FastPass Enforcement

[JDUCKY]

I routinely used FPs "late" before, so I am not a fan. I feel like I either have to stay near the ride now waiting for the window to open or rush back to it before it closes. But, it is what it is and I have adapted.

Of course, others who didn't do this will not be impacted. I expect I'll be chastised by some (not all) of these. Let them come.

that's us, too.

Feels constraining now to have to stay in one particular area. We don't generally go for a full day but, rather, like to hit a few well-liked rides and take our time wandering around the parks.

 

[mattsdragon]

What's FastPass?

 

[Missyrose]

I didn't vote in the poll because FP enforcement affected my touring, but I've reluctantly adapted.

 

[ELMC]

As a former Fastpass abuser, I have to say that it affected my family's touring quite a bit. We used to get a FP at 8:45, another at 9:35, another sometime around 10:10, then 10:55 and probably one more at noon before leaving the park for lunch and a nap. We didn't need the Fastpasses in the morning because we made rope drop and used a touring plan, so the lines were rarely more than 10 minutes long. When we came back to the park at 6, we would have five sets of Fastpasses to use because the return times weren't enforced. (I always figured that people knew return times weren't enforced and didn't realize that it was such a hotly debated topic.)

Now that that's changed, we typically stay in the parks until 2 or 3, have lunch in the park and don't return in the evening. So it's a pretty big change, but it is what it is. I actually think that the FP+ will be better for our family's touring style than FP with return times enforced. We can still go commando in the morning with short waits, leave by noon and get a good nap before returning in the evening for our scheduled FP+ rides. That's the hope anyway.

 

[CarrieR]

I voted other. We still use FP, and have adapted, but it has had a significant negative impact on our experiences. We will be cutting back on trips in the near future (currently honoring commitments.)

 

[kmb584]

No difference here. We were that family who always used the FP within its return window to begin with.

 

[OKW Lover]

Summary - most people responding don't seem to have been adversely affected by the change, although there was still a fairly significant number that feel it did adversely affect them.

 

[2Tiggies]

Summary - most people responding don't seem to have been adversely affected by the change, although there was still a fairly significant number that feel it did adversely affect them.

Funny you just posted an overview. I was in on this thread right at the start and popped back on to see the results so far out of curiosity. Looks like there are an awful lot of well behaved DISers on here (I confess I was not one of them )

 

[JDUCKY]

Interesting the number of people who feel it was abusing or misusing the FP system to come back after the last return time when many CMs have specifically told guests (myself included) that it's perfectly ok to do so. Or, well, used to be before return times starting being enforced.

*shrug*

 

[doconeill]

Interesting the number of people who feel it was abusing or misusing the FP system to come back after the last return time when many CMs have specifically told guests (myself included) that it's perfectly ok to do so. Or, well, used to be before return times starting being enforced.

*shrug*

Please, let's not start the war all over again.

 

[Ametista]

You left out "Yes, but we have reluctantly adapted, with all the changes in strategy that it required."

I would have picked this too. What I hate the most about it is that I have three separate times been stuck in the line of a ride that broke down, as in I already wasted 40 minutes in a long line/broken down ride. Now my fast past time has arrived, and its a 20 minute walk across the park. Do you ditch the ride you are waiting for and therefore have wasted the whole time you stood in line, or do you wait for it and hope they let you on your fast pass ride if you are 5 minutes late? Because if you have to ditch the ride you have invested all that time in, what good is the fast pass? You might as well have just stood in line for the fast pass ride.

I just think it makes it much more stressful I could see if they enforced it with a 30 minute late allowance but not 5 minutes!

 

[DebbieB]

I think it will be better once FP+ starts. I was at DHS yesterday morning and Epcot in the afternoon. I wanted to time my Soarin fastpass so that it would be good when I returned in the evening after a break at the resort. Luckily Touring Plans times were pretty accurate. So I picked up one around 2:00-2:30 for a 6:45 return, which worked out perfect.

 

[mom2rtk]

Summary - most people responding don't seem to have been adversely affected by the change, although there was still a fairly significant number that feel it did adversely affect them.

I'd be careful drawing conclusions when there was one answer totally left off the list.

 

[skier_pete]

I was a serial FP abuser...but I think it's silly to complain about Disney choosing to enforce something that has been the way it was suppose to work for the last 15 years. The arguments over this do get to be ridiculous.

Anyone who's trip is "ruined" because of ANY Fastpass policy should look to go to a more relaxing vacation destination.

 

[Brian Noble]

I was a routine late-arriver. I've since been to both WDW *and* DLR post-enforcement, and while the trips are a little bit different, they are certainly not worse---in some ways, they are better. Rather than feel like we "need" to hit the mountains for a third time that day because we still have a set of fastpasses, we find we enjoy doing other things just as much if not more.

The biggest adjustment is realizing that pulling a FP later is sometimes better. That took a while to wrap my brain around.

 

[disney1990]

I'd be careful drawing conclusions when there was one answer totally left off the list.

Which answer was left off the list?

Yes, I am so traumatized, not only am I never using Fastpass again, I am never going back to Disney again?

 

[mom2rtk]

Which answer was left off the list?

Yes, I am so traumatized, not only am I never using Fastpass again, I am never going back to Disney again?

See post number 3 in this thread:

You left out "Yes, but we have reluctantly adapted, with all the changes in strategy that it required."

 

[DebbieB]

See post number 3 in this thread:

Originally Posted by WillAustin
You left out "Yes, but we have reluctantly adapted, with all the changes in strategy that it required."

 

[doconeill]

See post number 3 in this thread:

Well, there WAS an "Other" catchall option.

 

[mom2rtk]

Well, there WAS an "Other" catchall option.

Too nebulous for my taste.

Actually, I thought WillAustin's response represented what a lot of folks here would say. To have what is likely to be one of the top 3 responses just lumped into an "other" category just does not do it justice. And I think skews the results of the poll. I just opted not to vote since my true feelings were not reflected in one of the stated options.