PHOTO - Guest Experience Teams deployed throughout Magic Kingdom to help with peak crowds

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Wednesday December 19, 2018 9:10am ET · "Magic Kingdom"
PHOTO - Guest Experience Teams deployed throughout Magic Kingdom to help with peak crowds
Cast Members wearing blue shirts are now available to help with your visit to the Magic Kingdom.

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Guest Experience Team station in Tomorrowland

Guest Experience Team station in Tomorrowland

Disney is deploying what it calls "Guest Experience Teams" throughout the Magic Kingdom during the upcoming peak attendance periods to help guests during their visit.

Cast Members wearing blue shirts are now being stationed in Tomorrowland near Stitch, in the Castle Hub, in Fantasyland near Belle, Frontierland near Pecos Bill, and in Adventureland near to Jungle Skipper Canteen.

The Guest Experience Team can help with My Disney Experience, Magic Band issues, making FastPass+ selections, wait times and tips, and are expected to be in the park through to mid-January 2019.

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Stranger than fiction.
Why do they look like the people who work in the Direct TV kiosk in BestBuy?:cautious:
↩ replying to Missing20K
How so?

"Increased staffing to accommodate large crowds" seems pretty normal to me.
↩ replying to scud
Now I'm scared.
In the Navy, these are known as "Damage Control Parties"...
↩ replying to CaptainAmerica
Because it goes against the common belief that Disney hates its guests.
↩ replying to CaptainAmerica
Accommodate? Are they suddenly increasing capacity with this new development?

They are adding CM's to help people who can't navigate the convoluted MDE app and 60 day FP+ and 180+10 day ADR, and help redistribute guests to less attended attractions and dining. They know they have a capacity problem they have not addressed for years and because of that they realize they are going to have irate customers Guests who don't get to do what they thought they would because of increased crowds.

But of course those folks deserve it for not doing their "homework" and deciding they wanted to ride Dumbo 6 months ago.

The Art of Explanation
↩ replying to hakunamatata
No, it's actually a good idea.

And surprising that it isn't an upcharge.
So a live person can now tell you there are no more fast passes available for today instead of the app. I like this idea, maybe this is a way of crowd control in that it's another huge line to wait in.
↩ replying to scud
Samsung is more powerful than we all realized.:eek:
↩ replying to KBLovesDisney
He said with a Sony TV in the background...
↩ replying to larryz
That's when he ultimately realized that he was losing his precious Sony.
Honestly I didn't realize so many people had issues with those things that they would need multiple booths set up just to deal with complaints/issues. That can't be a fun job.
↩ replying to Missing20K
While there is a capacity issue, Christmas week has ALWAYS been packed. Directing guests to CBJ is better than them wandering in the walkways. Busy weeks also have an increase in the absolute number of clueless guests who struggle to use MDE and, when they do, accept that only PhilharMagic has any FPs remaining. And where are the $7 pretzels?!
↩ replying to larryz
Walk up to one of those CMs and ask if they can help you out:

"Sure thing! That will just be $15 and if you want extra help with a fastpass included, that will be $35!"

That would be terrible.