Are ILL return times enforced?

[mom2rtk]

Good to know!

 

[pammyk22]

The answer!

Nice!

 

[PatMcDuck]

I was hours late for Guardians and they did not care, this was in July. It was the day we arrived, I bought it while still home in NJ and the time was too early. The original time was close to ok, but it slid forward by at least 2 hours. I thought now you could adjust the times to later?

 

[GoingSince1990]

Reading this thread I’m getting the message that no matter how late you show up for an ILL, you will still be permitted to ride. I would be fascinated to hear any stories of anyone showing up 16 minutes late, being denied entrance, and forgoing what they have paid, but I suspect that no such stories exist.

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

Went a few months back and purchased ILLs for ROTR. My brother's family purchased their ILLs for ROTR separately from us and their return time was about 2 hours later than us. My kids and his kids wanted to ride together so we inquired with guest services if we could somehow change our times to better align with each other. The CM told us to just miss our return time and instead just show up for my brother's return time later in the day. She told us that paid ILLs don't actually expire in their system since you paid for it. She made sure to emphasize that G+ will expire 15 minutes after, but she did assure us that the paid ILL didn't expire until close of business.

The G+ grace period is also more of a guideline than an actual rule. We’ve been late on several occasions, sometimes 4 or more hours, and have never once been denied entrance to an attraction.

Sometimes the light turns green and sometimes it is blue but can be overridden. I don’t consider it something worth worrying about.

We’ve never purchased a $ILL as we would rather wait until later in the day when the lines gets short and hit those 2 or 3 times each for free.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

The G+ grace period is also more of a guideline than an actual rule. We’ve been late on several occasions, sometimes 4 or more hours, and have never once been denied entrance to an attraction.

Sometimes the light turns green and sometimes it is blue but can be overridden. I don’t consider it something worth worrying about.

We’ve never purchased a $ILL as we would rather wait until later in the day when the lines gets short and hit those 2 or 3 times each for free.

I’ve definitely seen people get turned away for a late G+ (not ill). The one specific case I can remember was the Seas in Epcot (lol, I know, who even needs it for that), where the CM calmly informed the party that they were 2 hours late and would not be able to use it.

 

[SkyGuy]

I’ve definitely seen people get turned away for a late G+ (not ill). The one specific case I can remember was the Seas in Epcot (lol, I know, who even needs it for that), where the CM calmly informed the party that they were 2 hours late and would not be able to use it.

Yep. We were turned away from TSM when I wasn’t paying attention to the time during an afternoon break at the hotel. We were about 40 minutes late and not allowed in the LL. The CM apologized and wasn’t rude about it (of course, I wasn’t giving him a reason to be rude). The line was only about 20 minutes at the time, so at least it wasn’t a big deal.

 

[mom2rtk]

Does anyone know if there is any flexibility on boarding group times?

 

[JodyK]

Does anyone know if there is any flexibility on boarding group times?

VQ for GOTG your light will turn green anytime after your group has been called.

 

[musicguy856]

VQ for GOTG your light will turn green anytime after your group has been called.

I rode 4-5 hours late one time and it turned blue but they still overrode it and let me in.

 

[mom2rtk]

VQ for GOTG your light will turn green anytime after your group has been called.

I rode 4-5 hours late one time and it turned blue but they still overrode it and let me in.

Thank you both. Perfect!

 

[DCLMP]

The answer!

Finally!

 

[musicguy856]

I rode 4-5 hours late one time and it turned blue but they still overrode it and let me in.

Just to clarify - this was for VQ, not ILL.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Summary:

LL - return times enforced
ILL$ - can return anytime after called
VQ - can return anytime after called

 

[GoingSince1990]

Brings back fond memories of stacking the old paper FPs all day and breezing onto the rides often hours late. It certainly took some getting used to when they started enforcing the return times. I guess it’s harder to say “no” to people who have actually plunked down cold, hard cash to go on a ride.

 

[Babe the Blue Ox]

I’ve definitely seen people get turned away for a late G+ (not ill). The one specific case I can remember was the Seas in Epcot (lol, I know, who even needs it for that), where the CM calmly informed the party that they were 2 hours late and would not be able to use it.

Yep. We were turned away from TSM when I wasn’t paying attention to the time during an afternoon break at the hotel. We were about 40 minutes late and not allowed in the LL. The CM apologized and wasn’t rude about it (of course, I wasn’t giving him a reason to be rude). The line was only about 20 minutes at the time, so at least it wasn’t a big deal.

That’s interesting. We may have to change our strategies if that ever happens to us. We often run into this when hopping. We have every intention to switch parks at 2 or 3 pm but sometimes get stuck in the first park longer than expected.

To me, it just seems like something they say they’ll do but I’ve never seen it applied in practice. Maybe we’re just lucky.

 

[DCLMP]

Brings back fond memories of stacking the old paper FPs all day and breezing onto the rides often hours late. It certainly took some getting used to when they started enforcing the return times. I guess it’s harder to say “no” to people who have actually plunked down cold, hard cash to go on a ride.

They would have to start giving out refunds that would be too time consuming. I know if you miss a ll time due to a dining reservation delay. You can show them your receipt and they will let you in. Something’s are out of your control.

 

[rastuso]

Reading this thread I’m getting the message that no matter how late you show up for an ILL, you will still be permitted to ride. I would be fascinated to hear any stories of anyone showing up 16 minutes late, being denied entrance, and forgoing what they have paid, but I suspect that no such stories exist.

This was exactly why I asked this question. No way does Disney just take your money, but look how hard it was to get past the Disney police just parroting (unrelated) rules and anectdotes. I’m glad the moderator helped keep this thread going.

 

[Disneychick13]

For the VQ for guardians of the galaxy we were a couple of hours late and the light flashed blue but they waved us through anyways.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

Brings back fond memories of stacking the old paper FPs all day and breezing onto the rides often hours late. It certainly took some getting used to when they started enforcing the return times. I guess it’s harder to say “no” to people who have actually plunked down cold, hard cash to go on a ride.

I mean, people are plunking down cash for genie+ and often only getting 2 or 3 rides out of it, so I’m not really sure why they’re making a distinction here.