Fastpass Issues

[Clark Griswold]

Hopefully next year I will return to Disney for an enjoyable 11th trip and I have noticed over the years that the Fastpass needs some adjustments. I believe that when Fastpass didn't exist that lines moved just fine, however, if used correctly, could be a very helpful tool for experiencing more attractions. Maybe distributing less numbers of fastpasses or removing it from certain attractions. What do you think?

'97-'01, '02-'03, '05-All Star Sports, '02 Coronado Springs, '04 Pop Century:sohappy:

 

[wdwishes2005]

i have to disagree, fastpasses work great.

 

[Master Yoda]

Fastpass works great and I believe it is accomplishing what it is intended to do. Guests are now spending more time on rides and in stores instead of waiting in line. The only drawback I have seen to the fastpass system is that the standby line at the more popular rides (ie RnRC,TT etc) can become very long at the end of the day when the fastpasses have run out. The solution to that is to ride these rides early and avoid the long line at the end of the day. I remember the days before fast pass where an hour or more wait for the E-tickets was commonplace and under no circumstances would I want to go back to that.

 

[imamouse]

Personally, I like FASTPASS very much. Since the installation of FP, we have been able to enjoy more attractions per day and spend some time looking around the land/area that we are in while waiting for our return time. This is of course part of the plan to free up some time for guests to shop and snack (which generates more $).

Before FP, our family just did one mad dash after another to ride all of the E-ticket attractions. We had no time to take in the details and theming, which is fantastic and should not be overlooked.

Now, with FP, we can check the times board and plan our FP strategy, then relax and return at our appointed hour. Before FP, our trips to WDW were frustrating, as my husband and sons are not patient about waiting in long lines which take over an hour +. With FP, we make much more frequent trips to WDW, spending more $, which [again] is part of the overall plan.

 

[HunnyPot]

Personally, I like FASTPASS very much. Since the installation of FP, we have been able to enjoy more attractions per day and spend some time looking around the land/area that we are in while waiting for our return time. This is of course part of the plan to free up some time for guests to shop and snack (which generates more $).

Before FP, our family just did one mad dash after another to ride all of the E-ticket attractions. We had no time to take in the details and theming, which is fantastic and should not be overlooked.

Now, with FP, we can check the times board and plan our FP strategy, then relax and return at our appointed hour. Before FP, our trips to WDW were frustrating, as my husband and sons are not patient about waiting in long lines which take over an hour +. With FP, we make much more frequent trips to WDW, spending more $, which [again] is part of the overall plan.

Ditto!

 

[KaliSplash]

It's good to see someone with an appreciation of what Fast Pass was created for.

To get you to spend more money!

And yes, I do realize the advantages for us. But the reality is, while you are waiting for ride times, you're more likely to buy a coke, an ice cream or a stuffed Mickey!

 

[diddy_mouse]

I've never had a problem with FastPass.

If it weren't for FastPass we wouldn't have been able to experience Soarin. We picked up a FP almost as soon as we were in the park that morning (the return time was 3:30 or something like that), went and hung out in World Showcase for a while, went over to explore the Yacht and Beach Clubs, then came back and rode it. And for me it was well worth killing time.

Same thing with Test Track...standby line was 60 min or longer, got our FP, we hopped into the FP line and in 15 min, we were on the ride.

And I definitely agree with those who say its a money spending technique....I am also all about spending money at the parks

 

[MickeyTigg]

FastPass works fine if you use it right. No adjustments need to be made. Your signature doesn't say what times of year you've been going....the lines FastPass or not are going to be horrible if you're there over Christmas or in the middle of the summer.

 

[dumboflyer]

There's not enough fastpass! Bring it in to more rides!

The only downside of fastpass is the horrible 30 minutes the CM at merge point has to suffer through. (Especially at Peter Pan--I only narrowly avoided gang beatings on many occasions.) For any operations CM reading this, you have my sympathies.

 

[MickeyTigg]

There's not enough fastpass! Bring it in to more rides!

The only downside of fastpass is the horrible 30 minutes the CM at merge point has to suffer through. (Especially at Peter Pan--I only narrowly avoided gang beatings on many occasions.) For any operations CM reading this, you have my sympathies.

I don't think they need it on anymore rides...in fact they've taken them out of some.

 

[basas]

FP is one of those things that has completely changed (and in many cases) ruined alot of the theme-park experience. It is a completely flawed system that caters to groups that get to the park at the crack of dawn, and discourages themed standby lines that help you transition between the park, and the attraction (experience). I can only hope it is taken off more rides, or completely removed from every attraction. At least as a start, we can remove it off at least half the attractions that are currently on the system (about the number that do NOT need it).

 

[goofyfan13]

FP is one of those things that has completely changed (and in many cases) ruined alot of the theme-park experience. It is a completely flawed system that caters to groups that get to the park at the crack of dawn, and discourages themed standby lines that help you transition between the park, and the attraction (experience). I can only hope it is taken off more rides, or completely removed from every attraction. At least as a start, we can remove it off at least half the attractions that are currently on the system (about the number that do NOT need it).

If you don't like it so much, don't utilize it, that just means more fastpasses for me.

I for one love FP, especially when I go on New Years at Epcot. Honestly 280 minutes for TT, 240 for M:S, and I'm going to guess that Soarin will be around 300, that would be a brutal day.

Note:I have no idea what wait times were last year, but two years ago when we went TT and M:S were about those wait times.

 

[basas]

If you don't like it so much, don't utilize it, that just means more fastpasses for me.

Well, if you don't use it while its available, you are forced to deal with all the problems it has created. Long, slow moving, inflated standby lines and waiting forever for lines that should be no more than 20-30 mins without FP. (Now you're waiting 75). You're right- i don't like it. But I’m not an idiot, and I’m going to have to use it if i don't want to put up with the chaos it has created.

 

[basas]

double posted

 

[basas]

If you don't like it so much, don't utilize it, that just means more fastpasses for me.

I for one love FP, especially when I go on New Years at Epcot. Honestly 280 minutes for TT, 240 for M:S, and I'm going to guess that Soarin will be around 300, that would be a brutal day.

Note:I have no idea what wait times were last year, but two years ago when we went TT and M:S were about those wait times.

And you wonder why waits were never that long prior to FP. As i said in the above post, FP creates these situtations, and it is the only way to get out of them.

 

[goofyfan13]

And you wonder why waits were never that long prior to FP. As i said in the above post, FP creates these situtations, and it is the only way to get out of them.

I've seen wait times at parks that didn't have a system like FP in place come close to those times. I'll use Cedar Point as an example. Before they tried out a system similar to FP, I waited in lines close to 3 hours on normal days, and Cedar Point has a lot more attractions than Epcot. The fact is when a park fills to capacity, your going to get lines like that, FP or not. The people who would have gotten fastpass, would be in that line at some point during the day, so while the line may not be as long as with the current system in place, I wouldn't expect it to be a lot shorter, maybe 30 minutes.

 

[goofyfan13]

Well, if you don't use it while its available, you are forced to deal with all the problems it has created. Long, slow moving, inflated standby lines and waiting forever for lines that should be no more than 20-30 mins without FP. (Now you're waiting 75). You're right- i don't like it. But I’m not an idiot, and I’m going to have to use it if i don't want to put up with the chaos it has created.

Me personally, if I don't get a fastpass before they are gone I don't have a problem with it, that's just my opinion though, and I respect yours. I really don't mind waiting in lines, because I have seen much worse than say 75 minutes, but again thats only my opinion. :wave:

 

[mousermerf]

Test Track had 5 hour waits prior to FP.

Test Track has 5 hour waits with FP.

What changed?

 

[Jekyll Baker]

I don't think I've actually ever used FP. Many of the times I go, the FP machines are not even available. My main trips are during slower seasons, like September through January. And when I go other times of the year (May or July), it's just for a day or two to get away from work, and my main focus then is to relax and not necessarily the rides.

 

[GoldenFantasmic]

There's not enough fastpass! Bring it in to more rides!

The only downside of fastpass is the horrible 30 minutes the CM at merge point has to suffer through. (Especially at Peter Pan--I only narrowly avoided gang beatings on many occasions.) For any operations CM reading this, you have my sympathies.

As a cast member that still has to endure pan merge point on too many occasions :brick:during both the day and night :hurl: I accept your sympathies with open arms. I swear that some guests can grow a pair of sharp bull horns while waiting to get in. I feel like sometimes I'm going to be beaten to a pulp, especially during summer. Yes it is frustrating? Some guests will treat us like garbage if forced to wait more than 5 minutes. I have had it happen to me. Others (the veterans) have the patience of sheep. I don't like having people give me nasty glances, it truly stinks. Back after Hurricane Katrina struck I had a guest yell FINE! when I told him that my friends family in Mississippi lost everything after the storm went through and there are much worse things that can happen other than waiting in fastpass line an extra 5 minutes. :fork:
If he was my relative I would certainly put a wall of bricks between the both of us. If next time your at the point where standby and fastpass merge at Peter Pan check for the words HELP ME! carved in the base of one of the tree trunks.


Hint: its not near the hidden mickey.