General Grizz
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I got 5 VIP Passes to ride Test Track from a Future World tour since most of the guests didn't want to ride it. I think this will be fun - I'll hand them out to folks in line! Yes, the power of Disney at work in the parks.
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Surprise Fastpass!
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:king: I know this has entirely nothing to do with the topic at hand, so I'll stop here.
Pioneer Hall
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Nice times they gave you...next thing they will do is give you a certain second you will have to be there.
Well here is my request to anyone who sees one of these things. Try not to use it, and then scan it on to here so we can see it. It's not that I don't believe you, I just want to see one of these things.
I didn't use them, the problem was that they fell out of my pocket. 
And I had only gotten the Fastpasses at 4:17, so it was good instantaniously for 2 hours, instead of the usual 15- not sure what you mean by "next thing they will do is give you a certain second you will have to be there."
And I had only gotten the Fastpasses at 4:17, so it was good instantaniously for 2 hours, instead of the usual 15- not sure what you mean by "next thing they will do is give you a certain second you will have to be there."FLcastmember
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As a CM, recently trained at Fastpass (All attractions have taken over there respected fastpass possitions) I can add this...
Did the FP have Suprise Fastpass printed on it or did it have HISTA on the top. Those machines are able to do alot, all you have to do is change the software. For example, they added to the buttom of all FP a few months ago, the time you can get your next one, overnight. But it only can feed one type of ticket at a time.
This is new to me, we havent heard anything yet about this BUT disney only tells things on a need to know basis. So i wouldnt say that it might be something that they are testing
Did the FP have Suprise Fastpass printed on it or did it have HISTA on the top. Those machines are able to do alot, all you have to do is change the software. For example, they added to the buttom of all FP a few months ago, the time you can get your next one, overnight. But it only can feed one type of ticket at a time.
This is new to me, we havent heard anything yet about this BUT disney only tells things on a need to know basis. So i wouldnt say that it might be something that they are testing
I got one, too
I also got a Surprise Fastpass at Epcot last week. DH and I were getting FPs for Test Track (using APs--not sure if that has anything to do with it) and attached to the bottom of both TT FPs was a second ticket, identical to the first, except that the first two lines were printed Surprise Fastpass, then it said something like, use this to ride HISTA between (now and two hours from now)--I don't remember the exact times, but it started basically when the FP popped out. I didn't use it, but I don't know if I kept it, either.
I think it is just WDW trying to do a nice thing--like, OK, you may have to wait two or three hours to ride this ride (TT) but here, you can go get right on this other "popular" ride with no wait.
The next day, I got a FP for Maelstrom but did not get a Surprise Fastpass, kind of shooting down my theory that it was something they were doing for Annual Passholders. Although, if you take it at its word ("surprise"!) you would/should be unable to predict when or where you might get one.
I also got a Surprise Fastpass at Epcot last week. DH and I were getting FPs for Test Track (using APs--not sure if that has anything to do with it) and attached to the bottom of both TT FPs was a second ticket, identical to the first, except that the first two lines were printed Surprise Fastpass, then it said something like, use this to ride HISTA between (now and two hours from now)--I don't remember the exact times, but it started basically when the FP popped out. I didn't use it, but I don't know if I kept it, either.
I think it is just WDW trying to do a nice thing--like, OK, you may have to wait two or three hours to ride this ride (TT) but here, you can go get right on this other "popular" ride with no wait.
The next day, I got a FP for Maelstrom but did not get a Surprise Fastpass, kind of shooting down my theory that it was something they were doing for Annual Passholders. Although, if you take it at its word ("surprise"!) you would/should be unable to predict when or where you might get one.
Hurricane
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This is a great idea to redistribute crowds evenly over the park. If HISTA has a short line maybe the fastpass machines could interact with the wait time sign board (or manually with a CM) and spit out fast passes from areas where the standby lines are longer. It really makes a lot of sense if you think about it, disney could actually get people to go over to the Land/Seas side of FW
thedisneyfan
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Again it's a neat and tricky way to get people onto their less popular attractions and away from their more popular ones.
figmentmom
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It is, isn't it? I, for one, would be delighted to take advantage of a surprise fastpass for just about ANY attraction! (OK, maybe not the spinning teacups...I'm prone to motion sickness.):lol:
Pioneer Hall
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Originally posted by the_ceo_at_wdw
I just think its advertising for the sucky / unpopular attractions.. Not saying I dont like HiSta but it isnt that new and it needs some atention so does anyone think they did that on purpose? Like they did it to attract more "traffic"?.... Just a thought..
Maybe...get people over to the Imagination pavilion and ride figment, since it doesn't seem to be doing well.
Think of what will happen when Mission:Space opens. Future World west will be deserted.