DISCLAIMER: First I was at WDW on January 27th and 28th. Not exactly the busiest time of the year. Crowds were what I would consider moderate. Not a lot, no areas where you saw no one either.
I am old. I may wake up early but my gears do not mesh easily so it takes me a while to get moving. On Monday I didn't arrive at MK until 11:15. I had to switch over my paper ticket for the new "magically charged" one and then headed into the park. My first stop was the FP+ kiosk. They only had a few listed on the paper check off sheet (below) but, I'm sure that they were everywhere.
I chose three (basically at random) They were The Jungle Cruise, Haunted Mansion and Peter Pan. Keep in mind that it was almost Noon before I got to the FP+ Kiosk. You don't find out if any are available until after you have chosen all three. Turns out all three were available and the times were 12:35 for JC, 2:10 for HM and 3:10 for PP. Just by following around clockwise from JC, I was able to ride other rides between and still arrive about 5 minutes early for my window at each one. My new card worked flawlessly. I do not have a Smart Phone so I just took a picture of the screen with my cell phone and had that for a reference, but, I think, in the future, I will just write down the times. It's easier then always opening up the photo part of the cell phone.
I don't remember the exact order of the rides I did go on but I do know that I only stayed until 6 PM and in that time I rode.
JC
PoTC
Tiki Room
Lunch at Pecos Bill Inn & Cafe
HM
Philharmagic
Peter Pan
Peoplemover X2
CoP
Buzz Lightyear
Stitch Great Escape
My time included many stops due to my arthritic hips. Everything that my new ticket/card was intended to do, it did flawlessly. I saw the system catch people trying to get in before and considerably after their window at the FP line, so that was clicking along well also.
The next day was pretty much the same schedule as Monday but in Epcot. I signed up for SSE for 12:10, Living with the Land for 4:10 and Soarin at 5:10. SSE saved me about 10 minutes (no big deal) Living with the Land was totally unneeded so I didn't use it. No wait at all. Soarin when I entered had a 60 minute Standby. While there I went to SSE, UoE, Mission: Space (btw, the single rider line has been removed from MS), Seas with Nemo, Had Lunch in the Land Pav., Rode Imagination,visited Innoventions, etc. and was out of there by 6 PM as well.
Anyway, I guess time will tell how this will all work with a capacity crowd, but I was very happy to know that offsite people were included in the process. It is easier to go to one place and get multiple passes all at once then run around and get them. I even think that it works better for offsite people because we don't have to work APR's around them although it may be possible that the Magic system, will already know when the APR's are in place and not assign a FP for those times. In short... I, personally, had no complaints or problems with the new system at all.
I am old. I may wake up early but my gears do not mesh easily so it takes me a while to get moving. On Monday I didn't arrive at MK until 11:15. I had to switch over my paper ticket for the new "magically charged" one and then headed into the park. My first stop was the FP+ kiosk. They only had a few listed on the paper check off sheet (below) but, I'm sure that they were everywhere.
I don't remember the exact order of the rides I did go on but I do know that I only stayed until 6 PM and in that time I rode.
JC
PoTC
Tiki Room
Lunch at Pecos Bill Inn & Cafe
HM
Philharmagic
Peter Pan
Peoplemover X2
CoP
Buzz Lightyear
Stitch Great Escape
My time included many stops due to my arthritic hips. Everything that my new ticket/card was intended to do, it did flawlessly. I saw the system catch people trying to get in before and considerably after their window at the FP line, so that was clicking along well also.
The next day was pretty much the same schedule as Monday but in Epcot. I signed up for SSE for 12:10, Living with the Land for 4:10 and Soarin at 5:10. SSE saved me about 10 minutes (no big deal) Living with the Land was totally unneeded so I didn't use it. No wait at all. Soarin when I entered had a 60 minute Standby. While there I went to SSE, UoE, Mission: Space (btw, the single rider line has been removed from MS), Seas with Nemo, Had Lunch in the Land Pav., Rode Imagination,visited Innoventions, etc. and was out of there by 6 PM as well.
Anyway, I guess time will tell how this will all work with a capacity crowd, but I was very happy to know that offsite people were included in the process. It is easier to go to one place and get multiple passes all at once then run around and get them. I even think that it works better for offsite people because we don't have to work APR's around them although it may be possible that the Magic system, will already know when the APR's are in place and not assign a FP for those times. In short... I, personally, had no complaints or problems with the new system at all.
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