FastPass+ Basic Info, Attraction List, and Suggested Priorities--Part I

[Koh1977]

I saw someone say in another thread there weren't FP+ during EMH. I thought it was weird because the old FP system had times that stretched into EMH. Been kinda hoping this would turn out to be wrong.

No, FPs were never used during EMH hours and the new system is no different.

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[ougrad86]

Even legacy FP was not available during EMH, but it is not needed. I can get on multiple rides with almost no wait in that first hour, then get FP when the gates open to everyone.

 

[yce22princess]

Even legacy FP was not available during EMH, but it is not needed. I can get on multiple rides with almost no wait in that first hour, then get FP when the gates open to everyone.

Thanks!!! I didn't remember that. The handful if times we have gone, we've always done rope drop and/or morning EMH and didn't even bother with FP because we knocked out a good chunk of rides/character meets with no problem.

 

[Niewoe]

I can't imagine you would need a FP before 9am.

 

[Ava]

I have an 8:05 res at CRT on my first MK day, and was hoping to do Small World, Peter Pan and Pooh standby first thing at park opening. Is this still a good strategy, or are people booking FP+ for first thing in the AM now?

(And same thing at EPCOT, I have an 8:10 at Akershus and was planning to do standby for Test Track as soon as the park opens.)

 

[MightyGitis]

No, FPs were never used during EMH hours and the new system is no different. Sent from my iPad using DISBoards

Man I must have leaky memory syndrome. I swear FP used to go at least into the EVENING EMHs.

 

[cel_disney]

I have an 8:05 res at CRT on my first MK day, and was hoping to do Small World, Peter Pan and Pooh standby first thing at park opening. Is this still a good strategy, or are people booking FP+ for first thing in the AM now?

(And same thing at EPCOT, I have an 8:10 at Akershus and was planning to do standby for Test Track as soon as the park opens.)

I think you can still get thru the MK attractions first thing in the morning after breakfast. Test track even seems feasible but I don't expect you would get thru the princesses and back to TT before 9:15? Atleast our family wouldn't be able to do that...since its currently 9:22, I just checked wait time there - TP says expected is 10min and posted is 25min for standby...

Edit - also quickly looked at MK - PP is 21 expected/ 25 posted, pooh was 5e/10p, small world was 9e/10p...so, assuming crowd levels are roughly the same, this seems like a viable plan for MK...

 

[InMemory]

What app are you using?

 

[cel_disney]

What app are you using?

Touring Plans LINES app...

 

[Tricia732]

How does the new system of being able to make Fastpass+ reservations in advance impact the ability to get FastPasses the day you are in the park? Our family will be staying at Shades of Green and plan to purchase our theme park tickets after we arrive, which means that we cannot get FastPasses in advance. Thank you for any info you can provide.

 

[cel_disney]

How does the new system of being able to make Fastpass+ reservations in advance impact the ability to get FastPasses the day you are in the park? Our family will be staying at Shades of Green and plan to purchase our theme park tickets after we arrive, which means that we cannot get FastPasses in advance. Thank you for any info you can provide.

Well, you will be able to get them in advance for all of the days except the ones you are purchasing the tickets on... And we would all advise you to make those reservations at that time.

Is there not a base that you could get tickets at earlier?

 

[Gryhndmom]

How does the new system of being able to make Fastpass+ reservations in advance impact the ability to get FastPasses the day you are in the park? Our family will be staying at Shades of Green and plan to purchase our theme park tickets after we arrive, which means that we cannot get FastPasses in advance. Thank you for any info you can provide.

I agree with PP...try and get your passes at a local base if you can then you can link your tickets to your MDE account and you can book fp's in advance. You can book fp's at the kiosk that day at the park but it seemed to be very limited when I was there first week of May.

 

[SRUAlmn]

Man I must have leaky memory syndrome. I swear FP used to go at least into the EVENING EMHs.

I said the SAME thing a few months ago and got the same responses you did (about it never being an option.) I can clearly remember using the legacy fastpass system during evening EMH, but once everyone said that never happened I figured I must've been mistaken. Maybe it was right before EMH began?

 

[mesaboy2]

FPs during EMH were extremely rare.

 

[cel_disney]

I said the SAME thing a few months ago and got the same responses you did (about it never being an option.) I can clearly remember using the legacy fastpass system during evening EMH, but once everyone said that never happened I figured I must've been mistaken. Maybe it was right before EMH began?

Maybe it was before return times were enforced?

 

[SRUAlmn]

Maybe it was before return times were enforced?

I don't think that was the case because we always stuck to the listed return times. I am remembering it being in the MK, Buzz maybe? But it's very possible it was before EMH technically began. Since the MK is open until 11 or 12 for their normal hours when we go, it's very possible it was still during normal park hours and it just felt like EMH because it was so late?

 

[MightyGitis]

I said the SAME thing a few months ago and got the same responses you did (about it never being an option.) I can clearly remember using the legacy fastpass system during evening EMH, but once everyone said that never happened I figured I must've been mistaken. Maybe it was right before EMH began?

Just talked to my sister. We aren't crazy. They definitely used to stretch FPs into evening EMH. I've checked three people. So we are NOT crazy.

They may have never done morning EMH. And they may not have done evening EMH all the time. But they did used to do it.

I think people forget that the old FP system evolved over time too. I was there before them and at different times during them. They changed over time.

So towards the end sure they may have not been doing it. But there was a time when they did.

 

[Cloudless Nights]

Just talked to my sister. We aren't crazy. They definitely used to stretch FPs into evening EMH. I've checked three people. So we are NOT crazy.

They may have never done morning EMH. And they may not have done evening EMH all the time. But they did used to do it.

I think people forget that the old FP system evolved over time too. I was there before them and at different times during them. They changed over time.

So towards the end sure they may have not been doing it. But there was a time when they did.

I remember using FPs during evening EMH on at least one trip as well.

 

[mike the canuck]

No, FPs were never used during EMH hours and the new system is no different. Sent from my iPad using DISBoards

Even legacy FP was not available during EMH, but it is not needed. I can get on multiple rides with almost no wait in that first hour, then get FP when the gates open to everyone.

This is not true. I got legacy Fastpasses for EHM before. When the refurbished Test Track opened I waited an hour in line because there was no Fastpasses left for the day . After we rode and got off ( around 9pm just before IllumiNations) they released Fastpasses for EMH. I got a pair for 10:30pm and used them after Illuminations. This was December 2012.

 

[SRUAlmn]

Thanks for the reports about EMH legacy FP! I knew I wasn't crazy!