justagrrl
02-13-2002, 06:43 AM
We went to DCA on Sunday and were disappointed by our Fast Pass experiences on both Soarin and Millionaire. Note that we were only there a short time and came back later and had the same experience...
Got a fast pass for Soarin...waited until our time came up and went to fast pass area. Surprise! It was a longer line then the stand by area...by a long shot. The line was beginning to wrap around the restaurant next door.(!)
When we went back to DCA later in the day (had to leave due to all the ashes and smoke which were giving me headache...)...anyway - when we went back we wanted to see millonaire...which had a 20 minute wait for standby. We opted for not getting a fast pass as we could see that area was pretty full. We figured that we might as well just wait. This was our first experience on millionaire by the way. We waited in line and the CM's asked questions - which I later found out were for the ring of fire seating. (it would have been nice if they'd mentioned this as I knew many of the answers but they didn't make it clear there were getting anything by answering them or I would have shot my hand up a bit more agressively - live and learn) But to get to the point - they only let the people in that made it into the ring of fire. Everyone else was told there was little hope of getting a seat because of the fast pass being so full so we left...and found that the fast pass line was now out of the area and down the "street". (!)
I had to speak up as we were leaving. And I was very kindly told about the Special Assistance day - which I think is a great idea. What I don't think is a great idea is not adjusting the fast pass tickets to account for the surge of Special Assistance people.
While it was easy for us to leave and come on another day, if I'd paid for admission I would have been really upset.
There has to be a happy medium in there somewhere... perhaps people with special assistance passes could also get the fast passes but be allowed to get more then one at a time - this would help to regulate how many people were in the fast pass lanes at once.
Got a fast pass for Soarin...waited until our time came up and went to fast pass area. Surprise! It was a longer line then the stand by area...by a long shot. The line was beginning to wrap around the restaurant next door.(!)
When we went back to DCA later in the day (had to leave due to all the ashes and smoke which were giving me headache...)...anyway - when we went back we wanted to see millonaire...which had a 20 minute wait for standby. We opted for not getting a fast pass as we could see that area was pretty full. We figured that we might as well just wait. This was our first experience on millionaire by the way. We waited in line and the CM's asked questions - which I later found out were for the ring of fire seating. (it would have been nice if they'd mentioned this as I knew many of the answers but they didn't make it clear there were getting anything by answering them or I would have shot my hand up a bit more agressively - live and learn) But to get to the point - they only let the people in that made it into the ring of fire. Everyone else was told there was little hope of getting a seat because of the fast pass being so full so we left...and found that the fast pass line was now out of the area and down the "street". (!)
I had to speak up as we were leaving. And I was very kindly told about the Special Assistance day - which I think is a great idea. What I don't think is a great idea is not adjusting the fast pass tickets to account for the surge of Special Assistance people.
While it was easy for us to leave and come on another day, if I'd paid for admission I would have been really upset.
There has to be a happy medium in there somewhere... perhaps people with special assistance passes could also get the fast passes but be allowed to get more then one at a time - this would help to regulate how many people were in the fast pass lanes at once.