Can someone explain the "fast pass" system

kcoop35

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I have heard people say "you HAVE to get them, they are the best. "

what do they cost, how do they work?


My other question is this. If there is a huge 3 hour line, and people with speed passes walk up in front doesn't that piss others off?


fill me in on how this works.

thanks
 
Fast passes are free and available to everyone that choses to get them. Certain rides have them, you take your tickets, insert them in the machine and it gives you a "fast pass" which has a time printed on it telling you when to return. You then get to go in the "fast pass line" which is much shorter.
As far as whether or not it bothers people who are standing in the 3 hour line, I don't care. They had the option to get the fast passes too, they chose not to. :)
 
I have heard people say "you HAVE to get them, they are the best. "

what do they cost, how do they work?


My other question is this. If there is a huge 3 hour line, and people with speed passes walk up in front doesn't that piss others off?


fill me in on how this works.

thanks


Most of the time it is two seperate lines and people in the other line don't always realize what is happening. Only the people right in front see it happening and by the time you get to the front of the other line I imagine you are so happy to be that close it doesn't matter so much.

Often the fast pass time to come back is later than the time it would take to wait in line so some people just choose to wait rather than come back to that area of the park later.

Another possibility is that on most popular rides the fast passes will be gone for the day and there is no choice but to wait. They do limit the number of fast passes that are passed out in a day.

I would recommend getting them for the most crowded rides, we use them all the time and it does save time. We go to get one first when we get to the park for Soarin or Test Track and Everest, they can be gone for the day by early aternoon.
 

are we going to need them for the kids rides and things like that? We probably won't be riding many of the "signature" rides but maybe some.


There are a few from when I was younger that I want to test out again, unless they are gone.
 
They have them for Peter Pan and for Winnie the Pooh. I would recommend using them for these rides as they always seem to be crowded. We do WTP every time because our little ones love it. We also use it for Buzz Lightyear. It is available for Haunted Mansion and Jungle Cruise but we have not needed it there.
 
We've stood in line and watched "fast pass" people go by us. It didn't bother me. We did the fast pass for Everest but heard that we missed a lot of stuff by not waiting in line. Waiting in line is usually entertaining with lots of stuff to see along the way. I believe you can only get one fast pass at a time. Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
I have used FP that where 6 months old.
 
The basic idea of fastpasses is that you still wait for the ride, you just don't physically stand in line to do the waiting. You can go on other rides, go shopping, eat, etc. Then when you have waited, you go back into a special fast pass line. So you only usually spend less than 10-15 standing in line, but you have waited usually longer than the people in the standby line to actually ride the ride.
 
I absolutely love the fast pass idea. Many parks are starting to copy this idea, but you usually have to pay extra for it. At WDW, your ticket is all you need. But, if the line for the ride if 30 minutes or less, don't bother.

Also, if you already have a fast pass for one ride, you can't get a second one until about a half hour into the time on your current fast pass.

We always go the second week of May so we seldom need to use them because the lines are usually short. Plus, if you use the Magic Hours, there are pretty much no lines anyway.
 
We've stood in line and watched "fast pass" people go by us. It didn't bother me. We did the fast pass for Everest but heard that we missed a lot of stuff by not waiting in line. Waiting in line is usually entertaining with lots of stuff to see along the way. I believe you can only get one fast pass at a time. Correct me if I'm wrong.

We just used fast passes yesterday. They have a one hour window; i.e.
1 PM to 2 PM. At 1:05 PM you can get another fast pass. The way to use them most efficiently is we had one for Splash Mountain, then went to Big Thunder and got one at 1:05 went back and rode Splash Mountain and then were able to go to BTM soon after we got off SM. Then we were done with that corner of the park and could go on some where else. We just hate to wait in lines... and seldom do.

It was really neat when the wait for Space Mountain was 40 minutes we walked past all those people and did not stop until we were at the short queue at the end right before you get on the ride. Similar experience at Buzz Lightyear, the line was 4o minutes long but we may have waited 15 in the FP line.

I think they are especially beneficial for those of you that only come for a few days and try to see as much as possible. We have annual passes so if a particular ride is too crowded we have the luxury of knowing we will catch it next time. :cheer2:
 














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