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PHOTO - NextGen RFID entry system installed at the Haunted Mansion
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lazyboy97o
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Probably depends on how much of a mess the system makes. We might see aspects of FastPass Plus at the Disneyland Resort, but I would not expect much. Before Star Tours: The Adventures Continue opened last year, I think the last attraction to open with FastPass was Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters in 2005, whose FastPass machines are the ones being used for Star Tours. Neither Toy Story Midway Mania! nor The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventure have FastPass but each does/will in Walt Disney World. Luigi's Flying Tires and Mater's Junkyard Jamboree likely would have had FastPass too if Cars Land were at Walt Disney World.
ExtinctJenn
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How have I managed to not hear anything about computer screens everywhere? What is that part of? I know about the poles I think. Those tiny, what, maybe 3-foot tall, skinny blue things with cute little Mickey heads on them right? I think the actual gigantic rectangular boxes that give out paper FPs today are a little more intrusive to the experience but that's just one person's opinion.
flynnibus
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How have I managed to not hear anything about computer screens everywhere? What is that part of? I know about the poles I think. Those tiny, what, maybe 3-foot tall, skinny blue things with cute little Mickey heads on them right? I think the actual gigantic rectangular boxes that give out paper FPs today are a little more intrusive to the experience but that's just one person's opinion.
The earlier FP+ test had kiosk like systems to check and display information.. and CMs had iPads as well acting as the interface at the attractions.
righttrack
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I think the same when I and family are the only ones sitting in Circle of Life: An Environmental Fable
ExtinctJenn
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Ok the iPads I knew about but I had no idea about the kiosks... sounds kind of like the World Key Kiosk concept brought back into the current century! Maybe a nice tool for folks who don't have an iOS or Android device to use the new app? I'd think as long as you don't see every walkway lined with them, and assuming the paper FP machines will eventually be done away with, it might not be so bad.
Endor Sightseer, I thought that someone mentioned that those blue ones were only for testing, and the actual units would be themed to the proper area. I guess we'll have to wait and see what the final result is later on.
flynnibus
Premium Member
I'm more curious to see how they will deal with classic FP problems like line hoppers.
The reason they take your FP at merge and not the entrance is to combat line hoppers. If all you have is a wristband, etc.. its not going to be possible to do a quick visual scan. So are they going to put another person and reader at merge too? Curious to see their workflows on this..
The reason they take your FP at merge and not the entrance is to combat line hoppers. If all you have is a wristband, etc.. its not going to be possible to do a quick visual scan. So are they going to put another person and reader at merge too? Curious to see their workflows on this..
lazyboy97o
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Heck, how much complaining/lying that "My phone isn't working right" and they'll just let somebody through? A paper ticket is something that is one's responsibility. With this people can try to shift the blame to Disney's systems.
The kiosks are displays for the CMs to use who are manning the entry points. Imagine a roughly 15" LCD on pole.
WDWBryan
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That's how the trial worked. There was another pole at the merge
peter11435
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Those pictures were from the test back in May. That is not what they will look like when finished. As I said, you haven't seen them yet.
ExtinctJenn
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Ok so not at all intrusive then in my opinion.