Disney Tightens Their 'FastPass' Ride Reservation Policy
There’s all kinds of tricks, tips, and tidbits when it comes to visiting a mega theme park like those in the Disney empire. However, one of the best secrets was a kind of loophole in the FastPass ride reservation system over at Walt Disney World and Disneyland.
It wasn’t really that big of a secret, but it’s something we considered pretty slick. The FastPass kiosks read your park admission tickets and spit back out a reservation for when you can return to a ride like Space Mountain. Stick your ticket in around 10am and it might tell you that you need to come back between 3:30pm and 4:40pm. However, you just need to see Mickey during the 4pm parade! No big deal, as you can always just come after your reservation window expires—no questions asked.
We’ve done this ourselves in the past, and the cast members—Disney-speak for their workers—never even looked twice. Unfortunately, it sounds like the party will be over sooner than later, as now Mickey and friends want you to ride during your allotted time—or else.
Apparently the fun is ending as of March 7, as there was an internal memo that has encouraged workers to actually start enforcing the time schedules. Maybe this will help out with managing lines and crowds for longer attractions, so that could be a good thing. However, we’re definitely going to be a little bummed the next time we visit.
The good news is you still have a few more weeks to beat the system and save up all your FastPass tickets for a crazy hour or two at the end of the day.
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