Fastpass Waits Are Much Longer Than Trips Pass

[Haley R]

I always go into it with the knowledge that FP+ does not equal to immediate loading on the ride, however, there were several instances this trip where the FP+ was so long that the standby line was grossly affected by it. One ride in particular is Haunted Mansion. In the past year I have come to realize that unless you rope drop or get an FP for this ride, riding it through the day is a nightmare and the FP lines have been longer than the standby line quite frequently. However, rides like SDMT I have come to accept that I will wait at least 10-15 minutes before I get on, and that is OK. For me however what kind of disgruntles me (and honestly, it really doesn't but if I need to give a grievance this is it), is that I've been to WDW the past three years in a row, and this year more than ever the FP line situation HAS gotten out of hand. I don't think I have waited an hour on any FP line, but it HAS almost doubled my wait times on some rides while on standby.

I did also see ALOT of paper FPs last week, and actually, when I checked in to AS Sports (I was early so I knew I would have to wait) it took a while for the lady at the front desk to find us a room, so for our wait she issued us three anytime FPs. Little did we know that when we looked at the MDE app, these FPs were good for ANYTHING (including SDMT and Space Mountain), so on top of our three FPs we had three more to use on anything. I felt that our hassle was so minimal to get such a great compensation, so now I wonder if maybe other people are being given a bunch of these as well and thats what is greatly affecting the FP lines as well.

I didn't know they still used paper FPs.

 

[beesly]

I didn't know they still used paper FPs.

CMs can write up paper FPs. Back in March, I went to AK with my grandmother. It was a warm day and she ended up getting exhausted and dehydrated, and nearly collapsed while walking through the Maharajah Jungle Trek (I never noticed before then, but there's nowhere along the trail to sit!). I asked the nearest CM for help and they were really great - brought a wheelchair for us to use for the day, bottles of water, and offered to take my grandmother to the First Aid Station. Once we were ready to get back out into the park, the CMs wrote paper FPs for our party for FOTLK and Finding Nemo so that we could do some things out of the heat. Each pass had a blank line for the CM to fill in what it was for.

 

[Haley R]

CMs can write up paper FPs. Back in March, I went to AK with my grandmother. It was a warm day and she ended up getting exhausted and dehydrated, and nearly collapsed while walking through the Maharajah Jungle Trek (I never noticed before then, but there's nowhere along the trail to sit!). I asked the nearest CM for help and they were really great - brought a wheelchair for us to use for the day, bottles of water, and offered to take my grandmother to the First Aid Station. Once we were ready to get back out into the park, the CMs wrote paper FPs for our party for FOTLK and Finding Nemo so that we could do some things out of the heat. Each pass had a blank line for the CM to fill in what it was for.

Oh okay. Thanks for that information! I knew they gave out anytime FPs, but I just assumed they were electronic. Of course, the paper way is probably easier for them to give out. I've never been given an anytime FP.

 

[Disneyhappy]

OK, I'll bite - what does your trip to Mexico have to do with WDW?

Major typo- I meant my trip this past July.

 

[Haley R]

Major typo- I meant my trip this past July.

How does that even happen? lol

 

[Disneyhappy]

How does that even happen? lol

I was thinking the same thing. I have no idea!

 

[Haley R]

I was thinking the same thing. I have no idea!

Darn autocorrect