Remember the paper return time test run for the Anna and Elsa meet-and-greet at Princess Fairytale Hall that was run a couple of months ago? Well, it appears as if the Magic Kingdom has caught up to its own technology and advanced it a little bit with the whole FASTPass+ bit.
Taking the Florida Plunge appeared to first catch onto it first, and I’m trying to get some more info on it, but this is the way it appears to work. Here are the details as far as I know and have been told.
~ This is just a four-day test starting today, Sept. 22, 2014, and running through Thursday, Sept. 25, 2014. It could be extended or just end. It also could be stopped and then come back at a later time, but for now…it’s four days.
~ At park opening, guests will be able to line up in the standby queue of Princess Fairytale Hall for Anna and Elsa for the first hour. Once an hour’s worth of standby line is in place, the line will be cut off for the day.
For example, this morning, an hour’s worth of wait time was in line by 9:15 a.m., and the line was cut off.
~ At that point, Cast Members will direct guests to FASTPass+ kiosks or their smartphones and their My Disney Experience app.
~ Guests can then get schedule a FASTPass+ return time for that current day. Apparently, a number of extra/new FASTPass+ times are being added to the daily day allotment for Anna and Elsa, but as it seems right now…it’s just for that current day.
So, say that all FASTPass+ return times were gone for today and tomorrow for Anna and Elsa. Guests in the Magic Kingdom today could get on their phones or go to a kiosk as of 9:15 a.m. and see added return times for today, but not yet tomorrow.
Tomorrow, it will be the same. We experimented this little test and it worked out that way for today.
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There you have it! Disney did that paper return time test for Anna and Elsa back in July for a few days, and it seemed to work well. Only, everyone complained that technology was put in place for FASTPass+ but now there were paper passes back.
Well, it appears as if Disney listened and is trying this FOUR-DAY test with actual electronic FASTPass+ reservations being made and not the paper return time cards.
