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[barries5199]

Very interesting. Like Sarah said, some people stay in more budget-conscious resorts so they can visit more often. Our family has waited 5 years to make another trip to WDW, so we're going a little more deluxe in our visit, but it may be another 5 years before we go again. I don't think that should entitle us to better fastpass times than a family who stays in a budget resort every year. I know life's not fair, but that doesn't make it easier to understand.

[DrDolphin]

Wonder how they would do that with AP and SP holders... sometimes they stay on property, sometimes they don't -- or they stay at different levels of hotels... hmmmmm....

[magic mickey]

I hope this is not true. I am a major WDW fan but I can't afford to stay at a deluxe resort.

[gwugirl03]

I spend the least amount of time at the resort during my visit. I use it for sleeping, swimmming, and the occasional meal. When I visit WDW, I always choose a value resort for this reason and I spend the extra money on dinner shows, Cirque du Soleil, shopping, etc. I hope also that this is just a rumor. I would hate to give up the extras because I had to stay in a more expensive resort to avoid lines within the parks.

[vin816]

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I spend the least amount of time at the resort during my visit. I use it for sleeping, swimmming, and the occasional meal. When I visit WDW, I always choose a value resort for this reason and I spend the extra money on dinner shows, Cirque du Soleil, shopping, etc. I hope also that this is just a rumor. I would hate to give up the extras because I had to stay in a more expensive resort to avoid lines within the parks.

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[disneymom9092]

Oh Michelle-I hope not. I like some of the other ideas-getting in advance or getting a pass with a few attractions on it and pre-set times. However, I think getting a time on your fastpass depending on where you are staying and how much money you are spending is totally unfair and certainly not in Disney's best interests.

[Mariposa]

How would you (everyone) feel about priority times for FastPasses being given to people who are staying on property?

(Kind of combining what FastPass is now and the Universal Front of the Line ideas..)

Just curious.

[GATechGal]

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How would you (everyone) feel about priority times for FastPasses being given to people who are staying on property?

(Kind of combining what FastPass is now and the Universal Front of the Line ideas..)

Just curious.

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Based on what I've read that's seems to be what they are intending. But stop and think for a second folks. There are already people getting perks not everyone is based on what they pay - it's called concerige level. How many times have we read posts that someone called in right on the dot of the phone lines opening and can't get an Illuminations cruise because they've all been scooped up by concerige. And it wouldn't be the first time disney has doled out favors to certain groups. Also no where does it say that ONLY people that stay on property are going to get FPs. It's just that if you stay on prop. you'll probaby get better times to get another FP, or a better return time. Disney is still going to try and used FP for crowd control.

[Shell_of_the_South]

You could be right MaryAnn. Universal currently does both - they have the front of the line access for resort guests, and they have Express Pass, which is the same thing as FastPass, for anybody. But I know by about 3:00 - 4:00, most of the Express Passes were gone for the day.

I guess Disney has so many hotel rooms, they couldn't offer this kind of perk to everyone, so they might be trying to figure who should get it. And who would you reward? The ones who spend the most.

[Joy J]

I really don't think there's any need for panic that Disney is about to do away with Fastpasses for the general public. I think it's more a question of Disney offering extra Fastpass perks for Disney resort guests and that these perks will increase in amount depending on whether you're staying at a value, moderate or deluxe. I suspect that in the long run, it will end up benefiting everyone who stays at a Disney resort and would mean better FP access for all resort guests than they receive now.

Joy

[GATechGal]

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I guess Disney has so many hotel rooms, they couldn't offer this kind of perk to everyone, so they might be trying to figure who should get it. And who would you reward? The ones who spend the most.

[/ QUOTE ]And keep in mind that not everyone that has access will use it. Just think how many resort guests DON'T use EMH or can't seem to figure out about FP's at all. I still think they will offer them to everyone and then those of us that actually want to take advantage will make the effort.

[April1976]

I think it is okay for them to offer this to onsite guests--it give them an additional perk to market to keep more people on site... but I'd hate to see them discriminate by hotel class...I don't think they WOULD do that.

If everyone had unlimited Fast Pass...wouldn't that make it more and more difficult for them to orchestrate FP in a timely manner? I know that often the best rides have no FP available for the remainder of a day... so once they are gone...they only have so much capacity on some rides.

When I studied operations management in grad school I always though this would be an interesting case study to disect.

[BabieeMelly]

I think the whole thing is ridiculous. Some people can't stay onsite, like us for example since we're bringing our dog, and giving special FP's to people for staying onsite is stupid We're staying offsite, but we'll be in th eDisney parks for 10 days and are planning on eating in some of the most expensive resaurants We'll also be visiting the resorts for meals, going to DTD and DisneyQuest, the Boardwalk and more... we're paying Disney quite a bit, so why should we be discriminated against? I wants my FP's! LoL!

[RobDVC]

I don't think they are trying to discriminate against "day guests", but I think they might be thinking of a way to entice more people to stay on WDW property, especially now that they have 4 Value resorts available to fill up. I can see them doing this in the near future, following along the same thought process as Universal and their front-of-the-line pass for guests who stay at a Universal hotel....with so many more rooms and guests on WDW property than on Universal, a front-of-the-line pass for WDW resort guests would be practically impossible to offer, so they are probably thinking about doing the next-best thing.

[My My oh My! Mickey Rocks!]

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I wonder how this will work for us DVC members?

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Funny you should ask that! My best friend is going with me in April and he is also a travel agent, who has sold concierge-level at WDW. He asked me to look into this Fastpass issue @ DVC. (He feels DVC is online with the concierge level at the Contemporary, Grand Floridian, etc) They gave me the standard "how fastpass in the parks work" line.

I'm not sure HOW I feel about it. I read a post on here that had my first thought: Uncle Walt wanted EVERYONE to enjoy his parks, not just the elite.