WoC FP -- how does it works

Originally Posted By karlg

I'm picking up bits and pieces between the many threads threads.

The question I have is how does the F.P. system work? Do the FP machines go in order from early show to late show and by section? Is it possible to choose a later show if you get a FP early do you get the early show until they run out?

If you have say 4 people in your party, I have heard you want to get them all at the same time from the same machine if you want to be together.

Also, has anyone heard how long they will be doing 3 shows a day? I'm going to DL the 3rd week of July if that makes any difference.

 

Originally Posted By karlg

I'm picking up bits and pieces between the many threads threads.

The question I have is how does the F.P. system work? Do the FP machines go in order from early show to late show and by section? Is it possible to choose a later show if you get a FP early do you get the early show until they run out?

If you have say 4 people in your party, I have heard you want to get them all at the same time from the same machine if you want to be together.

Also, has anyone heard how long they will be doing 3 shows a day? I'm going to DL the 3rd week of July if that makes any difference.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

Basically, they are ona first-come-first-served basis. Unless you just go hang out over there and wait until they switch over to a later show, you will just get whatever show they are giving out at that time, and there's no way to make special requests. Your group will all get the same section for the same show, but there are several different places to stand in each section (5 tiers for Red, Yellow and Blue, 3 sections for Orange).

They have a whole army of cast members helping folks get their FPs, so everybody in your group will end up together. The queue forms, and at the front of the line is a CM making sure that all members of each group go to the same FP machine. At the machine, there is another CM who will scan all the tickets for you, to keep the line moving quickly. You do have to have your ticket scanned at the park entrance to get a FP, so you can't just send one person early in the morning with everybody's tickets while they stay back at the hotel.

Unofficailly, I believe they will be doing 3 shows all summer long. The times guides will only have 2 shows listed, but if you ask cast members, they should be able to tell you if they will have a third show. Since it's the first season, I would expect 3 shows nightly until around Labor Day, unless it bombs horribly (and that just doesn't look like an option).

 

Originally Posted By Dabob2

So there is no green section? I thought the pre-show puppets corresponded to sections: Sebastian was red, Lumiere was yellow, the Genie was blue, Tigger was orange, and Mike from Monsters was green.

Or is the green "section" just "everybody who isn't in one of the other sections?"

 

Originally Posted By danyoung

My understanding was that they use the FP for the first show only. After that they have areas where you can line up in a big cattle pen and wait for the 2nd or 3rd shows.

The dining options are good for the 1st or 2nd show, but there are no dining options for the 3rd show.

 

Originally Posted By Dabob2

No, I've seen people here say they got fp's for the 2nd and 3rd shows. So at least for now, I guess that's how it is.

 

Originally Posted By amazedncal2

Ah, so that's what the puppets are for We could hear and see them rehearsing at 7am each morning from our hotel room but couldn't figure out what it was for.

That darned song is ingrained in my mind!

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

>>Or is the green "section" just "everybody who isn't in one of the other sections?"<<

The green section for the show is the boardwalk area near the center. It's not one of the FP areas, but they use it for the show. I think it's comprised of folks from Blue and Yellow, since both of those sections are pretty big to begin with.

>>That darned song is ingrained in my mind!<<

It struck me that they wrote a song, and then ran out of time to write the lyrics. "Something, something, something good" just doesn't have the memorable lyrics that most Disney songs have. : )

 

Originally Posted By amazedncal2

^^LOL! After the 3rd morning I mentioned to DH that I could have written the lyrics myself and I am SO not musical

 

Originally Posted By lesmisfan

the fastpasses are for all the shows.

 

Originally Posted By DlandDug

I was informed tonight that Green is the very back of Paradise Park, up on the level with the Entertainment Corridor.

I made up a viewing area chart:
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Originally Posted By danyoung

>the fastpasses are for all the shows.<

My bad. The original plan (a couple weeks ago) had FP's just for the 1st show. I guess they changed the plan.

 

Originally Posted By karlg

So is the section you get random or do they go in some order? In other words, they could start with say the best sections first and then work out or are they just be random from start to finish?

It seems too bad that they couldn't dedicate machines by the show you want rather than going in order. This would help both people that wanted to go later and give more spaces to people that don't want to or can't (due to small children say) have more availability for the earlier show. As a show sells out, then they could open the machines associated with it to the other shows.

 

Originally Posted By amazedncal2

Thank you for the chart Doug

 

Originally Posted By socalkdg

<<<<<It seems too bad that they couldn't dedicate machines by the show you want rather than going in order. This would help both people that wanted to go later and give more spaces to people that don't want to or can't (due to small children say) have more availability for the earlier show. As a show sells out, then they could open the machines associated with it to the other shows.>>>>>

Just wait a couple hours before getting into the FP line if you want the later show.

 

Originally Posted By FerretAfros

"In other words, they could start with say the best sections first and then work out or are they just be random from start to finish?"

I believe they go in some order. When I got my FP on Friday morning (around 7:45 by the time I got through the whole line), I was in the Yellow section. A friend of mine got there about an hour after I did, and got an Orange ticket. Thanks to a very helpful manager CM named Mary (not Ms Niven), we were able to end up in Orange together. I noticed that some of the other folks who had gotten there around the same time as my friend were also in the Orange section with us.

Judging by the layout of the show, they probably go from 'best' to 'worst', though we were thrilled with our front-row seats without any chance of getting soaked. I believe that the first section given away is Blue, since that's what the first folks in the line seemed to have gotten, then Yellow. Presumably Red was in there before Orange. I'm not sure where Green works into the mix.

 

Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA

i thought the colors change daily. that there is no set color viewing area.. at least that is what SD and i and WD were told last friday night

 

Originally Posted By danyoung

I can't imagine this being true, LOVE-DCA. There's ticketing involved, as well as crowd control, line management - it would just be an incredible nightmare if say RED meant something different today than it did yesterday. Perhaps they're making some fine adjustments to the coverage of a particular color. But completely changing them on a daily basis? I just don't see how that's possible.

 

Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA

ask super dry.. he heard the same thing!

 

Originally Posted By LOVE-DCA

actaully world disney mentioned it.. here is the link to the thread! Sorry super dry did not say it- i am getting my thread confused--to much woc threads!!!!!!

<a href="http://mb.laughingplace.com/MsgBoard-T-114220-P-4.asp" target="_blank">http://mb.laughingplace.com/Ms...-P-4.asp</a>