AgentC
07-12-2012, 01:09 AM
I was at the Magic Kingdom on Saturday with my friend and her two children (5 & 10) and my two (4 & 6) and visited the new Dumbo interactive queue. I forgot to take pictures of the outside , so I will do my best to describe the set up.
If you are standing in front of the attraction, the Dumbo that opened first is on the left. The second Dumbo is on the right. The tent is between them with a large open area in front of it after you pass through the archway. Stroller parking is in front on the second Dumbo. Overall it is a very attractive setup.
I expected you would enter through the tent but there are actually 2 queues. The queue to the first Dumbo is now the Fast Pass Entrance. We did not have fast passes so I did not use that entrance. I assume it goes straight to the loading area like it did previously.
There is a second queue on the right hand side. This is the standby queue. This queue does not go straight to the loading area; it goes inside the tent.
The day we visited there was only a 10 minute wait posted at noon or a Saturday. I am not sure if it was so short because of both Dumbos running or some other reason. Because the line was so short, there was not really any need to get the beeper. The process may work different when it is busier, but this is how it worked for us.
We entered the queue and proceeded to the tent. Inside the tent the queue continues but it leads you first to a podium with a cast member. The cast member asked us if we wanted to go to the ride or if we wanted to play first. Based on the indoor set up, it does appear that you could choose to wait in line rather than go to the play area.
Since we were all very hot and I also wanted to check out the interactive area, we choose to play first. I was given a beeper by the cast member. She told me to return to the podium with my party when we where ready to ride and we would be placed on the first available ride.
If you are standing in front of the attraction, the Dumbo that opened first is on the left. The second Dumbo is on the right. The tent is between them with a large open area in front of it after you pass through the archway. Stroller parking is in front on the second Dumbo. Overall it is a very attractive setup.
I expected you would enter through the tent but there are actually 2 queues. The queue to the first Dumbo is now the Fast Pass Entrance. We did not have fast passes so I did not use that entrance. I assume it goes straight to the loading area like it did previously.
There is a second queue on the right hand side. This is the standby queue. This queue does not go straight to the loading area; it goes inside the tent.
The day we visited there was only a 10 minute wait posted at noon or a Saturday. I am not sure if it was so short because of both Dumbos running or some other reason. Because the line was so short, there was not really any need to get the beeper. The process may work different when it is busier, but this is how it worked for us.
We entered the queue and proceeded to the tent. Inside the tent the queue continues but it leads you first to a podium with a cast member. The cast member asked us if we wanted to go to the ride or if we wanted to play first. Based on the indoor set up, it does appear that you could choose to wait in line rather than go to the play area.
Since we were all very hot and I also wanted to check out the interactive area, we choose to play first. I was given a beeper by the cast member. She told me to return to the podium with my party when we where ready to ride and we would be placed on the first available ride.