DHS FastPass Tiers Have Changed along with FP+ for Smugglers Run

[nickys]

Which is related to how studios drops additional fastpass inventory. The Fastpasses are available within an hour or 2. But at the time of the window they are booked out.

Which window are you referring to? At the 30 day window, both have been easy to get since they changed the tiers in the summer. And can be picked up easily for any day from tomorrow through next week, month right now.

Have a look at this page from Touring Plans. It will completely refute your assertion it has to do with same day drops. You can change the date and it shows you what is available. This is tomorrow’s availability for DHS. ToT and RnR have availability throughout the day. That is not due to FP drops.

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[peter11435]

Which window are you referring to? At the 30 day window, both have been easy to get since they changed the tiers in the summer. And can be picked up easily for any day from tomorrow through next week, month right now.

Have a look at this page from Touring Plans. It will completely refute your assertion it has to do with same day drops. You can change the date and it shows you what is available. This is tomorrow’s availability for DHS. ToT and RnR have availability throughout the day. That is not due to FP drops.

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You are misunderstanding. I’m not referring to the booking windows. I am referring to the return windows. Yes, these fast passes are available up to and including day of. And due to daily fast pass drops you can often get fast passes for attractions that are valid within a couple of hours.

My point was that these attractions regularly book out of their fastpass inventory and will continue to do so. By the time a return window opens all available fastpasses for that slot have been selected. Thus regardless of tier placement the same number of guests will be utilizing fastpass. This change will make it harder to get a fast pass for Tower of terror or rockin roller coaster. But it should not impact standby wait times.

 

[nickys]

You are misunderstanding. I’m not referring to the booking windows. I am referring to the return windows. Yes, these fast passes are available up to and including day of. And due to daily fast pass drops you can often get fast passes for attractions that are valid within a couple of hours.

My point was that these attractions regularly book out of their fastpass inventory and will continue to do so. By the time a return window opens all available fastpasses for that slot have been selected. Thus regardless of tier placement the same number of guests will be utilizing fastpass. This change will make it harder to get a fast pass for Tower of terror or rockin roller coaster. But it should not impact standby wait times.

Ah, sorry. Yes, I totally misunderstood what you were saying lol!

 

[RSoxNo1]

Just to be clear, it looks like this is more DAK rules than the previous DHS and Ep rules. If Slinky Dog and Smugglers Run have no availability, you can select 3 Fastpasses from the other group.

 

[nickys]

Just to be clear, it looks like this is more DAK rules than the previous DHS and Ep rules. If Slinky Dog and Smugglers Run have no availability, you can select 3 Fastpasses from the other group.

Ummm, you can do that at any park. You never have to pick a tier1 FP if you don’t want to.

 

[GordonR]

What would be good is a 3rd tier for a 4th FP that was only for a show or screening. Would help distribute crowds better.

 

[matt9112]

You must not be looking in the right place...

Shouldn't have to refresh and look every day as an AP holder. I have real life to do. Smashing the app for a unicorn isnt part of it.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Shouldn't have to refresh and look every day as an AP holder. I have real life to do. Smashing the app for a unicorn isnt part of it.

Everyone has lives. No ones life is more important than someone else’s. It’s an amusement park ride. Either it’s important enough for you to ride without a 3 hour wait or it isn’t.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Ummm, you can do that at any park. You never have to pick a tier1 FP if you don’t want to.

I believe you have to at Epcot, don't you?

 

[ChrisFL]

so I probably won't be riding that again for a long time

 

[nickys]

I believe you have to at Epcot, don't you?

Have a tier1 FP? Not unless it’s changed very, very recently. And completely by-passed every WDW trip planning site in the process! Perfectly possible to book SSE, Mission Space and Nemo if you want to.

What makes you think so?

 

[HauntedPirate]

One of our days at DHS before yesterday:

ToT/BatB/Indy

Now:

ToT/RnRC/MF:SR

 

[RSoxNo1]

Have a tier1 FP? Not unless it’s changed very, very recently. And completely by-passed every WDW trip planning site in the process! Perfectly possible to book SSE, Mission Space and Nemo if you want to.

What makes you think so?

When booking Fastpasses on the site it does say choose 1 of Soarin/Epcot Forever/Frozen Ever After (Test Track isn't available right now). I guess I was mistaken.

 

[nickys]

When booking Fastpasses on the site it does say choose 1 of Soarin/Epcot Forever/Frozen Ever After (Test Track isn't available right now). I guess I was mistaken.

It actually says that for every park. And causes a lot of confusion, it’s a pretty regular question that comes up, “if I don’t want a tier 1, can I book three tier 2”? I do remember when Pandora opened, and the tiers were created for the first time at AK, they did explain it.

But it applies in each park. You can always book three tier 2 FPs if you want to.

 

[The_Jobu]

Here's my pie in the sky perfect day FP plan, courtesy of touringplans.com

Resistance will be whenever, Smuggler's Run and Railway I'm not sure. Maybe rope drop one before Slinky expires and the other at end of day?

Tricky business this.

 

[Princess Leia]

With MMRR being a Tier 1, has anything else changed for DHS FastPass+ tiers?

 

[nickys]

With MMRR being a Tier 1, has anything else changed for DHS FastPass+ tiers?

Not since the change when Smuggler’s Run opened up to FPs.

Tier 1 is Smuggler’s Run, Slinky and MMRR.

 

[mikejs78]

So - one data point only and it's just a snapshot in time. Things will have to be measured over the next two weeks to see real trends, but:

* At 9 AM today, with FP+, MF:SR had a wait time of 140 minutes. Contrast that to yesterday, without FO, and the wait time at 9 AM was 160 minutes.
* Contrast that to Slinky, which both today and yesterday had wait times at 9AM of 180 minutes (so similar crowd levels...)

Will be interesting to watch as the day goes on.

 

[durangojim]

Will we now see the waits for MF:SR be equivalent to FOP?

 

[dr_seeker]

Will we now see the waits for MF:SR be equivalent to FOP?

I'm gonna go with no because MF:SR seems to be more reliable and I believe (although don't quote me) that it has a higher capacity than FOP.