Fast Pass for Pooh??? Really???

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

>>Hmm ... I just realized that this trip was my first WDW one in many years when I didn't get/use one FP the entire time.<<

For shame!

 

Originally Posted By HokieSkipper

Hey, I'm collecting Fastpasses!

To be fair I'm going to do something with them not just collect them, and the only ones I keep are those I don't use/find.

 

Originally Posted By Spirit of 74

^^You kids need to get lives!

 

Originally Posted By HokieSkipper

Oh, I have a life. Just redecorating my room at home, and I've got a cool idea.

 

Originally Posted By sjhym33

One of the things that you will see Disney begin testing in the next year or so is bar codes on FP's which will validate the FP and tell the CM whether it the time is good and if it is indeed a valid FP. It is just the next step to stem the FP abuses going on.

 

Originally Posted By HokieSkipper

^^^Where have you heard this?

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

>>>Oh, I have a life. Just redecorating my room at home, and I've got a cool idea.<<<

wh00t for redoing Disney rooms...Been tackling mine as of late.

 

Originally Posted By Spirit of 74

I'll repeat: you kids have too much free time on your hands.

If you come over to my secret hideout and help me unpack from my DCL trip and my WDW trip, I'll give you EPCOT guidemaps from January 1996! (maybe throw in a LE pin too!)

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

How's about that at a secret lunch/dinner we have to plan?

 

Originally Posted By MousDad

Basic Touring Strategy 101 includes getting to a popular attraction early, grab your FP then ride standby, come back later and ride again FP. Result: You've ridden 2X for short waits while others have waited longer standby.

This is the one kink in the mathematical argument that use of FP doesn't increase standby waits. Because if enough people do this, it will definitely increase the standby times. Because it's not as simple as "they did get there earier", because they rode it twice.

This, BTW, is not an abuse, it will be done legally with the new barcode system as well.

The bottom line of touring WDW is, only ride the major rides early in the day, late in the day, or with FP, if you don't like standing in lines. Even if they do away with FP, it will still be the same.

 

Originally Posted By MPierce

>> One of the things that you will see Disney begin testing in the next year or so is bar codes on FP's which will validate the FP and tell the CM whether it the time is good and if it is indeed a valid FP. It is just the next step to stem the FP abuses going on. <<

As I recall I read somewhere that they were going to test that.

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

I hope they start that soon. It'd help the system.

 

Originally Posted By Goofyernmost

The only real abuse of FP is that it exists to begin with. Other than that everyone is using them as Disney obviously intends they should.

There is no immediate loss of income to Disney due to misuse because the ride is running anyway and someone had to pay for admission in order to get into the park to use FP. Hardly a number one priority.

 

Originally Posted By brotherdave

It's funny, when I saw the heading for this topic, I thought that Disney was going to start offering Fastpasses for the restrooms!

 

Originally Posted By Disneymom443

Hay, some of the places they need it.

 

Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer

Just don't storm the Crystal Palace 10 mins before Spectro claiming a medical emergency and asking to use the Restroom.

They'll deny you.

(Happened to my mother, not I, and YES, it was a "emergency" in relative terms. We pushed past the CMs. They b!tched. We didn't care, and proceeded to find a nice spot for Spectro.)