![]() Sure, that would guarantee you a ride with a guaranteed shorter wait, but here you threaten to destroy completely the logistics and operation of an entire Disney theme park.ĭisneyland in California learnt this to its peril in the early 2000s, when the much-maligned old management seemingly added it to everything in sight, answering the call of unknowing guests and hoping for significant increases in food and merchandise sales as people waited. “Well then, why not make the attraction FASTPASS-only, so that everyone needs a ticket?”. There will, always, be a vast majority who have to grin and bear the queue if they’re to get on-board. Usually it’s only between 40 and 50% of all the guests going through an attraction each day. “But it’s not our problem, they could have got a ticket too” you could say. What happens is that, whilst the flow of people through the FASTPASS queue is regulated and steady in accordance with the attraction’s actual capacity per hour (or throughput) thanks to the timeslots, the people deciding to join the regular queue can end up waiting longer. ![]() It sounds obvious, but many - particularly those “everyday” guests in the parks - assume that if an attraction has FASTPASS it can, somehow, automatically accept a much greater number of people through its turnstiles every hour. The big issue, that anyone against the system will tell you, is this: FASTPASS does not add capacity. You get your ticket, return at the time, and are guaranteed a shorter wait. Here is a way to let people spend the time they would be standing in a line enjoying themselves elsewhere in the park. If you’re a pro- FASTPASS visitor, you might be shocked at just how strongly some people feel against the system. For Disneyland Resort Paris, this is just about the debate of the last twelve months - should Crush’s Coaster offer FASTPASS?įirst, the arguments. Some called “Hurrah”, others called “Horror”.
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