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Thanks for the reply. As stated earlier I don't feel this is a relevant argument so I'm not going to reply to it. You are of course welcome to your opinion otherwise

I think any comparison with universal is irrelevant to this conversation. Completely different number of hotels, number of parks , and concept for that matter. And to indulge this idea for a moment, universal is already at that point (sadly) where you can buy your way up to the level I someone...

They already do. It's called extra magic hours. What's happening now is on a much larger scale and if it stays anything like this it creates a remarkable division within the park throughout the day.

So what u t saying is I spend a couple thousand dollars to go to the parks with my family; but I can't really afford to stay on disney premises with the siR of my family and our needs so I stay 5 minutes away in a place I can afford and as a result I should be relegated to an inferior status...

They would never give fastpass to only resort guests. Waaaaaay too many people stay offsite. You'd risk abandoning a HUGE part of their customer base.

Your point is fair but now you are actually changing the park experience over the course of the entire day. Staying at disney resort gets u in earlier-fine. But a division of people wothin the park at all times based on where u stay. Not okay by me. Not at these prices. I get it. It's about...

Thanks for the feedback. I always enjoyed the planning aspect of it all. I found it fun and then let things flow as they would at the park. Sure it wasn't a day at the beach but it was relaxing in a disney sort of way. It's why we kept coming back. Not this trip. Very different feel. And to...

I find this comment baffling. Why should there be a division based on where you stay. I paid thousands for 9 people to go to disney last week. I can't afford to stay on a disney property as well when I have more affordable accommodations. Why should that mean I get less fastpasses and why does...

Agree 100 percent-which is why I am pointing out how different this time around was for me at least as illustrated by my story. You'll have to take my word for it that I am a nice and cordial guy that doesn't lose his cool, and that I was very respectful. That is what made several of my...

Amen!

I disagree. For every person who is on these forums and very much on top of being prepared before they go, there are 10 people who come in naive and jsut going with the flow. When I was on that fastpass plus kiosk line in Animal Kingdom I heard at least 5 people list the Nemo show as one of...

I have always had similar experience with CM's. This trip, there were many more opposite interactions. As an example, at Space Mountain, the CM wouldn't even hear what I ahve to say: "sorry if it's not green, I can't let you go." this was an extreme example but it was far closer to the norm...

Stay offsite-3 fastpasses/day--can preschedule fastpasses day of visit and I believe they will eventually get everyone smartphone access so the kiosks become supplementary for those without smartphones Stay at a Disney value hotel-4 fastpasses/day Stay at a Disney moderate hotel-5...

This goes back to the inherent unfairness that this process is diviiding on-site and off-site guests in such a remarkable way. I am in the camp that they will eventually allow everyone to use their smartphones whether staying onsite or off-site, but in the meantime....

I'm going to assume you had the ability to do it on your smartphone. If I am correct then that is really why we had such differemt experiences. I ddi nto want to have to wait on a long fastpass plus line again so when I made my selections, I felt like I was scheduling my whole day, because...

I think the park I had the most issues with strict and sometimes unreasonable cast members was magic kingdom. They're clearly under certain directives and some deal with that differntly than others. On another note, has anyone spotted a flying device watching them during their visits? I...

One other thing specific to the last comments. The old fastpass system had room for human interaction. "Oh your kid threw up so u missed ur window by 10 minutes-sure go ahead". Now it's just does the scanner turn green. If not too bad; you are out of luck. Again, it's just making everything...

What can I say? Some of your comments are very individual dependent. We all do things differently. I respect that some people don't see this as a big deal or perhaps even find it advantageous. I despised it, and I don't think it's just because it represents change from how I did it before. I...

Tried all kiosks. No matter when and where I went I always saw a line. Some smaller than others but never appeared to be a process that would be quick until much later in the day. By then, what does it really matter especially if you've come with young kids The most annoying part with the...

First thanks to those for the welcome. Second let me clarify something. Staying offsite I didn't have a magic band. I had to take our cards which are also our tickets in and out of my pocket every time I registered or used a fastpass. Being that I had a multiday hopper this was annoying and...