Use of FastPass

jmclester

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My family of four uses the FastPass system very efficiently. It's wonderful! We did, however have a bad experience that I would like to gey your thoughts about. On our last trip to the MK my daughter, son and I got a FP for Space Mountain that the window was 8:30-9:30 pm. We then went about to enjoy other areas of the park. We returned at 9:00 pm to find a very long line of folks waiting for their FP's to mature at the FP entrance, which is not that unusual for the end of the day. I courteously asked the person at the end of the line what time their FP was. It was 9:15. I then proceeded to walk by him and he asked me what I was doing. I said "ours are 8:30 which means we can go in". We walked past a few more hostile folks (all of whom had FP's which were not due) who couldn't understand what we were doing either. One particlarly irritated individual stopped my teenage daugher and gave her a hard time. His FP was 8:45. She told him he could go on in but he just stood there looking stupified. The two attendants at the FP entrance were doing nothing to help the situation which surprised me. Ususally they will have those who are holding "immature" FP's stand clear of the entrance. Anyway, we made our way to the attendants who, of course, let us go in. Were we in the wrong in any way? Have we misunderstood the system or do others not understand it? SM is one of our all-time favorites and my daugher was so distraught about this that she is saying she may not FP it in Nov. when we return. Can anyone offer any words of relief to her to ease her mind? Her brother and I have been unsucessful. Please help, or at least tell us so we don't make the same mistake again. :confused:
 
Hi, jmclester! Welcome to the DIS!

Sounds like you did exactly what I do. Of course you did nothing wrong!

The only "wrong" was done by the clueless who clog up the entry way while waiting for their time to come, or the CM's who should have directed them to clear the way. The clods who expressed hostility... well, I can't think of anything nice to say about them! :teeth:

I am amazed on every trip by the people I encounter who truly do not understand how FastPass works.
 
Tell your daughter that she shouldn't punish herself for other people's stupidity. You not only didn't do anything, you did everything absolutely right. The people clogging the FP area were wrong, and the guy who didn't know he could go in was just clueless.
 
Whew, thanks! That's the answer I was hoping to get. I will absolutely pass these comments along to my daughter. Now if I can figure out how to put one of those countdown things on, well be counting the seconds to Nov. 2.pirate:
 

Hi jmclester! Welcome to the DIS Boards!!

To get your countdown timer, go to the main list of DIS Discussion Forums. Go to the Technical Support forum and find the thread titled "Get your countdown timers here." Follow the directions there and you'll be watching the seconds tick by to November 2 in no time! :D
 
I do the exact same thing you did. I just say excuse me and make my way up to the CM's. Do not let some fools ruin your daughters use of fastpass. You did nothing wrong:earsboy:
 


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