DISNEY RESORTS TO BE ADDED TO FASTPASS+ TESTING
As predicted by the “Mysterious A” on this site almost a month ago, reported on disboards.com a couple of days ago and other sites since, and confirmed by Kerri, one of my twitter followers who got FastPass+ for Coronado Springs for an October 31 arrival date, the number of resorts in the current FastPass+ test will be hugely expanded over the next month or so.
Below are resorts already in the test, and after that the arrival dates on which others will be added.
No one knows for sure if the test will continue after the announced end date of October 31. Most expect it to do so; others think it will be on hold after 10/31 until after the Christmas/New Years holiday weeks.
Me? Well, on September 12, Jay Rasulo, Disney CFO, said this at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference:
“…By the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2014 we will have substantial [Fastpass+] coverage of our resort guests…” (p10)
Disney’s first fiscal quarter end is at the end of December 2014, so I find it hard to interpret Rasulo’s comments as supporting any other interpretation than that FastPass+ availability will continue after 10/31 at most or all of the resorts in, or entering, the test.
That is, I think FastPass+ will continue to be largely available to Walt Disney World resort hotel guests after October 31st.
And for everybody else? Well, here’s what Jay said about that, continuing the same answer quoted above: “and ultimately all guests who visit the property…” So everybody else is still in the “ultimately someday” category.
RESORTS ALREADY IN THE TEST
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge – Jambo House
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Jambo House
- Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
- Disney’s Beach Club Resort
- Disney’s Beach Club Villas
- Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Disney’s Polynesian Resort
- Disney’s Pop Century Resort
- Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – Riverside
- Disney’s Yacht Club Resort
RESORTS TO BE ADDED, BY ARRIVAL DATE
September 30
- Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge – Kidani Village
- Disney’s All-Star Movies Resort
- Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
- Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa
- Disney’s Port Orleans Resort – French Quarter
October 7
- Disney’s All-Star Sports Resort
- Disney’s BoardWalk Inn
- Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
- Disney’s Caribbean Beach Resort
October 14
- Disney’s All-Star Music Resort
- Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort
- Disney’s Old Key West Resort
- Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
- Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
October 21
- Disney’s Fort Wilderness Resort and Campground
- Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort and Spa
October 23
- The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort and Spa
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37 Comments on "Many More Disney World Resorts to Be Added to Fastpass+ Test"
Cool, Gabby!
Got my email last week for our Oct 5th arrival at POFQ. I was so excited. Since I didn’t think we would be in the test, I hadn’t read too much about it. Now I am frantically reading all your old posts! Thanks for all the great info! We can’t wait to try it out!
This is sounding so great. I was wondering what your predictions were for the first week of March 2014. Will there still be testing going on? Will we get magic bands? We are staying at All Star Music. We have dinner reservations made and hotel reservations made, but have not purchased our tickets yet. Would it be wise to get them purchased now, and see if there is any information? I would love to use the magic bands. sounds so much simpler that carrying a card that can get lost.
Never mind, just signed in to My Disney Experience and it was waiting for me there.
We are arriving at Coronado on 10/23 and haven’t heard anything yet. Are you contacted by email?