But here's the difference between you and me then. I'm not going to let the fact that I can't ride Soarin' or might have to stand in a longer line for it, RUIN my vacation.
This is where this is being blown out of proportion, IMO. Does it stink that they did this? Yes it does. Does it make riding those rides harder? Yes. But it won't ruin my vacation. My vacation consists of a lot more than just being able to ride headliner rides.
You have obviously been to Disney a few times and will probably get to go back again. For a lot of people this is there 1st or 2nd time there are they may not get a chance to go for quite a few more years. They have been researching their trip for a year or more and planned it all out and every week or so Disney changes something without warning and throws people's plans out of whack.
I'm at Disney to ride rides, to me it is an amusement park. I chose a less busy time to go and planned out a FP strategy to keep us out of lines, then FP+ started rolling out. No big deal, my resort wasn't included. Then more and more resorts started to be included. I got a little worried because that would mean less FP- available for me. Then it rolled out to my resort and I was very happy to know I would get on at least a few of the headliners without a wait and since I was a lover of all things tech and love to try new things I was psyched to fiddle around with all the new stuff.
Last night I was trying to fix a problem on a friend's
MDE and it went bonkers, IT had NO CLUE. She arrives tonight and the fastpasses she had for her family at Epcot for TT and Soarin are now listed for 1 person only and even after copying them to the other people, they still say just 1 person. Her family was really looking forward to that so when she gets to the rides and can't get on and gets told to go to GR, yes, it is going to mess up her vacation. Starting off with disappointment is not the way to begin a magical vacation.
And this exactly!!! LOL
They still haven't done away with regular FP.
Today they haven't, but yesterday we didn't expect this to be rolled out for today. My vacation starts in 12 days. I am still hopeful that I can pull FP- when that day comes and I fully expect to have an awesome time. At this point I consider pre-booking FP+ a bonus, but if they do stop FP- for those with FP+ when I get there it will take a huge amount of joy out of my vacation.
This is a brilliant move.
Now the Fastpass+ of just last week looks a lot more appealing doesn't it?
All the complaints will suddenly ease up when they reinstate the initial FP+ choices.
It's like when they raise gas prices just to lower them. They are still higher than they were before, but suddenly $3.24 looks really cheap.
Anyone else having problems selecting MK attractions past 5 PM on the week of Nov 11? None of my FP+ Selections for Nov13 are displaying times past 5 PM!
I'm afraid to look and anger the FP+ gods.
Why stress now over something you have no idea how it will be working in the future????
Worry about what you can do today!!
Because my friends are leaving today, tomorrow and Sunday and I leave in 12 days. I don't care what the end result will be at this point, I care how it is going to affect MY $10,000 vacation.
No I don't think they are doing anything but testing.. But the fact of the matter is during this particular stage of the testing.. It will indeed free up FP- somewhat.
Well, not really, most people have probably already booked their November FP+s, so it won't free any up unless they take what we booked away. So their still won't be a lot of FP- available, but you might not be able to switch anything because of the new restrictions.
My family and I went to Disney once 3 years ago. We might not get back there for many more years depending on how finances and health go. I can't just say, well next time we will ride the rides, and I don't understand why people think we should. I still think it will all work out for this trip, but after watching what happened to my friend's account and FP+s, I am starting to get nervous. Lack of availability of FP- combined with disappearing FP+ would throw a damper on things for me.
