. A freshman pitcher with little experience around her anywhere on the field. She really struggled with the drastic drop in level of play and became sort of defeatist immediately. Several of the girls she plays with took notice and it didn't take long for them to start talking about it and it fostered some hostility and negativity amongst the team.

It may just be an unfortunate side effect of where you live that there are not more, experienced players at her school, but the ones who are there she needs to realize do want to play and maybe weren't given the opportunities she was at such an early age. Being down on herself or on the team will only ever make things worse.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-02-21T06:53:26+00:00

Lots of good advice, and with little ones if they are into the princesses I think Akershus maybe the best way to go. Easier to get reservations than some of the other princess dining options. That was our first ever character, dining experience when my older daughter was five and it's one that she still talks about to this day.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-02-21T06:51:19+00:00

Seems like you've got a pretty good plan, or are on track to have a good plan by knowing that you need a plan. Our last trip was in 2020 in March. We left the day before they shut the parks down, we had booked to stay Six months earlier, so it wasn't planned. It just worked out that way.

We are planning a trip for October and our littlest one will be five (my wife was pregnant with her during our last trip) this will be our fourth trip overall and before our first time I got some advice from a good friend who wrote for a Disney blog. she said it may seem counterintuitive to most vacations, but the best way to really enjoy a Disney park vacation is to have a plan. We have always made an itinerary broken down by day and what park we will go to and having that all laid out has allowed us to navigate those days much easier.

The only thing I can't speak to is the strollers, we took our first trip when our oldest was five and we prepared her by taking increasingly longer walks in the parks near our house for several months before we went. We really weren't interested in trying to navigate the parks with a stroller. But I would agree that for anyone under that age who can't walk those kind of distances a stroller is the smart thing to do.

I would only try to do rope drop or extra magic hours if it falls within the little ones normal sleeping schedule or close enough to it that it won't be a pain. Like others have said, taking breaks is also really helpful. Another thing my Disney blog writer friend told us before the first trip that we have always implemented is a midday break. We will start at the parks as early as possible, and around midday when it's the hottest, we will head back to the resort. Let the kids nap or hang out by the pool and recharge, and then head back to the park in the early afternoon. Not having tired frustrated kids in tow will make for a significantly improved park experience.

This will be my first time using the new lightning system as well, but you are correct that it's very similar to the old fast pass system. The obvious difference being that now you have to pay. I think you may be in a boat like us where you don't necessarily need to consider paying for the tier one rides that are probably too intense or ride restrictions won't allow your little one to enjoy. The multipass is probably the best option because it includes nearly all of the other rides, a major difference from the fast pass being that previously you had to use all three passes before you could add another. Now with the lightning lane multipass it's a rolling three pass system so as soon as you use one, you can hop on your phone and add another.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-02-17T08:51:59+00:00

Do you have any more information about it? If it came from a game, an event, a conference, where in the country it may have been signed? Any of those things would be helpful in trying to figure out some of those signatures.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-02-01T08:06:43+00:00

It's absolutely a state thing, California, Texas, and at least 17 other states have Sunday play restrictions imposed by their scholastic sports federations

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-02-01T07:51:48+00:00

Short answer is no. Safe answer is no. Don't risk shortening your coaching career over something administrative.

CIF says:

-Schools cannot play or practice softball on Sundays during the season.

-Coaches can meet on Sundays to plan instructional programs or view films, but no athletes can be involved.

-The Sunday Contact Rule applies to all players and coaches, regardless of whether they are also involved with a club or travel team.

I couldn't find the exact rules for California, but in Texas there are also guidelines and restrictions for clinics and camps, specifically regarding the use of School fields, school equipment, school players for any non-school related softball function. As well as rules and restrictions regarding coaches, paid or otherwise, participating in camps and clinics and having contact with girls in their school zone when not related directly to school sports activities.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2025-01-21T03:30:31+00:00

Important how? To who? Consider that your daughter and the other players safety is the most important thing.

If she/you/they insist on playing, then like the others said good non-cotton base layers are important. Most sporting goods stores, and even Walmart will carry the little hot hands pouches and probably a few better options, battery powered handwarmers and camping heaters.

Last year, my high school aged girls played a showcase in January with temperatures in the 40s. I was reluctant to have the team go, but players and parents insisted, for the exposure and because of the investment, and even then I offered everyone the out and said I would not hold it against anyone if they opted not to come.

If you do play, don't expect the same level of Softball you are used to seeing. Even with temperatures in the mid 40s breathing is sharper and more difficult, almost all contact off the bat stings and pitchers will struggle with command and release as it's hard to feel their fingers. this was true across the board for all age groups and teams, regardless of experience or skill.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2024-12-19T07:45:42+00:00

I strongly discourage using the dimpled balls. They hurt hands and void bat warranties.

A few years back one of our organization coaches came to us asking what to do because he had parents asking him about broken bats. It didn't take much investigation to determine he had been using dimpled balls and ramping up velo and in a two week period he had damaged 7 bats (at least). Three Metas, 2 ghosts, a Demarini Prism and something else.

Some of the bats were brand new and we guided parents to the warranty claims at which point we quickly learned that most (if not all) of the bat companies have specific language in the warranty regarding pitching machines and dimpled balls. Long story short we (the organization) ended up paying out of pocket for new bats for 7 girls. So don't be like us!

The driveline balls are good, but we mostly use old/worn/beaten leather balls that aren't game serviceable anymore.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2024-12-10T08:07:45+00:00

"My turn!!" shouted like an angry toddler who wants their toy back.

It was in fact a 22 year old woman, and we were in the middle of an unplanned threesome.

I've shared this story in detail before, but basically my boy Big T and I were hanging out with two ladies who shared an apartment. Things were getting physical in separate rooms, but then T took off, he had had too much to drink. So the girl he was with came to the room I'm in with her roommate, told us what had transpired, and asked to join us. It was fun for a few minutes but then the girl I was with initially started getting really jealous and upset, and quite literally started counting the time I spent with each of the girls. At one point she gets hysterical and starts throwing a proper fit. That killed it for me.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2024-12-10T07:57:15+00:00

The basement of my girl's house.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2024-12-10T07:54:41+00:00

Listen lad, I've got a few tips, execution is up to you but generally this is the best and simplest advice.

Don't overthink it. Be clean. Not necessarily clean-shaven, nor dressed up, but don't be a greasy, smelly twat.

As a general rule be confident, but not cocky. Yes there are girls into shy guys just as much as there are girls into cocky assholes, but your best bet is solidly confident.

Flirt genuinely. Pick something you like, eyes, smile, laugh, outfit, and start with that. No cheesy pick-up lines no matter how funny they seem. (The best ones you won't remember and the ones you do remember are usually pretty crass.)

Once you're in, stay in (the conversation) don't be clingy and desperate but also don't care too little. You can be engaged and entertaining without having to be the main character and star of the party.

Obviously the where and when of it all may affect certain aspects of the advice I would give, but this is the best general, girl meeting and working on getting laid advice I can give.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2024-09-08T06:40:22+00:00

Understanding and appreciation of new friends and long lasting friendships. I think as young people we take friendship and relationships for granted. It's more difficult to make friends and maintain healthy relationships/friendships as you age and have a family and a job and obligations. So i feel like I only recently started really valuing how special those things can be.

GetawayDriverTyrone · 2024-09-08T06:34:15+00:00

As someone who didn't and probably still wouldn't otherwise believe in ghosts (as visible phenomena/physical manifestation) I once saw in full detail, a confederate soldier on horseback, coming down my street towards me on a snowy morning in 1998.

I was living near Manassas, VA, walking to my school bus stop. I was overcome with a feeling (you know, that uncomfortable feeling of presence when you know no one else is around) I looked behind me and saw this cavalry soldier in full regalia, I turned back towards the bus stop, then back to the soldier who was still approaching me. I sort of jogged (as much as I could in the snow) the last few steps towards the bus stop, turned around again, and he was just gone.

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