justme
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Post by justme on May 20, 2014 11:48:01 GMT -5
Yeah, the Fastpass+ system makes everything way more complicated as opposed to their commercial that it makes everything easier. They also, uh, like to screw guests over with it but even my CM friends haven't figured out if it's intentional or not. Even the CMs that were helping me with it, when I asked a question of why it does that their response was "I don't know why".
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Wisconsin Beth
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on May 20, 2014 11:49:37 GMT -5
Yeah, the Fastpass+ system makes everything way more complicated as opposed to their commercial that it makes everything easier. They also, uh, like to screw guests over with it but even my CM friends haven't figured out if it's intentional or not. Even the CMs that were helping me with it, when I asked a question of why it does that their response was "I don't know why". Yeah, DH and I were there in Sept. 2001 and we skipped the FastPass stuff completely. I think the longest line we were in was Space Mountain and that was 5-8 minutes. Less than 10 for sure.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2014 11:53:18 GMT -5
I went one in my life in @ 1997 (the birthday cake castle was up) and I remember standing in 45 minutes lines to go on some rides; so researching the fast-pass option might be worth it!
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justme
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Post by justme on May 20, 2014 12:09:22 GMT -5
Yeah, the Fastpass+ system makes everything way more complicated as opposed to their commercial that it makes everything easier. They also, uh, like to screw guests over with it but even my CM friends haven't figured out if it's intentional or not. Even the CMs that were helping me with it, when I asked a question of why it does that their response was "I don't know why". Yeah, DH and I were there in Sept. 2001 and we skipped the FastPass stuff completely. I think the longest line we were in was Space Mountain and that was 5-8 minutes. Less than 10 for sure. It's not very often I see Space Mountain under 10 minutes. Usually only during the fireworks or Electrical Parade. A couple years of go they changed the set up so standby only uses one side and FP goes to the other. So even if no one is in the FP side, they rarely send stand by people over to that side. The last time I rode stand by it said 30 or 40 minutes and ended up taking over an hour. You're looking a year out so it might not be too bad - but it's not unusual for the wait line to see the Frozen Princesses at 3 hours for standby or more. (They had to change the rope-drop because people were running to get in line as it hits the 3 hour wait almost as soon as the park opens) I've never seen Toy Story Mania under 30 (and 30 is a rare sighting) and the Safari and Everest are usually at least 30. Test Track and Soarin are almost always over 40 (they dip down during the fireworks, but the park closes right after them). Story Time with Belle (which is seriously the cutest attraction ever, especially if you have young kids) is usually in the 40-60 minute wait too. There are plenty of rides that have a short wait when it's slow and others that it varies a lot (Buzz Lightyear can go between 50 and 5 during the day), but there's the popular attractions that never really go down in wait time. Those are where the FP+ is very helpful. I would definitely get the Disney app for your phone. It shows the current wait times, so you can plan to a certain extent to get shorter wait times.
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Post by kittensaver on May 20, 2014 13:21:54 GMT -5
except thanksgiving week. Well okay I'm on the West Coast and therefore talking about the original Disneyland - BUT - we go to the park on Thanksgiving Day, and "celebrate" the holiday with a turkey dinner on Friday. The longest wait we had this year was 35 minutes, most lines were in the 0-to-15 minute waiting time. For sure the park has people in it, but it is waaaaaaaay less crowded on the actual holiday than any other day. Just sayin' . . .
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Post by justme on May 20, 2014 13:26:03 GMT -5
Disney World is a bit more crowded I think. Two years in a row we debated eating Thanksgiving dinner in a park and about 3 weeks in advance there wasn't a single reservation open. Most of the time SOME restaurant has a time open, it's usually only when the parks are busy that the restaurants completely book up.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on May 20, 2014 13:57:59 GMT -5
I'm thinking 2015 - either spring or Sept. I'm not doing Florida in summer. No way, no how. September IS summer in FL Especially that far south.
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Post by truthbound on May 21, 2014 4:19:29 GMT -5
Is it because of a restraining order? Yeah I wish I could share your humor. No I just am like most Americans who thanks to Obammy cannot afford his affordable healthcare. So there will not be any vacations in my future....ever. I should just sell them to cover the fines. If you are interested let me know.
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