Fast Pass at Disney
 

Where does one go if they wanted to get a Fast Pass in each of the parks?

<BR>Check www.go2orlando or www.wdwig,com....and do an Orlando search on forums...

I'm not sure what you are asking. A fastpass is just for a particular ride within the park. You go to where the line is for that ride, there will be fastpass machines near. You scan your entrance ticket to the park and a fastpass emerges. On the fastpass ticket it will tell you what time to return to that ride, in which time you get into the fastpass line and you maybe wait 10-15 minutes for the ride instead of the usual hour or so. This allows you to see other areas of the park while you wait instead of spending you whole day in lines. Fastpasses are available on only the more popular rides.

How is the fast pass working? It has been in place for about a year now.

Christina, <BR> Fast passes are available at certain rides in each park, usually the more popular ones. The fast pass "machine" sits near where the entrance line is for that attraction. For instance, near the line for Splash Mountain, there will be a fast pass machine for the ride, and it will be labeled. You simply feed you Disney park ticket into the machine and it will spit your ticket and fast pass back out, with the time you should return. The return times are also shown on the machine so you know if it works with your touring plans to take one. The fast pass machines are portable, and if you don't find one there it is either because they don't use one, or it isn't crowded enough to have it out at that time. <BR> Hope that helps.

Fastpass is great. It really changes your day, especially when the parks are crowded. <BR>The only problem is that you can have only 1 fastpass "open" - you can't get one at one ride then a second until the first one is over. Some tricks we used was to as the attendant for a fast pass without having to run your ticket through the machine (to speed up the fastpass line), or ask to borrow someone else's park pass for a minute. Anyone know of other tips to get &gt;1 fastpass?

Is there a line to get a fast pass. Is it as long as the long would be to ride the ride?

Fast Pass is really cool concept. We got our passes at the front of the participating attraction and came back at the stamped time on the pass. A machine dispensed the passes. People who plan and map out their day will like this nice feature. It allowed us to ride our favorite rides multiple times without marathon line waits. There is a fast pass line but it no where near the length of the regular line.

Re: Is there a line to get Fastpass? On our day, there was a long line/crowd (20+ people) at Splash Mountain's 4-6 machines, so an employee was bypassing feeding tickets into the machine, handing them to people. I think the only reason it was crowded was it was many "guests" (ours included) first time and people were standing around. <BR> <BR>By the way, Disney really did a good thing. They can now hand high paying / VIP guests Fastpass cards at their hotels, for multiple rides, so they don't ever have to wait in long lines. If I had the $$$, I'd want and expect it.

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To GOL: could you please exlain what you meant when you said: "By the way, Disney really did a good thing. They can now hand high paying / VIP guests Fastpass cards at their hotels, for multiple rides, so they don't ever have to wait in long lines." <BR> <BR>What do you have to do to be a VIP guest? We were there in May, are members of the WDW Club, and weren't given any passes! (Altho, we found Fast Pass worked extremely well!) Please explain further! Thank you!

<BR>Susan, <BR>My point was not fact, but conjecture. All Disney needs is a Fastpass "machine" in the Grand Floridian, for example, to give to a guest prior to entering the Kingdom. To me, this is just the next logical step. Disney really knows how to market and offer guests unique ways to spend money (e.g., your family name on sidewalk bricks at the entrance). If Disney can make a buck on Fastpass, they will find a way. <BR> <BR>[Would I spend more $$$ if I know I would have a "reserved" time to ride Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Poo, etc.. ? Absolutely, especially when my son was younger. I would have paid an extra few bucks per ride if I knew I could walk up to a ride in a 15 minute range. I still have some of the old A,B,C,D,E tickets from way back. Maybe Fastpass will evolve to some hybrid] <BR> <BR>Sorry if my post mislead you, Susan