So we were at Disney-MGM today (anyone reading Kath’s blog is getting a blow by blow of our vacation) and Ariel was interested in riding “Tower of Terror.” But when we arrived, there was a sign indicating that there would be no Fastpass available: A way of checking in early at a popular ride and getting a set time at which you can return and head straight in, thus enabling you to plan your day more effectively. Without Fastpass, the popular rides are going to have formidable waits.
We decided to check the status board on Main Street, the one that tells you what rides are open and what the projected wait times were. Curiously, there was a little sign blocking the wait time for TOT, and the sign read, “Guess the Wait Time!” Ariel guessed a half hour and the Disney cast member overseeing the board shook his head. He turned to me. I gave it some thought and said “Fifty seven minutes.” He said, “We only go in increments of five.” “Oh. Okay.” I rounded up. “Sixty minutes.” He blinked in surprise and removed the sign to reveal “60 Minutes.” He asked if we were planning to go on (“We” being Ariel, myself, and a friend of ours, Jay, with whom we’d met up at the park.) I said yes. He then gave us Fastpasses for TOT, telling us that today the ONLY way one could get a Fastpass for TOT was to guess the wait time.
We walked over to TOT with the passes and the cast member to whom we presented them said, “These are rare as gold” before waving us past a huge line.
Cool.
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