itchin2go
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!
- Joined
- May 8, 2007
Your first post immediately belittled the Original Poster's experience. Implied you could have done much better if it had been your trip but only it were in past years with the old FastPass system. The year is 2015 and unless you have a time machine - that system does not exist any longer. We are creatures of habit and programed to resist change. However, change does come and we eventually adapt for the most part. This family found that the new system worked for them. No statement proclaimed that is was the best plan for everyone or that FastPass+ was the best plan. I for one enjoy reading what worked or didn't work for a group. I use the information to plan our days in the parks and greatly appreciate the insight of others. Why is it necessary to proclaim your plan (in past years & with the old system) is superior?
To the bolded, maybe I'm wrong, but I kind of thought the point of these kinds of threads was to report back on how FP+ worked for people out in the real world, kind of against the backdrop of a lot of backlash against FP+, and comparisons of the two systems.
People have posted and said, OMG - it was horrible and didn't work for us and we're never going back, while others have said that it's great - better than before and they love it ... and everything in between.
I intended to do one of these reports, but never could really organize my thoughts, and the truth is, I still don't completely know how I feel about the new system, but if I had posted one, it would probably be along the lines of: You guys, it wasn't bad at all. I thought it would be way worse than FP-, but it was actually pretty much the same. We got the same amount done as trips of yore.
I guess my point is there's an inherent comparison between FP+ and legacy FP in these kinds of reports, so I'm not at all surprised that someone responded comparing the two.
We all know there's probably no going back, but I'm not surprised or offended when someone makes a comparison to a long-standing system that was fairly recently phased out.
It's also human nature to read one of these reports and think, "Well, that's great for you, but it wouldn't have worked very well for us, and here's why." I don't see the problem with reading that kind of response. I don't see any reason to belittle anyone, but I think that's a "tone" thing. I don't think my trips and the way we tour would look like great shakes to the "legacy fastpass super-users", but it's not insulting to me that they feel that way. I wouldn't have been happy doing things their way either, I don't think.
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