I used it in WDW last year and I thought it was great. I would love it at DL but as some says to would have to be different, my thought different in dining, you don't have to book six months out because resturaunts don't usually fill up. But to me fp+ would work great for those of us who don't live there and visit for a day like locals do. Locals can choose to go on less busy days, times of year. ( don't take this wrong because I'm sure locals spend just as much, just more spread out over time). But those of us who fly, book hotels and spend thousands, would be able to book our rides in advance. When we did WDW in March last year, we were able to change our fast passes if we wanted to, there were still openings. I remember one day we were in epcot, soaring was only a 10 min wait, but out FP was three hours away. We hopped in line, did soaring and then went and asked to change our FP to test trak and was able to ride that about 2 hours later, when we would have been in line for soaring. We did changes maybe 5 times during our 12 day visit and never had a problem, so I don't know why people say they can't get a same day fast pass. I will admits one times you may have to go back and ask again, since people cancel all the time but it was very doable. I also found the whole system very easy to use. No more carrying tickets, fastpasses, money, or anything. I don't have to check 15 times to make sure I didn't lose my ticket, I don't have to check money to see that I brought it, I don't have to remember things, because I can always walk up to a gr and ask what is on my band for the day. All I have to do is remember what park to show up for.
There are two really big beefs with me and it is the
DAS and FP systems, and each park has the opposite problem. In WDW you can set up fastpasses in advance, but for DAS you have to go to the ride to get a time back. In DL you have to walk to the ride to get a FP, but for DAS you can go to any kiosk and get a time, and you can do it for either park. So you can be in DL and ask for a time for RS in dca, then have lunch on your way over and be able to hop on when your done. I like the kiosk, in both parks but they have to work for everything, walk up tell them what you want and your in, you don't have to walk a mile out of the way to get a FP for three hours later, especially in DL where the rides are so clumped together, you go to splash and get your fastpass, you can't just ride what is near there, because you would need a FP for HM, Indy, jungle cruise, BTM, POTC, so basically your stuck walking all the way back to buzz or too town, and then walking all the way back to get on splash. Then do it all again for HM.to much work for me on busy days, much more work than planning ahead two months in advance. I would be able to get a fast pass for splash, Indy and BTM, three hours apart, and hope that I could wait in short lines for hm, jungle and POTC. If you do it all in the morning, you could get all done in 3 hours, by going to the other rides in between since they in morning would not usually be more than 20 minutes.
I think it would work great for me.
Bummer. I haven't tried FP+ yet, but the old system seemed more spontaneous to me. Thanks for the info.
We are headed out there in just over a month.
I've been to WDW a few times, so I know about the advance planning. But one of the many things I love about DLR is that currently, there is no need. Maybe FP+ wouldn't change that, esp if the only people who book in advance are resort guests. Still, I do love to work the FP and single rider system . . .
