Andrew M
Well-Known Member
This was my experience with it last week:
First of all, having a large party sucks, I ended up paying $193 after taxes for a party of 9. I went to MK on Tuesday (10/19) afternoon and decided to try it out. It worked well and we were able to knock out Pirates, BTMR, HM, Jungle Cruise, Winnie The Pooh & Buzz in less than 3 hours. There were no issues getting the next pass and the availability was pretty good in terms of no waiting for a return time.
I did it again on Thursday, and this time it wasn't so good. Not sure if this was a result of my strategy, bad luck, or the system or some combination thereof. As of 7:02, Splash Mtn wasn't available until the 10:30-11:30 window. That was one of our must-do's that day and I didn't want to worry about the availability slipping later in the day (some rides dropped back a couple hours for a return time in a matter of 15 minutes). So we get that, by the time we get there at 10:45, it breaks down and they won't let us on. Now our next ride, Haunted Mansion, doesn't have availability until 12:30-1:30. We go to head over there and that breaks down. Next availability for Peter Pan now isn't until 3:40-4:40. So now we've wasted 6 hours with only 3 LL selections. We were given the multi-experience LL passes as compensation that helped, but my concern is more with the Top Tier rides availability. You run the risk of either waiting 3 hours for a ride to become available, or using other LL's first and possibly having the top tier ride run out of availability. I guess we also should have used the standby line on more attractions to fill the gaps in.
I also noticed some of the paid LL selections go very quickly. As of 8:09 on Friday 10/22, FoP didn't have a return time until 12:20.
I'm sure my strategy needs tweaking, but as an avid FP+ user, this system was much more stress-inducing. I get rides break down, but when you're paying $15 for a pass ontop of park admission, it gets a little more annoying. I'm hoping they tweak it to maybe have more of an advanced selection, and maybe 2 or 3 to start your day. I also personally hate the 7am selection time each day. I get some people wake up early, but when we're in Epcot til midnight the day before and I'm not getting back to my room until 1am, the last thing I want to do is wake up at 7am for both a virtual queue and LL selection.
First of all, having a large party sucks, I ended up paying $193 after taxes for a party of 9. I went to MK on Tuesday (10/19) afternoon and decided to try it out. It worked well and we were able to knock out Pirates, BTMR, HM, Jungle Cruise, Winnie The Pooh & Buzz in less than 3 hours. There were no issues getting the next pass and the availability was pretty good in terms of no waiting for a return time.
I did it again on Thursday, and this time it wasn't so good. Not sure if this was a result of my strategy, bad luck, or the system or some combination thereof. As of 7:02, Splash Mtn wasn't available until the 10:30-11:30 window. That was one of our must-do's that day and I didn't want to worry about the availability slipping later in the day (some rides dropped back a couple hours for a return time in a matter of 15 minutes). So we get that, by the time we get there at 10:45, it breaks down and they won't let us on. Now our next ride, Haunted Mansion, doesn't have availability until 12:30-1:30. We go to head over there and that breaks down. Next availability for Peter Pan now isn't until 3:40-4:40. So now we've wasted 6 hours with only 3 LL selections. We were given the multi-experience LL passes as compensation that helped, but my concern is more with the Top Tier rides availability. You run the risk of either waiting 3 hours for a ride to become available, or using other LL's first and possibly having the top tier ride run out of availability. I guess we also should have used the standby line on more attractions to fill the gaps in.
I also noticed some of the paid LL selections go very quickly. As of 8:09 on Friday 10/22, FoP didn't have a return time until 12:20.
I'm sure my strategy needs tweaking, but as an avid FP+ user, this system was much more stress-inducing. I get rides break down, but when you're paying $15 for a pass ontop of park admission, it gets a little more annoying. I'm hoping they tweak it to maybe have more of an advanced selection, and maybe 2 or 3 to start your day. I also personally hate the 7am selection time each day. I get some people wake up early, but when we're in Epcot til midnight the day before and I'm not getting back to my room until 1am, the last thing I want to do is wake up at 7am for both a virtual queue and LL selection.
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