Mandy wrote:Magic Days wrote:Hi Mandy. Long time no see. Looking at a Christmas trip this year so hope to see you then. What is the overall feel from guest over limiting fast pass selections? Is there any consideration of letting people stack their ride selection meaning if I want to use my fast pass on one ride like toy story mania so I could get a couple passes for that day?
Some people don't care and others are irritated about the limitation to three but the ones that care the most are the ones who knew how to use the system to get like ten. Do you mean like getting a TSM fastpass then getting one at another park? I'm not sure if that will happen if that's what you are asking.
King Fergus wrote:Mandy wrote:Most of you are still not fully informed on fastpass+ so I thought I would post an information post.
This is how fastpass+ works right now and could change at anytime. Remember, it is still in the testing phase.
Disney resort guests can pre-select their fastpasses up to 60 days in advance. Everyone else makes the selections day off at the park which you want fastpasses. Everyone gets three fastpasses a day. If you use fastpasses at one park (i.e. Magic Kingdom), you can't use them at any other park that same day. You still need everyone's park tickets to get the fastpasses. So mom can't choose fastpasses for herself then expect everyone else to get in with her. You still have times to show up to the attractions to use the fastpass. The sooner you get to the park, the better fastpass times you'll get and the more attraction availability. Lines for the kiosks may look long but most of them are under 10 minutes. Most families bring everyone with them to pick fastpasses and that makes it look longer then it is. There could be 30 people in line but it could only be five families. There have been instances of where there is a group of 8 or more but all eight of them have to be in line. When you get in line for the kiosk, have in mind what rides you want to choose and have your park tickets out by the time you get to the front of the line. It also helps, when you have all the cards labeled with names on the back. The cards say please print name and it really means to have it printed. You can modify fastpasses as long as they haven't been used.
I believe that is all the information that is asked on a daily basis. If you have more questions or need some clarification, feel free to ask and I can answer them to the best of my knowledge.
Mandy..Can I verify that I've read this correct..You said everyone gets 3 FP per day...Therefore my DW and DS have 3 on their tickets..Does that mean we get a total of 9 per day...
Each person gets three fastpasses for themself. If your DW gets Space Mountain, Peter Pans Flight and Pirates of the Caribbean fastpasses, only your DW can get on those rides.
After I posted it,,I realised it was a silly question..Ain't had my coffee yet..LOL..Cheers..
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Mandy wrote:JMUDukz wrote:jhugo wrote:Thanks for the info Mandy. This really helps answer a lot of my questions. I do have one question about the fast pass. I heard the 3 passes you get in a day are on a tiered system. Have you heard this and what does that mean? Would for example Soarin and Test Track be top tiered rides and can I only pick one?
That is the case. When you go to make your FP+ selections, you will get a "pick one from this group" option that has the most popular attractions (TSMM, RNR Coaster, Test Track, Soarin', Fantastmic, Maelstrom, IllumiNations, etc are some that are in the groups for their respective parks). You may pick ONE for those and then you get 2 from the other attractions. So if you want to ride Soarin' and Test Track, you will either wait for one of those, or you will have to FP+ it for another day (and you still can only FP+ one park per day). The tiering really seems to apply to DHS and Epcot, in making my FP+ selections, I haven't found it has hampered me much making my selections for MK or AK (for instance, one day I have FP+ for both princess meet and greets and Mickey's meet and greet - no restrictions).
Surprisingly, ToT is not in the top tier for DHS, so you can do TSMM and ToT, which is fine for me!!
JMU is correct. Only Epcot and DHS have the tiered system where you must choose one from one list then choose two from another.
SpamGoddess wrote:Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom still aren't on the tiered system yet, if they'll be put on a tiered system at all (some are thinking the Mine Train may put MK on a tiered system, but I'm hoping not).
I haven't heard anything about MK and DAK getting put on the tiered system. MK has like 30 fastpass+ selections and DAK doesn't have enough. The fastpasses at those parks don't run out as fast as Epcot and DHS did/does. I think they put the tiered system to give everyone more of a fair chance to get the same fastpasses. Because at Epcot, Test Track and Soarin' would run out of fastpasses first along with TSMM and RNR at DHS.
MK going to a tiered system is legit just random chatter I've read speculating on the matter. I wouldn't put any real stock in it, but I also wouldn't be surprised. But I do think for the MK to get it we'd need more than 3 selections to begin with. That's why I said "if they'll be put on a tiered system at all" because I don't see a need for either at the moment, but it could change as fp+ in general evolves.
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PhillNYC wrote:Mandy wrote:PhillNYC wrote:This is awesome! Thank you!
Once I have used my FP+ reservations each day, am I able to get "regular" FastPasses at the kiosks?
Nope. It is currently three a day, once you use your three, you can't get no more.
Thank you!
That must have changed. When I was there in Nov, I could still get fast passes at the rides that were still issuing paper fast passes after I'd used my FP+. In fact, we were able to get a paper fastpasses at AK for the safari before we'd used our FP+ at Epcot later that day.
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JMUDukz wrote:PhillNYC wrote:Mandy wrote:PhillNYC wrote:This is awesome! Thank you!
Once I have used my FP+ reservations each day, am I able to get "regular" FastPasses at the kiosks?
Nope. It is currently three a day, once you use your three, you can't get no more.
Thank you!
That must have changed. When I was there in Nov, I could still get fast passes at the rides that were still issuing paper fast passes after I'd used my FP+. In fact, we were able to get a paper fastpasses at AK for the safari before we'd used our FP+ at Epcot later that day.
No more paper fastpasses. DAK switched over first December 18 then MK in early January and Epcot/Studios switched in middle January. Some of the paper fastpass machines have been removed already. Disney doesn't plan on switching back.
Thanks so much Mandy.
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