Walt Disney World to Crack Down on Guests Taking Advantage of FastPass+ System

"Nothing is foolproof, fools are too ingenious."

To be honest, I actually thought that already was the policy - that you had to have a activated ticket to use the fast passes on a given day. I guess that was easier to enforce when you had to run the actual ticket through a kiosk for a paper fast pass. I hope they tighten this up quickly. It shouldn't be too difficult to enforce with this new system.

I'm glad they are cracking down - that gives everyone a better chance at getting the fast passes they want. Of course, someone will figure out a way to cheat - they always do! But, at least Disney is addressing it.

Glad they're doing this. I don't know how big of a problem it is, but it's been an issue for as long as Fastpass+ has been around. I feel like I contacted Disney over a year ago about this and got a call back that they were working on it. Better late than never right?

I am assuming it is a hack they are using to get more FP+? Will the average user notice a difference or will you still by stuck riding 7DMT at 10:45 PM instead of 10:45 AM when you wanted to?

baldburke;2502716 wrote: I am assuming it is a hack they are using to get more FP+? Will the average user notice a difference or will you still by stuck riding 7DMT at 10:45 PM instead of 10:45 AM when you wanted to?

It depends on how many people are cheating the system. If it is only a dozen or so each day, the average guest will not notice. If it is hundreds of people each day then yes, the average guest will eventually notice, as word gets out that this hack no longer works. Initially, the multiple fastpass times will still be taken up, just no one will use them.

My guess is that it is hundreds of people doing this every day, if it was only a few people each day Disney would not waste the resources to fix the problem.

Toodle;2502660 wrote: I'm glad they are cracking down - that gives everyone a better chance at getting the fast passes they want. Of course, someone will figure out a way to cheat - they always do! But, at least Disney is addressing it.

Unfortunately, you are correct. Worse yet, with the rise of social media they share it with the world. So instead of one person cheating the system (which almost no one would notice), you get 100's of people cheating the system.

Well that explains a lot. I just assumed they were giving out too many fastpasses for all the attractions or something. It didn't make sense how long all the lines were all the time when it is obvious the park isn't as packed.

I just assumed the system was designed this way from the beginning. Why in the world was is not is beyond me. I am glad I didn't even hear about this loophole because we always have multiple tickets on our account and it would have been way to tempting to do this.

I am glad they are cracking down.

So, could you still buy 2 tickets to double up on FPs? Use your left hand on one ticket, right on another?

texas211;2502785 wrote: So, could you still buy 2 tickets to double up on FPs? Use your left hand on one ticket, right on another?

As long as you went through the turnstiles twice and activated or used one day from each ticket, but why would you?? Pay two entrance fees to get extra FP??

I'm not even quite understanding why someone would HAVE extra tickets they aren't using....I get the Annual Passholder thing but I'm confused about the other.

Ironically, this is the way the old paper system was. A few years back, my daughter's ticket wouldn't work at the park entrance and they had to manually override it each day. However, each time she tried to get a paper FastPass ticket, the machine wouldn't except her ticket because that ticket hadn't "officially" entered the park. We ended up getting her ticket replaced.

I am totally over Fastpass. Any kind of Fastpass ... paper ... + ... whatever. Just WAIT IN LINE for heaven's sake!! It worked in Disneyland for like 50 years, so what now all of a sudden we're too special to just wait in line for a ride. I firmly believe that if they got rid of Fastpass the lines would settle in and everything would have a much more modest wait.

This is supposed to be a VACATION!! Relaxing, enjoyable, away from all the craziness of regular life and I swear it's gotten to the point where the "vacation" is more stressful than work! Worrying about Fastpasses so much you stoop to scamming the system??? Look at all the crazy lengths people go to to get ADR's?!?! I mean it's risen to the level of absurdity.

Put it back the way it was. No ADR's. No Fastpasses. Just go, relax, enjoy yourself, and de-stress. Eliminate the need for a Microsoft Project Plan for vacations, Disney, I beg of you!

Ian;2502821 wrote:

I firmly believe that if they got rid of Fastpass the lines would settle in and everything would have a much more modest wait.

I believe you are correct here, the lines tend to "self regulate" themselves without any FastPass type system. The sad thing is they are more likely implement a fee based FassPass system (the more you pay the more you get) instead of going back to none at all.