What makes Peter Pan's line so long?

[Dopey's Girl]

Because... (Cue the music) "You can fly! You can fly! You can fly!"

[CAspace]

Low hourly rider capacity and high popularity = long lines
But it is a fantastic dark ride. One of the best way too short though like most of the best things in life
You can always get back in line though for another flight to never land!

[Luke Manning]

I like it, but it's my least favorite of the 5 Fantasyland dark rides.

[Auroraflame]

Originally Posted by Luke Manning

I like it, but it's my least favorite of the 5 Fantasyland dark rides.

Dude, no way. Why?

[stitchon]

Originally Posted by Luke Manning

I like it, but it's my least favorite of the 5 Fantasyland dark rides.

Peter Pan is arguably the most unique and timeless attraction in Fantasyland, and is one of the rides that truly has Walt's mark on it. Unlike the other dark ride systems, as far as I know the only place to fly like this is to go to a Disney park.

I'm betting the only thing that makes it your least favorite is the lines.

[Luke Manning]

Originally Posted by stitchon

I'm betting the only thing that makes it your least favorite is the lines.

No for god sakes. I don't like this as much because there's not all of a lot to look at, & it's considerably shorter than the other ones, at least to me.

[Nautilus]

Wasn't the ride suppose to get double-row boats?

[Auroraflame]

Originally Posted by Luke Manning

No for god sakes. I don't like this as much because there's not all of a lot to look at, & it's considerably shorter than the other ones, at least to me.

I can see what you mean. I think that the first part (the flying) is so drawn out that it makes the rest of the ride (the story) seem rather truncated and unbearably short.

But I still love it....

[Aladdin]

Originally Posted by Coheteboy

Like many have said, it's a unique attraction that is just dazzling... i mean.. you can FLY! With the Skyway gone, there isn't a single attraction at the resort that comes close to giving you that sense of fantasy. It may be short, but it really is inspiring.

An added row would most certainly help and I hope they do just that.

I agree, who hasn't wanted to fly around like Peter Pan!?!?! Not even Skyway can compare. The closest I would compare it to is Soarin' Over California, or even Universal's (now sadly gone) ET attraction. And neither one of those attractions gave you the same personal type of experience as Peter Pan. I'm SO glad they were not able to add an extra row to the vehicles, because that would have made the attraction less personal.

Most everything in the attraction is mesmorizing. From the rooftops in the loading area and the immediate and gently take off, with the " C'mon everybody! Here we goooooooooooooooooo! Not even a ride in Santa's sleigh would be nearly as fun! Starting in the nursery, and floating out the window over London, then lifting even higher! And all the terrific lighting, just makes it even more wonderous.

You could go on with the rest of the attraction, and the viewing is terrific all around, even the shape of the sail helps direct your attention to different scenes.

In addition, everything is some much closer, than other more recent dark rides ( like HM, RR, Pooh, Monsters) which also makes it more personal.

As much as high capacity is needed for DL, attraction experiences can suffer with too many people in vehicles. (which deserves it's own topic) But Peter Pan doesn't cram too many people together, it avoids that issue which can affect quality.

[MrLiver]

Originally Posted by Auroraflame

I can see what you mean. I think that the first part (the flying) is so drawn out that it makes the rest of the ride (the story) seem rather truncated and unbearably short.

There is no story to pan.You fly in the boat over London, you fly in the boat to neverland, you see pan fight hook and then you fly home. If this ride had been built today it would be has hated as Winnie the Pooh.

[Rex Dopey24]

its a beautiful attraction short ride. and its one of my favorites.

[Dan - Tasmic!]

Originally Posted by CAspace

Low hourly rider capacity and high popularity = long lines
But it is a fantastic dark ride. One of the best way too short though like most of the best things in life
You can always get back in line though for another flight to never land!

I agree with the above statement. I think the load times add to it, too.

[Mojave]

As has been mentioned, the length of the ride has no impact on ride capacity. It's the speed at which guests load and unload. So the questions are "Is it a slow-loading ride?" (I don't remember it being much slower than the others) and if so, "Why is it slow-loading and what can they do to speed it up?"

[IzzyInWonderland]

Originally Posted by Aladdin

I agree, who hasn't wanted to fly around like Peter Pan!?!?! Not even Skyway can compare. The closest I would compare it to is Soarin' Over California, or even Universal's (now sadly gone) ET attraction. And neither one of those attractions gave you the same personal type of experience as Peter Pan. I'm SO glad they were not able to add an extra row to the vehicles, because that would have made the attraction less personal.

You know what would be cool and personal is if they copied what the ET ride did and each individuals name in the ride vehicle was said by Peter Pan at the end.

[Auroraflame]

Originally Posted by Mojave

As has been mentioned, the length of the ride has no impact on ride capacity. It's the speed at which guests load and unload. So the questions are "Is it a slow-loading ride?" (I don't remember it being much slower than the others) and if so, "Why is it slow-loading and what can they do to speed it up?"

Is it slow loading: Hells yes.

What can they do to speed it up: Omnimover ramps! But it'd take a lot of time and money....