Reviews of FastPass+
Reviewed by Ohiost13 Review Date: 11/20/2013
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
We did not stay on property, so we were not able to use this. Fast passes were for very late in the day or not at all. Stand by wait time was 80 minutes. Also, spoke to someone who used it and did not like it, because they were running from fast pass scheduled ride to the next. Go back to an even playing field.
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Fast passes gone for the dayReviewed by FoxzLem Review Date: 11/20/2013
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
We were there in October and were part of the testing.
Hated the entire experience and felt like we were tied to our phones checking on things (not why I go on vacation - I go to get away from it all).
We were with a group of 20 people was almost impossible to get on the rides together unless we waited in stand-by line. Got to HS for early hours and couldn't get on Toy Story until 6:30 at night for regular FP which eliminated park hoping that day.
Don't like having to plan out rides 60 days in advance.
Feel that you should be scaned into the park to get a pass.
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takes away all spontaneity of the tripReviewed by pluto3 Review Date: 11/22/2013
Rating: (8) Recommended
Used the fast pass plus in October 2013. Were able to secure passes the morning for same afternoon. Possibly because it is still new, however, if you do not want to get to the parks at the very opening (and stay hours), this gives you an option to enter in the afternoon, see three attractions and still make you ADR's!
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ability to get fast-passes before entering parkCons:
have to plan aheadReviewed by emmhorton Review Date: 12/14/2013
Rating: (3) Recommended
We liked the idea of booking fast passes from home, our resort, our phone. Sure beats walking all the way to Test Track to pick up fast passes for later in the day. Right? No… In the past we could get a fast pass for soarin, then later for test track, then could head to MK and pick one up for Splash Mountain…. not anymore.
1. Attractions are lumped into categories. You can only choose 1 "popular" attractions, such as Test Track. You are then also given 2 more fast passes for rides such as Living with the Land or Turtle Talk with Crush. Then that's it. 3 is your limit. You can make changes, but still limited to your categories.
2. You must choose all 3 fast passes for one park. This is a HUGE negative for those who park hop. In the future, we may bypass the park hopper option.
3. Once your tickets are linked to your magic bands, you no longer have the option of fast pass versus fast pass plus.
4. While being able to use the my magic app, you spend a lot of time on your phone instead of interacting with your family.
Fast pass plus is a great idea but still needs some tweaking!
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good ideaCons:
too many constraintsReviewed by goofy284 Review Date: 12/25/2013
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
We were selected to try the magic bands during our trip in Dec 2013. The idea is good because you know you will have fast passes for your favorite rides and attractions. However if it does not work you are on your own.
Our fast passes never worked. Every time we went to get on a ride, we were told we had no fast passes and were told quite rudely to go away. This was not the Disney I knew and since I had booked dining reservations around these fast passes, we were stuck with waiting in long lines for rides we had fast passes for. I would go to the fast pass help kiosk in the park and they would bring up my fast passes no problem but it never worked at the gate. After a week of this, I finally went to guest services at the magic kingdom where after many tears they found that there was a web site problem when I picked my fast passes and they were never linked to my magic band! All of my fast passes were expired as we never used them. This was a nightmare to say the least and ruined our whole trip. If Disney is going to use a system, they need to be sure it works.
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knowing you have a fastpass for your favourite ridesCons:
If it does not work you will get no helpReviewed by MouseDaddy Review Date: 01/04/2014
Rating: (3) Recommended
We were not very impressed with this aspect of the MB/MDE experience. Didn't like the idea of being limited to FP+ being categorized...for instance, couldn't get FP for both Mission:Space & Soarin' or Splash/Space Mountains. One or the other along with 2 other attractions. Also, limit of 3 per day was disadvantage for park hoppers.
I had a problem with phone app and changing FP's. We got to park late one day and missed first FP+ for BTM. I tried to secure us another FP for later in the day but was given message restricting me from doing so as I had 3 FP's active. But one was already expired so I should have been able to establish another.
I also encountered issue with MDE site. When I went to establish FP+ for my party of six, system would only allow me to set up FP+ for 3 of us. DW, DD & DS could not secure FP+. At each attraction, I explained to cast member on duty issue I had encountered and they let all 6 of us on via the FP. But frustrating that I encountered the problem and since I had to have all ticket & res info to Disney in order to get MBs, didn't feel like I had time to work with customer service to get issue corrected.
I experienced issue with MBs and park entry. We had several complimentary 1 day park tickets that I had linked to MBs. At entry, MB would not work and I had to show paper tix. I was advised that paper tickets will not link to the MB as plastic tickets will. Perhaps that was issue for FP+ as well? It would have been nice to have website inform me of need to manually link paper tix at time of set-up and prior to the trip.
It's a great idea but they have a bit of work to do to eliminate the bugs and make it more guest-friendly.
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limitation on atractions;limit of 3 per day;could not get kids FP+Reviewed by Fitzboyzmom Review Date: 01/08/2014
Rating: (6) Recommended
It is nice to be able to schedule fast passes for popular rides instead of having to get up super early or miss one ride because you could only physically get to one.
I don't like that you can only schedule the fast passes in one park. We often stay at the Beach Club and go to both Epcot and Hollywood Studios on the same day. They basically took away any reason to buy a park hopper ticket. I don't like that we cannot also get an old fashioned fast pass with this system at the same park or different...you are kind of locked in.
I also found it frustrating to try to change your fast past to accommodate your schedule. This past trip and one coming up, we have to go back and forth...was trying to get it set up so that we could ride rides in the order that we were planning, but no luck.
I like the idea and it was cool to walk up to the kiosk without having to run to get a fast pass, but the system definitely needs some work.
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—Reviewed by jackiejzhou Review Date: 01/20/2014
Rating: (3) Recommended
We had park hopping tickets. We had to choose fastpass in one park in the afternoon. In the morning, we went to another park waiting in regular lines. We were there Jan 7and 8, went all 4 parks in 2days. There were not much lines at all. If you missed a passfast time, you are able to reschedule it on your phone or kiosk.
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Can't choose Fastpass in multiple parks.Reviewed by IrishDad1957 Review Date: 01/24/2014
Rating: (1) Not Recommended
Disney really messed up with Fast Pass Plus. Spent way too much money with something that does not event work. Now I understand layoffs are in order to help pay for this mistake, which will make park service even a worse experience.
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ReliabilityReviewed by BacksideOfWater1971 Review Date: 01/26/2014
Rating: (3) Not Recommended
This is area of the new system I had issues with. I like to plan certain aspects of my trip but there is a fine line between planning and micromanaging. Most of the time I don't even know what ride I want to go on 5 minutes prior let alone 2 months.
It seems to be a hassle to have to pull out a smartphone or tablet or run to a crowded kiosk ever time you want to change plans.
The system feels restricting. For example I was at the Magic Kingdom and I came across the piano player outside on Casey's Corner. I wanted to stop and listen for a while but couldn't because I had to be at Space Mountain in X amount of minutes.
Also Epcot and Hollywood Studios are testing a grouping system where you can pick one thing from group A and 2 things from group B to get Fastpasses for. The problem is everything that you need a Fastpass for is in group A and group B is filled with things that you don't need a Fastpass for. I love Journey Into Imagination With Figment and ride it on every visit to Epcot but come on. When have you EVER needed a Fastpass for it?
Do away with the grouping and I might be on board granted I'll still most likely miss many FP appointments opting to slow down and enjoy the little details like simply talking to a cast member on making sure I can get on Space Mountain at a certain time.
