Fastpass - WDWNT Archive 2014

BREAKING: Guests Can Only Ride Toy Story Mania Via FastPass+ This Week

WDWNT Author on October 6, 2014

In a strange test, Walt Disney World guests visiting Disney’s Hollywood Studios now through Friday will need a FastPass + to ride Toy Story Midway Mania. Walt Disney World is attempting to offer enough FastPass+ throughout the day to fill the attraction to capacity, not allowing any guests to use a standby queue or use the Disability Access Service (DAS) to ride. Disney will not even allow guest relations cast members the ability to offer access to the attraction to appease any disgruntled guests during this period.

The reasoning for this test is to see if attractions offered by reservation-only can be successful, eliminating long lines by only taking on the amount of guests the attraction can handle at one given time. Similar tests and policies have been applied at attractions and meet-and-greets over the last several months, but this is the first time that absolutely no attraction access will granted via a method other than FastPass+.

With Disney making more than the usual allotment of FastPass+ reservations available, guests can still obtain a FastPass+ for Toy Story Mania through Friday as of right now. In short, guests visiting this week without a FastPass+ reservation are not out of luck just yet.

It is unknown if this test is somehow related to rumors that a third track for Toy Story Mania will be constructed, including rumblings that the new track maybe be used only for guests with FastPass+ reservations, or just a test to see the feasibility of offering attractions via FastPass+ only.

Unlimited FastPass+ With Park-Hopping Begins 4/28/14

WDWNT Author on April 26, 2014

Starting Monday April 28th, after guests have used their first three FastPass+ selections that they arranged before arriving, they will be able to select another one at one of the kiosks located in each of the WDW parks. When they’ve used that one, they’ll be able to select another, and so on. Guests will also be able to select and use their additional FastPass+ entitlements when they hop from park to park.

Stay tuned to WDW News Today as more information on the rollout of MyMagic+ becomes available.

Joe Hogarty’s 2/3/14 Magic Kingdom Photo Report

WDWNT Author on February 6, 2014

WDWNT Reporter Joe Hogarty visited the Magic Kingdom on Monday and has some newsworthy photos to share with us from his trip to the park:

A section of the Confectionary is behind tarps

The crane can still be found behind Cinderella Castle

Legacy FastPass machines being ripped out at Mickey’s Philharmagic

But a FastPass+ kiosk can be found not far away

A queue set up for the initial rush on most days

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is progressing nicely, rumors indicate we may get a March soft-opening

We can now see the first details on Snow White’s cottage

We can now see emergency railings along the track, at least they look themed

Someone forgot their broom

TREES!

More details have been added to the strange mechanism with the vultures on it

I wonder what is in the basket…

The signage should be installed soon

Smokin’ on the job…

This guy is my favorite…

Hey, “it’s a small world” was built on martinis and cigarettes, so I’m OK with it

We can only imagine what has arrived in these boxes at the work site

The wishing well is closed off until the crane leaves

Work continues on enclosing the patio on Cosmic Ray’s Starlight Cafe

More FastPass+ by Stitch’s Great Escape

The Casey’s Corner seating area is being expanded

Casey’s is also closed right now

This was the Dole Whip line…

Yep…

Agrabah Bazaar getting some work done

There is an Enchanted Tiki Room tankard cup now available at Sunshine Tree Terrace

It features the tiki faces from inside the Enchanted Tiki Room

We need more stuff like this to buy, right?

Monorail service in the middle of the day has been suspended and will likely be for a few weeks while some maintenance is performed

Hayley Nance’s 1/26/14 Magic Kingdom Photo Report

WDWNT Author on January 31, 2014

We welcome WDWNT’s own Hayley Nance on-board as a Walt Disney World photographer/reporter this week, and she gets started by bringing us some wonderful photos from earlier this week at the Magic Kingdom: