FastPass+ Most Certainly Not Coming Back As It Was

[pdude81]

33?
I don’t see the connection

cabanas at the pool?? I could see that as an excuse...but that’s a headfake too.

People spent $650 a day for a quiet place to charge their phone, have a few snacks in the middle of the day, and not have to cram in with everybody else for shows. And this was in a tent. I think they realized quickly that demand for a private space like that on the east coast would be high, and that it's not just the 250k+ crowd that would pay for it. To me it's like they tested out the Six Flags version of Club 33 to see if they wanted to build a real one (4).

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Many loyal WDW guests / fans (myself included) have been spoiled by short waits on popular attractions via FP+ and short-to-medium waits for less popular attractions without needing to rely on FP+.

A 100% paid FP system (especially one that is as expensive as has been rumored) would mean that many in the aforementioned group would instead have “medium-to-long” waits on popular attractions, and “short-to-medium” waits on less popular attractions.

If you are wealthy enough and willing enough to pay up for FP, you will likely be happy under the new solution. If however you are someone who has historically made the most of FP+ (like many on this board) but are not wealthy / willing enough to pay up for FP, your experience at the parks will likely be worse than it was under FP+.

“Amusement parks: playgrounds of the wealthy.”

...said no one ever

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

People spent $650 a day for a quiet place to charge their phone, have a few snacks in the middle of the day, and not have to cram in with everybody else for shows. And this was in a tent. I think they realized quickly that demand for a private space like that on the east coast would be high, and that it's not just the 250k+ crowd that would pay for it. To me it's like they tested out the Six Flags version of Club 33 to see if they wanted to build a real one (4).

not buying this one.

the East coast market would have paid for club 33...that tent proved nothing.

they have years to mined data to know that. DVC and it's escalation is far more of an indication of that. Like the poly bungalows.

besides...you are pretty light on your estimate. $250,000 is not the club 33 range based on the annual throw away fees.

But I’m just guessing...I’m waiting for our secret spy to connect the dots.

 

[pdude81]

Spill the beans. All of them.

Beans... beans... are good for your heart

 

[marni1971]

The Kingdom is Suite.

 

[Squishy]

The Kingdom is Suite.

The Floor is made out of Floor.

 

[DCBaker]

 

[dreday3]

Fudge. We spent money on Boo Bash. Nothing left for fast pass!

 

[iowamomof4]

I don't see "Standby" in my app. Just the wait times as usual.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Fudge. We spent money on Boo Bash. Nothing left for fast pass!

...don’t worry about that...get on that second job to pay for the ticket

 

[WondersOfLife]

If you are wealthy enough and willing enough to pay up for FP, you will likely be happy under the new solution. If however you are someone who has historically made the most of FP+ (like many on this board) but are not wealthy / willing enough to pay up for FP, your experience at the parks will likely be worse than it was under FP+.

Oh boy.... Looks like I'll be forking some more money over to Disney...

Next year will be my last 2 trips to WDW. I plan on visiting Disneyland more, as well as going out to visit the other parks around the world. (Especially that non-Disney park in Germany) Time to stop paying all the money for a dwindling experience.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I don't see "Standby" in my app. Just the wait times as usual.

It’s definitely returning (in a form) but we will see how adept Disney IT is at programming this in. The process to get Boo Bash tix doesn’t instill faith.

They are kinda starting from scratch. Good in a sense because changes are needed. Bad because they’re incompetent.

 

[dreday3]

...don’t worry about that...get on that second job to pay for the ticket

Second job will pay for my shoe problem....priorities...

 

[pdude81]

The Kingdom is Suite.

The Floor is made out of Floor.

The snozberries taste like snozberries

 

[pdude81]

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It’s definitely returning (in a form) but we will see how adept Disney IT is at programming this in. The process to get Boo Bash tix doesn’t instill faith.

They are kinda starting from scratch. Good in a sense because changes are needed. Bad because they’re incompetent.

Do you care to spitball a timeframe?

 

[Disney Glimpses]

As a software engineer, this looks an awful lot to me like an update where the entire feature was updated and a new component (fastpass) is behind a feature flag. My guess is it is going to be quite soon.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

They are kinda starting from scratch.

Supposedly not, from what I have heard. FP+ system was going to be retired last year regardless and the new system could actually have been ready for months as it was supposed to launch last year. Supposedly that made their decision really easy to integrate Park Pass into FP+ since it was going to be "temporary" anyways, why not repurpose dead code.

 

[spaldingclan]

Jeez what happens to folks like me who are visiting in 17 days?

 

[G00fyDad]

Jeez what happens to folks like me who are visiting in 17 days?

You'll still have covid restriction crowd levels so your standby wait time will be pretty low. Fast passes shouldn't even be an issue for you.

 

[GimpYancIent]

Supposedly not, from what I have heard. FP+ system was going to be retired last year regardless and the new system could actually have been ready for months as it was supposed to launch last year. Supposedly that made their decision really easy to integrate Park Pass into FP+ since it was going to be "temporary" anyways, why not repurpose dead code.

Ahhhhhhh, Soooooo its being worked on and it's technical.