Dissapointed with fast pass booking window today

[kansaskitty]

Originally Posted by Dan's Mum

I nearly threw the computer out the window yesterday. You can’t check if there is a problem with anyone’s link on MDE and guess what oldest DS despite being on the booking was showing as having no ticket. A phone call to Disney who have had to redo our booking to enable us to book fast passes.

Didn’t get quite what we wanted but we’ll manage and keep an eye on more availability opening up.

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Exactly the same problem, luckily Kenwood travel gave us three extra fastpasses... doesn’t solve the issue though does it we missed Seven Dwarves and Slinky! Aargh!

[Tinkerbell]

Originally Posted by toonmadlad

The old way of fast pass was the best, at least you had to be actually in the park to get a FP, just seems now that people book FP's online and might not actually visit the park at all?

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Haven’t used new method, but I tend to agree. Even on these forums people’s say I’ve booked FOP for three different days and we will see how it goes.

[pad406]

Originally Posted by toonmadlad

The old way of fast pass was the best, at least you had to be actually in the park to get a FP, just seems now that people book FP's online and might not actually visit the park at all?

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Respectfully I'd disagree. The old FP had many issues and built in disadvantages too. As you say you had to be there, and for the popular rides you had to be there really early to get any half decent time. How many people have arrived at HS to get TSMM and find their wait would be 7+hrs, if they managed to get one at all. As Persnicketty stated earlier this was difficult for those with young children. Others who like to have a lie in on a holiday, go to a water park in the morning, also at a disadvantage. At least now you can book afternoon FP+ and have them all sorted.

Imagine how quick the FPs would have gone for FOP, and now for Slinky Dog that it's open. Anybody arriving after 10:00am would have no chance. So the old FP worked well for those who were willing to get up early, the new FP favours those that pay the extra to stay on-site. There are not really that many REAL perks to staying on site (other than the perceived being in the bubble, which personally we like). AM EMH are great, evening ones, pretty bad. Free parking will be gone soon. Even the ability to enter a park during phased closing is the same if you have an ADR.

FOP and Slinky Dog are the issues now, 7DMT was when it opened, SW rides will be when they open, new things are popular, in demand. That's the way it works.

Yes FP+ has issues, by no means perfect, but it is far far superior to the old paper FPs.

[miked1e]

Originally Posted by pad406

Respectively I'd disagree. The old FP had many issues and built in disadvantages too. As you say you had to be there, and for the popular rides you had to be there really early to get any half decent time. How many people have arrived at HS to get TSMM and find their wait would be 7+hrs, if they managed to get one at all. As Persnicketty stated earlier this was difficult for those with young children. Others who like to have a lie in on a holiday, go to a water park in the morning, also at a disadvantage. At least now you can book afternoon FP+ and have them all sorted.

Imagine how quick the FPs would have gone for FOP, and now for Slinky Dog that it's open. Anybody arriving after 10:00am would have no chance. So the old FP worked well for those who were willing to get up early, the new FP favours those that pay the extra to stay on-site. There are not really that many REAL perks to staying on site (other than the perceived being in the bubble, which personally we like). AM EMH are great, evening ones, pretty bad. Free parking will be gone soon. Even the ability to enter a park during phased closing is the same if you have an ADR.

FOP and Slinky Dog are the issues now, 7DMT was when it opened, SW rides will be when they open, new things are popular, in demand. That's the way it works.

Yes FP+ has issues, by no means perfect, but it is far far superior to the old paper FPs.

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Agree with all of this...

[pad406]

Originally Posted by Tinkerbell

Haven’t used new method, but I tend to agree. Even on these forums people’s say I’ve booked FOP for three different days and we will see how it goes.

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And in the old days, many people would repeatedly rope drop to get the same rides. Someone will always be at an advantage

[Forkbeard]

Originally Posted by Procrastinator

Standyby line should just be virtual. You can only be in 1 standby at a time. You can join from anywhere. But you only have a 10 min window to arrive when the time is up.

Only problem is how mamy people it would dump in the parks. Where would they all go!

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They better get building that onsite outlet mall

[Guest]

when we got to fast pass day it was a right pain on the website, it kept saying nothing was available or that the site was unavailable, then i went on the app on my phone and got all the fastpasses we wanted (including pandora and toystory land) i've since swapped a few fastpasses, and once again it has worked better on the app!

hope you do get the fastpasses you want x x x