MaxPass / Digital Fastpass - Discussion Thread

[beachdreamr1229]

From another blogger. They may change this ,but :

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CMs were saying that wouldn't work. Even if it did, CMs have been trained to ask for your ticket. I spoke with one who wouldn't confirm, but did repeatedly state that your ticket is the only thing they want scanned.

 

[2boysmommy]

This is completely stressing me out. Our group of 9 arrives 7/31 for 4 days. 4 DL veterans (2 are kids) and 5 DL "newbies". I really thought I had everything planned out so they would have a great time. With this new system...ugh. Plus the possibility of MaxPass starting before we arrive? Best laid plans...out the window!

 

[imjen]

We are here today too. We were surprised when this took effect. No signs were out yesterday warning us about the change. The most annoying and stressful part is having to get the tickets out of dhs wallet, pass them out to the rest of the family (6 people) and then have the kids keep track of their tickets to have them scanned twice on most rides. I held mine and my five year olds tickets and quickly scanned them but while my hands were busy doing that, my five yr old decided to squat under the measuring stick sign, which slowed down our pace and the cm smartly stated that each person should hold their own fast pass so it's faster. Sorry but my barely five year old is not going to be faster than me scanning two tickets and I'm not going to risk him losing his ticket, which he would surely do.

We saw three cm's at the top of space watching us and at least one was watching the photos pop up on her screen. It looks like you definitely can't share fps anymore. You don't show your fp at all. It's just your reminder card/receipt.

We held Buzz and Star Tours fps at the same time. No problems there. We were also in line when Splash broke down (again) and were told we could use our fp anytime later today.

 

[agamble]

How were they running at 1/6? They have 2 "flights" (left and right), each have 3 (A, B, C) sections. So, only 1 section on 1 flight was loading?

Yes. I didn't understand what was taking so long as I saw the line before the ride opened and it wasn't that long. But we waited a while at the first CM and then the CM let in a small group and we were finally let in the long hallway to wait and watched as again only a small group was let in. When we finally got in it became obvious he was the only CM there and only loading the middle.

Didn't see this posted elsewhere, so thought I'd let everyone know: Digital Fast Passes are now in effect at DCA. Wasn't at DL today, so don't know whether they are there yet.

But with digital FPs, the FP is now on your ticket or annual pass. The paper ticket printed out is now just a reminder. When you return to use your FP, you have to scan your park ticket or annual pass under the "Mickey Ears" reader, similar to those at WDW.

The major downside to this, obviously, is that you can no longer "stack" FPs. In order to get a new FP, you either have to use your FP or the outside time window has to expire. For example, if you FP window is 9:05-10:05, you previously could get a new FP after 9:05. Now that is no longer possible.

Guess it spreads the FPs around, but for those experienced guests, this will put a serious crimp in touring plan strategies.

We were able to pull a FP for Star Tours before using our Space FP. What I couldn't do was take my groups tickets with me to pull another FP if my time was right because they had to keep the tickets to rescan at middle of queue. They did not rescan on Star Tours though.

From another blogger. They may change this ,but :

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Can someone please confirm if CM's are checking Photos of ppl? Or for example can you use another person from your party ticket to enter the attraction?

We were told everyone MUST have their own tickets. The scanners they used were definitely capable of showing pictures and probably do. We didn't chance it and my mom and husband switched places. We had rarely used her ticket all week for FP because we didn't need 5 FP since only four were riding.

Wanted to add, that DH has continued to be our FP runner today. Obtaining the FP remains the same. It's just redeeming them that has changed. And to redeem each person does have to scan their own card. It's really simple to do. It turns green when it's accepted and yes, it brings up your picture to the handheld device the CM is holding. I hope that helps.

I didn't like that they wanted my four year old to hold his ticket. He didn't want to give it back either. We didn't let him keep it between check points.

 

[Jerryp49]

The most annoying and stressful part is having to get the tickets out of dhs wallet, pass them out to the rest of the family (6 people) and then have the kids keep track of their tickets to have them scanned twice on most rides. I held mine and my five year olds tickets and quickly scanned them but while my hands were busy doing that, my five yr old decided to squat under the measuring stick sign, which slowed down our pace and the cm smartly stated that each person should hold their own fast pass so it's faster. Sorry but my barely five year old is not going to be faster than me scanning two tickets and I'm not going to risk him losing his ticket, which he would surely do.

Looks like we need the option to have Magic Bands

 

[ktlm]

ETA: Just used the system on Space. You have to scan twice - once at beginning of line and again when FP line merges with regular line. The chances of my children losing their APs has just increased exponentially.

We were told everyone MUST have their own tickets.

I didn't like that they wanted my four year old to hold his ticket. He didn't want to give it back either. We didn't let him keep it between check points.

This makes me unhappy. When my DD was between the ages of 3 and 6, there is no way I would have wanted her holding her own park ticket for even a minute. I probably would never have seen it again. Actually, DH isn't much better. DD is now 11, and I would trust her more than DH, but every time this is going to involve me having to pass out their tickets and collect them again. With the paper FPs, I usually just held all of them myself- and even if I gave them to DH and DD, I wouldn't stress because it wasn't like it was their ticket for the rest of our trip. If they are going to make each person, including 3 year olds hold and scan their own tickets instead of just letting one person scan all of them for the group, they need magic bands.

 

[megs1313]

So, we still have no idea when maxpass is coming? i'm totally stressed about this. trip is 7/6! two weeks!

 

[Kender]

Wait. So now not only can I not pixie dust and random stranger if I can't use a FP, but if they're being strict to the person attached to the pass, that means I can no longer get two rides on ToT/GotG using my mom's pass to pull a second FP . She won't ride it with me, but we always pull two FPs between our passes each trip (3-5 day trips every six to eight weeks roughly) so I can get my fix on the ride without her having to wait with me or for me for too long.

Even WDW let me use my CM friend's pass for FPs she couldn't use due to a back injury when I visited her, but there's no pictures that pop up to my knowledge with those. And they knew I was using her pass (we asked directly if I could since otherwise one of the two FPs would go to waste). We didn't try to hide it.

I really, really hope that part isn't going to be a hard fast rule. That's obscene.

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Wait. So now not only can I not pixie dust and random stranger if I can't use a FP, but if they're being strict to the person attached to the pass, that means I can no longer get two rides on ToT/GotG using my mom's pass to pull a second FP . She won't ride it with me, but we always pull two FPs between our passes each trip (3-5 day trips every six to eight weeks roughly) so I can get my fix on the ride without her having to wait with me or for me for too long.

Even WDW let me use my CM friend's pass for FPs she couldn't use due to a back injury when I visited her, but there's no pictures that pop up to my knowledge with those. And they knew I was using her pass (we asked directly if I could since otherwise one of the two FPs would go to waste). We didn't try to hide it.

I really, really hope that part isn't going to be a hard fast rule. That's obscene.

I'm pretty bummed about the photo thing. We also did Disney World last year and they directly told us it was fine to swap Magic Bands for FPs.

 

[jetskigrl]

Bummer, we are going this Saturday and I was hoping they would hold off on this change until later. We often pull 4 FP for rides and let the kids ride twice if Dh and I don't feel like going. I guess that won't be happening anymore. I'm also bummed that we can't pixie dust our unused FPs to friends or other guests if we aren't going to be using them.

What I really dislike is that DH skips a lot of the rides due to back issues so he usually is our FP runner while we are on the rides. So I really dislike us having to carry our tickets with us on the ride, which means he can't use that time to get us more FP

 

[wenrob]

Guys have you actually seen the photos pop up? My DD has been paying attention to detail for me and she says what she's seen pop up on the handheld is a green check mark.

IMO it really hasn't been bad. Of course we had a heads up and kind of knew what to expect. If someone is holding up the line there are two scanners. We've just moved over when that happens. My kids are 20/11/11 so it hasn't been a huge deal. We still all hand them to older DD after we've gone through though.

 

[ParkHopper1]

Test question for anyone at the parks and willing to try...

1) Can you scan your barcode in the DL app off your phone if you have your AP or ticket linked instead of the physical hard ticket for your return time redemption?

2) Can you scan a PHOTO of your ticket barcode off your phone?

I don't mind the new system but would much rather just be able to scan the phone in the FP lines vs having to keep pulling out the AP three times per attraction.

Seems like that would be a working feature with where they are headed with the MaxPass system

 

[Niltiac]

What I really dislike is that DH skips a lot of the rides due to back issues so he usually is our FP runner while we are on the rides. So I really dislike us having to carry our tickets with us on the ride, which means he can't use that time to get us more FP

I'm sure this isn't the reason behind it, but I do think it's interesting that this change makes Max Pass more valuable. If your FP "runner" is collecting FP digitally, they don't need to be holding the tickets.

 

[BriannaRuth]

I'm sure this isn't the reason behind it, but I do think it's interesting that this change makes Max Pass more valuable. If your FP "runner" is collecting FP digitally, they don't need to be holding the tickets.

Exactly. There's no need to have a FP runner if you're using MaxPass.

 

[Abbey1]

Are they 100% enforcing that each guest must scan their own ticket at the scanners? Even very young children? Or children with special needs? Will they not allow a parent to scan their own ticket and their child's? It seems like there should be some leeway in regards to this aspect.

 

[Barbanellie]

Are WoC FP still disconnected from the ride FPs, with this new system?

 

[Winnowill]

Man, am I glad we were there last week rather than this. Of course, I live the idea of immediate return times. The other part...not so much.

 

[wenrob]

Are they 100% enforcing that each guest must scan their own ticket at the scanners? Even very young children? Or children with special needs? Will they not allow a parent to scan their own ticket and their child's? It seems like there should be some leeway in regards to this aspect.

The lady in front of us scanned all her kids on Grizzly and they didn't say anything. Honestly it goes faster having your kids do it. You just walk by and tap, it lights up and chimes and you're good to go.

Also, we got all nosy looking at the handheld scanners. Two Mickeys (one for each scanner) that light up green when the FPs are scanned. Not your pic. They will say you're early, late or the FP has been used. I'm thinking you could use each other's passes (as long as they have FPs scanned to them). We've been riding together so I'm not sure if I'll be able to test that out or not.

 

[wenrob]

Man, am I glad we were there last week rather than this. Of course, I live the idea of immediate return times. The other part...not so much.

People are making it out to be a bigger deal than it is. It has not slowed us down at all. There have been one or two back ups but we simply move over to the other machine. It's been fairly easy, we've been doing it all day. I think next trip we'll be using lanyards to simplify more.

 

[DisneyJamieCA]

Guys have you actually seen the photos pop up? My DD has been paying attention to detail for me and she says what she's seen pop up on the handheld is a green check mark.

IMO it really hasn't been bad. Of course we had a heads up and kind of knew what to expect. If someone is holding up the line there are two scanners. We've just moved over when that happens. My kids are 20/11/11 so it hasn't been a huge deal. We still all hand them to older DD after we've gone through though.

I thought I saw a picture on one, but I'm not 100% positive. I will try to look more carefully the next time we do it. It very well may be a check mark that comes up. I do know that at least on Buzz, the system is screwy - the pass scanned on the left side of the machine shows up on the right side of the handheld and vice-versa. The CM said it was really confusing to keep track of everybody coming through.

Are they 100% enforcing that each guest must scan their own ticket at the scanners? Even very young children? Or children with special needs? Will they not allow a parent to scan their own ticket and their child's? It seems like there should be some leeway in regards to this aspect.

I'm sure there would be some leeway, but they have been very insistent on each person scans their pass and then moves through. I was waiting for DS after we had trouble on the ride before with his pass and the CM asked me to move through. So far it hasn't been too bad to collect them back from the kids right after that point.

I do know a CM can override the system. Had problems with DS pass showing as valid for some reason (worked fine earlier that morning) and she was able to clear it so it would show valid at the second check point. It does help to keep the paper reminder tickets as we were able to show her we did pull 6 of those.

Are WoC FP still disconnected from the ride FPs, with this new system?

We're not in DCA so can't confirm with certainty, but my understanding is that is still disconnected and will remain that way.