So confused (Touring Plans)

[Skiton]

What am I missing here? I want TP to help me schedule the first day of our trip, when we'll arrive at DL at noon and stay until we head to Carthay Circle for dinner at 5:30. TP has me pulling one FP at 12:04 with a 2:05 return time, another FP at 1:35 with a 2:00 return time, and a third one at 2:01 with a 2:35 return time. This is completely impossible, right? I can't pull another fast pass until the start of the first one, or after two hours have passed, isn't that correct? Have they changed something since the last time I was there, or is this just wrong?

 

[avalon451]

Hmmm, that is weird. The second FP shouldn't be possible; the earliest you should be able to pull a second one is 2:05, unless that second ride is unconnected to the network. The third FP would be possible, hypothetically, depending on the ride, the attendance levels, to have such a quick return time in the afternoon. What are the rides?

 

[SMD]

If the 2nd FP is Buzz Lightyear, then it's possible.

 

[Skiton]

Yes, the second one is Buzz. It's Space Mountain, Buzz, then Roger Rabbit. Why does it work if it's Buzz? And does Roger Rabbit still work, too?

 

[MikeRx]

Buzz is disconnected....

 

[avalon451]

I don't think Roger Rabbit is disconnected any more-- it used to be.

So that makes sense; you could actually get Space Mountain and cross over and get Buzz right away, then. They took away Buzz FPs for quite awhile; but the wait is usually pretty tolerable for standby, anyway.

 

[Skiton]

Yes, Buzz was disconnected when we were there a year ago, but I thought since they had it on TP, maybe it was back up? I don't know, this seems like it was a big waste of money, given that their system doesn't even know what's running and what isn't. I thank you all for your help, though.

 

[Kindermouse]

When I was there in March you could get a buzz FP and then another one. The buzz FP are literally side by side with star tours so we got buzz then stepped to the right and got star tours and it worked.

 

[Disney_Alli]

When people are saying Buzz is 'disconnected' they don't mean they aren't hooked up and working giving out fastpasses they mean that you can grab a Star Tours fastpass then step two feet over and immediately grab a Buzz fastpass without waiting - it's disconnected from Disney's fastpass loop the same way World of Colour is in DCA and one park is from the other. However if you're really that unhappy with the $7 price tag of your Touring Plans subscription they have a very liberal refund policy if you reach out to them FYI.

 

[SMD]

They're telling you to be in Toontown at the start of your Space FP window, then go to TL, where you will have been twice already because you're pulling FPs 90 minutes apart, then you have to go through Space FP line, Buzz FP line, and get to RR back in Toontown in 90 minutes. That's kind of a dumb amount of crisscrossing. What does it have you doing between 12 and 1:30?

 

[Skiton]

Thanks for clarifying about what disconnect means, Alli. I thought it meant there used to be a FP booth, but they "disconnected" it. This makes more sense. I realize TP is only $8, and I'm happy to pay it if they have a system that can be utilized (which it seems now that it can). I was just frustrated thinking that I'd wasted money, even if it's only worth a large coffee at Starbucks, on something that didn't work as advertised.

SMD, there is dumb crisscrossing, but I indicated that we wanted a balance between walking/waiting, and that I would be a runner. I assume that since we want to ride a bunch of really popular stuff and we're showing up late, that was the best they could do. They have us seeing Great Moments with Lincoln and touring the Gallery between 12 and 1:30, I think.