Thursday, June 23, 2005

SUCKERS!


Disney World is awesome!

I have been to Disney World many times. One of the things I remember is the insanely long lines. You would wait for an hour to ride an attraction for five minutes. Then, run to the next line. Well, Disney has made this a thing of the past.

Most of the big rides now have FastPass. You put your entry ticket into a machine and it spits it back along with a card. The card will gain you near instant access to the ride if you come back within the listed time. In most cases, you come back to the ride about an hour later. There is an hour time frame to arrive back, so if you go see something else, you have plenty of time to use your pass.

We did this for several rides. One particular ride, the Winnie the Pooh ride, had a 45 minute wait. We entered the separate line for people with fast pass tickets. Walking past all the FOOLS standing in line I couldn't help myself. I exclaimed, "suckers!", as I got on the ride.

This is available at no extra charge to everyone with a ticket into the park (everyone). Why were these people standing in line for 45 minutes?

So, FastPass is an awesome innovation over at Disney World. It made a great place even better. We all had a great time there.

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