I thought you were anti-RFID? Or are you neutral-RFID and just anti-band?I always put my card on the ball thing and my finger on the stick thing at the same time...and it works for me.
That couldn't happen. Since you will only be able to prereserve FPs if there is a valid ticket associated with the guest profile, then it will be impossible to prereserve a FP if the profile was not linked or if a duplicate profile was somehow created.I'm sharing all of this because I see it being a major hurdle with Fastpass+. What happens if your accounts aren't linked correctly, but you made reservations for a ride for all of the accounts you thought were linked?
As I recall from the T&C, if profiles are linked, then any owner of any of the linked profiles can make/change/cancel FP reservations.How does the system decide who gets to make/change/cancel Fastpass+ reservations?
FP+ has nothing to do with resort reservations. If all six profiles are linked, each has a valid ticket associated with it, and FPs have not already been prereserved for all of the days of those tickets, then you should be able to make FP+ reservations.What happens if my account shows a resort reservation for 4, but I am making Fastpass+ reservations for 6 (2 linked friends)?
I'm not sure how much written tech support is to be expected at this stage. The bulk of MM+ hasn't been introduced yet, after all.Here are the pros/cons of my experience. Obviously, there are some cons to the pros, and vice versa, but in terms of usability, I think this is a fair list. ...
Cons
- Little-to-no written technical support.
I don't believe that it will be a problem for most guests.All this managing and connecting and having to set things up...who wants that?
Seems like extra work to me. Maybe people will like it, though! I don't know.
I imagine that that will depend on the outcome of the current testing.Anyone hearing a date for the release of MagicBands?
Thank you for the answers - you seem to be very knowledgeable about this! So it seems then, that you can't make reservations unless everyone in your party has a linked ticket reservation somewhere?That couldn't happen. Since you will only be able to prereserve FPs if there is a valid ticket associated with the guest profile, then it will be impossible to prereserve a FP if the profile was not linked or if a duplicate profile was somehow created.
This makes good sense. Seems that dining reservations have changed since I last used the system, as well. Now, anyone who is linked into the reservation can make/change/cancel reservations, with just a click. Not sure if this is a great idea, but it is much easier to use.As I recall from the T&C, if profiles are linked, then any owner of any of the linked profiles can make/change/cancel FP reservations.
If they've opened the system to customers, then I would expect full support, but that's just my opinionI'm not sure how much written tech support is to be expected at this stage. The bulk of MM+ hasn't been introduced yet, after all.
Not true. When we were there in March, and received the new RFID APs, the CMs there stated that you do NOT have to wait for the green. You tap your card, then immediately place your finger on the scanner. Worked every time. I guess I cannot say if it is different for regular park media, but that is how it works for the AP RFID cards. It was much faster for us, but YMMV.
I don't doubt that the staff told you that.CMs at the gates were instructing us, and others, that we had to wait for it to turn green. This is before they would have even known if we had APs or some other kind of ticket. I'm not sure what the official procedure is, though.
I always put my card on the ball thing and my finger on the stick thing at the same time...and it works for me.
I'm not sure that that is technically correct.Thank you for the answers - you seem to be very knowledgeable about this! So it seems then, that you can't make reservations unless everyone in your party has a linked ticket reservation somewhere?
I don't doubt that the staff told you that.
You don't have to wait to put your finger on the finger stick. The stick won't read your finger until the green circle shows up on the ball thing, though.
I wonder, too, if this will be any faster. Haven't noticed much more spend, but still hoping. Fingers crossed!
Why would you select FPs for rides you don't want them for?i just hope this doesn't kill the fp system. i can deal with all the rest but i like getting fp's for the rides we want, for instance it doesn't do a family any good to have half their fp's for rides their kids are to little to ride, or for my family rides we just don't ride anymore.
Again, I'm at a loss for why you would select FPs that you won't use. I'm also not sure why you think that you will be limited to just a few FPs. According to the releases and the T&C, we should expect to be able to prereserve three FPs per day. In addition to these, we should be able to select same-day FPs up to the number of FPs that you can hold at a time (presumably three or four).i also hope they don't limit us to only a few fp's per day. i just can't imagine being in the park in the summer, for instance, where they're open from say 9am until midnight or later and having say only 3 or 4 fp's for the whole day with half of them being for things we won't use
The one park per day thing is not a rumor. It's in the T&C. There is some talk that they might allow preselected FPs to be used in park one and then FPs to be pulled in park two once you arrive in park two. However, this is complete and total supposition. More likely, it will be one park only. That doesn't kill park hopping, however. Hopping would actually work pretty much the same as it does now. Hit park one in the morning while lines are short and then hop to the FP+ park for the rest of the day.and if they only allow us to get fp's for a single park per day (heard this rumor on these boards in past) then what's the point of park hopping?
Why would you select FPs for rides you don't want them for?
They are expanding FP both in depth and breadth, not contracting it.Because you are limited in your choices, and nothing else is available.
They are expanding FP both in depth and breadth, not contracting it.
That entire post was supposition that is not supported by any announcement by the company or the T&C. The only part of it that is certainly accurate is that you won't have your choice of any attraction at any time. If there are 100 FPs for a certain slot on SM and you a the 101st person to want that slot, you aren't getting it. You'll need to choose a different slot. The mere fact that FPs will certainly run out under FP+ doesn't ruin the plan. After all, under the current FP plan, FPs run out and you have no ability to preschedule FPs or choose when you schedule them for.You aren't going to be able to have your choice of all available rides at any given time. You will (for example) get to chose one option from group A, one from group B, one from group C.
If most of the E tickets are in the same group, you can see how you will be forced (based on how the system is set up) to making your 3 FPs for the day for Space Mountain, Small World, and Electrical Parade. You might not want/care about the Small World or EP FP, but if they are the best choices available out of those groups, its the only choice you got.
Your 3 choices cannot be for the 3 mountains, by design.
That entire post was supposition that is not supported by any announcement by the company or the T&C. The only part of it that is certainly accurate is that you won't have your choice of any attraction at any time. If there are 100 FPs for a certain slot on SM and you a the 101st person to want that slot, you aren't getting it. You'll need to choose a different slot. The mere fact that FPs will certainly run out under FP+ doesn't ruin the plan. After all, under the current FP plan, FPs run out and you have no ability to preschedule FPs or choose when you schedule them for.
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