This clearly came off my critical than I intended… my apologies.
Straw man.
All Disney has to do is integrate billing into the standalone program or Have CM with credit card scanners and MB scanners walk around and sell FPs. Train the CMs who work the food carts. I will take 2 waters, a popcorn and 2 ToT passes.
I suppose I could be misusing it if there is a significant number of people on this board that actually believe the Disney executive management team are bumbling 3 Stooges idiots and that Disney is going to crash and burn.
Your hyperbole is amusing. I don't see anyone calling management inept; quite the contrary. Management know exactly what they are doing. They are making pennywise and pound foolish decisions that are absolutely hurting the reputation of Disney Parks division. I have been a DVC member for 21 years, and visited each of the two years prior to purchase at OKW (one of those being my honeymoon). What we "bought" was an ideal; customer service above all else. For the early years of our ownership we felt special every time we came. Cast members have always been wonderful, but over the years we have seen the decline of the ideal in each decision that was made. The dining plan used to be a great value...then they removed the appetizer and tip, jacked up the prices, and have continued to inflate the cost of food to justify any sliver of "savings". Next came the "death by optioning" of tickets. Remember when park hopping and no expiration was just included? I do. The lists go on.
DAS is a separate system and those using it aren’t “line skipping”. They ARE in line just not physically. So it doesn’t increase the standby wait. It’s no different than a guest stepping into the line after seeing a 30 min wait, DAS simply waits 30 mins elsewhere but they aren’t at an advantage the same way someone using a FastPass is.
I completely agree with you, and I think the system is really great. But I think some people may see it as a way to take advantage. For example the wait at FOP is an hour. They can use the pass for it and go ride Navi River or something and then when they are done they can go ride FOP. So in that hour they are doing 2 rides instead of one.
I would assume many more people would be using it (appropriately) as they may hate preferred using fastpasses in the past but would have absolutely qualified had they not preferred the fastpass route.
True. But with the current wait times, they’d be hard pressed to really double and triple up while holding a DAS attraction pass. Even Navi is pulling longer than 60 min waits. So they might get 2 rides done in the wait time for one, but it’s hard to really abuse in the current environment.
That would be me. I've always been able to deal with my issue by using Fastpasses or just finding short lines. I may have to try the DAS route if Fastpass doesn't come back in time.
My sister's family, also big WDW fans, went to Universal summer 2019. Stayed at Royal Pacific. They loved it and paid less than a WDW deluxe resort. Hope you have a great time.
This exactly. There have been 2 trips we made where we could've used DAS but didn't because FP solved our issues. If we had to pay to get that accomodation, we definitely would've used DAS and appropriately so. But yes, I can see where there would be an uptick in abuse. Having to wait for an hour or two for your return time shopping or eating or just relaxing on a bench certainly beats standing in the heat in a standby line. I'm betting there's an uptick in abuse right now.
