TwiddleDeeTwiddleDum
Or was that Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum?
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- Jun 8, 2008
Why not? seriously. If there was no such thing as fast pass you'd have to make a decision, either wait in line or don't do the ride? Then you would judge how bad you wanted to do the line. FP wasn't meant to make your choices easy it is simply a tool available to you for touring.
TSM has a time thingy above the fast pass machines doesn't it? You can very easily look at it and determine if the return time will confict with ADR's and such.
Actually now that you have advanced warning a person can 180 days out decide if their Epcot day or HS day they want to make those adr's and plan accordingly.
I too don't understand the fervor over this, pretty much because I really believe people will adjust. I've seen tons of changes and generally after a while even the uber planners manage to still do the rides.
I'd be interested in knowing if the restaurants are going to have some means of allowing a late FP to be honored if, through no fault of the guest, the restaurant has slow service, problem honoring the ADR within 15 minutes, etc. etc.
There are some FP's that are hard to obtain - like TSM, Soarin - and I don't think a guest should have to choose between taking a FP or honoring their ADR they've made 180 days in advance.
How would you know that your LeCellier ADR might conflict with the only FP you could get for Soarin? Or your Brown Derby Fantasmic meal conflicts with the only FP you could get for TSM?
Of course you can opt to NOT take the FP, but if it's your only day in the park it's a tough choice to forego a not to miss attraction just because you have a dinner reservation. I suppose one could opt to NOT make ADR's and simply do counter services, then you would be assured of not having such conflict.
It just seems a little silly to get so anal about a FP return IMO. I'm really surprised at how hot people are getting over this debate
It appears we are basically saying the same thing & I already said what you pointed out. We agree this is not worth getting ugly on the boards over.
I could be wrong, but I think WDW likes guests to book ADR's in the more expensive table service restaurants vs. winging it on counter service. Our last trip we had a dinner for 2 at LeCellier with a bottle of wine and our bill easily exceeded $150.00 not including the tip.
Why wouldn't WDW want a guest spending money in their sit down table service restaurants to be able to ride an attraction even if it's past their FP window? The restaurant manager could give them a voucher or something to allow them to use the FP if they have to so the guest doesn't have to choose between the 2. I don't think this is that big of a deal that they have to have a guest choose one over the other.
Speaking for myself, I'd more readily dine at any restaurant again if this courtesy were extended in cases where they were late seating me, slow serving me, etc. if they are going to enforce FP window times.
If not, life is full of choices and we all plan accordingly. Me, I like dealing with places that appreciate my business and that's where I spend my money. We'll still go and if the new policy becomes a detriment to our experience, we can always do something different next trip.