Interesting nugget in today's WDW Park Update (August 29, 2011). Mark Reports that,
This is interesting. My first response was, "HEY! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" But upon reflection, why not? Otherwise, why have an end time? I suppose in theory, it would allow for shorter wait times after you return to use your fastpass, right?
According to our partners over at TouringPlans.com, Walt Disney World has begun a test to crack down on the ending times of Fastpass return periods. It has been standard practice thatif Fastpass tickets werereturned past the end of their designated return window on the same dayguests could still enter the attraction. This was done to avoid penalizing guests for various late-making issues such as not wanting to wake sleeping children, transportation delays, or getting stuck in a restaurant or by a storm.
This new test, however, entails sporadic enforcement of the time window and no longer advising guests that they can return beyond the end of the window in case of extenuating circumstances.
TouringPlans.com's R.A. Pederson speculates that this may be related to the upcoming Next Generation initiative in the parks. MousePlanet's Jeff Kober has previously written about the "Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom" interactive game coming to the Magic Kingdom park. It is uncertain at this time, however, how the game might be related to the enforcement of Fastpass end times.
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