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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We will never do Disney.  If it was expensive, but the experience was enjoyable I would consider it.  But the fact that it costs thousands AND you still have to wait an hour+ per ride?  No way.  Waiting in line is something I absolutely hate.  There's no way I'm PAYING to spend my vacation waiting in line.[/quote]

Lightening lane is pretty affordable. It’s like $30 pp per day. I never wait for more than 30 minutes for a ride, and with LL it’s under 10. [/quote]

$30 per ride per person per day. That's not affordable.[/quote]
+1  And it's slightly higher for the most popular rides I believe.   I remember it was 34$/person to cut the line at Rise of the Resistance (which had a 100+ minute wait).  Multiply that cost for one ride times 4 and the whole family can go to Six Flags for the day. [/quote]

You don’t pay $30 per ride. You pay $30 for a day-long pass that allows you to make reservations on rides all day (and select a few in advance of your trip). Some rides also have “individual lightning lane” on a per-ride basis but those are only the most popular rides: Tron, 7 Dwarves, Rise of the Resistance, Guardians, and Avatar.  [/quote]

Yes, that's what the PP said--if you pay 34$/per person for a lightning lane for Rise of the Resistance and you're a family of 4, you can buy tickets to Six Flags for the day just for the price of those lightning passes for that one ride.  I get that you lose your day quickly waiting in 100+ minute lines, but the $  adds up fast.   I always wonder about parents taking small kids to Disney.  They don't differentiate much between Disney and Dutch Wonderland (the latter being maybe 40$/day at most).[/quote]

1) Disney is more fun for adults than whatever Dutch wonderland is.

2) Anyone who pays lightening lanes for every premium ride is like, that’s a choice, you don’t have to do that to have fun at Disney, there is a crap ton to do without those rides. And you don’t HAVE to pay extra to ride them. You just have the option to pay extra to get on them quickly. The system isn’t perfect but you’re acting like this is the only way to enjoy Disney while in fact paying for all of these would be a very premium experience a la staying st the Polynesian instead of pop century

3) The simpler lightening lanes upgrades provides the tools to have a very great pretty stress free day if used correctly

- Not a Disney adult but someone who is as baffled by the Disney hate as I am the Disney adults[/quote]

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