Three fast passes per day?

I think we all know FP+ is coming. Well apparently they started testing it (including a new fast pass for parades) and they put a three per day limit on it.

And guest satisfaction with the system has been ; outstanding. Which means for right now, three seems to be the magic number.

This means that you will not be able to get more than three fastpasses per day.

The only other thing that hasn't been discussed is the number of fastpasses they will issue for each attraction. ; I think they might reduce it but you will start to see which attractions have the most demand, quickly. Which means they may tweak it so Soarin gets more fastpasses then before while Space mountain gets less, etc.

What do you think about this news?

 

I hate the concept of FP+ as much as I hate the early dining reservation system and the Dining Plan. ; But hey, what can you do? ; It's certainly something I will not ever be using, and can only hope it doesn't end up having too much direct effect on my park visits in the future - no way I'm going to plan days, let alone months, ahead of time what park I'm going to be in and on what day and time...I don't even make dinner reservations more than a day in advance.


I can say I'm happy to hear of the 3 FP limit - I'd prefer it be 2, or even 1, but I'll take any limit I can get...without some kind of limit, I'd fear people 7 months out booking 10 fast-passes per day for every day they'll be there, even booking Soarin fast passes for every day, just so they can pick and choose which one to use...just as people did with the dining reservation system - abused it and booked 4 or 5 different reservations on the same night so they could just pick which one they wanted. ; We have to have some kind of law!

 

I believe that the limit is with regards to the FastPass+ and NOT the regular fast pass. ; As I understood it, you would be restricted to the amount of Plus fast passes you could get but unrestricted on the regular fast pass. ; I may have misunderstood what was told to me but I guess only time will tell.

 

Every source I've read says that once FP+ is fully up, the old FP system goes away........

 

Well it has been a few months since I have worked over there so anything is possible.

 

I cannot think of the last time we used a FastPass that wasn't given to us by a Cast Member for some sort of "gift" of compensation

 

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Sorry about the layout and the extra bullet points, I tried to fix this three times and I can't figure it out. ; The info is there.

 

Thanks for posting this. I don't want to say it but this is doomed to fail. Putting the option on C/D ticket attractions with no more than 3 a day? They are going to get a ton of complaints (probably from AP holders) and eventually repeat guests who can't get FP+ for the E tickets.

Now some of the added options will be a huge hit and will pull some of the complaints down but I thought Disney freaking learned about putting FP on fast moving C/D ticket attractions! ; ; ; ;

At Disneyland they used to have FP for the haunted Mansion and they shuttered it! ; Some high capacity attractions it doesn't make sense. It also doesn't make sense for attractions with an immersive queue.

 

Exactly. ; The people who wait until the last minute to plan their trip are going to get shafted...although it happens NOW for things like Soarin/Toy Story Mania where the FPs are gone shortly after park opening. ; I think they probably will hold a small number of FP+ for the E-tickets for day guests, but who knows?

 

Ensuring ALL guests have access to the '+' service...really? ; So are they going to give me a smart phone so I can be equal with all the other guests who are using theirs to 'cut' in front of me throughout the parks since I have to go to the ride fastpass distribution area to get a pass and they can just pop onto their smart phone to do it?

I mean, I know I'm way behind the times for not wanting to be internet-connected everywhere I go on earth, but they're still assuming every person has a smart phone, and there have to be a few cavemen like me, or a few poor families who can't afford smart phones, that will be at a serious disadvantage.

 

This sounds like crap. I don't want to spend my vacation trying to figure out how to reserve fireworks or parades.
I just want to walk around and enjoy the parks. I don't want to spend the entire day waving my wrist at poles and typing on my phone and plotting and planning.
Good luck Disney targeting this to the younger crowd, who have no money, and in a few years won't care about your parks at all.

 

Uhhhh in a way I think the govt took care of the phone problem. ;

 

I think so too and it has to to with the new anti-marketing to children rules. Disney is going to have to jump through too many hoops to start the Duffy calling your kid out by name or having your face on a Small World doll during the ride.

I don't think the terms and conditions for theme park admission will be sufficient. ; And I think RFID for kids may also be be out because Disney can track your location in the park.

Bob's letter didn't help things. I think it made it worse.

/not an attorney. Not making a legal opinion

 

FWIW Craig if they really are going to limit FP to three a day then the parks will go closer back to the way they were. ; I remember the times before fastpasses. The parks seemed less crowded and I think that's because the queues were gobbling them up while now people have more time to eat and shop. Ie, crowd the walkways.

Now if they restrict the entire Hub area for only FP holders of Wishes then there will be a problem.