According to a cast member.... FP+ changing in 3 months. UPDATE post 16

[edk35]

My daughter did the CP and has a friend there now who is still a cast member that was also on the CP with her. This friend is a college program rep at her university now and is on vacation at Disney as we speak. She gets discounts and the CP tickets because she is considered a CP. She arrived at HS this morning and had to get her FP+ thru the kiosks. The cast member told her that the system is changing in 3 months, but for the here and now....explained how it worked TODAY.

SO take it how you want... something might be changing. Hopefully for the better. She texted us and told us IT WAS A MESS having to use the kiosks. You can't link her discounted CP tickets. OH I might add that she was there in Dec. staying at a Disney resort with the same discounted CP tickets BUT BUT BUT...the FP machines were STILL THERE. So not an issue.

 

[WendyWuWu]

Thanks for the info! Hoping it's working better before my Nov/Dec trip. I'm confident it'll be a great vacation either way.

 

[edk35]

Thanks for the info! Hoping it's working better before my Nov/Dec trip. I'm confident it'll be a great vacation either way.

ME toooooo. We have a trip in Aug.

The conversation she had with the CM was about NOT being able to use a FP at HS and the other ones at MK tonight. SO I am thinking..... now that will be the change.

 

[kmb584]

ME toooooo. We have a trip in Aug.

The conversation she had with the CM was about NOT being able to use a FP at HS and the other ones at MK tonight. SO I am thinking..... now that will be the change.

That would be a welcome change. We frequently visit 2 parks per day and always utilized legacy FP to cut down wait times for the more popular attractions. Our next trip is in May so here's hoping we can FP+ hop in November!

 

[edk35]

That would be a welcome change. We frequently visit 2 parks per day and always utilized legacy FP to cut down wait times for the more popular attractions. Our next trip is in May so here's hoping we can FP+ hop in November!

I hope so toooo..and add more for each day.

 

[MaryKatesMom]

Maybe giving us 2 Tier ones in Epcot. I hate having to choose!

 

[practicallyperfect77]

Maybe giving us 2 Tier ones in Epcot. I hate having to choose!

I hate the tiers too, but from some of the threads I've seen "the math" just won't work out for guests to get 2 in the same park. What would be interesting is if they allowed FP+ to be used in 2 parks and allowed you to have a tier 1 in each. I could get by with that. Start at Epcot 1 day and ride soarin' or TT and then ride all the other rides. If you get there at RD you can probably get on TT or Soarin' twice before there are crazy lines. You could FP+ the other one later on. Then hop of to HS (I kinda like riding the friendship boat) and then FP+ TSM or RnRC and ToT. Stay for nighttime entertainment if you want. Day 2 start in HS and head to either TSM or RnRC and ride what you can before lines build. FP+ the other ride for later in the day and then at night hop to Epcot where you can FP+ Soarin' or TT and then stay for nighttime entertainment. 3 still isn't enough for me in MK, but if they allowed hopping and allowed a tier 1 in each park, I could get on board with FP+ much easier.

Right now I'm in the planning stages of a trip with my sis, BIL, and their kiddos. As it stands now, we won't get hoppers, but if they change things up we might.

 

[magicbob]

I hate the tiers too, but from some of the threads I've seen "the math" just won't work out for guests to get 2 in the same park.

Disney could do away with tiers, but what the math tells us is that the most popular rides (ex: Soarin' and TT in EPCOT) would run out very quickly and many guests would have ONLY Figment, Captain EO, etc. to choose from. Tiering helps to ensure that most guests will have the option of at least getting one decent FP+ in EPCOT. I don't see them doing away with the tiers in parks that have them because, despite the fact that lots of guests would like being able to FP+ both Soarin' and TT, that would be offset by the dissatisfaction of all the guests who can't get a FP+ for anything except Livin' with the Land, Nemo, and O Canada.

 

[china mom]

I was send the Disney Survey mentioned in another thread and based on the questions, I am convinced that there will be the ability to use fast passes in more than one park, in the future and the opportunity to get more than three fast passes a day.

All of the questions revolved around those two questions and the surveyors were very interested to know if allowing both options would entice me to spend more time in the park.

Of the proposals were:
Once you use three FP, you can book a 4th FP and once that is used, you can keep on getting that additional one

Once you use one FP, you can get another one, allowing you to always have 3 in your pocket.

You can book 3 in advance and subsequent one(s) after 1M

BUT, all of the questions indicated that the person taking the survey should assume that there would still be tiering.

There may have been other options but I don't remember them right now. And, again, the survey questions were geared around park hopping, as well.

 

[Csaks]

Being Parkhopper fans this is the only drawback I can see with this new system. Passes for only one park doesn't work for us. I hope they change this little pain in the butt.

 

[mom2rtk]

I was send the Disney Survey mentioned in another thread and based on the questions, I am convinced that there will be the ability to use fast passes in more than one park, in the future and the opportunity to get more than three fast passes a day.

All of the questions revolved around those two questions and the surveyors were very interested to know if allowing both options would entice me to spend more time in the park.

Of the proposals were:
Once you use three FP, you can book a 4th FP and once that is used, you can keep on getting that additional one

Once you use one FP, you can get another one, allowing you to always have 3 in your pocket.

You can book 3 in advance and subsequent one(s) after 1M

BUT, all of the questions indicated that the person taking the survey should assume that there would still be tiering.

There may have been other options but I don't remember them right now. And, again, the survey questions were geared around park hopping, as well.

Those survey options were interesting, but it tells us nothing about how the tiers would come into play. If you can't get any more top tier attractions (or do any ride repeats), the "improvements" would be marginal in my opinion. It's all going to boil down to how the details shake out.

But I'm sure we can all agree on one thing......... this is not the final form. And change of some sort is definitely coming.

 

[Kristina4109]

Something else about the tier system that bugs me...if you are traveling with only little kids, you're not going to WANT FP+ for the big roller coasters. Currently, you must take one FP+ from tier 1, you don't have the option to take all 3 from tier 3. So that would be nice to iron out. I totally understand that Disney can't risk running out of all FP+ for Test Track, though.

 

[wendybeth75]

Being Parkhopper fans this is the only drawback I can see with this new system. Passes for only one park doesn't work for us. I hope they change this little pain in the butt.

I agree, the way we make this work is to go to RD or EMH at one park then move to the "most recommended park" via easyWDW to use FP and dining etc. I almost hate using FP+ at Epcot because it is basically throwing away 3 FP for one ride. Rarely would you need a FP for anything other than TT, Soarin' and very occasionally Maelstrom.

 

[magicbob]

Something else about the tier system that bugs me...if you are traveling with only little kids, you're not going to WANT FP+ for the big roller coasters. Currently, you must take one FP+ from tier 1, you don't have the option to take all 3 from tier 3. So that would be nice to iron out. I totally understand that Disney can't risk running out of all FP+ for Test Track, though.

Allowing the flexibility for families to choose all "secondary" rides would benefit everyone. Families with small children who have no desire to ride the "headliner" would not have to waste one of their FP+s and this would increase availability of FP+ for those who DO want them for those rides.

 

[larryz]

And change of some sort is definitely coming.

That's the best we can hope for...

 

[edk35]

The same friend said she talked to her former manager today at the MK and she said this limit of 3 is a test and they will be adding more. SO there is HOPE!!!

 

[magicbob]

The same friend said she talked to her former manager today at the MK and she said this limit of 3 is a test and they will be adding more. SO there is HOPE!!!

Well, it's more encouraging to hear rumors like this instead of hearing that there's no chance of an increase. But, at this point, it is just a rumor. Despite the title of "manager" there's no way to know if this has any more credibility than the infamous "a bus driver told me."

 

[mlittig]

I for one, am holding on to hope that they will increase the number of daily FastPasses you can get AND that they will lift the one park only rule

 

[crazymomof4]

The same friend said she talked to her former manager today at the MK and she said this limit of 3 is a test and they will be adding more. SO there is HOPE!!!

Ya! We don't make our FP+choices until July, so if this is true, then the change in "3 months" will be in affect by then. I've already (in my mind) accepted the 3 FP limit, so if they added more it would be like getting a BONUS! hahaha

 

[RAPstar]

I've talked to a couple of CM's and they've both mentioned that FP+ testing for CM's will be the last testing stage before being finished. So whenever you hear about that, you'll know that the testing phase is close to done.