Originally Posted By ssWEDguy Your FP Vote -- Do Standby lines slow down? Okay, let's keep this simple. I just want to know if you agree that "If a FastPass ticket is used by someone on an attraction (as it works now), the Standby line will automatically slow down as a direct result." Yes or no. You don't have to like it, you don't have to say whether it's fair or not, just whether you agree that the effect actually occurs. Thank you.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy I'll go first. Yes, if a FP ticket is used, the Standby line will slow down.
Originally Posted By wahooskipper Is this a trick question? If you are moving along at 45 miles and hour and a red light pops up, you slow down too, no?
Originally Posted By Shooba Of course they slow down. The question I have, is: are the standby lines longer (in terms of time spent waiting) than they were pre-fastpass?
Originally Posted By danyoung This seems like a moot point, unless you're building up to some other point. Of course the standby line will go slower the more they let FP'ers through. That's a no brainer. I agree with Shooba. Is the overall wait time in today's standby line longer than the pre-FP line would have been? I don't think it is - it just moves slower.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Yes standby lines slow down. A better system would be to allow one FPer and then one guest in the standby line. So at the very least there should be a 50/50 breakdown. Instead of the current FP just keep coming on until there are no more. Is it my imagination or are they issuing more FP tickets nowadays?
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<A better system would be to allow one FPer and then one guest in the standby line. So at the very least there should be a 50/50 breakdown.>> But that effectively nullifies the entire purpose of FP. In essense, you would just have two regular lines.
Originally Posted By kpwdwfan <<Is it my imagination or are they issuing more FP tickets nowadays?>> I asked this question in a earlier post because I think that they Disney maybe handing out more FP's. I have no facts to support this but for the first time a couple of weeks ago I encountered longer than usual lines while in Fast Pass lines.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 The stand by line 'today' would move slower -- but I amnot going to say that is cut and dried, because without the FP line there would be more people in the standby line-- therefore you cannot calculate this with any measure of accuracy. the standby line today is not = to what the standby line would be like without FP.
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m I'm with shoob 'n dan. The question is moot. not to repeat someone else, but the answer seemed sufficient.
Originally Posted By danyoung >the standby line today is not = to what the standby line would be like without FP.< Well, technically, without FP, there's no such thing as a standby line - it's just the line.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^ and all non FP users ( which would be everyone ) would be in it--I agree ...thats why the stand by line today does not equal the 'line' of the past or for some hopes, the future
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom While I was at the Animal Kingdom last January there was a huge convention going on in Orlando. It was the Home Builders Association. Anyway, my party was in the stanby line for Kilimargero Safari when well over one hundred people walked up the Fast Pass line. They were all wearing name tags from the Home Builders Association. It took my party 2 hours in line before we actually got to one of the ride vehicles. That particular day was also when DAK was to have EMH and shut down late for on property guests. We decided to try KS again and see the animals at sunset. So.... back into the standby line. The Fast Pass tickets were sold out much earlier in the day ( sometime in the morning ). So we are in the stanby line and again, this time hundreds of people wearing name tags got into the Fast Pass line. We waited 90 minutes this time around. The park was officially closed. Something was going on over at Everest as CM were setting up tables and food. We could see people walking along the track for Everest. I don't know what was going on there... when we exited KS we were escorted out of the park. There is no way that ALL these people had Fast Pass tickets ( all at the same time ). Disney had to be giving these people passes to get on KS. Which led to tempers rising for those of us in the standby line. BAD SHOW
Originally Posted By vbdad55 <There is no way that ALL these people had Fast Pass tickets ( all at the same time ). Disney had to be giving these people passes to get on KS. Which led to tempers rising for those of us in the standby line. BAD SHOW< and I would agree, and my guess is your assessmentis right on Disney i am sure used the FP line to move their VIP guests in quickly -- in the old days they would just have put them in the front of the line... same result -- but a misuse of the FP line - agreed
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys I think they are issuing more FP's. This past trip I joked to my wife that pretty soon we're going to need a FP for the FP line and then a FP to get in line to get a FP. BTW, many times the FP line is "slow" because of a breakdown on the attraction backing things up.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros "This past trip I joked to my wife that pretty soon we're going to need a FP for the FP line and then a FP to get in line to get a FP." I have not personally experienced it, but I have seen pictures on several occasions where the FP lines in Tokyo for Pooh's Hunny Hunt and Buzz (at least right when it opened) were over 30 minutes. And that's the wait just to get the ticket. You still have to wait several hours after that to actually get on the ride. Seems strange to me, but I guess that is just the way that the Japanese culture works.
Originally Posted By kpwdwfan Is just me or do some of you get aggravated by the people who have fast passes for a ride and they arrive before their scheduled time and block the entire entrance. Get out of the way people!!!!!!!!!!
