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officially open to the public yesterday! Who went or is going this weekend?

Captain Marvel was there too!

The_Orient_of_Express:

Who went or is going this weekend?

The wait times have been so low that the wife and I bought tickets for Monday which was still not sold out for pass holders. Even Battle at the Ministry hit 60 minutes this afternoon. Everything else is sub 45 minutes with most being 5-10 minutes.

Wow. That’s seems low? Disappointing opening weekend/launch so far?

They are sold out to the public so they’re just easing into it.

I've read speculation that they are limiting tickets, lowering capacity so things run smoothly. It's like an unannounced soft opening. I'm expecting to see attendance pick up over the next several weeks.

Another theory is that ticket prices are too high, which is keeping people away. (Yeah, right.)

They are sold out all but ten days through June so they are clearly limiting attendance. The question is by how much. Pass holders can still buy tickets and you can buy tickets at the gate for the current day.

Seems weird to limit sales, especially since they've been in previews for weeks.

Maybe they still have ptsd from opening the first park.

Or the opening of both Potter areas in the 2010s. It seems they've made a decision to gently ease the park into different crowd levels, which I think is great. It allows them to work the bugs out without 40,000 angry guests and also gives them a chance to take the band-aid off and see what different crowd levels do to the guest experience and how varying crowd sizes play into optimal staffing levels.

Sounds smart. They learned from the Harry Potter opening day lines. Although, I did see some videos of people lined up in the parking lot at 4-5am this time.

They are slammed today so the honeymoon is over.