Fastpass Expansion and Throwaway Rooms, a thought

[rteetz]

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Actually looking at it now I can get the same!

 

[brad813]

So ... just for hee-haws, I went and looked at FP+s. I do not have a reservation for a resort stay, but I was able to make FP+s at Animal Kingdom for 60 days from today. The only thing I have is a Platinum Plus AP.

I am probably going to get the Platinum Plus AP, since it has enough value for me(me likes water parks and golf).

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Funny thing, I have a family member with a birthday on January 29.

 

[Keels]

I am probably going to get the Platinum Plus AP, since it has enough value for me(me likes water parks and golf).



Funny thing, I have a family member with a birthday on January 29.

Would they like this FoP FP+ as a birthday gift before I release it back to GenPop?

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Anyway. I've had a Platinum Plus AP for three years, and this is the first I've noticed a change ... actually, I first noticed it a couple of weeks ago and it was that friends couldn't make FP+s at 60 days out without me, but if I was part of the party they were making FP+s for, they could. It's strange.

 

[Keels]

Actually looking at it now I can get the same!

I mean ... that's 60 days, right? #NoMath

 

[rteetz]

Would they like this FoP FP+ as a birthday gift before I release it back to GenPop?

+++++++++++++++++++++

Anyway. I've had a Platinum Plus AP for three years, and this is the first I've noticed a change ... actually, I first noticed it a couple of weeks ago and it was that friends couldn't make FP+s at 60 days out without me, but if I was part of the party they were making FP+s for, they could. It's strange.

Looked into this a bit more. Its called a rolling 60-day window. It will go back to 30 days when we check out of our rooms for Marathon weekend.

 

[brad813]

Would they like this FoP FP+ as a birthday gift before I release it back to GenPop?

+++++++++++++++++++++

Anyway. I've had a Platinum Plus AP for three years, and this is the first I've noticed a change ... actually, I first noticed it a couple of weeks ago and it was that friends couldn't make FP+s at 60 days out without me, but if I was part of the party they were making FP+s for, they could. It's strange.

They will not be traveling with me, just found it amusing. It is good to know. I am waiting on some money to come in before the upgrade, but I will be getting my upgrade soon enough. Planning three trips in my first year as a passholder, so no brainer.

 

[Keels]

Looked into this a bit more. Its called a rolling 60-day window. It will go back to 30 days when we check out of our rooms for Marathon weekend.

Interesting ...

So. I wonder if you even need to bother with a throwaway room. I know if you put a reservation on hold and add it to your MDE, once you do online check-in it stays there until you cancel it (without a deposit) or you get to the resort and pay the balance at check-in.

 

[rteetz]

Interesting ...

So. I wonder if you even need to bother with a throwaway room. I know if you put a reservation on hold and add it to your MDE, once you do online check-in it stays there until you cancel it (without a deposit) or you get to the resort and pay the balance at check-in.

Yeah I could book FPs and stay offsite and keep the FPs so not real need for the throwaway room.

 

[brad813]

Yeah I could book FPs and stay offsite and keep the FPs so not real need for the throwaway room.

Sounds like a good way to limit throwaway rooms. I know a four day ticket is $370, and that is my normal length of a vacation(though I will be doing 7 days in April and 4 Days plus a 3-4 Day cruise in September/October), so I essentially am coming out ahead by getting the AP. My debate was really whether or not to stay on site but now I am not sure I will even need to.

 

[Keels]

I have a house in Orlando, so I don't need a hotel room when I visit ... though I generally splurge for a night or two each trip (I'm in Orlando for weeks at a time), just to have the fun experience of staying onsite.

I close on DVC next week (unfortunate timing given my current feelings towards Disney, but whatevs ...), so knowing that I can basically book FP+s for whenever I am staying with rolling 60-days is huge.

 

[dlavender]

So ... just for hee-haws, I went and looked at FP+s. I do not have a reservation for a resort stay, but I was able to make FP+s at Animal Kingdom for 60 days from today. The only thing I have is a Platinum Plus AP.

I have a platinum plus, and cannot see past the 31st of December...

 

[FrankieWinthrop]

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