FastPass+ open to all guests including offsite beginning next week at Disney's Animal Kingdom

[Recon443]

Don't be daft... the tests have failed left and right... Why did this balloon from 1 billion to over 2 billion, cause it was a major success so they had to keep tossing money at it to fix nonexistent problems? Ok... live in your delusional fantasy world... Fact is, this has not been a success... this has been a mess on all fronts... Problems: 1) Disney management is ego driven, so instead of making decisions with common sense, they let their egos get in the way... usually that leads to disaster, which we are seeing playing out... 2) it is too late to go back now... Once systems are implemented, cutting your losses and reverting back to the old way is just not a reality... 3) wifi sucks on property... 4) the huge lines at Guest Services proves there are plenty of people who continue to have major issues with this crap... Friend of mine just got back and declared she is never going again... I venture to say there are many many many people out there saying the same thing... WDW will lose business cause of this disaster...

You have 1 chance to impress people... Disney blew it... There is nothing impressive about this system, not when you have to spend an hour on line for Guest Services cause your band failed or your FP wasn't registering or any other slew of issues which are coming up during this pathetic roll out...

The tests have failed? Really? Which ones in particular?

 

[RSoxNo1]

Who said it is not working? Have you used it? I have and it was a great experience.

You're right, there are people that enjoy this, but at what cost? Did you like Fastpass+ more than Fastpass?

 

[Captain Chaos]

The tests have failed? Really? Which ones in particular?

Pick and choose... they have failed... again, use common sense and you'll see they have... again, you don't toss money at something that is working... It isn't.. which is why the budget keeps ballooning... SO THEY CAN FIX THE FAILURES!!!! Successful tests wouldn't need more money to fix things that are not broken...

BTW I have used it, so I am also talking from experience... IT SUCKED... Ruined the trip...

 

[Recon443]

No anger at all, contempt perhaps. The only point proven is that you are yet another silly wee Fhan Bhoy whos loyalty to a brand makes rational evaluation of current difficulties with the Plus system impossible.

And you are of course welcome.

Contempt? Methinks you are bit too emotionally invested in your posts. Fan Boy? Hardly. I would never identify myself as an apologist for any corporation, like you have.

 

[Recon443]

You're right, they are people that enjoy this, but at what cost? Did you like Fastpass+ more than Fastpass?

Yes, I did. Nice to have three big attractions spread out through the day around which I set an agenda.

 

[englanddg]

Yes, I did. Nice to have three big attractions spread out through the day around which I set an agenda.

So, you were able to do Rock n Roller Coaster and Toy Story Midway Mania?

 

[Buried20KLeague]

And I asked you a question which you responded to with a snarky comment. And now you respond with angry little comments?

You have only proved my point, you know not of what you speak. Thanks!

You should have gone with the standard "I know you are, but what am I" response. It would have looked less childish.

 

[Recon443]

Pick and choose... they have failed... again, use common sense and you'll see they have... again, you don't toss money at something that is working... It isn't.. which is why the budget keeps ballooning... SO THEY CAN FIX THE FAILURES!!!! Successful tests wouldn't need more money to fix things that are not broken...

You are very sure the tests have failed, I am just asking you to name just one. You are making a claim the tests have failed, you should be able to name just one. Common sense says they failed? So common sense should be able to name one.

 

[Recon443]

So, you were able to do Rock n Roller Coaster and Toy Story Midway Mania?

We purposefully skipped Midway Mania, but it was available.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Yes, I did. Nice to have three big attractions spread out through the day around which I set an agenda.

That's perfectly fair, but it also sounds like you are in the minority in appreciating this system.

 

[englanddg]

We purposefully skipped Midway Mania, but it was available.

But, could you do both?

 

[ParentsOf4]

I find it hilarious that all these folks are declaring it a failure, yet the Disney folks keep expanding its use. So one of the two groups is delusional. Considering Disney has the analytics to gauge 'failure' better than any one who posts 'it seems like' or who hasn't used it, I am thinking Disney knows the real story.

It's called "throwing good money after bad" and executives (and gamblers) do it all the time.

When you evaluate the current state of a project in order to decide what to do next, you don't consider how much has already been thrown into it. That money is spent. You simply ask yourself, "Moving forward, what are the best options?"

Disney needs to keep moving forward with MyMagic+ because, incrementally from the current situation, it's the smart business play.

Travel back to 2007 and, with a crystal ball, look at the situation at the end of 2013 and MyMagic+ never happens.

And senior executives are delusional all the time. Just look at all the corporate and financial collapses. Each is an example of "The Emperor's New Clothes".

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

Contempt? Methinks you are bit too emotionally invested in your posts. Fan Boy? Hardly. I would never identify myself as an apologist for any corporation, like you have.

Again your lack of self awareness is not a failing that can be placed at my door.

But perhaps you can post the empirical data that underpins your belief that all things are well with Magic Plus, or am I to take it your evidence is entirely subjective, you know like the subjective information you are keen to dismiss when it highlights the less than text book performance of the program.

Im only here to annoy you. and succeeding apparently

 

[Recon443]

That's perfectly fair, but it also sounds like you are in the minority in appreciating this system.

True. And I am not as emotionally attached to its failure or success.

 

[Recon443]

But, could you do both?

Yes I could have.

 

[Captain Chaos]

But, could you do both?

At one point, yes... You were able to choose TSMM and RNRC and ToT... I believe you still can in DHS... I don't think DHS went to a tier system yet, like Epcot did... Maybe they did too, I don't know... I don't care enough about this garbage Disney is force feeding down the throats of the unsuspecting guests... WDW lost me....

 

[englanddg]

Yes I could have.

Well, you can't now. You'd have to choose one or the other. They implemented a tiered system. Why?

Because they had to. Because guests were choosing the same rides en masse. Why?

Because those rides have the longest waits, on average.

However, when you went, you were able to do both, but now you can't. Why?

BECAUSE THE INITIAL TEST FAILED! So, they had to modify the system.

 

[englanddg]

At one point, yes... You were able to choose TSMM and RNRC and ToT... I believe you still can in DHS... I don't think DHS went to a tier system yet, like Epcot did... Maybe they did too, I don't know... I don't care enough about this garbage Disney is force feeding down the throats of the unsuspecting guests... WDW lost me....

http://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymag...sting-restrictions-on-fastpass-selections.htm

 

[Recon443]

Again your lack of self awareness is not a failing that can be placed at my door.

But perhaps you can post the empirical data that underpins your belief that all things are well with Magic Plus, or am I to take it your evidence is entirely subjective, you know like the subjective information you are keen to dismiss when it highlights the less than text book performance of the program.

Im only here to annoy you. and succeeding apparently

At this point, I have only one piece of empirical data more than you that it is successful, I have used it. Something that it appears you have not.

I am happy that your goal is to be annoying, I personally would try to be something else, but to each their own.

 

[wm49rs]

I find it hilarious that all these folks are declaring it a failure, yet the Disney folks keep expanding its use. So one of the two groups is delusional. Considering Disney has the analytics to gauge 'failure' better than any one who posts 'it seems like' or who hasn't used it, I am thinking Disney knows the real story.

TDO has to keep expanding, in order to find a way at the end of justifying the costs.

Of course, they could have followed the course set by big brother out west and use those funds on rides/attractions/restaurants/etc. and rake in the cash, but I suppose that was above a certain mindset....