How much would you pay for extra FP+s or even unlimited?

[JPKnapp]

Somewhere along the line, Disney is sure to sell additional FP+ slots. Either through "VIP" programs, more FP+ for Deluxe vs Value, or even directly as 'buy one more', etc.

So... how much would you pay for an additional 10 FP+s? And how much would you pay for unlimited FP+s?

 

[ucfknight]

$0

 

[Suellen]

I wouldn't pay for either.

 

[JPKnapp]

I'd pay $15 per FP+ sounds about right for me. Unlimited would depend on park hopping. I'd say $200 per person per day.

 

[wdwjeffc37]

$0 for me too.

 

[Turn the Page]

I wouldn't pay for either option. The most I would do is book a moderate room rather than a value or something like that and I wouldn't even like to do that.

It reeks of a shameless money grab, on top of the shameless money grab that Disney already is, and it just rubs me the wrong way.

 

[Texas Barbie]

For a length of stay, unlimited fastpass, I think about $100 per day per ticket would be about right.

 

[Mickey & Minnie Mom]

$0

 

[erionm]

$0

 

[wisblue]

I wouldn't pay anything either, but I am not as convinced as some others that this is ever going to be offered this directly.

There are a lot of other ways for Disney to use FPs as an enticement to spend money on something else. The most often cited one is giving more FPs to onsite guests than offsite, and/or to give more based on the level of onsite resort.

Another that I have thought about is to allow an extra FP or two in a second park for guests who have AP or park hoppers. Some people have concluded that Disney is trying to discourage hopping by limiting FPs to one park per day. But, there is no reason to assume that things will stay that way forever. And I don't think Disney added buses directly between the parks if they didn't expect them to be used.

If Disney offers another FP or two in a second park (including a tier 1 FP in the second park) that might encourage people to buy the hopper option, and that just helps Disney achieve their goal of spending a lot of time on Disney property.

This would be similar to what Universal is doing by putting the new Harry Potter Diagon Alley in the Universal Studios park. Anyone who wants to see both Harry Potter areas, and ride the Hogwarts Express between them, has to have a two park ticket. Disney does not have the market cornered on "shameless money grabs", even in the theme park business.

 

[wisblue]

For a length of stay, unlimited fastpass, I think about $100 per day per ticket would be about right.

I think we can safely say that this will never happen. In addition to the capacity issues, unlimited front of line for several days would be worth MUCH more than $100 per ticket. If I could get unlimited front of line for 7 days for $100, even I would pay that.

 

[Shock13]

For a length of stay, unlimited fastpass, I think about $100 per day per ticket would be about right.

I agree with this. As someone who visits WDW every couple of years, my time is valuable when I'm there and I'd gladly pay for the convenience. Although I wouldn't be paying $100 for each park I go to. DHS is my least favorite park so I wouldn't pay any extra to go on those 3 rides I like.

 

[MomRN]

Individual FP+? Nothing, unless a dire circumstance occurred and there was a favorite ride, a time constraint, and a cheap option to get one on demand. Basically, I would probably spend $5/person to skip the line at EE if the line was 60 minutes long and we had somewhere to be in an hour.

Unlimited? The best Disney could do would be to offer it with an on-site stay- like Universal. Even then, I wouldn't fork out the money for a Deluxe to get this benefit. Again, maybe...might... possibly spend $25/person extra a day for unlimited FP+, depending on the circumstances.

 

[Lindaland]

I wouldn't pay anything either, but I am not as convinced as some others that this is ever going to be offered this directly. There are a lot of other ways for Disney to use FPs as an enticement to spend money on something else. The most often cited one is giving more FPs to onsite guests than offsite, and/or to give more based on the level of onsite resort. Another that I have thought about is to allow an extra FP or two in a second park for guests who have AP or park hoppers. Some people have concluded that Disney is trying to discourage hopping by limiting FPs to one park per day. But, there is no reason to assume that things will stay that way forever. And I don't think Disney added buses directly between the parks if they didn't expect them to be used. If Disney offers another FP or two in a second park (including a tier 1 FP in the second park) that might encourage people to buy the hopper option, and that just helps Disney achieve their goal of spending a lot of time on Disney property. This would be similar to what Universal is doing by putting the new Harry Potter Diagon Alley in the Universal Studios park. Anyone who wants to see both Harry Potter areas, and ride the Hogwarts Express between them, has to have a two park ticket. Disney does not have the market cornered on "shameless money grabs", even in the theme park business.

This exactly!!

 

[sharonabe]

$100 per day, $200 per day, $15 per FP+? Are you guys crazy? For a family of four, with just five days, at $100, that's an EXTRA $2000 over what I've already paid for rooms and tickets!! And even though it is unlimited, what if all FP+ for the headliners are already taken? There would be no way to ensure you could get what you wanted or what would work on any given day.

 

[LSUfan4444]

$0

I can ride whatever I want with little to no wait by using the current 3 FP+ system efficiently, touring in recommended parks on recommended days, planning my ADRs in accordance with my preferred schedule, arriving to the park early and having flexibility.

If they offer me more than 3 FP+, I'll make the reservations, but not even sure I will need or use all of them. Two weeks ago, at least once a day we had FP+ go unused by some in our group.

 

[Turn the Page]

Ok, what I fail to see about these thought processes is this.....it's a theme park people.....those come with lines. That is the nature of the beast. You go to a theme park you wait in some lines no matter how efficient your touring plan is you are going to wait in something even if it's only 5 or 10 minutes. If you don't like that, if you think your time is too "valuable" to waste in lines with everybody else, if you think the normal theme park experience is not good enough for you then why do you go?

At the end of the day, as it stands now, most people have access to 3 FP+'s to get you out of three major lines a day. Would it be nice if we had more? Of course. Would it be nice if we could pick any three rides we want? Of course. Hopefully some of these issues will be ironed out in the future. However, the bottom line is you already mostly get out of standing in 3 lines per day, if that's not good enough for you and you insist that you will pay more for the convenience of going to the front of the line because your time is more valuable than anyone else's perhaps going to a vacation destination that inherently comes with lines isn't the best option for you.

Just a thought.

 

[njchris]

$0

Unless I was rich like some of these posters seem to be. $100 a day per ticket? That would end up costing more than the rest of the trip in many cases! That's insane, IMHO.

 

[butterfly71076]

Absolutely nothing.

 

[Brian Noble]

how much would you pay for unlimited FP+s?

I've been known to buy either VIP tickets or a throwaway room at Universal to get unlimited express for my family, depending on how many people on the trip. I expect a comparable Disney offering would be (much) more expensive, and I'm not sure how much farther I'd go.