Two Fastpasses at One Time

[dumboflyer]

I believe you can get a new fastpass 1 hour after you get another, but it must be for a different attraction.

It doesn't matter which ride--it can be the same one. The earlier posts were correct: you can get the next fastpass 5 minutes into your first fastpass window, or 2 hours after you get the first fastpass (whichever comes sooner.)

 

[Laura]

Here is what my family and I do to "beat" fastpass.

Yes you can only get one ticket within a 2 hr block. But the big secret of fastpass is that The time does not matter!!Ok so I know you are saying that yes, it does and you're right but only the start time. You are not limited to used fastpass strictly within the hour bloack. Go back ANYTIME the rest of the day and they will let you on the ride. they ALWAYS honor the fastpass no matter what the time as long as it has passed the first time. I have had a fastpass for 2:00pm and gone back at 9:30 and they let me right on. Doesn't matter.

if used right, you have so much more freedom and flexibililty.

hope it helps!!!1:animwink:

Yup - that's what I said in the 4th reply down. :lol:

 

[HauntedPirate]

It doesn't matter which ride--it can be the same one. The earlier posts were correct: you can get the next fastpass 5 minutes into your first fastpass window, or 2 hours after you get the first fastpass (whichever comes sooner.)

:wave: (slowly deflates ego boost)..... :lol:

 

[MagliteL13]

Here is what my family and I do to "beat" fastpass.

Yes you can only get one ticket within a 2 hr block. But the big secret of fastpass is that The time does not matter!!Ok so I know you are saying that yes, it does and you're right but only the start time. You are not limited to used fastpass strictly within the hour bloack. Go back ANYTIME the rest of the day and they will let you on the ride. they ALWAYS honor the fastpass no matter what the time as long as it has passed the first time. I have had a fastpass for 2:00pm and gone back at 9:30 and they let me right on. Doesn't matter.

if used right, you have so much more freedom and flexibililty.

hope it helps!!!1:animwink:

Be careful of this though. I know of some CMs that won't allow ya in if you're hours late. It is defeating the system. If there's a huge line at Standby and you come with a fastpass four hours late, some CMs will turn you away--I know I would (and I'm not the only person I know that would). It's just not fair to the people in the Standby line. Come back between the times or not at all. That's why all the distribution areas have the times that you'll receive a FP for posted--so you can gauge whether it's worth it or not.

 

[TiggersPooh]

we were always told to let them in late as it would keep the guests happy.

As long as they were not early.

 

[Valawen9]

we were always told to let them in late as it would keep the guests happy.

As long as they were not early.

Last December my friends and I had a Fastpass for the Pooh ride and we were 1 minute early and the CM wouldn't let us in until it was exactly the time on the FP. lol

 

[disneytink]

just last week when i was at epcot, when i was getting fastpasses for test track, i got 'Surprise Fastpasses' for Honey I shrunk the Audience

 

[Not For Sale]

I've heard that Kali River Rapids isn't linked to the rest of the Fastpass system, making it possible to have 2 at a time and not waiting in between them. Also, I think that the Jungle Cruise lets you get another Fastpass 5 minutes after you originally got it (not return time.)

 

[mickey04]

I've heard that Kali River Rapids isn't linked to the rest of the Fastpass system, making it possible to have 2 at a time and not waiting in between them. Also, I think that the Jungle Cruise lets you get another Fastpass 5 minutes after you originally got it (not return time.)

Nope, Jungle Cruise is definitely linked to the system (meaning you have to wait to get a new one).

As far as going back late with Fastpasses, we are in fact told to honor them no matter how late they are. This is due to unusual circumstances that may have occured (i.e. ride breakdowns), not so those who know the secret can abuse the system. Unfortunately we don't live in a perfect world, but just keep in mind if you do that you are unfairly making the folks in the Standby line wait longer.

 

[lnsemsf]

Nope, Jungle Cruise is definitely linked to the system (meaning you have to wait to get a new one).

Unfortunately we don't live in a perfect world, but just keep in mind if you do that you are unfairly making the folks in the Standby line wait longer.

Since most rides have a constant line, why does it matter if you get in to the line at 3pm or at 8pm, you're still going to evently get on a ride before everybody else. The time you do it really isnt going to matter in the overall scheme of things. Maybe if several hundred people came back at the same time it would be a noticble wait, but for the most part if 10 people come back late, you made the line shorter for some people, longer for others because others got on faster since you didnt take your rightful spot in line. It will always average out in the end because your ticket was factored in to the overall numbers for the day.

 

[lnsemsf]

Crazyness, while i was typing it just started randomly posting while i was in mid word, ignore this double post

 

[lnsemsf]

...and this insane tripple post

 

[meryll83]

Someone told me that if you have e.g. an Alton Towers pass or something similar, it may work at WDW for a fastpass, or maybe it was the other way round?
I'm not sure about this though, because if the machine is clever enough to know you have already had a fastpass, surely it would be able to tell the code on the pass wasn't a Disney one?
I dunno, I don't know how they fuction!

 

[Clark Griswold]

I don't know if I will be a big fan of being able to hold two fastpasses at the same time, within the same alotted time frame. I think the way the Fastpass system works now is fine and about as good as it's going to get.


"...like a grand and miraculous spaceship..."

 

[freediverdude]

It seems to me that if you have a fastpass that, say, has a return time of 1pm and expires at 2pm, that you are not making the standby line guests wait any longer if you return after the expiration, even if you return at 8pm or something. Because, since you did not show up in the fastpass line between 1 and 2, the standby line people actually waited less time then they were supposed to during that hour, and then that made the standby people between 2 and 3pm wait less time, and then the standby people between 3 and 4pm wait less time, etc etc, until you show up and get in line, and then that actually corrects the day's line back to where it was supposed to be, making all the standby line people after you wait until their proper time, not more than they are supposed to (meaning they would have to wait until the time they would have waited had you gone on earlier anyway). This assumes, of course, a constant line throughout the day, with no periods where there wasn't a line, or breakdowns, or whatnot. Maybe there's a problem with my reasoning here, but I don't see a problem with returning later in the day with a fastpass.

 

[slappy magoo]

It seems to me that if you have a fastpass that, say, has a return time of 1pm and expires at 2pm, that you are not making the standby line guests wait any longer if you return after the expiration, even if you return at 8pm or something. Because, since you did not show up in the fastpass line between 1 and 2, the standby line people actually waited less time then they were supposed to during that hour, and then that made the standby people between 2 and 3pm wait less time, and then the standby people between 3 and 4pm wait less time, etc etc, until you show up and get in line, and then that actually corrects the day's line back to where it was supposed to be, making all the standby line people after you wait until their proper time, not more than they are supposed to (meaning they would have to wait until the time they would have waited had you gone on earlier anyway). This assumes, of course, a constant line throughout the day, with no periods where there wasn't a line, or breakdowns, or whatnot. Maybe there's a problem with my reasoning here, but I don't see a problem with returning later in the day with a fastpass.

Sure, in theory, but if lots of people take advantage of that line of reasoning, and lots of people with fastpasses timed for the afternoon try to use them an hour before closing, you'll get gridlock on the standby line AND a longer than usual wait for the fastpass holders.

I'm sure there are plenty of CMs who will let a passholder go on past the pass' expiration date (and if some people are telling the truth, upper management even accepts is). But Fastpass is a program that, IMHO, works best when it's rules are followed by everyone, and people don't try to beat the system. Sure, there will always be exceptions-maybe a ride breaks down, or maybe some unexpected delay forces you to show up late to an attraction you have a fastpass for. But the less those things happen, and the less CMs allow people to slide, the better the program seems to work as a whole.

 

[CommandoDisney]

also, going in your fast-pass return time frame, helps keep the wait-time posting accurate. fastpass is basically just saving you a place in line. so if you get a fast pass to return between 1 and 2, it is assuming you are going to ride in that time frame. that is taken into account as to how long of a wait the standby line is. so yeah, if you were to go after your time frame, technically the stand-by people before you had a shorter wait, but the people after you, theoretically, now have a longer wait than waht they were told when getting on the line. now obviously, on a small scale, of just a couple of people isnt going to make much of a difference, but thats the whole point of a system with rules and also why exceptions can be made.

usually if we miss our window, its because it wasnt that big of a deal to make sure we got on the ride at that time, so we will just try again another time. this isnt because we feel like we are cheating the system, we just dont feel like riding.

 

[Pumbas Nakasak]

They’re pretty basic design, you can knock up your own with a scanned image, some £30 software and some poor quality paper. Just remember to use a range of times and ensure the date is when you are actually there.

 

[PSU_Princess]

I didn't think that the fast pass window had anything to do with the standy-by wait time (ie--holding a place in line during that time period). Several times during my last visit a CM at the beginning of the line scanned a plastic card on a lanyard and asked me to wear it through the line...when I got to the front of the line I gave it to a CM who scanned it. They said that was how they updated the wait time. I was asked to wear this several times in both standy-by and fast pass lines, so I don't think that your fast pass holds a place during a certain period of time.

I don't agree with getting as many fast passes during the day that you can and using them when ever you want. They give out a certain number of fast passes within a time range for a reason. If everyone who held fast passes from all times throughout the day returned at one time it would essentially turn the fast pass line into a standby line. I have been there during slow times and busy times and have never had a problem with holding one fast pass (two if the time on the card allowed) and getting everything done.

 

[socalkdg]

I'm sure there are plenty of CMs who will let a passholder go on past the pass' expiration date (and if some people are telling the truth, upper management even accepts is). But Fastpass is a program that, IMHO, works best when it's rules are followed by everyone, and people don't try to beat the system. Sure, there will always be exceptions-maybe a ride breaks down, or maybe some unexpected delay forces you to show up late to an attraction you have a fastpass for. But the less those things happen, and the less CMs allow people to slide, the better the program seems to work as a whole.

If you look at a Fastpass you notice four things.

1) It gives you a return window
2) It specifically says no showing up early
3) It says its good for that day only
4) It does not say anything about showing up late

Showing up after your window is both an accepted practice and not forbidden by the fastpass. This goes for both WDW and the DLR. Don't you think that if they didn't want you showing up late they wouldn't have included #3 above and would have made mention of #4 above.