Hi again guys!
We will be in the parks the last week of May and will be using MaxPass/FastPasses each of those days, I wondered though what to expect as far as wait times in those FastPass line ups? Thanks in advance I am getting so excited!
I've had the same experience. The only time I've been backed up in a fast pass line is when a ride has been down for a while and it just reopened during my window. They seem to let everyone who missed their turn go when the ride reopens, creating a very big backup for those with the current return timeHuh, every time we've been to the parks since they introduced MP we found the majority of FP lines to have no wait at all prior to merging with standby. We thought they must have changed the system to prioritize FP more than before. Apparently that's not what others have experienced though so maybe we were just lucky.
THIS. Usually, the hold up is people trying to figure out how to scan their FP, or people in line too early or too late arguing with the CM.I found on our recent trip that FP lines look longer at first glance because there's a backup of people waiting to scan their ticket at the kiosk. But once you get past that kiosk, they're about the same length as before MP.
That is true, I did see a lot of FP lines backed up at the ride entrance, usually because someone at the front was talking to a CM and the rest of their group was standing around blocking the FP scanners. I wondered why the CM's didn't make a point of asking a group to step off to the side if they need to discuss something. But by and large once we were actually in the line, most of the time we were able to walk straight up to the point where the lines integrate. Of course there's still a bit of a wait, depending on the ride, once the lines integrate.THIS. Usually, the hold up is people trying to figure out how to scan their FP, or people in line too early or too late arguing with the CM.
I've never seen switchbacks at space mountain - in fact I've never seen more than a handful of people waiting on the FP side, and this is a favorite that we often ride multiple times per day. But admittedly we haven't been since December, and it sounds like we might have had a fair bit of luck. I'm glad I read all this so I know more of what to expect next time. It's unfortunate because one of the reasons I always get a FP for space is because I hate standing around on that boring concrete roof.Example above is the switch backs in usage at Space Mountain. And someone else mentioned the Splash queue often backing up to just after the staircase. Those things were not common 2 years ago.
Where they rope or chain off an area and the line winds back and forth. Common example would be Peter Pan. I thought I had a picture of the switch back at Space FP line but I can't find it. Any case three times this year on different visits we've walked up the ramp to find a line in a chained off switch back. We've also walked up and gone straight to the second scanners. It just depends. All FP uses have required we wait in the line at the entrance to scan the first time as that backs up.What's a switchback??