Jul 17




Disney World Vacation : FASTPASS – No More Waiting in Lines!

By: Abigail Peony

Stressed out waiting in line while having Disney World Vacation? Getting bored and frustrated waiting in line and wasting so much time at only one ride? By waiting in line, you are certainly wasting your time and can’t get on as many rides as possible at Disney World.

Don’t you know that you can pass all the lines with one Disney Facility called FASTPASS? Yes, you have to learn this magic machine and know how to use it well.

Disney Pass

Disney Pass

What is Fastpass really? It’s a free service machine that allows you to help you pass the line. Let’s say, you want to take a ride, and see that many people are waiting in line. There is no reason you should blend yourself in line and wasting valuable time there.  You can come to Fastpass machine and simply insert your ticket and get your Fastpass ticket. Your return time will be written on the Fastpass ticket. For instance, if you get Fastpass ticket at 10.30 am, your returning time will be something like 11.00 – 11.50 (to make sure, just read your return time)

I still don’t understand why many people don’t use this service. Please don’t be afraid to use this FREE service during your Disney World Vacation. It can save you much time and makes your vacation at Disney World become more efficient. In addition, in the Universal Studios, they also have a similar service like this called Express Ticket.

Now that you know what Fastpass is, here are 5 Tips to use Fastpass effectively:

1.   Use Fastpass facility at your favorite rides. Go to another ride then come back before time expires (expiry time at Fastpass ticket) and ride twice in a row or once at Tower of Terrors then Rock and Roller coaster with no wait. Works best in the morning.

2.   If you want to ride a FastPass ride but couldn’t get a FastPass and the Standby lines are too long during the day, get in line within a half hour before park closing.  Two reasons for this: (1) Disney policy is that anyone in line at park closing gets to ride, even if they don’t get on until after the official closing time, and (2) there will be very few FastPass riders entering (none after closing), so the actual wait time will be MUCH shorter than the posted Standby time.

3.   Get as many Fastpass as you can during the day. You certainly can manage which ride comes first and which one is going to be your priority. You may not use it all, for some rides that overlap your priority ride, you can trade with someone that are waiting in line for a ride, or just give it freely.

4.   Arrive at the park early (let’s say 9 am) and get Fastpass for major and desirable rides. Until the returning time, you can ride the other uncrowded major rides (that soon will definitely be crowded at something like 10 am). Estimate your returning time and come back in time for your Fastpass rides. Here you can save much time and experience many rides.

5.   If you want to ride something twice on your Disney World Vacation, pull a Fastpass and get in the standby line. It is better if you do this early at the opening park when rides are usually still not crowded. And the second ride, you can use your Fastpass ticket.

FastPass - Disneyland Tickets

FastPass - Disneyland Tickets

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