BridgetBordeaux
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2008
We just returned from a week long trip that started the day after Memorial Day. We are a rope drop family and used a.m. EMH on 4 mornings. We were able to ride many of the rides with little or no wait from opening until about noon each day either because it was early in the day or because we had a FP. We continued touring in the afternoon with somewhat longer waits and we also took in some shows. We would get a "final" FP when we left the park in the afternoon and then return hours later to use the FP (generally the return times posted at 2-4 pm were for 6-7pm return times).
Why do I bring this all up?
Because each day we typically pulled between 5 and 7 FastPasses. If we were only able to schedule 3 FP+ times for a single day, we would be very frustrated and cranky! Standing in long lines in the summer heat is no fun.
The FP+ "contract" says that once you adopt FP+, that you can not use the legacy FP system. We plan on sticking with the legacy system as long as possible.
As an unrelated comment-- we made sure all the people in our group had the RFID tickets. The tickets worked well and I do think it was quicker than the old magnetic style that was used in a mechanical turnstiles. We also liked the RFID door keys. They made it much easier to open a door when you had a bunch of stuff in your hands. The biggest "negative" surprise was that Disney can not put a Waterpark AP and a Major Land Park AP on the same RFID media. We were told "we are still working on that".
Why do I bring this all up?
Because each day we typically pulled between 5 and 7 FastPasses. If we were only able to schedule 3 FP+ times for a single day, we would be very frustrated and cranky! Standing in long lines in the summer heat is no fun.
The FP+ "contract" says that once you adopt FP+, that you can not use the legacy FP system. We plan on sticking with the legacy system as long as possible.
As an unrelated comment-- we made sure all the people in our group had the RFID tickets. The tickets worked well and I do think it was quicker than the old magnetic style that was used in a mechanical turnstiles. We also liked the RFID door keys. They made it much easier to open a door when you had a bunch of stuff in your hands. The biggest "negative" surprise was that Disney can not put a Waterpark AP and a Major Land Park AP on the same RFID media. We were told "we are still working on that".