WDW To Enforce FP+ Rules

[Tavernacle12]

They should be able to, but that will not really matter to a guest that has laid out a month's income for a vacation being stuck in a line behind who knows how many other people to fix a problem.

I meant, and maybe I'm misunderstanding the issue at hand, but the people trying to cheat the system would be the ones going to guest relations where they'd be unable to get anything from Disney as it'd be obvious when they looked up their magic band that they were up to something fishy. They can throw a hissy fit against the poor guest service cast member, but any attempt to fix their problem will just get their MDE locked for cheating.

 

[po1998]

Just read parts of a thread on a competing board(dis), that details how to scam the system in this regard. I am amazed at the length people will go to accomplish this. I hope this loophole gets closed completely, and this practice is put to bed.

I really miss the days of paper FP, where the only advanced planning was booking a resort, airfare, and a character meal or two.

 

[LAKid53]

I meant, and maybe I'm misunderstanding the issue at hand, but the people trying to cheat the system would be the ones going to guest relations where they'd be unable to get anything from Disney as it'd be obvious when they looked up their magic band that they were up to something fishy. They can throw a hissy fit against the poor guest service cast member, but any attempt to fix their problem will just get their MDE locked for cheating.

And I would think only those guests ending up at GS would be the cheaters, since they will be the ones unable to use those FP+ they booked....

 

[Viget]

I didn't realize that over the past two years when I've traveled solo for runDisney races I could book three separate FP+ sets since (1) we all had APs and (2) both my daughter and son-in-law are linked in my MDE... But doing that would never cross my mind, because, well, it's cheating...

Agreed. I only stumbled onto this by accident, and I thought maybe it was just a glitch, because my friend did after all have a reservation. But now I think it's a loophole, and I think others have exploited it.

 

[Master Yoda]

I meant, and maybe I'm misunderstanding the issue at hand, but the people trying to cheat the system would be the ones going to guest relations where they'd be unable to get anything from Disney as it'd be obvious when they looked up their magic band that they were up to something fishy. They can throw a hissy fit against the poor guest service cast member, but any attempt to fix their problem will just get their MDE locked for cheating.

Not quite. I doubt the ones cheating the system will go to guest services.

What could happen is there could be a disconnect between a regular guest entering the park and the FP system knowing that they did. This happened from time to time with the old paper system so it is reasonable to think that it could occur again.

 

[RustySpork]

Just read parts of a thread on a competing board(dis), that details how to scam the system in this regard. I am amazed at the length people will go to accomplish this. I hope this loophole gets closed completely, and this practice is put to bed.

I really miss the days of paper FP, where the only advanced planning was booking a resort, airfare, and a character meal or two.

I saw that thread on dis this morning, holy 133 pages of entitlement. I'm definitely not reading it, but hopefully Disney is.

 

[Lets Respect]

I saw that thread on dis this morning, holy 133 pages of entitlement. I'm definitely not reading it, but hopefully Disney is.

This is the tip of the iceberg. What about all of the locals with fake DASs? I see so much of that on Twitter

 

[RustySpork]

This is the tip of the iceberg. What about all of the locals with fake DASs? I see so much of that on Twitter

I'm not following. How are you determining that locals with DAS are faking anything?

 

[Lets Respect]

I'm not following. How are you determining that locals with DAS are faking anything?

Exactly what I wrote locals with fake DASs

 

[RustySpork]

Exactly what I wrote locals with fake DASs

That makes no sense though, how do you create a fake DAS?

 

[Lets Respect]

That makes no sense though, how do you create a fake DAS?

Are you seriously asking me this LOL

 

[po1998]

This is the tip of the iceberg. What about all of the locals with fake DASs? I see so much of that on Twitter

What is a DAS?

 

[RustySpork]

Are you seriously asking me this LOL

Yes, I seriously am. How do you fake a DAS? I have a relative with one, and they legitimately need it. When they signed up the cast takes your picture and asks some nonspecific questions about your disability. How do you spoof that conversation and setup to create a fake?

What is a DAS?

Disability Access Service

 

[RSoxNo1]

In park reports are no changes as of yet, but it does seem like Disney is running something on the back end where Fastpasses are disappearing and re-appearing on individual accounts.

 

[HauntedPirate]

So the Magic Band garland we could have created for our Christmas tree with all of our Magic Bands (family of 6 + a few APs + multiple DVC trips = lots of MBs) could actually have been used to game the FP+ system for the past few years? I had no idea. Honestly, it never even occurred to me that the system could be gamed in this manner.

I'm not sure what is more sad/pathetic - Those who felt the need to cheat the system, or Disney for not putting the kibosh on this before even Day One of FP+.

DL takes your picture before you enter the park. It seems to work rather well, too bad TDO doesn't have the same level of intelligence.

 

[LAKid53]

So the Magic Band garland we could have created for our Christmas tree with all of our Magic Bands (family of 6 + a few APs + multiple DVC trips = lots of MBs) could actually have been used to game the FP+ system for the past few years? I had no idea. Honestly, it never even occurred to me that the system could be gamed in this manner.

I'm not sure what is more sad/pathetic - Those who felt the need to cheat the system, or Disney for not putting the kibosh on this before even Day One of FP+.

DL takes your picture before you enter the park. It seems to work rather well, too bad TDO doesn't have the same level of intelligence.

Do they? I don't remember getting my photo taken when I visited in Spring 2015. I think WDW will eventually head down that path, since it will prevent much of the cheating.

 

[LAKid53]

So the Magic Band garland we could have created for our Christmas tree with all of our Magic Bands (family of 6 + a few APs + multiple DVC trips = lots of MBs) could actually have been used to game the FP+ system for the past few years? I had no idea. Honestly, it never even occurred to me that the system could be gamed in this manner.

I'm not sure what is more sad/pathetic - Those who felt the need to cheat the system, or Disney for not putting the kibosh on this before even Day One of FP+.

DL takes your picture before you enter the park. It seems to work rather well, too bad TDO doesn't have the same level of intelligence.

I have one of those MB garlands hanging on the upstairs door. Never thought I could use them to get dozens of initial FP+ selections....

 

[purplepansy]

I have one of those MB garlands hanging on the upstairs door. Never thought I could use them to get dozens of initial FP+ selections....

Unless you had all of them on separate MDE profiles, you wouldn't have been able to do that anyway. All magic bands linked to the same MDE profile are carbon copies of the other. You need bands that are not and have never been linked to your in-use MDE.

 

[LAKid53]

Unless you had all of them on separate MDE profiles, you wouldn't have been able to do that anyway. All magic bands linked to the same MDE profile are carbon copies of the other. You need bands that are not and have never been linked to your in-use MDE.

They're not all linked to my MDE account. And they've never been used. But that would be cheating, which I'm not going to do.

 

[awilliams4]

As of right now, it appears the old loophole is still in effect and Disney has not implemented this just yet.