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  1. Indy

    Get rid of FP altogether please. It makes wait times longer. But of course if they can make money off of it they will, at the expense of guest experience. Queues move 2 to 3 times as fast with no FP, and with shorter lines you can be spontaneous and still do everything you want AND you will, overall , spend less time waiting. Unless you ONLY use FP it’s most likely you are spending more time in line. And honestly it’s the repeat visitors like AP holders that can get away with only go on rides with FP because they know they will be back on a few weeks so they don’t feel like they have to ride everything as infrequent visitors do.

  2. Ryan

    Leave the FastPass system alone and keep it the way it is. Quit trying to squeeze more money out of people. Every time something works, someone has to come along and screw it all up.

  3. Bill

    This is a horrible idea. I understand the reasoning (it has nothing to do with increasing your fun), but there is the major hirdle of cost. The average family of four is continually being priced out. Just bring back the original paper Fast Pass system and give the on property folks free dining. AP holders, foreign guests, day trippers, and on property guests get similar opportunities, and the money will come, as if it ever stopped (COVID excepted).

    Have a Magical day!

  4. Paul

    So you have to pay $130 dollars for a ticket then pay more for a max pass? And you think it’s a good idea? Haha lunacy

  5. Dave

    The original fast pass system was designed to help the better organized and better educated to get a jump ahead of the typical one day blue collar weekend warrior. Those who spend a week at a time with longer reservations stay organized earlier than those less affluent and less capable. Walt Disney intended that everyone was equal in entertainment. The fast pass system is nothing short of a jab at social class and economic standing….

    1. Pete

      What utter nonsense. Blue collar ‘uneducated’ folks can’t plan and organize FP+? …oy

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  7. PETE

    Bring back FP+ ASAP. It was a simple system that worked for planners. …3 rides booked in advance. I may increase standby, but not that much. It doesnt stop anyone from standby for any attraction they want, without a FP. Ive booked last minute trips where I did not get first choices, but still got 3 FP’s and stood in standby (and planned timing) for others … BRING it BACK.

  8. Jennie Duncan

    I absolutely disagree! Disney doesn’t need to nickel-and-dime us any more than they already do. If we had to pay $20 per person for the maxpass for our upcoming trip, it would cost us $120 PER DAY for our 12 day trip. I love the Memory Maker, and my experience with the maxpass in Disneyland was that the pix were merely digital, and blown up they were super full of pixels! No way!

  9. Matt Bruns

    FastPass+ is the only reason we kept coming back to Disney World on a regular (pretty yearly) basis. I’m not saying we wouldn’t come back if they do not bring back the system, but we definitely would not come back as often. Getting the guaranteed 3 rides you want and then finding something else at your whim afterword just made the experience so much better then other parks. You spend more time in ride experiences then waiting in line. Maybe not always always your first choices after the first three, but we valued less line waiting over the ‘ideal ride’. It just makes the experience so much better then other parks. This Max Pass system sounds much worse then the fast pass. No guarantees and have to be first in after a midnight flight? No thanks.

  10. Deborah A Rice

    I’m not really sure of the cost but once they start it will increase yearly like everything else. As a annual pass holder I know there are families that want wholesome fun for the family but the extra $10 or 20 is not affordable. That is a meal or a toy for their child. If Disney thinks they need more money then maybe they are missing the point of the magic. What happen to “The Happiest place on Earth?” I don’t even want Souvenirs any more because everything is too costly. Actually I use to collect different things and now my collections are finished because the quality and price doesnt always match. Just saying, I am about priced out of Disney. ?

  11. Tina

    For US citizens who maybe go for a day or a weekend an extra $20 is negligable but for international visitors who save up all year or sometimes even longer for a 2 or 3 week trip to Disney, an extra $20 a day would make this unaffordable. As usual, Disney are planning to cater for the rich only and to hell with the normal working families. Corporate greed is pushing people like me out and Walt will be turning in his grave.

    1. Kc

      Even in the US $20 per person per day is not negligible :/

    2. Sam

      I’ve been to far too many parks that utilise this ‘Maxpass’ type system and in simple terms it favours the wealthy, and is fairly close to the concept of pay to win in video games (and we all know what we think of people who pay for those). Speaking realistically Disney is already extortionately expensive as it is (2 week trip from Europe) and honestly $20 per day extra would just make it impossible, not to mention the depressingly long lines for those without these passes.
      The fast pass system in place currently is perfect and allows everyone equal chance at no extra cost to book the rides they’re desperate to go on allowing them to plan the rest of their day with ease.

    3. Melissa

      Most US citizens also have to save up for a year or more, and still can’t afford 2-3 weeks at WDW. And very few of us can even take that much time off work in the first place.

  12. Melissa

    Whatever the benefits may or may not be, calling an upcharge an “even playing field” is a pretty ridiculous claim.

  13. Dm

    What a load of nonsense! (International guest here). First off the easy one, we buy a 2 week ticket and get memory maker included anyway.

    We also stay on site allowing 60 days before arrival to book our fastpasses. You’d rather that people had to pay more with no guarantee of getting the experiences they came for? Leave it all up to luck on the day and arriving early? I’m on holiday, I don’t want the stress of being up early morning and still missing out. My partner has disabilities which with fastpass mean we can plan the day, in parks, hotel for a rest and back to parks. Not the running around maxpass seems to offer which my partner can’t do anyway.

    Pandemic aside, we visit for 2 weeks every year and fastpass is one of the reasons we return.

  14. Sheryl Donnell

    I’m really disgusted that Disney has changed access for people who actually are handicapped (and can prove with doctors orders, Disability documents). I have a severe chronic pain disease. I can’t be in the park for hours on end. I have to get out of the heat and elevate my legs every couple of hours or I’m headed to the ER. I used to love going to WDW. I couldn’t spend as much time as my family but I could participate. Now, I am no longer able to attend. Being disabled, ill, and having poor health is hard enough on a family. But we used to enjoy the family vacation. Now, it feels like it’s only about making life easier for healthy people and screw the rest of us. I used to go every year. Since they changed policies, I haven’t been back. My family goes while I stay home. All the people who faked illness really did the rest of us in. I literally grieve not being able to visit my beloved parks. The old system was set up to make the experience enjoyable for people who live in unimaginable pain everyday. I never know from day to day how many good hours if any I will have. Planning which attractions/parks I will attend months in advance? No disabled person can come close to estimating that. I might as well just throw my money in the trash. Shame on you Disney.

  15. Lexi

    FastPass+ was great. Yes, you got an advantage for staying on property, or in a few partner hotels in Bonnet Creek or Disney Springs which were comparable in price to a Value resort but at a higher quality. We stayed at a 4 star hotel on Bonnet Creek under $100 per day on one of the hotwire/priceline type sites, and still got 60 days out. People didn’t understand the system. Even if you only got flight of passage at 6pm, snag it anyway. People cancel their pass day of, and Disney releases more randomly through the day. You can keep refreshing while in line and usually modify the late passes to earlier. We waited standby for almost nothing which was great because I was between hospitalizations and in pain. We didn’t pay a crazy amount. Some spontaneous options would come at the cost of a standby line but if half your waits are really short, long waits on the others are no big deal. I am reserving a deluxe villa studio to squeeze in 5 of us on property (because not many other than 1+ bedroom accommodate more than 4) next year, and yeah, I want at least the same FP+ a value resort used to get, not paying extra. If they do put in a pay to play system, certain hotel tiers should get it free like Universal does. BTW, it is worth staying at the higher end hotels there for that perk. 2 or 3 in the room & the cost of that pass basically makes the room free…do the math. I’m not rich, not even a little. If planning a rare family trip, give some tools to make it easier, and if you haven’t figured out how to work it and not break the bank, watch a few videos and figure it out. Fp+ only disadvantaged those without a smartphone and clearly Disney already decided that’s pretty much mandatory which is unfair to the elderly who some can’t even text. Why that, the only legitimate complaint from my point of view, wasn’t mentioned, not sure.

    Maxpass, wake up and try to force kids to the park without a relaxing breakfast or enough sleep, pay extra too? Um…no thank you.

  16. Ben

    I wholeheartedly agree. My wife and I would go every couple months and MaxPass was a staple. We went in just after they reopened and going from annual passholder with MaxPass to civilian and no fast passes whatsoever, it was a terrible experience. We didn’t get to do half the things that we normally do. Bring back MaxPass!

  17. Crystal

    I’ve been to Disneyland/California Adventure many times before Fastpass, with fastpass, and with Maxpass. I’m talking over 30+ years. My families experience was absolutely the best with Maxpass. In my opinion, it was the best thing Disneyland has implemented. Our day went so smoothly, we got to do everything we wanted, it was amazing. I really don’t think I can go back if they don’t bring back the Maxpass. I’ve seen what a great vacation there can be! And, contrary to many opinions, it doesn’t have anything to do with being a morning person. You can’t ok fastpasses for the whole day. You are only allowed a certain number of fastpasses at one time, so you use one, then book another. Doesn’t matter what time you enter the park. I really hope they bring Maxpass back soon!

  18. JKarsen

    I have one reason why we should not be charged for a fast pass BECAUSE WDW IS EXPENSIVE AS IT IS. The admission price is up , parking is expensive, food, everything is expensive. Can’t Disney just stop nickel and dime us for everything. Pretty soon only the well off will be the only ones that will be able to afford WDW.

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