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Planning rides [can you only have Fastpasses from FP+ or can you get more in park?]
Are the ONLY fast passes you can get in a day, the ones that you have picked in advance? Or if there are still others available that day, can you get them?
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I've wondered the same thing, but everything I've read is saying you get 3 FP options now. If you schedule them ahead of time or day of. 3's the limit.
We really don't know, as it is still in testing and subject to change. Some parks I think you can still pull FPs using your AP or kttw card if you have tickets on it. Some parks you can't.
And at 2 parks, EP & DHS you can only book 1 headliner, then 2 other FPs for attractions you never needed FPs for. I sincerely hope this will change. Trying to stay optimistic about new system.
argh. It was great when you could still could get FP's at the end of the day if they were available. I won't ride anything with more than a 30 minute wait. Seems like I'll be taking in a lot more of the scenery rather than riding in the future.
If you have a physical park pass in addition to your Magic Band, it will allow you to use the legacy FastPass machines independently of FastPass Plus.
Once the testing phase for MyDisneyExperience is finished, legacy FastPass will be removed, and FastPass+ will be THE ONLY FastPass system in the parks.
However, nobody knows what the rules will be after that. At the moment, off-site Guests can't use FP+ at all; on-site Guests can select 1 headliner and 2 minor attractions per day up to 60 days in advance; Passholders (who aren't staying on-site) can select 1 headliner and 2 minor attractions per day up to 7 days in advance.
The rules can change, however, based on what Disney learns during the test phase. And because all of this stuff is computerized, it's easy for them to tweak the rules whenever they want, to give additional FPs to people as perks or rewards, or to make the booking window longer or shorter, or whatever they want.
Personally, I'm hoping that off-site Guests get to go back to the same rules as the legacy FP system (1 at a time, same day only), and I hope that they'll ease up on the 1 park per day rule for on-site Guests and Passholders. But my gut tells me that, at least initially, they'll keep the 1 headliner and 2 minors rule, and the only differences in rules for the 3 levels of Guest (on-site, Passholder, off-site) will be the length of the advance selection window (60 days, 7 days, same day). But I could be way off... nobody knows nothin' right now. Personally, I don't think Disney has even made their final decision on this; they're playing with it to see what works best and making it up as they go.
I hope Will, that Disney will take into account guest satisfaction. If people are unhappy about the 1 headliner rule, and I'm fairly certain I'm not the only one, I would hope they will change it. Why have a bunch of dissatisfied guests? Not very good for business. They used to care about that stuff.
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I sincerely hope this will change. Trying to stay optimistic about new system.
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