Originally Posted By paulyahoo Interesting, the system is similar with the one we saw at Yomiuri Land where theoretically you can pay for every attraction, but it's much easier to buy an all-included ticket.
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi If I remember correctly, Fastpass began at Tokyo Disneyland in the fall of 2000 with Space Mountain, MicroAdventure and Big Thunder Mountain. The attraction tickets ended in March 2001. -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Ditto what Nezumi said... >> as I believe he used to buy regular, "general admission" tickets sometimes for shows and shopping.<< That is correct.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<people with a day passport would by those passholders in order to wear them around on their shirt all day rather than reach into their pocket everytime to pull out the pass.>> I bought one of those passholders when I went to TDL for the park's 10th anniversary. I still have that day's ticket in it; I used to wear it pinned to the back of my hat as a conversation piece when I would visit DL and WDW.
Originally Posted By paulyahoo Are these passholders the same now? I bought one last spring for 500 yen both for tickets and fastpasses.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Passport passholder straps come in different designs and price ranges. Some feature attractions, or characters, some have coin zipper pockets, etc etc... I collect the special event passholder straps. Their quality is good. WDW tried to introduce them some time ago and failed miserably because the ones they sold were crap and guests didn't get into them. American guests can be so boring sometimes... yet everytime I show up at WDW wearing something from TDR..be it a passholder strap, a mini plush, or a light up toy for the evening, I am stopped by every other guest or CM asking where I got such items!!! Go figure!
Originally Posted By SuperDry The ones talked about prior to getting rid of the A-E ticket system were not around-the-neck things, but things you pinned to your short or jacket. The ticket was held length-wise in a clear plastic sleeve, below the attachment point which often had some sort of plastic emblem on top of it. Think of it being similar to a Disney nametag, but with a clear plastic sleeve underneath to put your passport in and have visible. They were different in function than what are needed today by guests: except for the few months that Nezumi mentioned, the "need to display unlimited daily passport to ride" and the FP era were separate. The function of the old pass holders was so that the pass was visible to the CM at the ticket collection point for each attraction. That is, once you put in the passport and pinned it on, you didn't need to mess with it for the rest of the day. Today, the passholder strap has a different function: It makes the passport readily available to take out and insert into FP machines, as well as provide a place to keep the FP's between when you get them and when you use them. That's why an around-the-neck arrangement now works best, as you have to fiddle with it several times through the course of your day.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Are these passholders the same now?>> Back then, the tickets weren't little credit card sized pieces, but big honkin' strips o' paper, so no, they weren't the same. The clear pocket to hold the ticket was a about a couple inches wide and maybe six inches tall. They weren't on lanyards either; all the ones I recall (and what I have) had a big plastic piece on top (of assorted TDL charater designs) with a safety pin on the back and the clear pocket attached to the bottom edge.
Originally Posted By mstaft Great posts, SuperDry! Now I want to go to TDS even more- and stay longer at that.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN >>Great posts, SuperDry! Now I want to go to TDS even more- and stay longer at that.<< Beware... Superdry is from Texas, and you know Texans have that way of talking that could convince you to put a gun to your head and pull the trigger... reason why we still have two and a half more years of suffering in this country.
Originally Posted By Mr X By the way, SuperDry, did they ever let you carry on that ten-gallon hat at Narita, or d'ya have ta check it? How many tins'o chaw were y'able ta git duty free anyway? Sorry bout not bein able ta find you that mechanical bull y'all were lookin fer in Tokeeyo...guess they just don't know good ol Texas livin!
Originally Posted By SuperDry As a non-native Texan, I do have quite a few stories about how things are different here in the Lone Star State - some good and some bad. One interesting thing is that whereever I go in the world, when someone asks me where I'm from, I can say "Texas" and everyone knows what I'm talking about. I doubt that "Delaware" would have the same effect. <<< reason why we still have two and a half more years of suffering in this country. >>> Hey pardner, no political talk at the chuckwagon - move 'em out over to WE. I did happen upon a good ole neighborhood country Texas bar in Nishi-Funabashi once (maybe 10 miles from TDR) and walked in as if I owned the place. That place was top to bottom Western stuff. I showed the barkeep my Texas drivers license, and he said my picture looked like it belonged on a "Wanted" poster.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney <<All of the technology can be found elsewhere and to better effect (Indy at DL, Test Track at Epcot for Journey, StormRider is only a larger version of Star Tours etc.).>> LOL, pretty much everything in HKDL can "be found elsewhere", but apparently it isn't an issue there like it is at TDS, a park full of original attractions and shows, now is it?
Originally Posted By Mr X EXCELLENT point, WD. Convenient and easy critisism to make, til you start comparing it to OTHER parks built since 1955. With the obvious exception of EPCOT (and MAYBE Universal Studios Hollywood, which was a "new" concept in its own right for a theme park that has been much copied by now)...NO park has offered "all new" rides and attractions never before seen. In fact, too many parks have offered half hearted clones and half-baked concepts lately, if you ask me.
Originally Posted By LindsayC This the point that I find most irritating about when TDS opened being called the next generation of Theme Parks, a level that is so different to what people are used to. The attraction roster, though all new in story or theme (except Indy) didn’t present apparent advances in the ride systems (though I’m sure there were). I think the reason why an attraction like Soarin gets so much positive press is that it does feel like a new system. TDS does have a best of whats out there feel, but nothing that really makes it a ‘next generation’ park.
