Do away with Fast Pass?

[GrannyJill2]

I was just thinking about the parks before they invented the Fast Pass.

I don't recall standing in such long lines back then. Since FP was invented, some of the attractions have unbearable waits. Your time in the parks is affected by when the next FP expires.

What are your thoughts? Keep it or toss it?

 

[Figment632]

You don't? I remember waiting on line a lot longer than know

The only problem I have with FP is that there is no need fir FP at an omnimover attraction such as Buzz SRS.

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[brent2124]

You don't? I remember waiting on line a lot longer than know

The only problem I have with FP is that there is no need fir FP at an omnimover attraction such as Buzz SRS.

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Exactly!

 

[btk2333]

Why would you want to get rid of them? With FP's even during peak times you rarely have to wait more than 30 minutes if you plan your day right. FP's make Disney World bearable, since I never consider it worth it to wait over an hour for a ride.

 

[imamouse]

OP - Your experience and mine are polar opposites. Before FP, we encountered waits of 60-120 min for many of the E-ticket rides (all 3 MK mtns, PPF, TT, etc). We would spend an entire day at the MK and only ride 5 attractions. My husband was at the breaking point of vowing never to return when FP was implemented.

Without FP, I seriously doubt we would have made another trip to WDW as a family. Our kids were bored by all the waiting and we didn't have a very magical experience.

Now we tour smartly and rarely wait more than 20 min for any ride or attraction, so count me as a HUGE fan of FP!

As big a fan as I am, I admit that FP isn't necessary for fast-loading omnimover attractions, but I still like that it gives us the option of which rides/attractions to wait for (stand-by) and which to use FP.

 

[klineski96]

What are your thoughts? Keep it or toss it?

Keep it.

 

[SirGoofy]

Why would you want to get rid of them? With FP's even during peak times you rarely have to wait more than 30 minutes if you plan your day right. FP's make Disney World bearable, since I never consider it worth it to wait over an hour for a ride.

The problem is there are MANY attractions that shouldn't have fastpasses. In MK alone there's a long list.

Buzz, Stitch, Philarmagic, Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan

Pretty much anything that isn't a huge ride should not have fastpass.

 

[happymom52003]

I love fastpass. I'd be pretty upset if they ever got rid of it. It really comes in handy with 2 small kids who have a hard time waiting in long lines. We refuse to wait more than 20-25 minutes for anything, and so far by using fastpass and knowing the time of day to ride certain rides we have had no problems. We would not be able to do this without fastpass.

 

[GrannyJill2]

Why would you want to get rid of them? With FP's even during peak times you rarely have to wait more than 30 minutes if you plan your day right. FP's make Disney World bearable, since I never consider it worth it to wait over an hour for a ride.

I simply asked the question - keep them or get rid of them? And you're right about planning your day for the big attractions. I hit all my favorites without using Fast Pass, and I have time to stop and enjoy the parks without checking my watch constantly :lookaroun

Thanks to Figment 632 - This topic has been discussed to death like SM, monorail, and scooters. Try using the search tool.
I did use the search tool, but I'm lousy at searches :lol:. Perhaps you can put out a list of topics that have been "discussed to death" so we can avoid them?

 

[hokielutz]

The problem is there are MANY attractions that shouldn't have fastpasses. In MK alone there's a long list.

Buzz, Stitch, Philarmagic, Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan

Pretty much anything that isn't a huge ride should not have fastpass.

I think the Peter Pan ride becomes Peter Pain in my Side... because of the FP.

Because it is a very slow launch ride.... and the assigned portions of FPers to Standby.... the standby line, anytime after 11AM becomes almost unbearable as the wait reaches over an hour. Fortunately the Buzz omnimover has such a high capacity, that even queues that get extended to the outside are not too bad with FP's.... but I do agree... for this ride and Peter Pan, it should be abolished.
Keep it for the mountains, JC, Pirates, and Indy.

 

[hokielutz]

I simply asked the question - keep them or get rid of them? And you're right about planning your day for the big attractions. I hit all my favorites without using Fast Pass, and I have time to stop and enjoy the parks without checking my watch constantly :lookaroun

Thanks to Figment 632 - This topic has been discussed to death like SM, monorail, and scooters. Try using the search tool.
I did use the search tool, but I'm lousy at searches :lol:. Perhaps you can put out a list of topics that have been "discussed to death" so we can avoid them?

But what about those newbies who want to discuss it who don't know. Is it really a sin to have multiple threads, as long as the exact same questions or opinions are not being duplicated by the same person??

 

[Figment632]

The only thing wrong with it is that it is offered at omnimover attractions, you could cut the wait fir Buzz SRS in half without FP. I don't care how popular it is the wait will not be that bad the line will be constantly moving. This summer the line for the seas was out the door and past the statues of nemo, the wait was 15 to 20 minutes,

 

[Figment632]

I simply asked the question - keep them or get rid of them? And you're right about planning your day for the big attractions. I hit all my favorites without using Fast Pass, and I have time to stop and enjoy the parks without checking my watch constantly :lookaroun

Thanks to Figment 632 - This topic has been discussed to death like SM, monorail, and scooters. Try using the search tool.
I did use the search tool, but I'm lousy at searches :lol:. Perhaps you can put out a list of topics that have been "discussed to death" so we can avoid them?

Sorry I didn't mean to offend you I was just trying to help.

 

[wickedsoccer22]

The problem is there are MANY attractions that shouldn't have fastpasses. In MK alone there's a long list.

Buzz, Stitch, Philarmagic, Jungle Cruise, Peter Pan

Pretty much anything that isn't a huge ride should not have fastpass.

Im not so sure about Peter Pan. Since we're summer visitors, we always see waits well over 60 minutes every single day for PP. Then when all FP are gone by 1-2 in the afternoon and the wait never seems to flounder, I'd say keep it!

 

[the-reason14]

I dont see how anyone can have a problem with FP really. Before they were in use, we didnt know what we were missing. There was nothing to miss, so standing in line was the only option. I remember my first ride on Space mt. It was the spring of 1998, before FP. The line was long, however, I remember walking right into the building, something that you rarely get to do today unless its 5 minutes after rope drop or during non peak times. I remember back then lines used to move much quicker than today. But still, who would want to wait in line when you can just use a FP. There are certain rides that dont really need FPs, and if they got rid of them it would be better. Like Buzz and other Omnimovers. Nemo doesnt have Fp and its line moves really fast, the same could be done with Buzz.

Honestly, if they ever get rid of FP or start charging for them, I think thats when Ill consider other places for a vacation home and stop going to WDW. But as long as they have that, I think I'm good.

 

[CleveRocks]

To me, WDW pakrs would not be nearly as enjoyable if FASTPASS was trashed. It makes lines bearable. I can't imagine waiting 90 minutes for Soarin' or 85 minutes for Test Track, as were the waits this past Saturday late-afternoon.

I hate looking at my watch during vacation, too (which is why we make only one or two meal ADRs during each weekly trip) ... but I hate wasting my time in long lines even worse, especially with 2 small kids.

This past Saturday, I remember having to live by the watch, but that's OK. It was out last day of 8 days in WDW (he had a very late flight home), and our kids chose Epcot as our last part of the trip, because they both wanted to to Soarin' and Test Track again. So when we arrived at Epcot, my wife took the two of them on Spaceship Earth (10 minute wait) while I went to get Soarin' FPs ... I did SSE earlier in the week, and I didn't mind not sitting through it a second time. I got the FPs at 9:54 a.m. ... they were for 12:06 p.m., and I could get more FPs after 11:54 a.m. So after the family did SSE (they were stuck on it in the pitch dark for 10 minutes, as I learned from my wife's text message), and I met them outside Test Track and Mission:Space around 10:30 a.m. My son and I did Mission:Space twice in a row ... the posted stand-by times were 15 min. for Green and 30 min. for orange. We did green twice (we waited only about 5 minutes each time) while my wife and daughter shopped in Mousegears. We decided to wait on Test Track since the posted stand-by wait was 50 minutes by around 11:15 a.m. We got lunch at Electric Umbrella and enjoyed the respite from the sun and heat. At 11:55, just as the others were finishing lunch, I walked over to Test Track, which now had a 65 minute stand-by wait, and got FPs for 2:55 p.m.

We walked across FutureWorld and enjoyed walking right up to the part of the Soarin' queue where the CM tells you whether to go left or right. After that, we knew we had about 2.5 hours to wait for Test Track. Better to occupy ourselves in one of the most fun places on Earth rather than stand in that line for over an hour. Our kids got to play in Innoventions (which we'd never even walked into during our 2 previoustrips), and we rode the Journey into Imagination Ride, spent time in the Imagination pavilion sending goofy photo e-mails (one of our favorite things in WDW, by the way), sat through Honey I Shrunk The Audience (my wife SCREAMED when the "mice" ran by her feet), waited in a long line at an ice cream cart, and by that time we were able to go to the FP return at Test Track. It was great to do all of those things ... it's not like we had to sit around bored for hours until we could finally ride.

 

[TinkerBelle8878]

I think that fastpass takes the fun out of it actually. You have to run around like loons to get a Fast Pass before they run out and then have to scheduele everything around that fast pass. Which I've found is usually the least desireable or most inconvenient time. And you can't have more than one so you have to wait until that attraction one expires to get one for another. And the cycle starts again.

I'd rather they have a set of Fast Pass Kiosks right after the turnstyles. You put in your park pass, and it tells you what's available when. You pick what you want and you can only have one per ride. Not ten at once for Splash or Peter Pan. Unless you have 10 people in your party which should already be linked on your partys passes.

If you think you're going to be eating lunch at Sunshine Seasons in epcot and want to ride Soarin after then you can pick 2pm or whenever after lunch might be. You scheudele the time YOU want if they show it as available. If not you pick whatever time is closest.

 

[SirGoofy]

Im not so sure about Peter Pan. Since we're summer visitors, we always see waits well over 60 minutes every single day for PP. Then when all FP are gone by 1-2 in the afternoon and the wait never seems to flounder, I'd say keep it!

Fastpass backs that line up like crazy. It's a constantly loading attraction, and therefore has no need for FP.

 

[1DisneyDad]

Keep it!

 

[3WaltFans]

Keep it!

No way would i do away with it. If you know how to use it correctly it makes for a great day!