help when i come to disney next year it will be my 6th time, 1st with out my mum and dad, there joining use later, but it is my children and long term boyfriends first time, and i want them to see and do as much as pos, is it worth doing fast passes(never done them before) and any ideas for the things they sould not miss, any tips, thanks x
As for things not to miss -- too many to name. I put together a little primer for some friends of mine who made their first trip a year ago. I'll see if I can dig it up. Even if I do (I'll PM you about it), it's just one person's suggestions.
As for FastPasses, yes. I think of Fastpasses as allowing me to wait in line for two rides at the same time. Some things to remember about fastpasses.
1. Once you get a fastpass, you can't get another one until the earlier of i) the start time for the fast pass you already hold, or ii) two hours after you got the first fastpass.
2. Not everybody needs to be there to get fastpasses for your party. Send one person with all the tickets, and that person can get fastpasses for everybody.
3. Your fastpass will have a one hour window on it. You do not have to show up during that window. As long as you show up after the start time of your window, you can use the fastpass anytime that day. So if you have a fastpass that says "1:15 pm to 2:15 pm", you can use it anytime after 1:15 pm until park closing (but not during evening extra magic hours).
What I usually do is get to a park right at opening, send my wife and son (and parents, if they're there) to one popular ride (for example, Soarin'), while I take all the tickets and run to another ride (for example, Test Track). I get fastpasses for everybody then run to catch up with them and ride the first ride through the regular line before crowds build. By the time we're off that ride, we're usually at the start time for the fastpasses I got, so we grab another set of fastpasses (for example, so we can ride Soarin' again later). The rest of the day, we accumulate fastpasses whenever the time comes to get another one and we're near a fastpass attraction. That way, we're not planning the whole day around fastpasses, but we get a lot of the benefit.
