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I got a reservation but my husband did not. So, we got there about an hour early and he waited in standby. After about 2 hours total he got in when they loaded an entire bus of standby. People who got there later in the day didn't have as much luck in the standby line.
I agree, standby appeared to be based more on crowd size than replacing no shows. Hence, a busload of standbys early in the day helped fill the park, but made it harder to give everyone hats since you couldn't predict with specificity the number of people entering the park. And really - I think there were probably less than 10 people no-showing per day. They were pretty accommodating on time etc and they were NOT checking badges.
Were they checking IDs with the tickets when you went for your time?