Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2014/04/02/park-hopping-and-more-than-3-selections-coming-to-fastpass/" target="_blank"><b>4/2/14: Park Hopping and More Than 3 Selections Coming to FastPass+</b></a>
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Currently, if you have your three reserved Fast Passes at Magic Kingdom, and let's say they aren't scheduled until the late afternoon, if you begin your morning at one of the other parks, can you still get a regular fast pass for an attraction, or does it block you since you're reserved at Magic Kingdom?
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance Also, the article on the parks blog mentioned that you can use FastPass+ for Fireworks, how does that work? That sounds amazing to me. I HATE waiting an hour for Fireworks to get a decent view, but love seeing them at the park. Come on bring this to DL!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost It's simple really. If you don't have a FP for the Fireworks they make you wear a neck brace so that you cannot look upward toward the sky. Yes, that was sarcasm, but, not pointed at you. I just cannot for the life of me figure out why a FP would be need to see something visible from anyplace in the park. Just me, I know! Never cared much for Fireworks anyway. (sung to the tune of Let it Go)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's about friggin time that they introduced Park Hopping. I wonder if the ticket sales slumped as a result; I know that we probably would have had hoppers for our February trip, but decided against it due to FP+ restrictions It will be interesting to see how the 4th (and 5th, etc) FPs work in reality. They keep saying that you get access once you've used your 3, but what happens if you don't actually use one of them? We had several times when the standby queue was non-existent, so it was faster to not scan our bands, or when we simply had a change in plans. I also wonder how it will impact reservations for fireworks, which are by default late in the day; there could be a huge rush for those reservations in the evening, and the folks who had them early on wouldn't get a 4th FP >>...if you begin your morning at one of the other parks, can you still get a regular fast pass for an attraction, or does it block you since you're reserved at Magic Kingdom?<< Regular FP doesn't exist any more in WDW, they're all reserved in advance (either in-park or online). If you started at one park in the morning, you'd still be able to use your FPs at another park later, but if you wanted any FPs in the first park you would have to cancel all of your FPs for later (not just one) >>Also, the article on the parks blog mentioned that you can use FastPass+ for Fireworks, how does that work?<< There is a reserved viewing area roped off, and you just show up and tap the Mickey icon for access in. In theory it sounds good, but I suspect that it's similar to the FPs for WOC, where you still need to show up early to get a decent spot. They're currently rebuilding the hub at MK in part to allow more reserved viewing space and crowd control for parades and fireworks.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance "They keep saying that you get access once you've used your 3, but what happens if you don't actually use one of them? We had several times when the standby queue was non-existent, so it was faster to not scan our bands, or when we simply had a change in plans." If you don't use it can you just cancel it so it's out of the system? I bet though after the time has past for your FP reservation, that would delete it and enable you to get a new Fastpass.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>If you don't use it can you just cancel it so it's out of the system?<< Perhaps that's part of the future functionality, but you can't do it now. The existing system forces you to get 3 FPs (even if you only want 1), and there's no way to delete them, other than by swapping it out for another attraction It will be interesting to see what attractions have availability later in the day, especially at the non-MK parks. On a Sunday in February we tried to swap out a Living with the Land FP around 1pm, and the only things available were Turtle Talk and Captain EO, neither of which have any business being in the FP system in the first place. Since there are relatively few FP-enabled attractions (and even fewer that actually do any good) in the non-MK parks, I see this being a somewhat useless feature Moral of the story: they need to build more attractions! : )
Originally Posted By sjhym333 My understanding at this time is yes you have to use all your current FP's before you can get additional ones and they will be doled out one at a time meaning that if you get a 4th you have to use it before you can get a 5th.
Originally Posted By Alltwelve It seems like, from a business standpoint, Disney would actually discourage guests from park hopping. If someone stays in the same park the entire day, they would need to spend money to buy food, or the sunglasses they forgot in their hotel room, or more sunblock, or a Disney sweatshirt because it's unusually cold in January and they left their jacket back in the room, etc. If they park hop, chances are Disney is paying for their transportation, either by bus, boat or monorail, and the family might go back to their hotel and eat lunch in the room or go off property to eat somewhere cheaper. It means more time traveling (where they can't spend any money) and less time in the parks (where they are a captive audience and must spend money). Bottom line: though Disney does make money on offering the park hopper option, they realize that those who do a "marathon day" in each park will probably spend more money. That is probably the reason why adding the park hopper option is the same price regardless of whether someone buys a one day or a ten day. Still, I'm glad they are loosening up and letting guests have Fastpass+ for more than one park in one day!!!
Originally Posted By darcy-becker I wonder how all this will work when it comes to DL. Park hopping is a totally different thing there.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>I wonder how all this will work when it comes to DL. Park hopping is a totally different thing there.<< I would expect that park hopping will be a built-in feature when MM+ makes its way to DLR. The original plan was always to use WDW as a bit of a testing ground, since it's much larger and has a more complex stratification of guests (allowing the system to be slowly rolled out and tested). At DLR, they'll probably do some early tests with Disney hotel guests, followed by APers, then roll it out to the general public, with park hopping included the whole time
