MaxPass / Digital Fastpass - Discussion Thread

[jewel22]

How does this all work with Rider Swap? We will have 2 adults and 3 children. One adult will ride with 2 children and the other will stay with the 2 year old. Do they still allow the other person to bring two other on the ride? Do you only need the rider swap pass or do you need a fastpass, too?

 

[tiffjoy]

I think this is very premature to confirm...... Almost no one has accurate information, so lets just chill and wait till next week for Max Pass to Go live.


It would be unlike Disney to restrict which tickets can get Maxpass

It wouldn't be unlike software developers to forget a user requirement and not have it in the system as a result.

ETA- and that might just mean an update, which is totally possible, especially for something like this.

 

[bethwc101]

So do I understand this correctly... for the signature passes they are removing the photopass option, but adding maxpass which includes the fastpasses and the photopass?

 

[alvernon90]

You can link the accounts together (like Family and Friends list for WDW).

How do you do this? I've never seen an option for this.

 

[longtimedisneylurker]

So do I understand this correctly... for the signature passes they are removing the photopass option, but adding maxpass which includes the fastpasses and the photopass?

No. For the signature passes, they are removing photopass as a benefit for new passes or lapsed passes. Maxpass which includes both the photopass and the digital fastpass access will be available to Signature passholders but as an optional add-on, a $75 upcharge for the year.

 

[Kender]

So do I understand this correctly... for the signature passes they are removing the photopass option, but adding maxpass which includes the fastpasses and the photopass?

They're removing (unless you're being grandfathered in like what happened with the parking add on for Deluxe and below) PP from Sig APs. You can add it back by adding MP which has PP included for $75. If you already have a valid Sig AP and you maintain it, then you may keep the PP benefit (but no MP benefit).

Sig+ APs have MP with the PP benefit included at no additional charge.

 

[chicagodisfan]

There is a brief tutorial on the Disneyland FB page that specifically mentions that if you already bought your tickets, you can add MaxPass by scanning the barcode and adding them in to the app that way.

 

[az4boys]

I must admit, I was slightly hoping that MP would be a bust so I wouldn't have to decide if we were going to pay $450 to add them to our passes, but based on the early reports it does sound nice to have MP.

 

[Winnowill]

But the FP system isn't supposed to be active during EMH or Magic Morning.. It's supposed to start with regular opening hours..

It is (or was - I didn't think to check this morning) for certain rides:
At DCA, GotG, RSR, and TSMM have FP available during EMH.
At DL, Space and Matterhorn are the ones.

 

[Winnowill]

So they'd better not be planning a price increase on the Signature passes anytime soon, now that they've eliminated one of the main reasons to upgrade to it.

 

[Kender]

So they'd better not be planning a price increase on the Signature passes anytime soon, now that they've eliminated one of the main reasons to upgrade to it.

I'm pretty much dreading, but expecting a huge increase to the Sig+ because of getting to keep PP and the addition of MP

To be fair, neither Sig nor Sig+ (or Premier for that matter) have seen an increase since October 2015. I'll be very surprised if we make it through the rest of the year without one.

 

[knoebelspt]

Do you have to redeem the Maxpass fastpass via the app or can each member of the party use their physical ticket?

Seems like flipping through 5 or 6 barcodes in the app would be a pain...

 

[DLRExpert]

How does this all work with Rider Swap? We will have 2 adults and 3 children. One adult will ride with 2 children and the other will stay with the 2 year old. Do they still allow the other person to bring two other on the ride? Do you only need the rider swap pass or do you need a fastpass, too?

It's a separate system. They still give you the swap ticket and you can then come back with up to three guests but sometimes they allow more.

So initial people use FP they ask for swap ticket. It's given, now swap ticket can be used at anytime on the same day.

 

[DLRExpert]

Do you have to redeem the Maxpass fastpass via the app or can each member of the party use their physical ticket?

Seems like flipping through 5 or 6 barcodes in the app would be a pain...

You can use physical ticket or app or image of physical ticket.

 

[DLRExpert]

I must admit, I was slightly hoping that MP would be a bust so I wouldn't have to decide if we were going to pay $450 to add them to our passes, but based on the early reports it does sound nice to have MP.

It's a nice feature. I wouldn't pay if I had a large party and I was visiting multiple days.
If I had one day visit I would consider it.
If I was going to park hop I would get it.

 

[cmwade77]

So they'd better not be planning a price increase on the Signature passes anytime soon, now that they've eliminated one of the main reasons to upgrade to it.

They just did increase the cost of the signature by taking away the photo pass downloads and instead getting you to buy MaxPass for $75 a year, so basically a $75 price increase.

I would expect to see a similar increase in the Signature+ passes by the end of the year. I do hope that they prove me wrong though.

 

[knoebelspt]

You can use physical ticket or app or image of physical ticket.

Awesome, thanks!

 

[cmwade77]

How do you do this? I've never seen an option for this.

This option is new as of today, you scan all of the passes to make a group.

 

[az4boys]

It's a nice feature. I wouldn't pay if I had a large party and I was visiting multiple days.
If I had one day visit I would consider it.
If I was going to park hop I would get it.

I'm thinking that occasionally using the $10 add-on might be best for us (Family of 6), or when I go with just DH.

 

[az4boys]

You can use physical ticket or app or image of physical ticket.

I plan to make a copy of my kids' AP's and put the copy on a lanyard. We keep control of the AP's and they can scan themselves into rides. And, if they ride without me, I can get FP for the next ride while I'm waiting.