Fastpass return or replacement?

[leeniewdw]

But doesn't the Lightning Pass only allow you to select 1 ride at a time? So there's no guarantee that you'll get even 3 rides (like the old FP+ format) in the LL?

 

[Chaitali]

This doesn’t sound too bad. I liked max pass at Disneyland. And it seems like it will just be a small number of headliners that will have the extra cost hopefully. With the dynamic pricing and limit of 2 per day, that could mean not that many people will use the pay per ride feature and it won’t impact the standby line too much.

 

[Karin1984]

Sorry, I misunderstood what they meant.

So basically... They have introduced a Maxpass to WDW and added paid fastpass for additional fastpasses?

 

[OhDannyBoy]

Ok.

This isn't too horrible for my group as we can't ride any of the big stuff anyways.

I wonder if mapping out you fast pa....excuse me, lighting lane times 30 days in advance will still be a thing. Or is all day of?

 

[BrianL]

Okay.

So now someone come break this down?

$15 per day/per ticket holder - you can book one ride at a time (outside of premium rides) throughout day. No limit to how many you can get in a day (assuming availability).

Kind of like paper-fast pass except you are paying for it?

Premium - two a day and prices will vary.

Yeah, the $15 per day part is a LOT like MaxPass - and that's not a bad thing! The premium part...ehhh.

 

[Mac30188]

Am I crazy? This is better than we feared?

Not really. It is giving a bite of a sandwich to a starving man. You don't know how much it will cost or when it will start. The tidbit is better than nothing, but the disturbing "later this year" makes it sound like not close to being reality either. The part they gave us I can live with, but it could be they want to let you accept the 15 pp/pd as sunk cost before laying more on top.

 

[meggers628]

Does it include photo pass?

 

[Garyjames220]

So can you pay for this on your ticket in advance

and for $15 a day how many rides do you get

 

[eandt]

Probably not all the same rides given there's the skip the line feature. So if you want to skip the line for Radiator Racers, you might be paying an additional fee on top of the $15-$20 per day.

I don't necessarily recall FP being a "lightning" lane, sometimes it seemed as long as standby ...will this be any different?

 

[fatmanatee]

$15 per person per day- I'd consider paying for that. I want to see the whole list of rides/exclusions, is there one?

There is not, but given the examples provided we can prob figure out which rides might count as headliners.

 

[deannaf87]

Does it include photo pass?

yes

 

[nicole88s]

So I have to wake up at 7:00 am (it will feel like 5 am since I'm from mountain time zone) every day of my vacation to book a good ride?? So much for a vacation.

I loved scheduling fastpass+ and knowing I had 3 rides at times that worked for me. Ugh. I'm bummed.

 

[tseitel]

I know if the Maxpass, but am unfamiliar with it. How would this work with family in different hotel rooms, but connected with MDE. Can you get ride times together?

 

[mdmost]

I don't necessarily recall FP being a "lightning" lane, sometimes it seemed as long as standby ...will this be any different?

Not sure but I'd assume they will take the Fastpass lane and make it the Lighting lane to bypass all the standby riders. Similar to what Universal does.

 

[JETSDAD]

But doesn't the Lightning Pass only allow you to select 1 ride at a time? So there's no guarantee that you'll get even 3 rides (like the old FP+ format) in the LL?

The good part is that nobody will be holding 3 FP's so there should be availability once you use the first one.

 

[BrianL]

Does it include photo pass?

Yeah, that was aslo included with MaxPass previously - it doesn't sound like it though.

 

[Suzabella]

Interesting.....

 

[UrsulaWantsYourSoul]

A few screen shots:

 

[Mac30188]

Not really enough information, especially on the per ride charges- BUT...$15 a day for what would appear to be most rides? I'll take that and run. If I had to guess they only mention SDMT, but my guess is it includes all those rides that would be hard to get with FP+- Slinky, MMRR, FOP...for that I'd have to see pricing. Sounds like maxpass to me with a per ride fee for the hottest rides. That said, at $15, it's going to be like old FP- things like Space, RRC, BTMRR- those slots will be taken quickly.

Still a million questions though.. This is not the option I wanted, it's not a disaster either....yet. For those who always complained about resort guests getting an edge- be careful what you wish for. Looks like there's no benefit being given now. Equal footing and all that....

Well but they can get their purchases ones first, and I can imagine they may sell out, or at minimum make off site take later in the day slots

 

[Chaitali]

Photo pass is only included for Disneyland but not Disney World, right?