any DAS kiosks at WDW yet?

[mrsmarilyn]

We used the DAS in November, and it went mostly ok. The biggest issue was explaining to the kids (both aspie) that we has to get a time, wait, and go back. This caused some meltdowns. We have two more issues complicating this next trip-I have a bum knee, so going to get the pass and going elsewhere isn't an option AND I'm going solo with the kids, so sending another adult to do it is out as well. It would be so much easier to pull the times away from the attraction, would help to manage the expectations.

We do have our FP+. If we could do DAS times elsewhere are a kiosk....it would make life do much simpler.

 

[SueM in MN]

No.
I am not sure WDW will ever do kiosks. One of the reasons WDW did not get kiosks is that most attractions had Fastpass available and had a mechanism and staffing for guests to get times at attractions. Getting Fastpass Plus times has mostly moved to the My Disney Experience app, with some kiosks for getting apps after the first 3 have been used.

One of the main reasons Disneyland uses kiosks is that they didn't have the same number of attractions with Fastpass as WDW. They also had less CMs at attractions and less space for guests to come up to the individual attractions to get DAS Return Times.

Disneyland has attached DAS to tickets and does have a Return Times assigned to DAS at kiosks (they don't have Fastpass Plus yet at Disneyland, but it is coming).
I think WDW will eventually attach DAS to Magicbands. I don't know how they will assign DAS Return Times once the DAS is on the Magicbands.

For now, prepare your kids that they will have to go to the attraction to get a Return Time. Knowing that ahead of time should help avoid meltdowns because they will know what to expect. Many people with Aspergers are very 'rule driven' - you can use that to your advantage in making sure they know what the rules are.

Keep in mind that you will have the 3 Fastpass Plus that all guests get. Some people use those for the high interest must-do attractions because those are the ones that might be most likely to cause meltdowns.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

. . . biggest issue was explaining to the kids (both aspie) that we has to get a time, wait, and go back. This caused some meltdowns . . . I have a bum knee, so going to get the pass and going elsewhere isn't an option AND I'm going solo with the kids, so sending another adult to do it is out as well . . .

1) No such kiosks exist.
2) This would be very unfair to other guests.
3) Why should one person be able to get FP's easier than another person?
4) As mentioned above, just prepare the kids for the eventual ticketing-waiting-walking-returning.

 

[Random Ninja]

1) No such kiosks exist.
2) This would be very unfair to other guests.
3) Why should one person be able to get FP's easier than another person?
4) As mentioned above, just prepare the kids for the eventual ticketing-waiting-walking-returning.

And yet, Disneyland and California Adventure parks use a kiosk system for issuing DAS return times. It works in DLR because of the the parks are set up, though I wish they had one in each land. WDW has enough cms to issue return times at the rides and adding kiosks would just confuse a lot of people because of the FP+ kiosks and if they added the DAS to the FP+ kiosks, many would need a DAS return time just to get a DAS return time. Those lines can get really long.

OP: You really should start now in explaining how the new system works. Maybe get the kids involved in planning the trip so the know what to expect. You get 3 FP+ to make ahead of time, so plan those for must do rides. Like if you wanted to ride Space Mountain and Buzz Lightyear: make a FP+ reservation for SM and get a DAS return time for Buzz on the way to SM. That way, the kids are on the way to something they want to do, an easy distraction, and have another ride lined up in the meantime. If the time for Buzz hasn't come around yet, there's also the People Mover, Laugh Floor, and Carousel of Progress nearby to fill in the time.

 

[ttintagel]

1) No such kiosks exist.
2) This would be very unfair to other guests.
3) Why should one person be able to get FP's easier than another person?

Well, if there were kiosks, they would be available to all guests, and one person wouldn't be getting an FP more easily than another. They'd both be able to use the kiosk and have equal ease.

 

[mistysue]

And at this very moment there are posts on this same board complaining that people need to go to a kiosk, not just go to the ride.

Good luck OP. In addition to explaining the situation in advance to your kids- the best sounding reasoning to give them may be that you go to the ride so they can look at the sign and give you the correct return time. It may help you as well to attempt to get return times on your way to something to decrease your backtracking. For example your first fp+ is splash mountain, so you pick up a DAS time for BTMRR, ride splash with your FP+, ride BTMRR, then maybe your next fp+ is peter pan, so pick up a DAS time for Haunted mansion, ride PP, go back that short walk to HM... and sort of work out a pattern that goes in a general direction around the park.