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[...] it was my understanding that when you are picking your fast passes, you can't split your group. Is that correct?
You can split your group.
Every person in a group of fifty people, could have a different set of three FP+s, so that no two people went on the same ride/attraction at the same time.
It just takes a few extra steps.
Set up a FastPass+ selection for yoru entire group, that covers all the common interests (that way you're guaranteed to get attractions at the same time)
Modify Guest #1's FP+ selections, changing each unwanted FP+ to something they want, one FP at a time.
Modify Guest #2's FP+ selections, changing each unwanted FP+ to something they want, one FP at a time.
Modify Guest #3's FP+ selections, changing each unwanted FP+ to something they want, one FP at a time.
Modify Guest #4's FP+ selections, changing each unwanted FP+ to something they want, one FP at a time.
... etc.
If you have a party of five, and only one attraction in common,this could take a LOT of extra steps. But it certainly can be done, and is completely within "the rules", too.
I don't think it's about people trying to take advantage of the system. But if you have a certain amount of fastpasses for a ride and some of your party won't ride, I don't see the problem in using those fp. Like someone said, it's just like when you had the extra paper fastpasses.
As for enjoying the stand-by line, in some cases that's nearly impossible. For example, in my case I can't stand for more than 20 minutes because of my back and my husband has knee problems (arthritis). So standing in line for, let's say, R&RC for 30+ minutes would be torture.
DH and 2 of my sons don't do thrill rides, so we are a divide and conquer family. I am already stressing on how FP+ will work for us. Will the system make us choose all the same fps, can we have different ones for the same time frame, etc.
The system is pretty new and I know Disney is constantly working hard to better it. In the meantime, we have to make it work for our families as best we can.
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. Will the system make us choose all the same fps, can we have different ones for the same time frame, etc.
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What most people do is choose the same three to start out and then modify those FP that one or more people don't want for another attraction at the same time.
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Tim, will it let you link in for FP's that by "day of" are already "sold out?"
No, unfortunately not.
And Amy, the best way to work different FP for different people is to first set them all up with the same ones. Then make changes to the specific ones they don't want/won't do one by one. It's likely you'll just be changing attractions within the same time space (right?) and that's super easy to do.
And Amy, the best way to work different FP for different people is to first set them all up with the same ones. Then make changes to the specific ones they don't want/won't do one by one. It's likely you'll just be changing attractions within the same time space (right?) and that's super easy to do.
This is good to know as I'll have to do this for my trip in June.
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It's funny how quickly people try to figure out how to scam the system, I don't really care one way or the other,it's just the thought of someone spending time and energy trying to circumvent the system. Is it really that important to use the fast pass system more than once in a day? Sometimes the journey thru the queue to the ride itself makes the ride more enjoyable.
Maybe folks who want to ride as many rides as they can to enjoy their time at the parks could buy a special special magic band, at double the cost of admission, that designates them as "special" people.
Haven't had the time to come to the PPer boards due to "life" getting in the way! And I have to say this response greatly surprised me as I am used to ppers being a pretty friendly bunch. We in no way tried to scam the system by getting 5 FPs for our family of 5 for the thrill rides. We have been doing this since the days of the paper FP's and I must say it never even occurred to me that this would be viewed as somehow trying to scam the system. If it ended up that we weren't able to use any of the paper FP's, we ALWAYS gave them away to families that were very grateful for having the chance to ride without the long wait. Was that also a scam??? It was our special way of spreading the magic. I mean when you really think about it, I have already paid for the use of 5 passes for our family of 5, so why not use the 5 passes??? This doesn't give us the ability to ride as many rides as we can. It gives us the ability to ride the rides that we received the passes for, AGAIN, which have already been paid for. This does not make us special. It makes us one of the many families that spend hard earned money for an expensive Disney vacation. Just my humble opinion!
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We in no way tried to scam the system by getting 5 FPs for our family of 5 for the thrill rides. We have been doing this since the days of the paper FP's and I must say it never even occurred to me that this would be viewed as somehow trying to scam the system. If it ended up that we weren't able to use any of the paper FP's, we ALWAYS gave them away to families that were very grateful for having the chance to ride without the long wait. Was that also a scam??? It was our special way of spreading the magic. I mean when you really think about it, I have already paid for the use of 5 passes for our family of 5, so why not use the 5 passes??? This doesn't give us the ability to ride as many rides as we can. It gives us the ability to ride the rides that we received the passes for, AGAIN, which have already been paid for. This does not make us special. It makes us one of the many families that spend hard earned money for an expensive Disney vacation. Just my humble opinion!
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