FastPass

bluesky481 · Post by **bluesky481** » May Sat 03, 2008 10:14 pm

I love fastpass just the way it is...I can't imagine navigating my day at Disney without it!

parkhopper26 · Post by **parkhopper26** » May Wed 07, 2008 6:41 pm

with a little planning on your part (inside the park) i think the current fast pass system works great. the only downfall i've experienced is since I don't rush to be at the parks when gates open some of the major attractions max out their available passes very quickly (oh well there is plenty more to do, just look around!!)

metsofny · Post by **metsofny** » Jun Mon 09, 2008 11:48 pm

It works great. You just have to learn how to use it. All you have to do is think a little and know your parks.

boilerbabe · Post by **boilerbabe** » Jun Tue 10, 2008 10:34 am

LOVE FastPasses, they allow you to save time. If someone wants to see the whole queue then they can just use the regular line, no one is making them use a FP! I hope WDW never gets rid of these!

srik · Post by **srik** » Jun Wed 11, 2008 8:18 am

I know I'm a month and more late to this discussion, but here goes...

I haven't been nearly as many times as the majority of you folks, so I guess I haven't seen them in action that many times. That being said, I thought they were a great idea, and can't quite wrap my head around some of the arguments against them. Please understand my questions are not to troll or be disrespectful, they come from a place of ignorance.

1: I don't see how it punishes the casual tourist for their lack of knowledge any more than choosing to watch the parade instead of taking that time to ride the E ticket rides, or waiting until Saturday afternoon to hit up the mountains does.

2: I took my first trip to Disney in 1980 and we planned our trip to the nth degree then! In fact, every time I've gone, I've planned the trip to the minutest details, FP hasn't really influenced this in any real way, not the way priority seating has (yes, I realize that's a whole different issue

).

disneydreamer58 · Post by **disneydreamer58** » Jun Tue 24, 2008 8:27 am

I have to say that I am speaking of my experience at Disneyland last weekend. I loved FastPass and had never used it until my latest trip. It was over Fathers Day Weekend, so the park was packed. Wait times on the rides were 45 minutes to 55 minutes long a few got a little longer (Splash Mountain for one). The fastpasses for Space Mountain go really fast, we went around 7pm to go ride it and saw the wait time was 55 minutes and the time to return for a fast pass was 11pm to midnight. We opted for the fast pass so we could go do other things in the meantime. We didn't feel like standing around in a queue for an hour, we would rather go on other rides, so we did Star Tours (10 min wait) and rode Buzz Lightyear twice (my high score of 3300, yes that is 3300 not 33000, which was still low compared to everyone around me..ha ha ha) and ate at the Tomorrowland Terrace, listened to the band then went and got on Space Mountain. We so lucked out, cause when the ride was over, the ride operator asked if we wanted to go again and we were like HECK YA!!!! So we got to go again without getting out of the cars, it was great! I am all for fast passes. It wouldn't let you get another fast pass for another ride, you could only hold one fast pass at a time and they did check the fast passes to make sure you used them when you were suppose to. We saw alot of people turned away and told to return during their time slot. We even tried to go an hour early

and were told sorry we can only let you in 5 min's ahead of your time slot, we were slightly embarrassed.

I only knew about fast passes through being on here, until then I was afraid to ask a cast member how to use them, I also thought there was a charge $ for them, glad to find out there was not. We told some kids (ages 10) how to use them because they were asking people in line at Indy and no-one knew how to get them or use them, so I felt really informed because I could answer their questions

That's my 2 cents anyway

gameboy862 · Post by **gameboy862** » Jun Tue 24, 2008 10:51 am

the fastpass system is a very effective system for the more popular rides at WDW. I myself use it when my ticket has the open time pocket.

the system is as flexible as the person who uses it. you can use it whenever you can (like me), or you can casually use it on a ride you really want without worrying about time constraints. The "cooldown time" on tickets is a fair system, increasing in magnitude as you use the system more.

spodie · Post by **spodie** » Jun Tue 24, 2008 5:40 pm

I love the Fastpasses! I have NEVER gotten angry at the FP people walking by me or the CM's letting them on the ride while I was in the stand-by que - how could I? I had just as much of an opportunity to get a FP for that time as they did.

I also don't think that Fastpasses make lines longer. I mean come on, how many people decided to plan a vacation to Disney SOLEY upon the news that they had implemented a FP system? Probably not many. My point? The lines are probably going to be the about the same. Example: 100 people want to get on Splash Mountain within a 1-hour time frame. There are 10 Fastpasses available, so 90 people wait in the stand-by line and 10 go right through at some point during the hour. Therefore, there are still 100 people in line. The 10 FP riders just happened to have "chomped at the bit" or just got lucky, but the thing to remember here is that EVERYONE had the opportunity, whether they knew it or not.
True, you may lose some time in the stand-by line, but if there were actually studies done, I'm sure we would see that there may be an added wait time of maybe something like 5 minutes. But then, you could just grap a FP to another attraction and save something like 30 minutes. And, just like that, you have made a profit of 25 minutes

.

Figment of Imagination · Post by **Figment of Imagination** » Jun Sat 28, 2008 1:47 am

Fast Passes are great system that favors no one. The point is that everyone gets to split up the time they have to wait on long lines, everybody shares. Because of their limited time release it allows people to decide what rides they choose to wait on for a long time. It doesn't take a away from someone else while giving to another as some people may feel, it just speads out the crowd for better line movement throughout the park. When I first starting going to Disney world as a child lines would be more often than not, around an hour an a half wait each. Gone are those days thank goodness, partly due to park expansion, partly due that Disney does let in less people per square area than in the past, and Disney has created a computer generated system that calculates the output of rides with the movement of crowds, They brag about it on some of those tours they hold. Thats why some of the older rides back up, like Peter Pan, created without this new system. And Fast Pass is just on more terrific idea that helps keep the park moving smoother, faster, and with more rides per person.

ghostelias · Post by **ghostelias** » Jul Tue 15, 2008 2:11 pm

I think if it ain't broke don't fix it. And it certainly ain't broke.

DDDoherty · Post by **DDDoherty** » Jul Tue 15, 2008 4:16 pm

It takes a bit of planning, practice, and self-education to make the most out of a Disney vacation -- especially if time is limited. Today, we went into Disney Hollywood Studio to check out the new Pixar Place area and the Toy Story Midway Mania attraction. We arrived about noon and the Fast Passes were for 9:20-10:00 PM. The queue sign said 70 minutes (we were given the queue timing tag when we entered) but we braved it anyway. We were on the ride in about half that time. The fast pass experience really only works for those who get into the parks early...

meticulus9 · Post by **meticulus9** » Jul Tue 15, 2008 4:48 pm

only for the really popular attractions. and sometimes you can get lucky.

Cazza and Livvie's Mum · Post by **Cazza and Livvie's Mum** » Jul Sat 19, 2008 11:17 am

FastPass is just fine the way it is. I'm not a thrill seeker and we were in a party of 10, 6 of whom wanted to go on Rocknroller Coaster at MGM, we all wanted to go to Lights, Motors, Action so while the braver of us rode I had a quiet stroll with the kids to get Fast Passes I put the 10 tickets through the machine but 4 were allocated a later time slot. I asked a CM what could be done and he changed our time right there so we could all enjoy the attraction together

I voted to keep them just the way they are, part of the culture of Disney parks. Don't ever sell them and become meaningless like the ones at that other park I cannot bare to even type the name.

annafab · Post by **annafab** » Mar Sun 08, 2009 6:37 pm

A lot of interesting opinions on here. I didn't realize this was such a debate.

Personally, I LOVE the current fastpass system because I'm VERY Type A and I love planning stuff out. Plus, I'm a girl so I like drama and I like the excitement of sending one person to run around getting fastpasses while everybody else gets food etc.

I can sort of understand the argument of how the casual tourist or non-planners would be neglected by the current system. But honestly, if you don't get Fastpasses, as long as you understand the fact that this is DISNEY and you WILL be waiting in line, it's fine. When I went for a week to WDW with my friends, by the end of the week when we were at our last park days, we were just too tired to be running around getting Fastpasses. But it was fine. We just enjoyed the time together in line. lol You don't HAVE to use the Fastpass system to have an enjoyable time.

leblanan · Post by **leblanan** » Mar Mon 09, 2009 9:01 am

I think they work great the way they are. They take a little planning, especially if you've never been to a park before. (and its always fun sometimes to hear cast members have to explain to newbies how it works, unless they are right in front of you in line). But I've always found it makes the wait times shorter and I get to go on more rides when I visit.

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