DAS and Lightning pass

[MTFlorida]

We have a DAS pass for my family as my daughter is disabled. We are only going for 1 day and wondering if we should also buy a lightning pass?? We visit 12/23 so ? If the DAS pass will even be helpful for even 1 or 2 rides if the wait times are super long.
I’m so confused! What does a lightning pass do and would this work with a DAS? We can’t buy lightning pass until 3 days before and I read that sometimes the on-property people use them all up.

 

[Wojodis]

We have a DAS pass for my family as my daughter is disabled. We are only going for 1 day and wondering if we should also buy a lightning pass?? We visit 12/23 so ? If the DAS pass will even be helpful for even 1 or 2 rides if the wait times are super long.
I’m so confused! What does a lightning pass do and would this work with a DAS? We can’t buy lightning pass until 3 days before and I read that sometimes the on-property people use them all up.

Due to poor tolerance, many cannot spend extended periods in the park, buying multi pass for 3 rides ahead of time will give you 3 definitive timeframes for attractions (at least) and then can supplement with the DAS. If your daughter struggles in this area, it may be a good idea. So even if a DAS return time is an hour, you can “just keep swimming”, accomplish more in a shorter time frame, and then be able to take a few extended breaks. Hope this helps—have fun!
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[Dave006]

What does a lightning pass do and would this work with a DAS?

If you purchase a LLMP for a day you are able to select 1 Tier 1 and 2 Tier 2 attractions or 3 Tier 3 attractions. As to if you get additional selection it will be harder on Dec. 23 to make additional selections for top most popular attractions.

You also might want to ask in the DAS subforum: https://www.disboards.com/forums/disabilities.20/

We can’t buy lightning pass until 3 days before and I read that sometimes the on-property people use them all up.

The great news for the LLMP you get to see your first 3 attractions before you purchase. It can't hurt to check at your 3 day before point.

Dave

 

[MTFlorida]

Due to poor tolerance, many cannot spend extended periods in the park, buying multi pass for 3 rides ahead of time will give you 3 definitive timeframes for attractions (at least) and then can supplement with the DAS. If your daughter struggles in this area, it may be a good idea. So even if a DAS return time is an hour, you can “just keep swimming”, accomplish more in a shorter time frame, and then be able to take a few extended breaks. Hope this helps—have fun!
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Thank you!
Is a multipass the same as a lightning pass? So you can prebook 3 rides instead of 1?

 

[lanejudy]

Thank you!
Is a multipass the same as a lightning pass? So you can prebook 3 rides instead of 1?

Maybe. There is nothing called “lightning pass.” The Lightning Lane Multi-Pass allows you to pre-book up to 3 attractions before arrival and hopefully more in the park on a rolling basis (max 3 attraction reservations at any given time). Lightning Lane Single Pass is available for specific high-demand attractions, maximum of 2 per day.

DAS Return Times will be dependent on the posted standby waits. So if it’s a one hour standby you cannot enter the LL for 50 minutes.

 

[MTFlorida]

Ok- very helpful.
Sounds like you can tag team the DAS bookings with the multipass lightning lane.
This will be perfect as my daughter doesn’t always understand waiting and had no concept of a schedule or how long something is.
Thanks again

 

[the8ball]

@MTFlorida What did you end up doing with the passes? I'm in the same situation (though we have two DAS passes for two children who frankly need that for the lines), and I'm wondering whether the LLMP is worth it to use together.

 

[MTFlorida]

I bought the Lightning Pass and we had the DAS. I think the DAS would have been enough but since we had 2 in our group that wanted to ride some rides on their own, they were able to use Lightning passes for those.
You have to have your disabled person on the ride with your group if the whole groups wants to ride on DAS. But I found the DAS really easy and not that restrictive - plenty of rides.

 

[the8ball]

What do you think is a good strategy for using both? I'm hoping it'll reveal itself as mostly intuitive. Where I have Lightning Multipasses I'm using the typical approach of having an early burner so that I can start booking more LLs. I think with DAS I'll use it as it's mostly intended which is for standby lines that are just too long for my DAS-riders to handle.

I'm a little unclear on how VQ or shows with showtimes will work with DAS, but I guess we'll see how it goes.

 

[lanejudy]

I'm a little unclear on how VQ or shows with showtimes will work with DAS

To use DAS for an attraction with VQ, you must first obtain a boarding group like anyone else. Then when your boarding group is called you let the CM know you have DAS to be sent through the LL.

 

[MTFlorida]

Use the DAS for sure for the long line rides. We didn’t realize that once you use one of 3 of the purchased set of Lightning Passes, you get another one so you always have 3 to use (we thought it was 3 total for the day). It was worth my peace of mind to have Lightning and DAS do there was absolutely no waiting. The most we waited for a popular ride was maybe 10 min