Talk about a loophole! Don't you just wish we could have a nice, "friendly" debate with thoses dandies?
That would be most interesting!
I am guilty...guilty...guilty....guilty on all counts.
I think it's a difference in wording. You want to call what you posted as "policy", which is fine with me. Call it what you like. I call it a "guideline", and after watching Pirates, you know all about guidelines.But the truth is that CMs are trained to accept any FP for that day after the window opens. If you believe it's wrong to go to an attraction outside of the window, that's cool. I will continue to go late, and as Disney allows me to as part of their pollicy based upon how they train the CMs.
Perhaps the "policy" is written in a way that gives Disney flexibility to enforce the return time if they ever wish to in the future. So if they suddenly change their minds and require that people return within the window, they would already have the wording in place online and on the FPs themselves. If they do that, I'll comply without complaint (well without complaining outloud anyway). It's their park; their rules. It would make sense, to me, that a company would write their guidelines in such a way to give them the most flexibility.
Now that I have sort of admitted that their guidelines ask that you return within the window, will you sort of admit that the CMs are taught a different policy?They are not taught to allow late entry by breaking the policy. They are taught that's how FP works. Big difference IMHO.
Actually, maybe you should ask about the "original policy" and the "current policy." Perhaps it has always been, since 1999, that the CMs were trained to accept late Fastpasses and you are totally wrong about the "original intent." I think I might like to have that conversation with a CM that's been there since 1999. Could be very interesting, don't you think?I agree, the preponderance of the evidence does support that CMs are being instructed to allow FPs to be used outside of their window, as long as it within the same 24-hour period. But as to whether its outside of the original intent of the FP, is not the issue at hand.
As I understand it, Fastpass was started in July of 1999, so Fastpass and it's inception are 9 years old. The original intent is no longer at issue. The issue is the current Fastpass policy and what the current CMs are being trained to do. I can not comment on what the CMs were being trained to do in 1999, but can comment on what the current CMs now are being trained to do, which is allow late Fastpasses for the current day they are issued.
Would you be open to striking up a conversation with a ride/attraction CM next time you are at WDW and asking about their current Fastpass policy (not the "original" policy from 1999) or what they have been trained to do? Just an idea!
I dunno about you, but I always pay $30-50 for one single plain white envelope.
I agree, the preponderance of the evidence does support that CMs are being instructed to allow FPs to be used outside of their window, as long as it within the same 24-hour period. But as to whether its outside of the original intent of the FP, is not the issue at hand.
As I understand it, Fastpass was started in July of 1999, so Fastpass and it's inception are 9 years old. The original intent is no longer at issue. The issue is the current Fastpass policy and what the current CMs are being trained to do. I can not comment on what the CMs were being trained to do in 1999, but can comment on what the current CMs now are being trained to do, which is allow late Fastpasses for the current day they are issued.
Would you be open to striking up a conversation with a ride/attraction CM next time you are at WDW and asking about their current Fastpass policy (not the "original" policy from 1999) or what they have been trained to do? Just an idea!
