Walt Disney World — FastPass Tips Update

Walt Disney World - FastPass Tips Update

For Disney World RideMax customers who may not have noticed, we’ve just updated our “FastPass Tips & Tricks” page. You can view our updated advice in the “Tips & Hints” section of RideMax itself.

One item contained in this update is that the FastPass machines for the Dinosaur attraction at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, shown above, are “disconnected” from the rest of the FastPass network. This allows you to obtain a FastPass for this ride even if you may have just obtained another one for a different attraction. The advice also lists other FastPass machines which are “off-network,” as well as a FastPass loophole for one of the parks that not too many seem to be aware of.

And of course, if you’re using RideMax to create your custom touring plans for Walt Disney World, the software is aware of these loopholes and can use them to your advantage when it creates your plans.

If you’re a Disney World RideMax subscriber, head on over to RideMax and check out the newly updated advice!

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DCA Tower of Terror FastPass Update

 

Tower of Terror at DCA

Just a quick note here on an update to our DCA estimates.

While preparing our Disneyland RideMax update for the remainder of July today, I noticed on the Disneyland refurbishment list the following note:

Now – January 1, 2014: Tower of Terror will operate at reduced capacity during routine maintenance.”

This reinforces the feedback I received recently from a customer, who indicated that on the date of his visit, Disney wasn’t offering FastPasses for Tower of Terror. My guess is that Disney had actually run out of FastPasses before the customer arrived at the attraction that day, rather than not offering them at all. (Luckily, the customer ended up OK, as he was given his choice of FastPasses when another attraction he was riding broke down during his ride.)

In looking at recent FastPass return times for Tower of Terror, they do indeed seem to be running quite a bit later into the day than what I’d normally expect to see. It’s quite likely that Disney has cut back on the number of FastPasses they issue for this attraction, which of course causes later return windows, especially in the late morning, afternoon, and evening hours.

As a result of the reduced capacity here, we’ve updated our Tower of Terror FastPass return time estimates for all dates currently on the RideMax calendar. I recommend for those of you who have already created plans which include Tower of Terror, that you create new plans instead.

Happy Planning!

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Cars Land Advice — Summer 2013 Update

Radiator Springs Racers and Cars Land at California AdventureWe’re recently back from another extensive multi-day Disneyland Resort visit. And with Cars Land approaching its one-year anniversary, we’ve made an important update to our Cars Land advice, available to subscribers from within the RideMax application itself.

The real focus of the update is on Radiator Springs Racers (pictured above), as right now it’s the most difficult attraction to board without a significant wait in the entire Disneyland Resort. The update is focused on strategies for reducing your wait — and the strategy can change depending on the day of the week and time of the day. Along with the advice, we’ve included pictures, which I hope will make the advice more clear, especially for those who might be visiting Cars Land for the first time.

For RideMax customers, you can find the updated advice in the RideMax “Tips & Hints” area. Look for the page simply titled, “Cars Land Advice.”

And finally, if you’ve visited Cars Land since its opening, what did you think? Did you enjoy these new attractions? Please leave your thoughts in the comments below!

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Visiting Disney California Adventure Tomorrow?

Cars Land at Disney Calfornia Adventure

If you’re planning to visit Disneyland, Disney California Adventure (DCA), or Disney World’s Magic Kingdom on Friday, May 24th, you probably already know that the parks will be open for 24 hours straight, from 6:00am on Friday morning all the way through until 6:00am on Saturday morning.

What you might not know, though, is that the Disneyland resort is also hosting Grad Night on Friday evening as well, with the Grad Night festivities centered at DCA. As a result, even though DCA is technically “open” for 24 hours, many attractions will be open to regular guests for much less than that. According to the Disneyland website, for example, Radiator Springs Racers won’t open until 9:00am, and will close to regular guests at 10:15pm Friday evening.

We’ve built this assumption into RideMax, of course, but thought you may want to know this if you’re visiting tomorrow. It could be very crowded, but fun too!

What about you? Are you planning to brave the crowds and visit one of these three parks tomorrow? How long do you plan to stay? Let me know your plans in the comments below!

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