More Alcohol in Magic Kingdom & Pre-Selected FastPass+ Disney World Tickets
Today in “not a big deal now but something to watch for future Walt Disney World trends” news, we have two tidbits. First, alcohol is now being served at two new Magic Kingdom restaurants. Second, park tickets are being sold that come bundled with pre-selected FastPass+ times.
In this post, we’ll cover why neither of these pieces of news are particularly noteworthy right now, but what they could mean in the future. We’ll start with alcohol being served at those two Magic Kingdom restaurants (Crystal Palace and Plaza Restaurant), which really is not noteworthy since four Magic Kingdom restaurants started serving alcohol a couple of years ago.
In our article covering the announcement of an expanded alcohol presence in Magic Kingdom, we focused primarily on the hypocrisy of the decision by a company that is usually eager to invoke Walt Disney quotes to justify decisions that it knows could be unpopular with diehard fans. We pretty much glossed over the impact to the guest experience, noting that it should be minimal because the sales are constrained to a few table service restaurants.
That was probably a mistake then, and it would likewise be a mistake to dismiss this as a non-issue since no one is likely to care that two more restaurants, which aren’t exactly places where booze is thematically necessary or appropriate. We think that’s sort of the point, though.
If the goal was to introduce alcohol–a product that carries with it high profits–into Magic Kingdom with as little controversy as possible given that it was against Walt Disney’s explicit wishes for alcohol to be sold in Disneyland (and presumably by extension, Magic Kingdom), how do you go about that? Start with the French restaurant, where alcohol is part of the experience to create an exception to the rule. Continue with the four restaurants that all have thematically-appropriate types of alcohol that could be served to establish precedent.
After that, expand alcohol to settings where it makes zero sense in terms of guest experience or theme. From there, slowly introduce it everywhere else. Each subsequent instance of the no-alcohol policy being further relaxed carries less significance because the damage has finally been done, until the exceptions swallow the rule.
Case in point: we don’t really care whether alcohol is served at Crystal Palace or Plaza Restaurant. We’re not going to pay $9 for a can of Bud Light or Stella (the photo at the top is what we were served at Tony’s; a can of beer, just like every fine Italian restaurant), but it still doesn’t affect us. It’ll have zero impact on the experience of other guests who choose not to drink, and in isolation, it won’t in any way change the family-friendly atmosphere in Magic Kingdom.
However, we don’t think the same justifications Disney has used in the past work here, and we do think this is sort of silly to serve beer at a Winnie the Pooh character meal, but it ultimately makes no difference to us. We do note that alcohol is now included in the Disney Dining Plan, and we wouldn’t be surprised if Disney releases a statement chalking this up “to guest demand.”
It’ll be interesting to see whether Walt Disney World tries to further relax Magic Kingdom’s alcohol policies and how they try to do that. We suspect counter service restaurants, outdoor vending carts, and the like are a line in the sand for a lot of Disney fans (that’s the case for us).
Table service restaurants are one thing and unlikely to be problematic, but once alcohol is at counter service dining spots, more guests have unfettered access to it, and that’s a potential cause for concern. Although that’s exactly the kind of access that exists in Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Animal Kingdom, and we’ve never experienced any issues there. Problematic drinking, in our experience, is exclusively a World Showcase issue, and that likely is due to the unique nature of that area of Epcot.
Next, the 1-day tickets with pre-linked FastPass+ experiences. Walt Disney World just started offering this, and there are a variety of different options with names like “Fantasyland Classics” (it’s a small world, Dumbo, Mad Tea Party), “Futuristic and Frightful Fun” (Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin, Haunted Mansion, Tomorrowland Speedway), and “Pint-Size Adventures” (Barnstormer, Magic Carpets of Aladdin, Pirates of the Caribbean). You can see the rest of the ticket options here. In every case, these are unpopular FastPass+ attractions being tacked on to one-day tickets for no additional charge.
So it’s free and these are unpopular rides…what’s the big deal? Well, potentially nothing. This could simply be a way for Walt Disney World to provide the perception of added value on pricey tickets, or even increase the adoption rate of FastPass+ (it’s probably unfathomable for anyone reading this, but a lot of guests don’t realize FastPass+ is free–so they never use it). Both of those would be savvy moves, and no cause for alarm.
The cynic in me worries that there’s more to this. For a while I’ve been predicting that we will see some form of paid FastPass at Walt Disney World. I’ll double down on that prediction now: we will see some form of paid FastPass+ before Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge opens late next year.
Whether it takes the form of MaxPass at Disneyland, pre-loaded tickets like this, or something else is an open question. While no fans are going to run out and purchase these one-day tickets for the current FastPass+ allotment packages, what happens if/when there’s something better?
What concerns me here is that Disney has created the underlying tech infrastructure needed for tickets with pre-linked FastPass+ and will do a pilot test on that technology. Once the hiccups are overcome (because this is Disney and technology, so nothing is ever smooth sailing!), they could move on to more popular attractions, which can be sold at premium prices. Maybe you wouldn’t pay extra for any of these tickets, but would you pay $20 extra for “Triple Mountain Whammy” (Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, Splash Mountain, Space Mountain)?
Maybe you’ve been there, done that, and wouldn’t pay extra for those. What about $50 extra for “Batuu Blast-off!” (Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, Star Tours) if you couldn’t otherwise score a FastPass+ for the new Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge attractions and knew this would save yourself rope drop insanity and over 5 hours in line? (Come to think of it, $50 is probably way less than they’d actually charge in that scenario.)
Whatever ends up occurring with this, I don’t see Walt Disney World eliminating free FastPass+ allotments. It earns them too much goodwill, and flipping a switch to make that paid at this point would result in exponentially more complaints than the overnight hotel parking fees and pet-friendly hotel announcements combined. It would be a disaster. Seriously, I think the only more controversial thing Walt Disney World could do is ban children.
Rather, the way they will do this (if at all) is by diluting the pool of free FastPass+ allotments by moving some of those over to the paid pool. In other words, it’ll technically be possible to book a Ratatouille: the Adventure or Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway FastPass+ free of charge, but half the “normal” pool is set aside from the outside for some sort of up-charge, and the rest are so popular that they are fully-booked over 60 days in advance. In this scenario, there’s less likely to be outrage, even though the functional result is the same: effectively no free FastPass+ for the popular new attractions.
This all may very well be much ado about nothing. As mentioned, it could just be Walt Disney World trying to improve FastPass+ adoption rates and guest satisfaction with them. I’ve painted a vivid picture here, but I want to be abundantly clear that I have zero inside information; this is entirely speculation (what would the internet be without rampant speculation and over-analysis?!). It just seems to me like the writing is on the wall for some form of paid FastPass+ given the massive success (and profitability) of MaxPass at Disneyland and recent trends in up-charges at Walt Disney World. It’s possible that my prediction will never come to pass and I’ll be totally wrong–it has happened many times before. I just find it hard to believe that Walt Disney World is investing so heavily in new attractions without plans to leverage those to create new revenue streams. That would be a move wholly inconsistent with recent history at Walt Disney World.
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Your Thoughts
What do you think about the new alcohol offerings at Magic Kingdom? Do you worry this is part of a larger trend, or does this make zero difference to you? What about bundling FastPass+ with one-day tickets…any concerns for how that could play out in the future? Are we making much ado about nothing, or is there genuine cause for speculation here? Any other thoughts? Hearing your feedback is both interesting to us and helpful to other readers, so please share your thoughts below in the comments!
You can bring it into the park. Just put in your mouth before you enter. Disney is not discriminating, they are simply following federal law. I live in Washington, recreational marijuana is legal here, but not in public. And if you are going to complain about something, and want to be validated, stick to comparing apples to apples. The comparison of opiates and marijuana is valid. Attacking gay people in your discriminatory marijuana rant just makes you come off as bitter and prejudiced. If you still feel strongly about it, don’t go during gay week.
I so agree!!!!
I think the thing about these advance FPs is that, if you’re buying a WDW ticket the day before having done no planning, you’re clearly so disinterested in Disney that it doesn’t really matter what rides you get. I think the concept of “prime FPs” is one that us Disney fanatics get carried away with.
By the way, I saw you at the 3:30 showing of Up! today, and nearly said hello, stopping myself only due to the fact you were clearly with other people. Which is to say, I think you owe those people a beer 😉 However – I am very much looking forward to your review. I came away feeling incredibly positive about it!
“By the way, I saw you at the 3:30 showing of Up! today, and nearly said hello, stopping myself only due to the fact you were clearly with other people. Which is to say, I think you owe those people a beer”
It’s really a good thing you didn’t stop “me,” as I’m nowhere near Florida right now. That definitely would’ve been an awkward encounter, haha!
(I am looking forward to checking out the Up show, though!)
Oh wow. My facial recognition really sucks! That said, he REALLY did look like you (a little older than I imagined, but I ascribed that to an extensive campaign of photoshop trickery on your part, these sneaky celebrities…), and his private post-show tour from a Disney employee sealed the deal for me.
Let’s just hope he has impeccably high taste, before someone sees “you” busting a move in the Tomorrowland Dance Party..!
We just spent Spring Break/Easter week at Disney.(too crowded!) We are also DVC members and have been 12 years now. We waited this year due to health reasons, to purchase our tickets & set up our FP as early as we should have, that being said, we did get them, but it took work. One day, we were only able to book 2 passes at AK. I tried to book the 3rd from my phone at the hotel. Boom, it wiped my 2 existing FP out for the whole party. My husband found someone in the park and they restored them, and gave us a free FP to any ride. As they should have, technology is not always Disney’s strong suit. As for the alcohol in the parks it’s been there for years. As you say, at MK, at table service. If you haven’t noticed inebriated people by now, you probably won’t. That said, even if they add 2 more table service options, I don’t think it would change anything. However, because it is the Magic Kingdom, and smaller children and young families frequent it more often, I really would Not Ever want to see alcohol sold at carts. EVER. I don’t think that park is big enough as it is, and add stumbling drunks, there is bound to be more problems. I don’t drink beer, but I’ve been at MK on days where it was so stressful with the kids, other families, etc, a beer might have been just what I needed, and that’s saying a mouthful. I think for the cost of Disney, the tickets should come with more than 3 FPs. Or they should add the free option, that once you have used a FP, you can add another. Also, I also think if you purchase a Park Hopper ticket, you ought to be able to spread out your passes between parks. This can’t be done now.
The gondolas were going up in the Hollywood parking lot, I shudder to think what disasters that will bring. Those are not meant for Florida. Summer storms, lightning, wind, no thank you! I’ll stick to the old monorail line.
Thanks for your thoughts, have a Magical Day!
After you’ve used all three you can add one at a time each time you use one. The trick is go early and take advantage of low lines everywhere, have good preselected fast passes for 10am, 11am, and noon. As soon as you scan for entry on fast pass three, you can find your next one (even take the brief time waiting in your FastPass line to book your next one). Select rides by time proximity and ones that you’ll probably ride, even if a fast pass for a better ride is a couple of hours later. You can refresh and will likely still have an opportunity for that better ride as it gets later anyway but you’ve knocked out a couple lower priority ones in the meantime. When I was there during mid/late-March I was park hopping and still getting through 8-9 fast passes per day overall.
I had gone to Magic Kingdom DisneyWorld last year and had my concerns about the unmanaged children and excessive strollers; my friends assured me there was not to be a problem.
Wrong.
First of all some parents should not have children if they do not know how to discipline them especially in public.
Two, excessive strollers especially to the level of 3 to 4 children abreast are not user friendly to the small paths in Magic Kingdom.
I couldn’t deal with it and looked for a kiosk for a small beer to calm down and deal with the atrocities I was being presented with.
There were none!
The Disney Staff were very accommodating, the main Guest Services not, just talking to the wall.
Please put one or two kiosks serving beer\wine in the park to deal with this issue,
I did speak with Guest Services at the beginning of the park for problem resolution and several suggestions.
Just talking to the wall.
There are patrons, who do not have children, whom would like to go to Magic Kingdom and enjoy their day.
Walt is rolling in his grave, wait, cryogenic chamber.
J
I just made a post regarding the size of MK, and how I didn’t think a Cart was a good idea,……….I don’t include you. You made the perfect case. I just wasn’t willing to say it like I meant it. Have a Magical Day!
So what you’re saying is you can’t have fun with kids around you unless you’re bombed. Pathetic.
So you’re upset that you encountered strollers while visiting Disney World. You know, I went to a bar the other day and I was so upset by how much alcohol there was.
Its a real shame you have to drink alcohol to deal with a stressful situation. I hate that they are going to turn the magic kingdom into a “bar” “club” it will soon be trashy like Universal. Walt would have allowed this….im sure. You need alcohol to deal with life? go to epcot….a bunch of drunks are there staggering around, you can fit right in.
First of all, I had to stop reading at the cynical, yet not validated nonsense of Disney serving alcohol at MK via Quick Serve restaurants and kiosks. First off, anyone who has tackled a Drink Around the World fest in Epcot during a 98° summer day, know s you only get to maybe 3 drinks before you NEED to stop. As for the beer they will/would sell, at most likely 200% markup, it wouldn’t do that much damage anyway at ony 5-6% abv, you stated it yourself with what doesn’t happen at AK. So please stop. Just a suggestion, stop being so whiny, especially if you want people to read you ENTIRE opinionated article.
Oh my goodness, if I have learned anything from this comment section it is that every new decision Disney makes is wrong. I went to Disney World for the first time a month ago and loved it. I don’t understand this trending where everyone complains about it all. If you plan on going to a Disney Park you might as well go into it without a negative mind set. Informed and complaining are definitely different things, nothing against the article. If all of these decisions mean people will really follow through on being done with Disney then I will happily sip my beer and enjoy my day.
Magic Kingdom should have stayed alcohol free, corporate greed for a high profit item is the reason it no longer Is! The Fast Pass Scheme is designed to give guests a false sense of value on the 340 days a year that the parks are OverCrowded.
Eroding Fan Goodwill ? Yea, I think so !
I have sent an email to Disney about any future plan to charge for FP+. I explained to them that through good planning and a willingness to be flexible, we get to experience almost everything we want while almost never waiting on a line. This works not only to our advantage but to Disney’s as well. In the time we are NOT waiting on line, we are shopping, eating, strolling to areas we haven’t been to in awhile for more shopping, more eating, the occasional cocktail, etc. In short, it means we are spending much more money than just the price of admission. To wait two, three or more hours for each of the best attractions would not leave any time for anything else…like spending money. If we had to pay for FP+, we would not go to Disney World as often as we do, so they would also lose the money we currently spend to stay at a Disney Resort. Whatever fee they might come up with for FP+ would be nothing compared to what they would lose. It’s simple economics.
The genie is long out of the bottle. If it’s a possibility of found revenue, Disney will give it a run. The days of Walt and all this Imagineering has given way to the priority keeping the share price high and shareholders happy.
Not you pay for parking at the hotel. Now you pay even more to park at the parks. Cups with RFID in then so guests can’t “rip off” the Mouse with endless soda. Tiered ticket prices. $500 tent rentals in MK. Express buses to other ideas if you want to pay a fee. $50 dessert parties to watch fireworks. Extras events that now cost as much as the day ticket. Anywhere to leverage more revenue is not a question of if, it’s when.
And just wait until Star Wars land opens. Jumping catfish, back up the Brinks trunk! $1000/night to stay at the new hotel and “special” parties that are not at special because they are every night but still will cost you $199 ticket. Fun times a ahead of you got deep pockets!
I have no problem with RFID cups. We experimented and discovered that we could get a maximum of three cups of Coke last visit (January, 2018 Pop Century). That’s a lot of Coke and nobody says they HAVE to give refills anyway.
What I took exception to in this article was the labeling of certain rides as unpopular. Since when are Pirates of the Caribbean (sp?), Haunted House, and a couple of the other MAJOR attractions “unpopular?”
The biggest price change of late that irks me is paying to park overnight at the hotels. The only place I have willingly paid to park at or near my hotel is in New York City. The cost of parking at a Disney resort has, at least in the 17 years I have been going to WDW, been included in the room rate and we always considered it one of the perks of guesthood.
It’s a shame how The New Disney is only focused in emptying everyone’s pockets, I paid $12 once for a beer which was in a can and the poured into a small plastic cup which only could hold 1/2 the can, they then used the other half can to pour another $12 beer. Family values are all out the door there, even the fast passes are a joke as you can never find them available anymore, the average wait time is minimum 2 hours. I spent over 6 hours at Animal Kingdom just for me and my daughters to God on 3 rides . What a wasted day, then the rides are rushed off so they can acccomodate more people. I am no longer interested in Disney and their Greed.
I would pay an extra $50/ day for unlimited fast passes. I mean, you get some extra perks for staying at certain resorts on property as well.
If you can get there for rope drop you can fit a surprising amount quickly. I was there in spring break season and did Flight of Passage and Na’vi River and was on the safari by about 8:30 (rides opened about 7:30 that day). Had FPs for Na’vi River, Everest, and Kali River starting about 10am, did Dinosaur and Everest and Kali again. So altogether 9 rides and did the animal trails (Asian Trek and Gorilla Falls) and was out of the park before 1pm to hop to another.
The alcohol thing does not bother me. The thing that bothers me is that they include it in the dining plan. 2 of my children have to have the adult dinning plan because of their age. I feel like the high price of the dinning plan is including alcohol, so why don’t they just sell it as a option. If you want to add an alcohol package to a dinning plan then you can pay for it. Instead of my children that are no where near legal age to drink don’t have to pay for this extra. Just a thought.
I agree with this 100%.
I agree with the general sentiment that these are not big changes in an of themsleves, but they do seem to represent another step down the slope.
Are these “pre-loaded” tickets available? Also, if these tickets come loaded with fast passes, do you still get your three regular fast passes to use as well? Asking because my kids are at the age of wanting to ride as many rides as they can, so if there isn’t an extra charge and the tickets just come with the fast passes – AND we can also book another three fast passes, I will make sure those tickets are the ones we get. Also, do these tickets come in the multi-day tickets, or do you have to purchase a one day ticket for MK? I
I was wondering the same thing about whether these are “additional” fast passes. But best as I can gather from Tom’s post and Disney’s site, the ones “pre-loaded” on your ticket are the only fast passes you will get (though you have the option to change them). I think as Tom alluded to, Disney is hip to the fact that many visitors mistakenly think FastPass+ is a fee-based system (or are intimidated by the process).
So, continuing that line of thinking, Disney is cleverly marketing this as a bonus add-on to 1-day tickets, even though all of those tickets would already be eligible for other Fast Passes (unbeknownst to that target visitor who thinks they’ve struck gold with “free Fast Passes”). And Disney is only adding unpopular FastPass attractions to the tickets so that this program doesn’t eat up FastPasses for more popular rides.
Can anyone confirm these assumptions?
How disturbing to see Disney further enter the alcohol trade. We dont need to expose children to this , and we dont need to rub shoulders with inebriated guests. Further as 10 percent of the US population suffers from the disease of alcoholism, the formerly safe alcohol free space represented by Disney has now collapsed. As far as the Use of more “fast passes”, I am opposed. I am sick of being forced to tour Disney on a ridgid, straight jacketed basis. Its neither fun nor relaxing. What a sad end to a beautiful place.
I totally agree!!
I definitely agree with you on the alcohol. I wish Disney would stay true to Walt Disney’s wishes and keep it out of the parks. I do not want my children exposed to it or the people who abuse it. Disney used to be a safe place for families, and it has unfortunately declined with its family friendly values. They could make the decision not to serve alcohol and the public could either choose not to go or they could go and accept it.
I agree! We just returned from Disney World and the amount of inebriated guests at Epcot was staggering. They made the day at that park much less enjoyable. My 5 and 7 year old sons witnessed much more than they should have and it made it stressful for my husband and I.
I totally agree, gone are the days when a family could enjoy going to Disney World/ Disneyland without a bunch of drunks stagering around. What kind of message is Disney sending kids? Especially with people who have problems with alcoholism. & what about people getting drunk @ the parks & then driving home. I hope that no one has to get severely hurt due to some idiot who drives while drunk.
I totally agree! We went to Epcot during wine and food festival and there was a group of drunks. Disney employees didn’t do a thing. This is a place that is spose to be for families. There is nothing special about Disney anymore they are another universal studios and knottsberry farm. Now that it’s no longer in the Disney family the new owners are all about greed.
I so agree!!!!
Everything old is new again.
I can’t help but be amused to note that the idea of paying for “upcharge” Fastpass selections on your ticket is pretty much the same concept as the way tickets worked when the park first opened when the price of your ticket book was based on the mix of A,B,C,D, and E-tickets within it and additional ride tickets could be added on for a price directly related to the popularity of the rides that the ticket would let you get on. I mean, it’s not *exactly* the same, because as you note you can also still get on these rides without the upcharge. But it’s close enough to give me a chuckle.
I hated the books, but remember them well. Was so happy when Disney abandoned this practice in the eighties.
Yes! The same thought crossed my mind while reading the post. Between the time ticket books were sold and fast pass was introduced just having a simple “one pass for everything” approach was wonderful. The whole thing is just so very complicated today. I’ll still be online at midnight eastern 60 days out to book those initial fast passes but I wish it wasn’t necessary.
If the beer sold at the Crystal Palace is “Honey Wheat” beer, I bet Pooh would approve.
The way FP+ is set up it really favors those in the know. That’s good for the die-hard’s who are reading this blog but probably not for the family who only goes once every few years. I could see the benefit for the latter if they automatically got an E-ticket ride or two, but I hope this doesn’t dilute the larger FP+ tool.
If Disney were to start monetizing FP then I can’t imagine what the base non-FP experience would be. With the amount of ride capacity given FP+ currently, guests would be able to ride so few attractions in the late morning and afternoon. At that point you would be spending the vast majority of the day standing in lines. That is not the Disney experience I would recommend!
On the flip side, Universal has their pay or stay line skip system which is actually awesome when you have it but a tough pill to swallow for the extra money. I’ve ended up paying for it the last few times that I’ve stayed there and the extra money is worth it if time is your most valuable commodity.
I’m an annual pass holder I go about 4 times a year I can get a fast pass 60 days out but can never get any popular rides there are no perks for pass holders either when it comes to fast pass
I have similar thoughts about the alcohol, as for the pre-loaded FastPasses, I don’t know if I’m being too optimistic in how I’m looking at it, but I think that (assuming it doesn’t turn into paid FastPass) it could be a good thing.
Before I read everyone else’s opinions of it, I thought of it as being more akin to the bonus FastPasses you get on occasion. When I worked at Lights, Motors, Action (after the Backlot Tour was closed and attractions at Hollywood Studios were dwindling) guests used to come to LMA with ‘bonus’ FastPasses they got from making FastPass selections elsewhere. And if anything this would have helped other guests who weren’t seeing LMA, because it took lots of guests out of the rest of the park for at least an hour when they’d be using FastPasses at a show that didn’t require a FastPass and had plenty of seating anyway, so in theory the lines for the more popular attractions (Toy Story) should have been shorter during LMA shows.
I think (/hope) that would work the same way or better with these pre-loaded FastPasses. Most of the opinions I’ve seen about it seem to be Disney fans who think these tickets are a waste because there aren’t any worthwhile attractions featured, but I would say that’s the point. And like you said, those aren’t the people who would ever be purchasing one-day tickets anyway and moreover lots of guests don’t realize they can make FastPasses for free to begin with, so for someone with absolutely no idea what they’re doing (and no initiative to figure out what they’re doing…) three FastPasses even if for ‘meh’ attractions could help them.
I also remember when they did the “bonus” FastPass for Carousel of Progress; for a while, it was the only time when CoP ever had a line!
Unfortunately, I don’t think that will occur here. What you’re describing only works to redistribute crowds if there is unused capacity on the attractions to which guests are being sent. In looking at the attractions on the list, I don’t see any that regularly has no line or plays to half-empty theaters (maybe the DHS stage shows? I really don’t watch them enough to know. Even then, I think Toy Story Land is going to far outdraw its capacity, meaning those shows will start filling up naturally if they don’t already).
I do agree that these tickets will prove useful for clueless guests, and improving their satisfaction might very well be all this is about. In that case, this move should have drawn a simple “kudos, Disney” instead of rampant speculation about what it means for the future. Sadly, I think it’s very fair to question what up-charge motives might lie behind any new offering…as that’s what recent history has taught us to expect.
That’s true, and DHS stage shows may not even have capacity issues right now with so few attractions in the park. If anything it could increase capacity for shows only because people are showing up earlier when they use a FastPass, but that would be more the case for shows like Festival of the Lion King where they start at set times and you can’t enter late, that wouldn’t really make a difference for something like the Laugh Floor where the shows are continuous. That was one of the advantages we saw with the extra FastPasses at LMA, because late arrivals could only be accommodated to a certain point in the show, so if you could get more FastPass guests in earlier on it would really make a difference.
It’s definitely fair to question what could come from this with up-charges coming out left and right, I could see this being a way to ease into some kind of paid FastPass similar to how Disneyland’s works now.
Are the preloaded fastpasses in addition to the 3 everyone gets or are they in place of?
Prehistoric and whitewater sounds really good. Those are three rides I go on when I am there. Only leaves 3 big time rides left, well only 2 Everest and Pandora big ride the other is fairly boring but they needed something for the non adventurous