Why would you be limited to 3 rides a day? Before FP+, did you ONLY ride rides using fastpass? You didn't ride standby for anything?
We minimally used fastpass before - maybe 2 or 3 a day. For that reason, I don't see what the fuss is.
Now, I have read that standby lines have increased as a result of FP+, and THAT concerns me.
Regardless, I don't get these threads saying OMG I didn't get the FPs I wanted/my vacation is ruined/Disney sucks. FP had a minimal effect on our vacations before FP+. Does anyone really think they're never going to wait in a line? If so, I'd say unrealistic expectations are the villain here.
Actually for us this is pretty close to what dh and I have planned. In the past we could get fp's for almost everything that had a long wait and the standby lines for the other rides were close to non existent We'll be at the parks for 7 days out of our 14 in Orlando. That is the absolute only reason we expect to do everything we' d like this trip.
Unlike previous trips where we'd grab some fp's when we arrive(not at rope drop) then do standby with non existent waits we know that isnt going to work this time around. We are not waiting in long lines for secondary attractions. So we've planned 3-6 rides per
day and more activities elsewhere (including 2-3 days at Universal which we havent done in years, a day or 2 at the beaches, more pool time etc.).
I'm not sure how those of you finding last minute availability are doing it.
We booked at the 60 day mark, and we're just over 3 weeks away. Yesterday I changed our HS day, and was very limited on times for TSMM. I had 2 slots open on one possible day, 1 slot on another, and 0 on the 3rd. Yes I realize it is popular, but for everything but MK we are throwing away 1 or 2 fp's a day since everything we want to do has tiering problems or are not fp'd.
For example at HS we're doing TSSM(fp), Beauty and , GMR,, Studio Backlot, Frozen sing along(fp)(only because I couldnt find another avail tier2 that we were interested in), Fireworks and maybe Fantasmic. I've booked a throwaway for our 3rd FP which seems like a waste . As with most of our days this coming trip we wont bother arriving until 4ish since there is no point in getting there earlier for us. I've been following the standby times very very closely and unless one chooses rope drop rides such a POTC which use to be a virtual walk on or less than 10 minutes now at 45 ....well imho it aint worth the wait and I'd rather swim....lol!
Bottom line for some of us who are on property(split stay on/off), who like to sleep in, who are willing to do only a few things a day FP+ still doesnt work well.
We've decided that we'll still enjoy ourselves but our time at the parks will be much shorter than we expected. We're ok with that but if Disney thought this would get more spending from guests with us it is having the absolute opposite effect in that we will be going to the parks, doing our rides and getting out with less breaks and less shopping time.
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