Nah. It is more likely that someone will say that they used a "loophole" to get those extra FPs, without really explaining what that loophole is.
I think people are very touchy about the use of the word "loophole" and I think it is obvious the meaning in this context. It is the use of the system in a unintended way. The example of getting a fast pass waiting for the return time and going on a ride and then pulling another one is not..I should say not what I am talking about. That is what the system is intended. The fact that someone did that with precision is great...no problem.
I am saying anyone who is ever in possession of more that 2 sets of fast passes with intent to use those passes is exploiting a loophole. That sounds like a crime LOL. The typical non savvy Disney patron would go get a fast pass...go on some other rides and then return at the time of the pass and ride that ride and then perhaps go and get another one and wait and ride and so on.
I have read some of the ways people optimized the number of passes and is evident that people have freely admit that they would have multiple sets of passes. I have learned some ways that people used to game the system like in the below example I found.
"Moving toward the truly disingenuous, we've got the "FastPass Switcheroo." To do this, simply get your FastPass like normal for Splash Mountain. You notice that the return time is two hours away, in the afternoon. Wait two hours, then return here and get another set of FP tickets, this time for later in the evening. But at this moment, your first set of FP tickets are active. Use them to get by the FP guard at the front, but when prompted to turn in your tickets at the front of the FP line, hand over the ones for this evening instead. 99.9% of the time, they do not look at these tickets whatsoever in this point in the line; they just add them to the pile in their hand and impatiently gesture you forward. All the examining of the tickets takes place at the start of the line, not the end. Voila, you've cheated the system. After this ride, you can get off and immediately ride again, since you've held on to the afternoon FPs and can use them in the normal fashion now.
None of this even touches on outright dishonesty and abuse of the FastPass system. In the old days, you could locate the "master" FastPass dispenser and hold in the unlabeled button in the back, which generated a free FP regardless of the ticket (or lack of ticket) in the front of the machine. These days, you need to turn a key to enable the free FP ticket, though sometimes I've seen the key stuck in the back of the machine, unguarded, while the Cast Member is otherwise engaged. I could imagine a "divide and conquer" mentality taking hold to distract the CM.
It would take less work, though, to just lie. Quickly obtain two FP tickets and hide them, then cycle through the other three admission passes (or annual passes) in your possession, getting FPs like normal. Then return to those first two you used, and naturally, what gets spit out are "not a valid FP" tickets. Cry foul to the CM, who may take the time to ask you to cycle through all five of your park admission tickets, but is more likely to just use the override key and give you what you want. Even if they put you through the paces, a little insistence on your end is all it takes for them to "cave" and provide you with the extra tickets.
It strikes me that so many of the ways to cheat at the parks revolve around FastPass. Frankly, I'm not a fan of the entire system."
The above is just something I found that explains a couple of the ways people who used "loopholes". I have no idea if anyone here in this discussion did any of these things. I am just saying that the system was exploited and it was much easier to exploit at the expense of people who simply utilized the Fast pass system in the way that it was intended.
