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^I would say the problem is that it is not clearly worded. They should go away from “midnight the night before” unless they actually mean you have until it turns 12:00am of the day of your visit. If they mean midnight of the day before, it should say “must be reserved no later than midnight of the day prior to your visit” and provide an example so people understand.

Keep in mind Breakfast is only until 10AM. You would have to get into the bar early enough to be able to get the breakfast menu!

Diamond Elite does not guarantee preferred parking. Just says it's subject to availability and you must make a reservation no later than midnight the night before. Mid-day Friday was after the deadline. I am sure SFMM has some sort of ratio for spots available vs. spots they are going to sell (or use the reservations to calculate how many they can sell after taking reservations out of inventory), so if all the reserved spots were taken up by people who DID reserve in time (but may not have arrived yet), all that is left if the spots for sale. The only thing you can arguably fault Six Flags for is that "midnight the night before" could be taken as up until midnight the day of visit, not midnight the start of the day before you want to visit. I read it has midnight the day before you want to visit, not midnight leading into the day of your visit. So good for SFMM for taking care of him.

Oga's has 6 non alcoholic drinks including the one that comes with the Porg souvenir mug. It's THE place to be for all ages.

Not quite the same since there is no outdoor patio to get the drinks in the land. This is one 150ish capacity bar that almost every visitor to Disneyland wants into. Perhaps it was intentional to make it such a “hot” place to be, but I really can’t fathom why they didn’t think to make the cantina much larger. I predict we’ll see a resistance camp bar of some sort added to that side of the land when rise of the resistance opens to help offset the capacity of ogas.

Disneyland as a whole is a park stuck very much in the 1950s with its design because people are so tied to “history”, “tradition,” “Walt’s legacy”...blah blah blah. It’s not just alcohol. It took them until Star Wars to figure out they needed to widen walkways. Main Street is a clusterf*ck for parades and fireworks because the area has far outgrown its intended capacity. It’s time to stop being so hung up on history and Walt’s legacy. But back to alcohol, I’m well aware of what I can do by drinking in DCA or downtown Disney. Doesn’t mean it isn’t dumb to adhere to a tradition that makes no sense in 2019. I would MUCH prefer to have an alcohol mint julep or dole whip in the park than have to go elsewhere. Plus as a shareholder I want them making every last dollar.

Keep in mind this is somewhat historic: the only place us “normal” folk can drink at Disneyland. DJ Rex is also my new favorite thing at Disneyland. That being said, Disney made a huge error in underestimating the popularity of it. Max capacity can’t be more than 150-200, and you certainly aren’t leaving immediately after getting your drinks. I can’t foresee it ever going away from some sort of reservation system. Side note: I do hope this is the beginning of the end for no alcohol in Disneyland. Tradition is holding the park back. Walt’s dead and the world has changed a whole lot since his view of “family friendly” was envisioned.

That is true, but they only take a limited amount of parties per timeslot. I had to wait 15 min in line to get added, then it was 2 hours before I got my text to return. And this was the first thing I did in the land for my 8am-12pm timeslot yesterday. I was told that they stopped taking reservations somewhere between 8:30 and 9:00am that morning. You will absolutely need to head straight for the cantina to get your spot. Lightsaber experience was full by 8:30am that morning too. So you’re picking your priority. I don’t see that ever changing.

There’s no way you’ll get a chance to see everything in the 4 hour window. However, you can definitely eat, ride (multiple times), and do at least one of the droid/lightsaber/cantina.

Within the land, the detail is incredible and the sight lines are designed to tune out Disneyland. The audio is even louder by the train to hide the noise from the train passing. I'm not a huge Star Wars fan, so I can't truly appreciate every detail since things in the land span the entire Star Wars universe (seen the movies. Not Clone Wars cartoon or any of the comics/novels), but I know it all looked incredible and Star Wars fans will be in heaven.

The ride was probably the least of Disney's worries since it appears to be very high capacity. Savi's workshop & Oga's Cantina will likely have MUCH higher wait times than the ride. Reports are you will not be allowed to line up for the Cantina in the last hour of your reservation, so that's pretty telling...

You actually don't board the Falcon while it's sitting in front. During the pre-show, Hando is talking to Chewbacca, and you see the Falcon fly in and land behind Hando. So, when you board the Falcon, it has moved to a different loading area. Which is where you board the ship. And you get there from a hallway themed to a jetway. No detail left untouched!

As far as I could tell, it was only the buttons that light up that directly impact the ride. The pilots are controlling the ship. One the vertical movement and the other horizontal. Pilot on the right gets to activate lightspeed as well. The other positions (gunner and engineer) have less to do (basically just press a button, though gunner has the option of doing automatic or trying to aim for yourself in "manual").

Line moved very quick and rarely posted above 15 minutes for the CM previews, so probably lots!

Honestly, I do not go to the tourist side of town anymore unless it's a very special occasion.. everything has gotten way too expensive.... and the whole charging you to park almost everywhere... I would not be surprised that the local clientele visiting the establishments has also been cut way back It has. And the CA market too. Executives are blind to what they are doing to their brands because they made so much free money. Unfortunately that still wasn't enough and Ceasars and MGM are both cutting as much back as they can and laying people off. I get comps from MGM properties, otherwise I'd only visit for EDC. It's a real shame too, as I do believe Vegas is one of the most unique cities in the world since it basically takes the best of every other city and brings it to one 4 mile street.

The Vegas Cirque shows all have extremely high production costs. They wouldn't see a return on investment for at least 5 years, since the theaters are all custom built to the show. Hence why Broadway shows and residencies are easier...they're just touring acts easy to move in and out.

They do have their heads up their asses. Famous DJ's pack the club, but the return on investment also diminishes quickly. You're only going to pay $5k+ for a table or the $50+ cover once. They play Vegas so much, it loses some of it's luster. At that is also a heavily saturated market with KAOS, Wynn, Drais, and Hakkasan group all competing for that same guy with money to blow on a table. Residencies need larger theaters to be successful to offset the high cost of the performer. Hence why the big names play Park MGM, Zappos, and the Colosseum. Filling Cirque theaters with residencies would mean B-list celebrities or extremely high ticket prices.

Change has to be coming, as all of the Cirque shows in Vegas have had very long runs. I'm not sure what all the hotels would do with those spaces. The market is already saturated for concert venues. I could definitely see a return of popular Broadway shows (Hamilton I'm sure would be a huge hit) and refreshed shows/new concepts from Cirque. Penn & Teller could be looking for a new home if the persistent rumors of Rio being sold and then demolished are true.

I used Japan Ball for baseball tickets.

Vikki will return once Circa Las Vegas opens next year. Freemont is much better off without that sketchy strip club there. It was very much at the bottom end of the strip club spectrum for Vegas... Luxor is adding a Cirque Show to replace Criss Angel

Glitter gulch and Vegas Vikkie are gone to make room for a new resort. Vegas vikkie will be restored and displayed at a tbd location downtown.

Vegas offers plenty of those too. Of course, also slightly inflated prices, but Pub 1842 @ MGM (a Michael Mina restaurant) has the best burger I've ever had and they carry local craft brew on tap. Carson Kitchen downtown is great too. What hotel charges $60? MGM charges $37 on their high end properties and that's already absurd. Agreed on the stagnation. Aside from EDC, I go now mainly to throw away money gambling (with the occasional nice win thrown in), choosing new restaurants to eat at, and to hang out with my local friends. If MGM wasn't so nice to me for me for my gaming, I'd go way less often. Seen almost every cirque show at this point, been on all the rides, so all that's left for me is to see some of the DJ's at clubs.

Yeah, see, except for food and drinks, nothing on that list really appeals to me. I really think it's the proximity to the Grand Canyon that even has me looking at it at all. Otherwise, it's the Ferris Wheel, the Mandalay Bay Aquarium, and the Mob Museum...and.... Yeah. I guess we're just more Orlando people than Vegas people. The beauty of Vegas is that just the food and drink portion can keep you busy for the length of your stay. There are so many world class restaurants from every celebrity chef you can imagine and bars for every taste from dirt cheap just to get hammered to drinking the best spirits in the world.

Here's the thing...as much as I point out that Vegas has gone corporate and lost touch of what made it special...it's still one of the most unique cities in the world. I still love to visit for the combination of entertainment, food, gambling, booze, and really anything else you could possibly imagine (marijuana, strip clubs, simulated police chase, drive a NASCAR/Indy car, drive exotic cars, shoot any gun you want, crush a car driving a tank, play with construction equipment, skyjump...) The problem is that it is not perceived as being a good value anymore. You're out $60-70/night extra for parking and resort fees, putting in $5 at a video poker machine won't get you a free drink anymore, the restaurants (while delicious from every celebrity chef imaginable) are $50+/person, going to the club for a headliner DJ is $50+ cover for guys, table minimums are higher, penny slots require $3-5/spin for max bet...

^That's part of Vegas problem. They don't want you to learn to be good at table games because the house edge is much less. They offer the gaming classes, but usually it's morning/early afternoon only.