MaxPass / Digital Fastpass - Discussion Thread

[longtimedisneylurker]

Can I renew my pass and add the $75 annual fee for MP later? I'm still not sure whether or not it's something I'll want, and the pass is pricey enough as it is. But if I did like it, I'd prefer to pay once and have it for the duration of the year. Can I do that, say, a couple of months after renewing? I know I can pay $10 each day but I'm talking about the annual $75 addition. I see it's not prorated but must it be done at renewal?

I would say yes you can add it at anytime during your pass year since Disney specifically mentions that they will not offer a pro-rated price on it if you add it during your pass year.

 

[ChloeChipper]

Just wanted to share our experience. We used Maxpass yesterday at Disneyland / California Adventure. It was a crowded Sunday.

• We arrived at 8:10am. As soon as we went through the turnstyles into California Adventure we were able to grab a GOTG fastpass for 9:20.
• While we waited for the fastpass window to open we walked on the Cars Ride (single rider, no one else in line - standby line was 45 minutes) and Mater (walked on).
• Grabbed a Galactic Purple churro (bugs land) and then walked back and did the fastpass for GOTG. As we were walking in (no wait at all) we grabbed a fast pass for Toy Story for 9:40. Loved GOTG, by the way
• Got off the ride about 9:35, Walked back and got in the Fastpass line for Toy Story (line took about 5 minutes). While in line I started shopping Fastpasses for Disneyland.
• We got a Thunder Mtn at 10:30-11:30. We got off the Toy Story ride just after 10. As we were walking out we decided to check Soarin'. Standby line was 10 minutes so we rode it.
• Then hopped over to the other park. The lines to get into Disneyland were LONG! Took about 15 minutes to get into the park. Once inside, we walked over to Big Thunder Mtn and rode it. Got on the ride about 11. While in line I grabbed a 11:20 Haunted Mansion. Perfect!
• While walking in to the Haunted Mansion, I was able to grab a Space Mtn for 1:20, on the bottom of the page it said we could pick another fast pass at 12:30.
• We went over to Country Bear Restaurant (not sure if that's what its called, but that is what WE call it - the place kind of across from Splash Mtn) and grabbed lunch.
• At 12:30 we logged in to get another Fastpass and it let us pick Indiana Jones for 1:20. I thought it was weird that it allowed us to have 2 for the exact same timeslot.
• Oh well.. We had some time to kill after lunch, so we walked on over to the castle. A band was going to play, so we waited and watched that. They played 2 short songs. A lot of prep for just 2 songs. LOL
• We rode Space Mtn first, and loved it (basically walked on - maybe waited 2 minutes).
• Then walked over to do Indiana Jones. Got in line at 2:05. This fast pass line takes longer, maybe 10 minutes. After that ride, it was now about 2:30. We are annual passholders so we like to go early & leave early.
• So now its time to go home. Grabbed our bucket of popcorn to eat on the walk out / tram ride and called it a day! Very successful Maxpass experience for us.

The photopass photo portion of the Maxpass - none of the park photos from the Photopass photographers showed up until we scanned our passes into the ap. The ap showed our passes prior to that so I kind of expected the photos to just show up (I used my annual pass with the photopass photographers). Not a huge deal, I am only mentioning it so that others are aware that you may need to scan your pass into the ap in order to see the photopass pictures. The ride photos will have a number on the top right - you will need to enter that number. So take a picture of the picture with your phone so you can enter it in later.

To me, totally worth $10. If we had a large group, probably not so much. But for the two of us, it was a no-brainer. Love MaxPass!

 

[Jperiod]

Just tried to call the AP phone line to add MP before going to the parks and they couldn't do it for our deluxe passes either (without the extra $20 the pass currently costs). I'm going to have to go to guest services while I'm there today. Boo.

 

[MIChessGuy]

Is there any hint as to when the $10 daily MP per-person fee might be going up? There seems to be a consensus that it isn't going to stay at 10 for very long.

 

[707MickeyGirl]

I was able to add MaxPass to my Signature AP over the phone just now. I dialed in to the AP line. It was $75, no other upgrade charge.

 

[onlyoneash]

Is there any hint as to when the $10 daily MP per-person fee might be going up? There seems to be a consensus that it isn't going to stay at 10 for very long.

Interested to know this as well. I was kinda thinking it would be until the end of the year to get all the kinks worked out and to get the word out about it?

I still haven't found a single person that I have talked to (outside of southern Cali) that knows what "max pass" is or how it works.

 

[az4boys]

I still haven't found a single person that I have talked to (outside of southern Cali) that knows what "max pass" is or how it works.

I recently needed to install the updated app. There was a statistic that said there were one million downloads of the app. That may sound like a lot, but in terms of how many of those people are actually in the parks each day, I don't think a lot of people use the app. Out of all the people using the app, some may be using MP. I am really curious on statistics but I doubt Disney will release them.

 

[wenrob]

I recently needed to install the updated app. There was a statistic that said there were one million downloads of the app. That may sound like a lot, but in terms of how many of those people are actually in the parks each day, I don't think a lot of people use the app. Out of all the people using the app, some may be using MP. I am really curious on statistics but I doubt Disney will release them.

And how many of those are re downloads? Both myself and my DD usually delete it after a trip and then re download right before a trip. I imagine there are many that do the same.

 

[lauralynn0612]

I am new to Disneyland, and I am used to WDW FastPass system. We are headed to Disneyland in a week. I have a couple of questions:

1) Am I able to select my FastPass time using the MaxPass app? (Example: If there are multiple times available at WDW parks, I have been able to select which return window I wanted.)
2) How does PhotoPass work? Would I just scan the barcode on my phone?

We planned to purchase PhotoPass anyway so seems like a no brainer to just do the MaxPass. ($39 for just photos or $60 for the six of us to have photos and MaxPass)

 

[rlp]

Is there any hint as to when the $10 daily MP per-person fee might be going up? There seems to be a consensus that it isn't going to stay at 10 for very long.

Well that sucks. Many people with a few children or more will not be able to afford an increase as many already find it cost prohibitive. Those with children probably need it more than others too. I'll let a few expletives fly in the privacy of my home if that happens.

 

[dina444444]

I am new to Disneyland, and I am used to WDW FastPass system. We are headed to Disneyland in a week. I have a couple of questions:

1) Am I able to select my FastPass time using the MaxPass app? (Example: If there are multiple times available at WDW parks, I have been able to select which return window I wanted.)
2) How does PhotoPass work? Would I just scan the barcode on my phone?

We planned to purchase PhotoPass anyway so seems like a no brainer to just do the MaxPass. ($39 for just photos or $60 for the six of us to have photos and MaxPass)

You are not able to pick the time. It will just show the next available 1 hour fastpass window when you go to select a FP.

 

[onlyoneash]

And how many of those are re downloads? Both myself and my DD usually delete it after a trip and then re download right before a trip. I imagine there are many that do the same.

Yep, us too!
I will be honest, if I wasn't part of this forum, I would have no idea about maxpass. I don't even recall getting an email from Disney. If I did, I probably thought it was spam and deleted it.
I don't live in Cali, so there is zero news about Disneyland that makes it to our newspapers/local news.
Also, if you bought one of those "expert" advice books, maxpass won't be in there yet.
Don't get me wrong, the word WILL spread! And it sounds like people love it, so prices will go up. But new technology like this is intimidating (especially to the older generation-no disrespect intended), so hopefully it stays at the lower price for a while.

 

[Geemo]

Yep, us too!
I will be honest, if I wasn't part of this forum, I would have no idea about maxpass. I don't even recall getting an email from Disney. If I did, I probably thought it was spam and deleted it.
I don't live in Cali, so there is zero news about Disneyland that makes it to our newspapers/local news.
Also, if you bought one of those "expert" advice books, maxpass won't be in there yet.
Don't get me wrong, the word WILL spread! And it sounds like people love it, so prices will go up. But new technology like this is intimidating (especially to the older generation-no disrespect intended), so hopefully it stays at the lower price for a while.

"new technology like this"
For me....
Problem solved!
I try to take at least one to five of my grandkids with me on Disney trips.

 

[onlyoneash]

"new technology like this"
For me....
Problem solved!
I try to take at least one to five of my grandkids with me on Disney trips.

No disrespect intended You are an awesome grandparent! My parents are awesome too, but they don't even know how to turn on a smartphone, so using maxpass with the grandkids at Disneyland....well.....yeah.

 

[MychaelP]

I think I read on facebook, but can't find it now. If you DON'T buy Maxpass, you can still use the app to see return times. I have an AP and it's scanned into my app already. Now that the system uses my AP to get onto the ride itself, will the app also show my upcoming fastpasses? Or is it only for Maxpass? I think it might so that it can change a fastpass when a ride is down? My pass is only a few months from renewing and I don't want to pay for just a few months the full price and wondered. I'm blocked until end of August.

 

[dina444444]

I think I read on facebook, but can't find it now. If you DON'T buy Maxpass, you can still use the app to see return times. I have an AP and it's scanned into my app already. Now that the system uses my AP to get onto the ride itself, will the app also show my upcoming fastpasses? Or is it only for Maxpass? I think it might so that it can change a fastpass when a ride is down? My pass is only a few months from renewing and I don't want to pay for just a few months the full price and wondered. I'm blocked until end of August.

Correct, they will show up on the app. And you are able to cancel them.

They only ones that won't show up are the show FPs.

 

[MychaelP]

Correct, they will show up on the app. And you are able to cancel them.

They only ones that won't show up are the show FPs.

Thanks, so the only thing you cannot do is obtain a new Fastpass without walking to the machines? I figured this might be that way since you can use the app as your AP to enter the park and therefore you could use it also to enter the ride, but you have to use the actual pass to obtain the Fastpass. Thanks for the reply, very helpful.

 

[PaintsWithAllTheColors]

I don't have too much add here, but I'm a Disneyland native and debated about the MaxPass but get it for free with Sig+ so not a big deal. Had a friend come for this past weekend and she wanted to do two whole days at the parks and she wanted to see everything. MaxPass made that possible for us and then some! We had a group of 4 and without MaxPass, we wouldn't have gotten nearly as much done. Not only did we ride nearly every single ride, we rode her favorites (headliners, of course) multiple times! MaxPass plus the Blue Bayou package for Fantasmic! really made this a weekend to remember.

 

[kyton]

I've been reading and watching all that I can on MaxPass in readiness for our November trip. I was sure that I saw somewhere that once you had Maxpass linked into the App with your ticket that ALL fastpasses showed up. So for example if you still walked to the actual FP machine and swiped your ticket / pass that these "manual" FP showed on the app, is this correct? Or did I have a delusional dream?

 

[DLgal]

I've been reading and watching all that I can on MaxPass in readiness for our November trip. I was sure that I saw somewhere that once you had Maxpass linked into the App with your ticket that ALL fastpasses showed up. So for example if you still walked to the actual FP machine and swiped your ticket / pass that these "manual" FP showed on the app, is this correct? Or did I have a delusional dream?

You don't have to have MaxPass in order to see your Fastpasses in the app...just need to have tickets linked. We don't have MaxPass but have been seeing our FP since they converted to the digtal system a couple weeks ago.