Step1
Understand that not all rides and shows have FastPass. Pick up a park map at the park entrance or from any gift shop and take note of which rides have the “FP” logo next to them. This will better help you decide which rides and shows to consider when FastPassing.
Step2
Understand how to obtain a FastPass ticket once you have decided you want one. Insert your park admission ticket into a machine that looks slightly like an ATM machine outside of your desired ride or attraction. Your admission ticket will be read by the machine and returned to you, and an additional paper ticket will be dispensed to you.
Printed on the ticket is the time slot shown on the digital display for you to return to that ride or attraction.
Step3
Understand how FastPass can benefit you. When you reach your desired ride or show, look at the big digital display that will show when the FastPass will allow you to return. Generally, there will be a one hour period for rides and 15 minutes before a theatrical presentation. There is no way to gauge when the FastPass return time will be; it depends on the popularity of the ride or show for that day and how many other people have chosen to use FastPass before you. Your return time could be within an hour or it could be more than 5 hours away from the time of receiving your ticket; this is directly correlated with how heavily populated the park (and that particular attraction) is that day.
Step4
Understand that FastPass is designed so that you can’t abuse it. Once you have a FastPass ticket, you can’t obtain another one for another two hours or the start of the current FastPass ticket's return time, whichever is earlier. If you try to obtain another FastPass before these times, an informational ticket will be printed indicating when the next FastPass ticket can be obtained.
Step5
Understand that you must return to the ride or attraction at the designated time on your ticket and not a minute before. There is a clock above each FastPass return entrance telling you the time to the minute so that you know exactly when to return. Do not try to come back early, even if it’s just two minutes early. Just wait off to the side (out of the way, not half on the line) and enter at your designated time.
Step6
Have a basic knowledge of which rides at the different parks are continuous-loading rides, such as The Haunted Mansion at the Magic Kingdom and Spaceship Earth at Epcot. This means that you step onto a conveyor and walk right into a car that doesn’t come to a dead stop for you to get in it. Continuous-loading rides tend to move the fastest, and even with wait times of 30 to 45 minutes the line will be continuously moving as well (stopping only to accommodate handicapped guests).
If a continuous loading ride has a wait time less than 45 minutes, your best bet is to just wait on the line and save the FastPass for another ride, such as Expedition Everest at Animal Kingdom or Tower of Terror at Hollywood Studios. Continuous loading rides are the best rides to do when waiting to hand in your FastPass at another ride. The two continuous loading rides that seem to break this rule are Peter Pan’s Flight and The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, both in the Magic Kingdom. While these are both continuous loading, they still always seem to move at a snail’s pace and are good candidates for the FastPass option they offer.
Step7
Use judgment when deciding to FastPass theatrical attractions, such as Mickey’s Philharmagic at Magic Kingdom or Voyage of the Little Mermaid at Hollywood Studios. Shows such as these can accommodate a large number of guests into their theaters and often a FastPass is not 100% necessary. Unless it is a show you want to make absolutely sure you are not going to miss and have first dibs at the best seating, you can generally catch most shows on the fly about 15 to 20 minutes beforehand unless the park is very overcrowded that day.
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