Never Did FastPass Much...

[pianoronni37]

My husband and I go to Disney roughly once a year. We never really used FastPass much, except for the rides that we didn't ride together. He likes Star Tours and Soarin', simluators make me sick, so we would get 2 FastPasses and just go during that time, and he'd take both of them and ride.

Most everything else, we'd wait for. We're at Disney, people-watching is part of the game for us (I bet it'd be different if we had kids!), so we don't mind waiting 60-90 minutes, chatting, people-watching, enjoying each others' company...

...I am curious to see how FastPass+ works, however! NOT having been huge FastPass users, I can only see advantages! But I can also see the other side, if you have a large family, or young children, and waiting just isn't an option, 3 FastPasses per day seems so stingy! But for us, I'm excited.

Mostly what I'm reading are hardcore FastPass users, so I guess I just wanted to see if anyone else who never used the legacy FastPass system much found any benefits/drawbacks to the new system?

 

[I M Fearless]

Like yourself, we did previously make occasional use of Fastpass but often the times were unsuitable or there was simply none available for the rides we wanted. When we did use them we tended to grab what we could and almost maximise the system but we often didn't arrive to the parks much before 10-11am so often the hard to get Fastpasses for rides such as TSM would be long gone.

I like the idea of heading to typhoon lagoon for the day and then heading on up to MK about 3pm knowing that we have some fast passes pre-planned mixed in with or followed by some rides that absorb the crowds such as Carousel of Progress to relax for a bit.

There are obvious benefits to the new system but there are also disadvantages as well, I am tentatively excited about it but I am also hoping that any problems have been resolved by June.

 

[mom2rtk]

Just leave yourself time to maneuver all those FP return lines snaking out into the park.

I imagine you'll be fine with the new system. You can't miss what you really didn't use.

 

[FLchick415]

I'm in the same boat. Been to Disney plenty of times, and I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've used FastPass. Living in Florida and not having kids definitely has its advantages as I'm able to go when it's the least crowded. If I don't get something done in one trip, eh no bigs, I'll wait till the next one. I guess you could say I'm indifferent to FP+, because I definitely don't HATE it, but I'm not shouting from the rooftops how much I love it either. It's convenient knowing you have at least three good rides ready to go later in the day, but it really has no bearing on whether or not I visit the parks.

 

[pianoronni37]

Just leave yourself time to maneuver all those FP return lines snaking out into the park.

Oh... goodness. Yes. People-watching to the max, I suppose...

 

[smitch425]

We used FP- pretty aggressively, but found FP+ to be fantastic. We may have done a few less rides per day, but we still were able to ride all of the rides we wanted to. The best thing for us was sleeping in on our DHS day and still getting to FP TSM. We also were able to hit 3 rides with next to no wait when we went to DHS on the morning of our MNSSHP day. Overall, I love the new system, but do hope they add more to the daily allotment and tweak or remove the tiering. Magic bands are the best thing since sliced bread for us. We absolutely LOVE them!

 

[pianoronni37]

ohmygosh can I just say, I just realized that my ticker says "4 days until we're finally back" and now I couldn't possibly care less about fastpass+, I just want to get my butt back to disney world!!!

(also I had a beer with my lunch, so the excitement is obviously doubled)