Reduce Your Wait Time at Disney World

You’ve finally made your destination for your long awaited family vacation at Disney World in Orlando. You are waiting in line for the first attraction and all you can see in front of you is a sea of people waiting just like you to see the attraction. You need a fastpass to get you out of line and on to the next attraction.

What exactly is a fastpass? It is simply a paper pass you can obtain from a fastpass kiosk close to the attraction. There is no cost to get the fast pass. You just insert your Walt Disney World ticket into the kiosk and you will receive a fast pass for that specific attraction along with your ticket. The paper pass will provide a time for you to return to the attraction. You are then free to move on to another attraction awaiting the time on the fastpass When you return to the attraction for which you have the fastpass you will get to cut ahead in line.

The fastpass since 2000 has been allowing visitors to spend their time waiting for a ride or attraction enjoying another part of the park rather than standing in long lines which eat up a lot of time you could be doing other things the park has to offer.

It is a known fact that some of the most popular attractions frequently have wait times as long as 1 ½ hours to 2 hours. Some of these attractions include Epcot’s Soarin and Magic Kingdom’s Space Mountain.

Taking the shorter line moving ahead of other people who do not have a fastpass is not cheating. Every visitor in the park has the opportunity to get the free fastpass. Surprisingly most people do not obtain them.  Other theme parks may offer a type of fastpass but they usually have a free for this express service. Disney’s fastpass is completely free.

The fastpass will indicate the wait time to use it again. This time varies by park, attraction, and specific day and time. The times range from 30 minutes to a few hours. But the fastpass always allows you to move on to other things in the park rather than waiting in long for the time to pass.

Below are some tips for fastpass at Disney World:

• Get your fastpass early in the day. Some of the rides fastpasses are taken quickly and Disney will announce that fastpasses are not available sometimes in the afternoon.
• Throughout your day at the park obtain as many fastpasses possible to prevent wait times as much as possible.
  If you need a park ticket you will need a fastpass

You do not have to spend your precious vacation time waiting in the many lines for attractions at Disney World. You can cut in line and be legal if you do it with a fastpass.