Our pixie dust moment

nduckles

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We were in WDW for our daughter's fall break this past weekend. This was our first visit since FP+ was introduced, and as infuriating as it can be when it comes to planning, the combination of FP+, rope drop, and riding rides during parades or fireworks (especially during two MNSSHP nights) worked out surprisingly well for us. Despite it being a holiday weekend, we never waited more than 30 minutes for a ride and rarely more than 20. The ONLY ride that we couldn't seem to make work was Test Track at Epcot. The crowds of Food & Wine, the tiered FP+ system, and the fact that EPCOT was always an afternoon visit for us worked against us. So, during our last evening (Monday) we had dinner reservations at Chefs de France and decided that we'd keep track of wait times and just try to get on either before or after dinner. At 5:00, wait time was 50 min. We considered doing single rider, but my daughter really wanted to design our car so we figured we'd just accept that this would be our one long wait time during an otherwise great visit. Then, as the three of us entered the stand-by line, a woman came rushing up to us and said, "Excuse me, we have this fastpass that we won't use. Can you use it? It's for three people." And she handed me a Rider Switch fast pass.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME??? I would have hugged her but I was afraid she'd think I was creepy. We all thanked her endlessly and had a blast on the ride. My husband said, "Well, that was lucky."

I said, "No, that was pixie dust."
 
You know what I love most about these types of moments is that the gifter doesn't usually even realize how much of an impact they have on the recipient. We've been on both ends of it and usually just walk away happy we could help someone but when we receive things like this it can totally change the dynamic for the rest of the day!!

Glad you got to have a pixie dust moment!!
 

We had a similar experience at our first visit to Trader Sam's Grog Grotto where we had only an hour until dinner at Spirit of Aloha and a pager with a two hour estimated wait time...a gentleman sitting near us said he didn't want to wait anymore and give us his pager and walked away. It went off two minutes later.

I think it used to be we relied totally on Disney to source our pixie dust, but lately I think it's more likely we get it from each other, or learn to make it for ourselves.

Glad it turned out happy for you!
 
FYI, if you want to design a car, go in through the exit and use the kiosks there, then you can use the Single Rider line and still have a car!
 


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