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    So from what i understand about the new FP+ system Disney guests will be allowed to book 3 FP per day for one park.

    What I don't understand is why Disney is adding more attractions onto the FP system, and the attractions they are adding are ones that have lines which typically move right along, such as Spaceship Earth at Epcot and the Great Movie Ride at HS.

    It's going to be difficult enough as it is to try and decide which "high demand" attractions I should plan for ahead of time with a limited number of FP tickets, but know they are increasing the choices with attractions that have never been FP attractions
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    Because when they run out of "in-demand" fast passes they can give unsuspecting guests unneeded fast passes, and they think they are getting a value.

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    My 2 gripes with fp+ are, only 3 per day and only at 1 park. I have always used parkhopper this seems to discourage hopping. And while many times I don't use more then 3 in a day sometimes I do. So while this may end up being a good thing after all, I think Disney will have to work a few bugs out of the system.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mrs Bus Driver View Post
    I have always used parkhopper this seems to discourage hopping.
    And I was thinking just the opposite lol. When I can get the troops up and out in the morning we really don't find a need for FP but the afternoon park is usually more crowded. I had always thought it would nice to be able to get FP for the afternoon park while in another park. Uh oh, maybe FP+ is my fault.
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    We used it during the test run.

    Biggest complaint was that we had two rooms (2 ressies) and that we couldn't get our fastpasses to coordinate for all of us to get the same fastpass times.

    Anyone know if this has been solved? Totally, stupid since the all of us want to ride together.
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    At this point the whole thing is in test mode not final production mode. They are testing facets of the system and limiting the number of variables during testing. What the final system will be nobody knows yet, probably not even Disney until they see the results of the testing. It also seems that there is a lot of testing to go.

    So, I wouldn't jump to conclusions of how it works, how many FPs you can get and so on until there is an announcement of the final system. It's a safe bet that what you are seeing now is not what it will be when the full production system goes into service.
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    Forgive me if this has been posted, but when would this new and final FP be put into place?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Susan A View Post
    Forgive me if this has been posted, but when would this new and final FP be put into place?
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    No one knows at this point. Disney has given no indication of the time frame for this. It's probably open ended which would be a good thing. I'd rather they keep testing and testing until they get it as perfect as they can.
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    Quote Originally Posted by EeyoresBestFriend View Post
    We used it during the test run.

    Biggest complaint was that we had two rooms (2 ressies) and that we couldn't get our fastpasses to coordinate for all of us to get the same fastpass times.

    Anyone know if this has been solved? Totally, stupid since the all of us want to ride together.
    Did you let them know of your problem? Since you're an official tester, they'll be listening to any dilemmas you had -- that's the reason for the testing. If you haven't already, please let them know that needs to be fixed.
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    We have been watching the developments closely because we are active fp users. If it would be implemented as it is being tested now, we would likely visit park A in the morning and ride without fp while there are short or no lines and save our fp for park B for later in the day when we still want to ride and now the lines are longer.

    My concern is that they would use a system like the old Year of a Million Dreams fastpasses where there was a Donald list of attractions and a Minnie list of attractions. Donald would be the A-list rides while Minnie was the other stuff. Of your 3 FP you are allowed, 2 could come from the Donald list and one would have to come from the Minnie list. I hope they don't micromanage our vacations to this extent!
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    Wow! My head is spinning!
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    To be fair they have messed about with the original fastpass system. Haunted mansion used to be on it. Then it was taken away. Large capacity rides like that really don't need fastpass.

    I don't tend to use them as I like talking to people in the queue and looking at some of the detail, especially on Everest etc. I still think that rides such as peter pan would have a smaller wait time if there was no fastpass. Or at least the queue would seem to move faster! :p

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    Quote Originally Posted by EeyoresBestFriend View Post
    We used it during the test run.

    Biggest complaint was that we had two rooms (2 ressies) and that we couldn't get our fastpasses to coordinate for all of us to get the same fastpass times.

    Anyone know if this has been solved? Totally, stupid since the all of us want to ride together.
    Did you link all the person icons in your reservations together? I thought that was where you could pick how many in your traveling party wanted each FP+

    Quote Originally Posted by Aurora View Post
    Did you let them know of your problem? Since you're an official tester, they'll be listening to any dilemmas you had -- that's the reason for the testing. If you haven't already, please let them know that needs to be fixed.
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    My DH spoke to Disney yesterday regarding this. We got an invitation to try the new system. We were told that the 3 FP plus options were in addition to regular fast pass. And did not effect the traditional fast passes you get in the park. I hope the cast member was right.
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    After reading all of these posts about the new FP system, I think I need a good stiff drink.
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    Here is an amazing idea.......why not wait until its completely out there for everyone and then lets have an opinion...cause now...nothing but rumours.
    I.E. i have heard...3per day value resort.
    4 per day mod and 5 for deluxe...

    I'll save my opinion when i can actually use it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alliekat View Post
    My DH spoke to Disney yesterday regarding this. We got an invitation to try the new system. We were told that the 3 FP plus options were in addition to regular fast pass. And did not effect the traditional fast passes you get in the park. I hope the cast member was right.
    Oh, and i have also been told..that WDW/DLR will NOT eliminate traditional FP even when plus is out.
    So, who knows....but in the end, I'll figure it all out.

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    We got the invite yesterday for our trip from 8/20-8/28. We have to do it by 8/10 to have our bracelets delivered to us by 8/20. Going to set it up in the next few days. I will keep you posted throughout the process. I'm anxious, curious but mostly excited.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Opus X View Post
    Here is an amazing idea.......why not wait until its completely out there for everyone and then lets have an opinion...cause now...nothing but rumours.
    I.E. i have heard...3per day value resort.
    4 per day mod and 5 for deluxe...

    I'll save my opinion when i can actually use it.
    I think people are just sharing thoughts & ideas. Brainstorming if you will. This is a huge change up. Change is exciting but can be scary. All opinions are valid I think. So I say share away
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    Quote Originally Posted by alliekat View Post
    My DH spoke to Disney yesterday regarding this. We got an invitation to try the new system. We were told that the 3 FP plus options were in addition to regular fast pass. And did not effect the traditional fast passes you get in the park. I hope the cast member was right.
    That may, or may not, be the case during your trial. If you have "magic bands", you will not be able to use FP in the parks (you won't have any paper media to insert into the kiosks). Disney's own published material around the "paperless tickets" ("magic bands") says you will no longer be able to do the other FP system once on them.

    While these tests help Disney make sure their backend systems are functioning for FP+ needs, the one thing it will never tell them is what impact scheduling FP+ times for traditionally non-FP attractions is going to have on the rest of the guests. Nobody can really know what will happen there until FP+ is in production.

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