MaxPass / Digital Fastpass - Discussion Thread

[707MickeyGirl]

I agree there should be a multi-day ticket price break. Hopefully this will be offered in the future.

Fortunately, I only need to worry about getting this for myself and my granddaughter. I'll add it to my Signature AP for $75, even though I thing Signature APs should have a price break since we've already paid for PhotoPass, and I'll pay the $10 per day for my granddaughter. That's an extra $145 I didn't budget for. Ugh.

 

[lmhall2000]

Families are clearly not the target demographic for this service. After seeing the videos I would love to use this, but at $10 a day per person an extra $250 for our family of 5 for 5 days is definitely not in the cards. For the first time I will admit a service Disney provides that is not worth the value for our family. As much as I want to support the use of technology, without a discounted 5 day multi-day ticket option, I will not be participating. There are many ways to use $250 and paying that for digital fastpass is not the best use.

I think many are missing some key points. I never envisioned this as a buy one everyday we are there option, but a strategic benefit. The Wednesday we are there later in the day, so not worth it, Thursday is a slower day for DCA and fewer FP rides over there, so again, not worth it. But, Friday!!!!! Yassss!!! We were going to splurge $40 for one full day of photopass so upgrading to MaxPass is only $10 more!! Of course, we'll buy this!!!! And on our third day, do we really want to chase Fastpasses?? No way!

 

[DDhunter]

I think many are missing some key points. I never envisioned this as a buy one everyday we are there option, but a strategic benefit. The Wednesday we are there later in the day, so not worth it, Thursday is a slower day for DCA and fewer FP rides over there, so again, not worth it. But, Friday!!!!! Yassss!!! We were going to splurge $40 for one full day of photopass so upgrading to MaxPass is only $10 more!! Of course, we'll buy this!!!! And on our third day, do we really want to chase Fastpasses?? No way!

Yes, exactly, this is my plan too. We are going to get it on ONE of our days, not all of them.

 

[losfp]

I don't think frequent visitors are their target for MaxPass. We're going on holidays in the USA and Canada for six weeks, we're dropping a bit north of 30k on the trip so spending $280 for the 4 of us to access the system for 7 days isn't even a blip on the radar.

Locals will drop $10 here and there when it's warranted, but I think Disney are assuming that people who come cross country or from overseas like us will simply just pay the full whack.

 

[DisneyAsh32]

I just looked at the Disneyland app and saw that they just updated one of the links to say get a fastpass. From there it looks like you can now link a ticket or an annual pass. I haven't tried to link my tickets yet, but hopefully everything is running smoothly!

 

[BogFam5]

So let me get this straight. I can pay for MaxPass at $10 per day and get fast passes but also all of my PhotoPass pics?!?! We will be visiting Disneyland next week (family of 5) and we're on a tight budget. We are WDW veterans and have used My Disney Experience numerous times. I've downloaded the Disneyland app, and I've read up on how to purchase MaxPass. I'd rather spend the $150 dollars on something other than being able to use my phone to book FastPasses since DL still has old school fastpasses available, which is something we're looking forward to. My primary purpose of getting MaxPass then, would be to pay $30 and get all of the PhotoPass pics. If I'm understanding it correctly, according to their website, unlimited downloads of PhotoPass pics are included. Do I still need to pay separately for PhotoPass? Seems too good to be true so I feel like I'm missing something...

 

[mom2rtk]

Stay tuned. MaxPass is supposed to debut today.

On first glance it appears that you should be able to get MaxPass for one person ($30 for a 3 day purchase). But we don't have confirmation yet that the Fps you get on MaxPass will have the same return times as the ones the rest of your group would get at the kiosk (since they wouldn't be in MaxPass).

 

[Girimama33]

Where does the $30 figure come from? I guess if one person purchases it for PP alone, it is a good price.

 

[mom2rtk]

Where does the $30 figure come from?
If you have a family of 5, you would pay $50 per day for the MaxPass. The $10 price is per day AND per ticket.

I assumed the PP was talking about enrolling just one of them in MaxPass to get the PhotoPass benefit.

Since Photopass was $39 for one day, I can see lots of people doing that. Unless Disney sets up 2 different pools for FP and the one person buying MaxPass gets different return times from everyone else in their group.

 

[becks59]

Where does the $30 figure come from? I guess if one person purchases it for PP alone, it is a good price.

I think they are going for three days and only choosing to have one person in their group get max pass for three days. 3x10==30.

I'm very curious to see if this is a possibility too. We plan to do this if it will work without being a huge hassle.

 

[Baptist]

From how I read the website, you get all of your PhotoPasses with MaxPass. You should not have to pay extra. All together, it's not a bad deal considering they normally charge you for PhotoPass. However, if you are on a tight budget and don't mind running around the parks grabbing FastPasses, then maybe you should not get it.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

I just looked at the Disneyland app and saw that they just updated one of the links to say get a fastpass. From there it looks like you can now link a ticket or an annual pass. I haven't tried to link my tickets yet, but hopefully everything is running smoothly!

Mine too. It was the first thing that popped up when I went into my profile. I clicked on it and it had already linked my pass - scared me for a second until I saw at the bottom it said click to purchase. I don't want it, so I would have been upset had I added it accidentally! In that same place it allowed me to link other tickets/passes.

 

[dec2009mama]

so I can't add maxpass to our APs until we go to the parks? I'd prefer to pre-buy since our exchange rate is doing well! Also nice to pay for it now and not add it to the after trip blues bill!

if maxpass is purchased, can we still use our physical cards to get FP thru the kiosks? I have everyone in the family linked in my account, hubby does not have a DL account nor data on his smartphone while we travel ~~ say I stay behind one afternoon for a pool day while hubby and kid hit the parks, can they still get FP the usual way with their physical AP cards?

 

[Jedi Mouse]

Does anyone know if you can add it to an AP for a single day?

We're half way through our AP's and I'm not sure I see $300 worth of value to activate it for all four of us, especially since we get PP included already. But I would like to try it out for a day and see.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

so I can't add maxpass to our APs until we go to the parks? I'd prefer to pre-buy since our exchange rate is doing well! Also nice to pay for it now and not add it to the after trip blues bill!

if maxpass is purchased, can we still use our physical cards to get FP thru the kiosks? I have everyone in the family linked in my account, hubby does not have a DL account nor data on his smartphone while we travel ~~ say I stay behind one afternoon for a pool day while hubby and kid hit the parks, can they still get FP the usual way with their physical AP cards?

You should be able to purchase now. It's giving me the option and I'm sitting at home. I don't want to go through all the steps to confirm it though because I don't want to actually purchase it.


Is have no idea on your second question.

 

[Niltiac]

Does anyone know if you can add it to an AP for a single day?

The way it was worded gave me the impression that AP owners would have the choice to purchase it by the year or just purchase at the day rate.

 

[Lesley Wake]

Interesting too what mrcheezypop said, that regular tiks can buy it thru the app but APs have to go to a ticket booth if they want the year option.

 

[dec2009mama]

You should be able to purchase now. It's giving me the option and I'm sitting at home. I don't want to go through all the steps to confirm it though because I don't want to actually purchase it.


Is have no idea on your second question.

I have the option to purchase but then when I hit purchase it stops me and asks if all of my party is in the parks and I can't go any further!

 

[dec2009mama]

Interesting too what mrcheezypop said, that regular tiks can buy it thru the app but APs have to go to a ticket booth if they want the year option.

really, that sucks those lines can get very long!!!
wondering if I can call the AP line to add

 

[althepostman]

I'm in CA before rope drop without extra magic tickets and we just used maxpass to book our RSR fast passes for 825 return!