Remember the days there were no fast passes?

[germ539]

Since we don't go that often, I remember the days that there were no fast passes and you just had to stand in line.

Do you miss those days?

 

[PeterPanic]

As soon as everyone notices this thread it will be bombarded with "NO's". They can't stand waiting in line, etc., etc., blah, blah, blah, and so on.

I could see, back then, just as many attractions in a days visit as I can now with the great and wonderful Fastpass. What I gain in one attraction I lose in the others that I cannot get a FP for at the time. The standby line is longer and moves slower because of FP. So whatever I gained in the one I had a FP for, I lost in the other ones.

When there were no FP's, yes the line was long, but it moved constantly. No stops and delays. If the line was too long to begin with, we would skip to the next one and maybe catch it after or later. Didn't matter really when we rode it, only that we did. We got to see what Disney no longer has an incentive to do and that is to design fantastic queues. We talked to people in the same line. We whined, but good naturedly, and knew that whatever we were experiencing everyone else was too. If it hadn't been that way, I doubt anyone of us would have gone back again. But, we all did. I think that if I had started going after the start of FP and was alert enough to realize that there really was nothing gained, I probably wouldn't have had the connection with Disney (especially WDW) that I have today. So, if you can't guess my response was a resounding YES, I'd love to have it back the way it was.

 

[Sue M]

I'll agree to disagree with you!

 

[PeterPanic]

I'll agree to disagree with you!

You didn't quote me but I will assume that you were responding to my post. That said, no one ever has to agree with me, ever. I would just add that I started going to WDW in 1983. According to your signature you started there in 2003. You never experienced the place without FP. Take whatever you might from that.

 

[OKW Lover]

For me this was a very difficult question to answer. I will say that our touring style has changed significantly since the pre-FP days, but it wasn't the result of the FP system that changed our style. We've just been so many times now, and know that we will be back in a very short time, that FP's just aren't important to us now.

I will say that when the original FP was first introduced, we did like the ability to get one and be able to do more park touring instead of standing in line for an attraction. I'm not a fan of the new FP+ system because I prefer to take the park as it comes and just be spontaneous about what I do. I have no problem moving along to something else if an attraction has a posted wait of longer than 20 minutes.

 

[wiigirl]

I am with a firm 'Maybe'