Takador I once got stuck behind a couple who wanted to be together but went through single rider 😡 and the only park I go to that has single rider has removed it from all but one ride (Alton Towers and The Smiler).
@@brightfurys I feel like if people go to a park together they shouldn't use the single Rider line since they're not actually single Riders, whether they care about riding together or not, it defeats the whole purpose of it and ruins it for those of us who are actually single Riders
Pretty much, I kind of Hit and Miss though, and it still depends which day you go; Fridays aren't usually the best even though they're still in school that day. I've actually found Tuesdays to be some of the best days to go, it's not quite the middle of the week, and it's also not close enough to the weekend for people to just "take a long weekend"; men week sometime is your best bet, but the random off days are more consistently good
anytime my school specifically doesn’t have school for whatever reason, me and my always go to Busch Gardens because we have passes, and seriously some of the rides that have the longest waits like sheikra and cheetah hunt never have any wait
@@allevant my band class was going to go to six flags over texas in may but that's probably not gonna happen. I have a membership there so people were jealous and wanted to be next to me on the trip lol
Well ever since 1982, you could ride the rides for free, because they used to have a ticket system for attractions. The term E-Ticket is still used to this day to describe a a big main attraction.
Yeah but its useless. They do it by the ticket and limit the amount available for each ride for each day. In short if you show up later in the day there will be nothing available for Soarin'.
Disney is definitely my favorite. It’s already budget breaking enough to get into most parks with food and everything, can’t ever justify paying double or triple for a shorter line. I’ve always planned well and done everything I wanted to in a day even on busy days, so Disney’s being free is incredible, because the only reason it works at other parks is because it’s too costly for most people. Who knows, maybe I’ll be rich someday and it’ll be no big deal!
MaxPass is definitely work 15 bucks, just went 2 weeks ago on a saturday and rode everything! Only had to wait for Smuggler's Run since I couldnt get any passes for it
Disney is also my favorite. The system is more about redistributing people throughout the park than making an extra buck. I don't mind going to do other things for an hour or so than coming back to a ride. When I was a kid my family would often send me to go grab fast passes then meet up with them elsewhere, and I enjoyed the time maximizing strategy we had
At Walt Disney World, guests staying on property can book fast passes like a month or two in advance. Also, all reservations are done on your phone, no extra charge for that.
You say that like its a good thing, which it certainly is not. Its not even comparable to simply booking the FP you want on the day you want it, as opposed to fighting with hundreds of people online 3 months in advance for fastpasses 90% of those people wont even use (because who the hell knows which park they will be at 3 months in advance?)...
It has its pros and cons. With Walt Disney World you kind of have to plan out a detailed itinerary for what park on what day. Even dining reservations are made far in advance. If you don’t book fast passes and reservations in advance for Walt Disney World , have fun trying to get popular ones day of.
@@Hairycabbbage "because who the hell knows which park they will be at 3 months in advance?" At WDW, many guests actually do. For most, WDW is a full vacation, and not just a weekend trip like Disneyland in Anaheim. Many people actually plan in advance which days they'll visit which park, because you also have dining reservations (booked 180 days in advance) and the extra magic hours for resort guests. This way, most people already know in advance when they'll visit a certain park.
@@spacebug30 I know, i go for 3 weeks at a time, so i know first hand that 3 months before i go, i dont know where im going to be on any given day. now if it WAS just a weekend trip, then i probably would know where i was going to be on each of those 2 days because of how short the trip is... How do you think people are more likely to plan out every park day in a 2-3 week trip than a 2-3 day trip?
@@Jambamjar maybe, but he travels to parks, not only visits his local parks. WDW fast pass is imo better since you can get your ride reservations up to 60 days in advance
@@gabrielduarte3904 yeah but at least in CA you can just kind of go and do stuff without having to plan everything ahead of time. I honestly prefer enjoying things that way, spontaneous and without stress.
@@gabrielduarte3904 He has said before that he is not very interested in Disney so he might have not visited Disney World or doesnt care. With Disneyland he does live close by and so he probably maybe goes from time to time. Also WDW's fastpass is awful. It basically means that you have to stay at the resorts to actually be able to get the best fastpasses. Its much better at Disneyland with max pass, its first come first serve and if youre smart you can get some many different fastpasses on the same day. With Disney World you can only get those for the best rides if youre staying at a resort or get REALLY lucky, and theres also even tiers and such which also ruin what fastpass is even about.
My dad and I went to Carowinds a few months back. We're picky and I had some jangle in my pocket for once so we bought two fastpasses bc why not. We usually get fastpasses for CF parks now regardless of the wait times because of this incident. Basically the lines were 2-3 hours for everything and assigned seating. We were able to ride Fury 15 times with picking our seat. Even though I was profiting, I literally feel like the CF system is too good. they've improved it (worsened) at CP, but the other CF parks are ridiculous
Yeah, FastPass is just great. Me and my buddy went to kings island a few years back, and it was a 2/3 hour wait for everything. Delirium was a 1 hour wait. After we rode it, I bought us two normal fast passes. Everything but Banshee, which has a super fast line anyway, we rode multiple times. 15 rides on diamondback. It's such a good system imo
I noticed recently that the five rides excluded from FL Plus at Cedar Point all have 52-inch height requirements. So I think the main purpose of the lower tier is to provide a price break for families with kids who have only hit the 48-inch mark. I'm not sure about the other Cedar Fair parks, though.
Sometimes I honestly think the lines would just go faster if they didn't have any "skip the lines systems" in the first place. Still, they are convent at the Disney parks. I just desperately hope Disney never starts charging for it. I am perfectly okay with all these catches that it comes with as long as I don't have to pay for it.
I think that parks are better off without it. My local park, lagoon, doesn't have this. Lines move pretty quickly and there's no alternating between fast pass and regular guests like at cedar point. It means faster boarding times and a faster moving line. Although lagoon staff dispatch cars incredibly fast
Coaster Labs I was going to ask how people would abuse it, but then I remembered when my dad borrowed an accommodation pass from me at Knott’s in 2016.
Coaster Labs I knew someone would say this. I was gonna make a comment on how the true “best” fast pass is the ADA pass. I have used this system at 25 different parks for reasons of Autism and Social Claustrophobia. These ADA passes vary too. Some allow instant boarding, some are like a reservation system, where you wait X time between rides, and/or reserve times at the exit, and some are a punchcard system (least common). I despise people who abuse this pass for unethical reasons, since at most parks, they don’t even try to vet people before getting one. You can make up any reason and get one, subject to “civil penalties” of course. This pass has been a lifesaver at busy parks like Universal, Disney, CP, and Summertime Six Flags visits. If I didn’t have this accommodation, I would violently break down crying and screaming in line as it’s too much for me to handle. It was also great for some times where I was in a walking boot or braced. I wish parks were more like Six Flags Great America (my home park) which actually requires a doctor’s note to get one, since there was an epidemic of fraudulent users. When that policy went into effect, ADA users fell by seemingly 50-70%. Shame on anyone who dares to abuse the ADA services.
Dosware Pictures I’m not alone! I use roller coasters as stimulation therapy, as the feelings of graying out and especially airtime feel really nice to me and release positive endorphins. It’s actually kind of addicting, but not really. I hate those who illegitimize those who go to amusement parks on the spectrum, and even more so those who fake it to abuse the ADA.
@@Pikabutter25 I've overheard so many parents telling their kids to "act like a r****d" or dumb or some demeaning word. I've also seen plenty of people come in on a wheelchair and then later see them running around like nothing later in the day. Despicable.
Six flags regular flash pass you can reserve the joker per se and be waiting at Superman then you're done with superman and jump right over to joker. Or you can reserve Medusa while having lunch . The good thing is that you can reserve it anywhere around the park. With Disney you have to go to the front of the ride which creates a lot of land hopping.
Voletarium has a system based on the Disney model, but it's only because the ride is net to the entrance. In the rest of the park, they work like the operators at Fury325 in Carowinds with 30 seconds dispatches.
Quick queue is awful. On most rides you are assigned to the second to front row which just destroys the point of getting the pass. Also, you have to carry around a piece of paper.
I was at CP this past Saturday. The park reached capacity after only 4 hours of being open. As someone who didn’t have a fast lane pass, wow was it terrible. Because the park was so full, the ride ops were dedicating half of each train or even every other whole train to just fast laners. This made the regular queue CRAWL. You basically had to take the standard queue wait time and add the fast lane wait time to it. Millie, SV, Valravn, and Maverick all had 4 hour waits because of this. I get that fast laners pay more, but HALF of every train? The regular queue doesn’t stand a chance.
When I was at Heide Park couple of years ago, they had a different system VERY similar to the one at Disney. You got that little pod-thing as well, which would allow you to stand in line "virtually". You booked yourself into a slot, and just had to be there a few minutes before your booking. As far as i remember, it allowed unlimited rides on everything, you could book several seats and wasn't bound to just one person. Being able to walk around the park, explore, sit and chill and have a drink somewhere or enjoy a meal was sooooo nice, instead of being caught in a queue.
Merlin, at least in the case of Alton, Thorpe and CWOA use time slots too. I think they’re 30 minute ones too. you can get none timed ones though by getting the bundles which work out the same price and can be used any time. Legoland uses acceso afaik though.
@@electrohalo8798 I definitely understand what you're going through because I have cerebral palsy and I also get the same thing when I go to the parks even though I haven't visited all of them yet but I do plan to at some point
Carowinds’s version is definitely the best cause you don’t have to have a ticket or a window or anything. You buy a wristband and you just walk into the fast pass lane (which is usually empty) and bypass any line no matter how big.
For Disney, the Fastpass and maxpass system, are only at Disneyland(CA). In Disney World(FL), they use the Fastpass+ system, which is free and you can book 3 fastpasses up to 30( or 60 if you’re staying in a Disney hotel) in advance, and then book more day of after you used those
Disney World allows fastpass registration through Mobile Phone, website, or at various locations throughout the park. The time-slot return time model is also used at the Virtual Line attractions at Universal (Fallon, Fast and Furious, Pteradon Fliers).
Let’s not forget, Disney’s admission price is ridiculous, so they’re more or less forcing you to Pay for their short line system whether you want it or not; yes it’s nice, but it’s hardly free
This so true. Heck, most of the stuff that claimed to be "free" basically comes with a price. Whether it's 100% actually money is sometimes questionable, but usually, it's cheaper or free because they already got you in some other way.
Well when you combine the price of admission and the skip the line passes at parks at Six Flags and Cedar Fair, its basically just as much as going to a Disney Park anyway, if not more. Also, Disney just offers a much more complete experience that their prices are worth it, sure very expensive still but its a much funner and fuller time than going to any old Six Flags and Cedar Fair. Steel Vengence is fantastic and I would ride it anytime, but give me the Haunted Mansion over that any day.
@@TS_Mind_Swept Well it's not always about thrills. They are very nice and I do love some great thrill rides but theming, experience and story is so much better and leaves you a lot more satisfied. Also, It's so funny when people say that Disney has like no thrill rides when by far one of the most thrilling rides in the entire world is their Tower Of Terrors and Guardians of the Galaxy Mission breakout.
Six flags platinum. Hella expensive, did it once, best day of my life. We would get off a ride, pick our next one on the little device, and by the time we got there it was time to ride, and going twice was definitely worth it, sad that it’s gone.
Universal’s Volcano Bay is by far the best system. You get a watch that is free with admission. It is basically the disney pass where you go up to the ride and reserve a ride time. While you wait, you can go in the lazy river or the wavepool or any slide with no wait. and if you want, you can get express or express plus. Express plus is where you dont even have to wait out the reserved time and you can get on whenever you want. Express is the same, but the more popular attractions aren’t included making it the cheaper option. Another good thing about the system is that the price for express never varies from day to day. The expresss is always $20 and the express plus is always $40.
Actually the max pass does give access to more rides than the typical paper fastpass where you have to walk over to the ride. Once you've scanned your max pass for the ride you've booked, while you're in that fastpass line still (because it's not instant usually) you can book your next max pass time without having finished that ride. Example, if I book max pass for haunted mansion, I scan my phone at the ride, and as I'm winding through into the mansion, I'm already booking a time for Thunder Mountain or another fastpass attraction. Whereas someone who's using regular fastpass would have to completely finish haunted mansion, walk over to the next ride, pull a fastpass, then go do something else while they wait. I love max pass. I use it EVERY time. Plus you get all your photo pass photos for the day included in the price. Makes it totally worth the price.
I’ve only used a Disney fast pass once in my life and it was for World of Color, although it’s also because of accommodations, but I’ve only done that twice as well.
It's very worth it at the Point of Cedars. I was there last Saturday (the day CP hit capacity) and I still managed to get on the following with the help of FL+: Millennium Force, Rougarou, Steel Vengeance, both sides of Gemini, Valravn, Raptor, GateKeeper, Magnum, Top Thrill Dragster (most of those rides were pushing two hours or more for the regular line; FL/FL+ still had some lines, but were generally much shorter than regular lines)
It's possible to ride all of the coasters (barring the kiddy coasters) at Cedar Point without a fast lane on a busy weekend... it just requires a day and a half, good planning, and a healthy amount of luck. My brother and I somehow managed to get through everything we wanted plus 4-5 haunted houses/mazes between a Fri/Sat. We hit all of the coasters we anticipated having the worst lines on Friday (that were open)- and then worked through the rest on Saturday. THAT SAID: You probably should buy the fast lane plus for a busy Saturday. It's possible to have a good time without, but if you're willing to drop the extra money it's worth it. We had fun without it but I think next time I'll try harder to convince my brother to get it.
I like Silver Dollar City’s system overall the most. Cheaper, 8 rides on anything, and no wait. I would of gotten Dollywood’s if they allowed more then 1 Ride on L-Rod.
Cedar fair's fast pass beats six flags flash pass by far for me, someone who wants to ride as many rides as possible and visits for a single day. I will only get the top tier of flash and it is so friggen expensive compared to a cedar fair fast pass. The single rider lines are great for people who do not want to spend the money. I would also like to point out that cedar fair takes their new popular rides off the fast pass. When top thrill dragster and steel vengeance came out they were both taken off the fast pass and steel vengeance was off it for quite a while when it was doing single train ops.
I can’t express how much I love the Maxpass product. I love having the ability to select what ride you wanna get a fast pass for while you roam the parks. Not to mention you get to download the photos that are taken during rides, photo ops, and meet and greets. Ever since I was first introduced to it earlier this year, there hasn’t been a single time that I haven’t gotten it.
As Kennywood being my home park, I'd never recommend anyone pay for their pass. You can ride every single ride there in one day, no problem. Park is so tiny lol.
Yeah, what he describes as the Disney system is Disneyland's. Disney World is a little different. Maybe worse. Disney World lets everyone use the app for free, and they let you make your first three reservations *massively* far in advance--up to 30 days for everyone, and 60 days in advance if you're staying at a Disney resort. That effectively means that sometimes a few super-popular rides (say, Flight of Passage) are only going to be accessible for Disney resort guests, unless you want to wait in line for 3, 4, 5 hours... and only then if they really jump on that FastPass reservation system at the earliest possible moment. It increases the crazy amount of advance planning you need to do for a Disney World vacation, which can be particularly confusing for first-timers. After you've used up your three, it works more like MaxPass for the rest of the day. You take what you can get at the park, one at a time. But there may not be a lot of slots left. There are also some restrictions. At some parks, the rides are divided into a couple of tiers (sort of a ghostly echo of the old ABCDE ticket system) and you can only reserve one of your three advance FastPasses in the top tier. Often, the rides in the lower tier never really need a FastPass anyway, so offering the ability to reserve them is kind of a silly token thing. Writing this and thinking about it, I'm kind of thinking that Disney World should just completely eliminate advance FastPass reservations before day-of. Make people grab the slots at the park. It'd make life better for everyone. But I guess they want people to be able to (sort-of) guarantee that they'll be able to ride their favorite ride, given that Disney World is geared toward people who might be making once-in-a-lifetime vacation visits.
@@MattMcIrvin You are correct in every way except one. Disney World holds back releasing all of their FastPasses' at the 60 day mark. They release new ones 30 days before and day of as well. However they are in more limited quantities than the ones released 60 days before. This is partially to keep their annual pass-holders happy because they can only schedule FastPasses' 30 days in advance.
@@carlosbarreralg I got one for Space Mountain day of, which screwed me over because it was down for the first half of the day and everyone who was scheduled got a "redeem anytime" pass and flooded it as soon as it opened. Of course that's when mine was actually scheduled.
I’m pretty sure that only works if you stay at one of their 3 original hotels. If you stay at a newer hotel like Cabana Bay or Aventura you don’t get this perk
@@bigfatrockstar4991 That's exactly right. It's worth the extra money to stay at one of the 3 original (now the premium) hotels. The Hard Rock, Royal Pacific or Portofino Bay. If you have a party of 4 for 2 days that would be $800 just for the unlimited Express Passes alone for both days. It would probably cost like $2-400 more to stay at one of those hotels. Well worth it. I remember the days when they were the only hotels and everyone staying there got the unlimited fast passes. Thoooooosssseee were the Daaaaaaaaayyyys =)
What about the disney world version of fast past that's free with a ticket and you can book any three attractions at a time and as soon as one is used the next one can be booked and can be booked at any time with the free my disney experience app or from stations arround the parks
Disney Maxpass is great. For $15 bucks for the app I cant recommend it enough. Went on a Saturday during Halloween time, and always had 2 or 3 passes on standby while going on other rides. As soon as I used one, i was soon available for another, and the app made it so convenient to grab another one once the timer was up. Only had to wait maybe 5ish minutes on everything, except for Smuggler's Run, which I couldnt get any passes for all day. Ended up going on everything (no kid rides), plus Smuggler's Run and Star Tours twice.
There’s some rides that you can’t bring loose articles on. Six Flags is rolling out more of the watch Flash Pass devices (and replacing the prototype watches with new ones that light up at night and are easier to swipe). These are pretty convenient to secure for the most part
@@dinosaurdancemusic9562 Cedar Fair already has their apps for each of their major parks and their failed A.R games Battle for Cedar Point and Kings Dominion. Seriously, does anyone even play those?
On paper and in practice, Universal has the best fast pass system out there. When you have smaller kids (kids under the age of 10), you can only plan so much with them. You can pick what you'll do for the day, but you cannot keep the average child on an hourly Disney Fastpass-style schedule in these parks because they'll get really excited and have high excitement levels, so they're gonna wanna do things that are off script. To make your day more flexible with children, that unlimited pass is a godsend, damn near every line is a half hour or less at most, you can take them on the dreaded "Again, I wanna go again!" trips no problem, and you know you're getting your money's worth with the pass unlike the others mentioned in this video. It's the shit
Disneyland and Disneyworld have different systems. Disneyworld’s is completely free. you can reserve 3 rides in advance up to 60 days before you go to the park if you are staying on property, and 30 days in advance if you aren’t through the my Disney experience app. Once you go and use those reservations you can continue to reserve more attractions, if available, one at a time after that. However, the initial 3 reservations cannot be spilt between different parks on the same day.
These skip the line options are the worst thing to ever come to amusement parks. It has done nothing but make people feel entitled. I understand completely that it is to make money, but Steel Vengeance having a a fast lane line of an hour is proof that they are bad ideas. These also add wait time to the normal line. Take a look at the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train This ride is 5 years old now, and still always has a standby line of over an hour, all day. this is because they overuse the fastpass system, take that out and that line would only be 30-45 minutes. The only ride that the system somewhat works with is Disney Worlds Space Mountain, only because it has 2 tracks, they use one for the normal line and the other for fastpass. The systems are a joke and should be removed. That being said, I would never pay for it, but do take advantage of Disney's only because most people don't know how to use it properly. However would still enjoy it more if it was removed completely
Great Adventure doesn’t have the ride restrictions with the regular Flash Pass, but one note on FP Platinum, Kingda Ka waits are still REALLY long, especially if the ride goes down
For Disney World, I’m not sure on DisneyLand, if you are planning a vacation you can reserve your fast lanes 90 days in advanced. It allows everyone the equal opportunity to get what ride they want, as long as you are willing to put in the effort. There’s no extra ci, just some extra planning you have to do. It also forces you to pick and choose which park you are going to spend the majority of the day at, because you get 1 premium and 2 regular rides, but they must be at the same park. Finally, you get to do this 99 days in advance off the start of your vacation. So if you have a 10 day vacation to Disney, your last day you are really reserving 100 days in advance.
What seems crazy to me is how they think the fast pass prices are reasonable. They are all typically 2-3x the price of a park ticket with parking. To have a solid "full experience day" at six flags during peak season, you are easily spending $200 a person if you planned on using their package systems with meals, parking, flash pass, etc. That is the price of two park passes at Disney or Universal. Its just crazy to me that local chain parks still run crazy prices for fast passes compared to the big resort parks.
Great video. Maybe as a companion video, you could compare parks that offer season fast passes . My season Trail Blazer pass for Silver Dollar City was worth every penny for the Time Traveler marathons.
Now if only they'd put the money from these towards keeping all trains operating, upgrading platforms, and hiring more operators to organize and secure riders. Looking at you six flags Ideally, I'd like to see limited capacity days with an upcharge and selective rides open for target demographics.
People who hate fast pass are babies I havent used any but i Completely understand why they got to cut in line They paid for it Like paying for a reservation at a restaurant
@cumquatrct3 yes you made the reservation you claimed the table Movie theaters have reserved seating now too ( charging a convenience fee) You dont pay back of the line
The universal one is the best by far. I spent two days at universal Orlando (obviously one day for each park) and I got the express pass unlimited for each day. While it a little costly it was so worth it. I rode hulk 8 times that trip and rip ride rock it 10 times. There was not an attraction I only rode once besides fast and furious because it was new. The express pass unlimited is the best by far.
I've only been to disney parks, and I'm shocked by some of these fast lane prices. I would go with the fast pass any day. It's a near flawless system that is consumer friendly. Since there is so much to do aside from just rides at disney parks, it does give more time to do those other (expensive) activities.
Busch gardens also has a system where if you have a disability, injury, or recent surgery, you will receive a free fast past for certain rides based on your injury. This is especially useful for howl o scream
It depends on the day u go. If u go on a week day in my opinion don’t get it since the lines be shorter. Now for the big park like Kings island or ceder point or something sure since they get more people. But in my opinion I like Dollywood.
If you have a physical disability or are with someone who has one, guest services gives you a free pass to skip the lines and walk through the exit line to the station. I rode steel vengeance 4 times in one day and got to personally pick out front and back row rides with this method, among every other ride in the park, it was amazing !
Great vid! It's not that other parks "saw dollar signs" (well they did, but hear me out). It's actually that the idea of ride reservation is a copywriten Patten bla bla bla. When I worked in guest services at a particular Orlando resort, one of the first questions I asked was why the "skip the line pass" was no longer free (it was about 5-10 years prior of my employment). And someone from legal explained to us that we started charging not just to make money, but because Disney could sue anyone using the system since it is their idea. So to differentiate, said park(s) came up with different ways to claim it was not the same as Disney's. Charging for it, offering one time on every ride, unlimited options, electronic pagers etc etc. In my time in that department and to this day most guest would tell us they preferred our system to Disney's because of the limitations. Three per day, long return times, etc etc. Just a fun fact thought I would share. Love your channel.
When I went to Busch Gardens Tampa we went during Christmas season on a Wednesday and quick queue was $25 so I assumed it would be dead. We were wrong and should’ve payed the $25.
Walt Disney World's Fastpass sucks. It is free, but it doesn't really cut down lines and on many rides, it is impossible to get if you don't stay in an onsite hotel. I prefer an extra fee that really does allow you to skip the line.
Just based on experiences using the Flash Pass I would rather have spent the extra on the Cedar Fair Fast Lane Plus for the knowledge that I can actually use it. I've used Flash Pass at SFMM and SFFT, and although you will ride more you are out the time you paid to skip if a ride breaks down and the extra time that is added because no one changes the wait time for the rides or seems to know how long it should actually take. On the Six Flags system, if I use up 3 hours of my basic flash pass time just for SteVe to go down I'm screwed. I either need to wait at the entrance for the Flash Pass employee to let me into the line and add more lost time, or scrap the 3 hours to pick something else. With this problem I would personally find signing up for Diamond Elite to be a better and more cost effective system for riding the rides with the longest lines. There could be a few kinks that could be ironed out to make the system better, but even still I would pay the extra so I can guarrentee that I'm getting a full day's use, even if it just means shorter lines. That being said, I would love a punchcard system so I can guarentee X number of rides, preferably with no restrictions to what combination of rides you use.
Disneys system is terrible when it comes to the secondary parks at Disney World. If you don't reserve the ride the 30 days beforehand then your not getting on the top E Ticket rides within waiting 2-3 hours. Likely due to how few rides are actually at the secondary parks (Animal Kingdom 9(if you include the train and the wild mouse coaster that is now seasonal) Hollywood Studios 6 currently with 2 more coming within the next year) Epcot 9 (I believe) with 2/3 more coming within the next few but is going through major revocations so some of them might (and Space Ship Earth is confirmed) go down.
Walt Disney Worlds fasspass is the best you can reserve 3 attractions before you have gone the park and once your done with your 3rd fasspass you can chose any 1 attraction that’s available and then when your done with that one you can keep making more and more 1 at a time with no limit. (And it’s free)
For me there are some parks like Busch Gardens and Kings Dominion offer people with special needs or disability a special pass that allows them to skip the lines entirely at a cetain time. I qualified for it.
At SF Great America, the platinum pass would allow you front-of-the-line access, and you could ride twice in the front seat if you wanted. Those in line did not appreciate the practice, and it made me feel bad to break groups up, as you mentioned in the video, but I could spend half a day riding and the other half at Hurricane Harbor. The platinum pass does not allow you to do that any longer. Another way to get front-of-the-line passes is the Membership. I am a Diamond Elite member; you get two front-of-the-line passes with each entry at no additional cost. The new lowest-tier membership gets you one for the day.
Walibi holland has a nice system they have fast lane bronze silver and gold bronze is just like a disney fastpass sliver is 50% of the wait gold 90% and you can get the option for unlimited also you can buy a 1 time fastlane for 10 euros which really helps at untamed BUT the 1 time option is not available at fright nights
Phantasialand has another system: Its 15 € for 4 times, but there are only a handful attractions on it, and Taron is not included. Also, every Club member (their version of a season pass) has 3 free per visit.
i hate when parks dont add the biggest coaster at the park unlimited speically aif your oaying over 70 bucks more like six flags pulls that stunt taron should be on the list
@@NickyD Taron has the single rider line tho. almost no other attraction has one (except Raik). And its this: If the most wanted attraction has it, it will bloat the time for everyone else. I saw Taron have 120 minute lines last summer (in its fourth season and 4 train operations). Single rider line helps (with it you have every train completely full), quickpass doesn't.
I've only gotten it at CP and you didn't talk about merge points. Some rides merge so far out that all FL is only useful when the park is miserably crowded, e.g. Wicked Twister is probably 45 mins from the merge point! But there is actually a middle tier of ride, where regular FL works and the merge is close in, e.g Raptor. These and FL+ rides appear to give up to half of their throughput to FL which means the regular lines tend to be terrible. But there is still a good number of rides which FL gives no advantage on a decent day. I don't know if any other CF parks or others are comparable.
So I don't use them very often but I had a good experience with the Quick Pass from Phantasialand which gives you 4 rides in total for all the main attractions except Taron, River Quest and Raik (which I can understand because the lines would get way too long but they do have a single rider line that makes up for that). There is no restriction with rerides and you can even share a pass with other persons but that will cost you 2,3 or 4 rides from the Pass. And for 15€ thats totally fine. I always use the entire pass for Black Mamba or spend one ride on Chiapas. But most of the other attractions never get longer lines than 45 minutes. Even on the most crowded days
So, idk if I'm supposed to put this out there or if its changed. The second time on disney tickets isnt strictly enforced. They want you there then, but you can redeem it anytime after the initial time. They might enforce it on busy days, but I have never once seen it.
The Six Flags system is pretty cool, but I wish it was unlimited but timed for some of the popular rides. It would be better if they did the Disney Maxpass thing and made it be a phone app. But for now, Disney Maxpass/Fastpass+ is my favorite.
I have a friend who is from Chicago, and I am in SF, so you know, six flag kingdom... We bought the "skip-the-line" pass, and we rode every ride for like 5 times... I was getting sick after all of these crazy rides, but my friend is totally enjoying the thrill. So in total, we used the pass 43-ish times, and it is summertime. People at the regular line hated us, and yell at us. OK, I admit it is rude to ride that many times, but hey, if you let us in... we will take the ride! So far, this experience is the best value I ever get out of the "express" pass.
Oh yeah, some person cut the line to the front seat that I was about to get in on titan at six flags over Texas because they had to take the elevator up (which is supposed to be for people who feel sick after riding to take down) instead of taking the stairs... they didn't even have a flash pass.
Have you used Fast Pass at Disney World vs Disneyland? It's a whole other system where you book them 30 days in advance and is all on the app. It works really well for regular park goers. But I like Universal's system better if going just me and my husband.
Disney world works just a little bit different. As their are 4 parks u can only hook 3 passes a day per a park. But once used up you can book again. But also Disney world has a app where you book the passes in advance. The only restriction is at Hollywood studios, Epcot, and Animal Kingdom as the rides are split into tear 1 and 2. Magic kingdom has no tears. But for the other parks ur first three passes are 1 tear one and 2 tear two..... anyway just wanted to say this hahaha I know it can be confusing have a great day and always love your videos
actually, at bgt, it is pick your ride. they say "one ride per major attraction", but really they don't track that, which is kind of interesting. when i was there, i got the "one ride per major attraction", but didn't do 4 of the rides included. instead, i got 5 consecutive rides on cheetah hunt before it maxed out.
At the end you say that the Disney Max Pass doesn't give any more access and is there for convenience. At least for Disneyland, this is incorrect. With normal Fast Passes, there is a two hour maximum wait between passes. If you have Max Pass, this is reduced to 90 minutes. So you *do* get slightly more access in addition to the convenience. Also, the FastPass+ system used in Orlando works quite a bit differently than the FastPass/MaxPass system in Anaheim.
I always get the pass because I don't have a home park and want to maximize my limited time when traveling. But still my favorite systems are now dead days, or options with early entry. Experiencing early entry to CP and Europa park, for example, really changed a lot and gave me more rides on favorite busy coasters more effectively than most fass passes could achieve in regular park hours.
Clay3613 well for Disney (World, I haven't been to Disney land) it is free and you can book them from 6 months in advance, but you can also book them on the same day you are in the park, and there isn't a limit on how many you can get. Disney world has high admission prices but it is nice you don't have to pay Extra to skip lines.
I think that is the point, if less people buy the fast pass the more useful it is at getting on rides faster, if 50% of guest bought the fast pass the fast pass line and regular line would be about the same
@@troyzfn5649 we are not talking purely fast pass line but hypothetical that at some point if equal amounts have fast pass with those that didn't get fast pass the lines for both would be about the same. I think you missed that part
