On 7/1 you really didn't need the FastPass before 10:30 on most rides. We had a repeat of the previous week except the lines were even smaller. Some rides that had a 10 or 20 minute wait had a FP available for right then.
We arrived at the parking garage about 7:30 and there were virtually no cars in line for it, maybe 4 ahead of us. The lines at security were small as well. The tram to the park, while it did have some people waiting, we walked right on spotting 2 spots and were in the park at just after 8am. It is a little hard to see because we were moving so fast but the lines at the Matterhorn and Haunted House didn't exist in the morning and the Haunted House, Pirates, Screamin' Monorail and a bunch of others had no lines all day long.
We left around 8pm and will return on 7/3. Maybe with some of the blackout lifted that day it will be busier.
We have noticed that showing up a little early for the FastPass doesn't seem to bother the machines reading them. Within 5 minutes of go time they seem to work. Also the next time you can get a FP if your window for the next one exceeds 2 hours is 2 hours to the minute to get another one. We had one for 12:49pm as the next time we could get one.
The FastPass machines are still confusing people. They do not read your AP on your phone and there are often lines while one person scans a bunch of passes or someone can't get theirs to scan.
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