Empire State Club at the HNY

[Demonica]

How does VIP Fastpass differ to the bog-standard one?

I've used neither before!

 

[torsie24]

How does VIP Fastpass differ to the bog-standard one?

I've used neither before!

Just means on the fastpass rides you can go in the fatpass line whenever you want. Don;t have to get tickets or anything. But only fastpass rides I think....

 

[mummyal]

I phoned them up this morning and it would cost us £340 (standard) or £445 (lakeside) to upgrade. So, erm, I think we'll just be sticking to our 'basic' booking for now. I was actually after the fastpass but don't think it's enough to justify spending another £340 on it lol (esp as DH won't go on those rides and DS is too young and DD will only go on a couple of them).

VIP fastpass is unlimited.

 

[Bexx]

I phoned them up this morning and it would cost us £340 (standard) or £445 (lakeside) to upgrade.

Sorry if I'm being nosey, but that seems an awful lot. I just checked the brochure, and the difference between the standard standard room package and the ESC standard room package is about £70 per adult. Maybe I'm reading it wrong.

Just means on the fastpass rides you can go in the fatpass line whenever you want. Don;t have to get tickets or anything. But only fastpass rides I think....

Yes, just on the fastpass rides.

 

[thelittlemermaid83]

Im not going to upgrade lol......

 

[Bexx]

I've just been checking the wording in the brochure and I'm beginning to wonder if the VIP Fastpass isn't still just for suites only, even in the ESC.

New: Empire State Club & Suites. Choose a room on the upper floors with a privileged and dedicated service. Like exclusive access to the private lounge for your breakfast with a visit from a Disney Character and free soft drinks served all day. If you choose to book a Suite, you will benefit from a VIP FASTPASS

So please check before upgrading

 

[mummyal]

Sorry if I'm being nosey, but that seems an awful lot. I just checked the brochure, and the difference between the standard standard room package and the ESC standard room package is about £70 per adult. Maybe I'm reading it wrong.

Hmm I don't know . The girl gave me the new 'total' cost (mine includes half-board vouchers) and the difference in price to my original total cost is £340. So I'm assuming that's the upgrade cost??

Edited to say::: Ok, it all makes a bit more sense now. Our original total was for '3 for 2 nights' offer. That offer doesn't apply to ESC rooms, hence the big jump in price. Grrrrrr. lol.

 

[NMM]

Having read this thread, I upgraded this morning as it will be closest I'll ever get to CC! The price difference in February came to €284 (4 nights and 4 days, no free nights, garden view). I asked both the operators if VIP fastpass applies to standard Empire State rooms and they assured me it does

Sinead

 

[torsie24]

I'm guessign teh upgrade is £70 a night then. That's quite a lot!!

 

[NMM]

That 284 was in Euro, so the Sterling should be a bit less, depending on what conversion rate they're using.

 

[Bexx]

Ok, it all makes a bit more sense now. Our original total was for '3 for 2 nights' offer. That offer doesn't apply to ESC rooms, hence the big jump in price. Grrrrrr. lol.

Okay, that makes sense. I should have guessed it wasn't eligible for the special offers

I asked both the operators if VIP fastpass applies to standard Empire State rooms and they assured me it does

That's great - thanks for letting us know

 

[NMM]

That's great - thanks for letting us know

Thank you for the original post

 

[JC Butterfly]

oooooh I want to go ESC now! (don't know if I do financially but the perks sound awesome!!)

 

[JC Butterfly]

So I made the switch today to a Empire State Club Standard room. Raised the rate of my 5 day stay by $350 if I had upgraded to lake view it would have been $750 more than my original booking so couldn't quite justify that one today.

So, which rides are on fastpass?

In the Florida parks, the fast passes "run out" at a certain point and they shut down the Fastpass line. Does that happen in Paris too? Does that mean that my perk (unlimited fastpass) is only available when Fastpass lines are running? Or are the lines always running? (I would assume so because of Disneyland Hotel CC)

I'm also hoping to not have to battle any breakfast crowds, I love the idea that a character or two might be present.

Somebody's gotta come back and report on their experience with ESC!

 

[Bexx]

Fastpass is available for
Big Thunder Mountain
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Peril
Peter Pan's Flight
Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast
Star Tours
Space Mountain
in the Disneyland Park, and The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in the Studios.

Not sure what happens if the FPs run out, but I presume you will be able to carry on using your VIP one somehow.

There are a few photos of the ESC in this DLRPmagic article here

 

[A Small World]

We were given a VIP FP last yr as a gift due to a problem with our booking and we could only use it from 11.00 until (I think) 2 hrs before closing