DAS works differently at FOP?

[mrzrich]

We were at AK about 830 this morning and went straight to FOP for a return time. The posted wait was 60 minutes, we were given a return time of 11 AM. More than 2 hours from the time we got the return time. Has anybody else experienced this?

 

[gap2368]

No I have not or not that I remember but would have said something to the CM

 

[SueM in MN]

I have not heard of it working differently. I have heard the wait times go up at Flights of Passage very quickly in the morning.
So, it is possible that the wait time was one hour when you approached the CM, but was already showing 2 hours in the computer at the time the CM accessed it to give you a Return Time.

 

[mrzrich]

No, I was standing under the wait time sign when I got the return time. It was posted as 60 minutes. I guess I should have said something, but i didn't even realize what had happened until after I had walked away

 

[Mrsjvb]

don't assume that the posted wait time was actually accurate. I have waited outside the line of some rides while DH was in line and the posted wait at the entrance the was very different than the time listed on the app.

 

[Hoodie]

We were at AK last week and the posted times for everything were REALLY off. The poor CMs were telling people what the actual wait times were and in many cases they were double what was posted.

 

[Hoodie]

I have found the posted times overall are off because they now rely on those red cards to change the times. Disney used to know how long the times were based on the lines and switch backs, etc. so it was pretty much accurate immediately. Relying on technology has actually made the posted wait times far less accurate in my opinion.

 

[mrzrich]

I have found the posted times overall are off because they now rely on those red cards to change the times. Disney used to know how long the times were based on the lines and switch backs, etc. so it was pretty much accurate immediately. Relying on technology has actually made the posted wait times far less accurate in my opinion.

No more red cards. They now use your magic band to track the wait.

 

[OurBigTrip]

No more red cards. They now use your magic band to track the wait.

Must be something new, as I was there last month and was handed a red card in three different lines.

 

[Hoodie]

Must be something new, as I was there last month and was handed a red card in three different lines.

Brand new as they were passing out the red cards last week.

 

[SueM in MN]

No more red cards. They now use your magic band to track the wait.

Brand new as they were passing out the red cards last week.

I read last week that they were starting to use Magicbands for timing, so it’s very new. It’s possible that not all attractions are switched over yet.

 

[TheRustyScupper]

we were given a return time of 11 AM. More than 2 hours from the time we got the return time.

1) Supply and demand.
2) There must have been a lot of others in front of you.

 

[SirDuff]

1) Supply and demand.
2) There must have been a lot of others in front of you.

Since when is there a cap on how many DAS are out at a time?

 

[lanejudy]

Since when is there a cap on how many DAS are out at a time?

Not that I'm aware of. As far as I know DAS return time should simply be the standby time minus 10 minutes.

Maybe OP encountered a glitch (Disney IT with a glitch?!), or the standby time was changing in the system right at the moment they were getting DAS, or who knows what happened. I haven't read any other reports of extra-long DAS return times from anyone else, so I have to think something unusual happened for the OP.

Enjoy your vacation!

 

[charmed59]

Since when is there a cap on how many DAS are out at a time?

I’m wondering if there is a threshold where they feel they need to spread out the DAS return times to ensure when the DAS holders do show up the line is within a reasonable wait time.

For instance, if the ride loads 600 people an hour, and they have 300 FPs for that hour and somehow hit another 400 DAS holders with their parties it would certainly mean the FP line would not be moving, and would be useless to anyone getting a new return time for that hour. It’s something that wouldn’t happen often, but might in some rare circumstances on a very popular ride, like FOP, and a day with an unusually large influx of DAS users interested in riding that particular ride.

 

[OurBigTrip]

I’m wondering if there is a threshold where they feel they need to spread out the DAS return times to ensure when the DAS holders do show up the line is within a reasonable wait time.

For instance, if the ride loads 600 people an hour, and they have 300 FPs for that hour and somehow hit another 400 DAS holders with their parties it would certainly mean the FP line would not be moving, and would be useless to anyone getting a new return time for that hour. It’s something that wouldn’t happen often, but might in some rare circumstances on a very popular ride, like FOP, and a day with an unusually large influx of DAS users interested in riding that particular ride.

Shouldn't matter, as those people would have been waiting in the standby without the DAS, and the two lines have to merge anyway.

 

[peg2001]

Shouldn't matter, as those people would have been waiting in the standby without the DAS, and the two lines have to merge anyway.

By this logic, there is no reason to restrict the number of FP+ issued either.

 

[OurBigTrip]

By this logic, there is no reason to restrict the number of FP+ issued either.

Wrong.

 

[DisneyOma]

Since when is there a cap on how many DAS are out at a time?

Not that I'm aware of. As far as I know DAS return time should simply be the standby time minus 10 minutes.

Maybe OP encountered a glitch (Disney IT with a glitch?!), or the standby time was changing in the system right at the moment they were getting DAS, or who knows what happened. I haven't read any other reports of extra-long DAS return times from anyone else, so I have to think something unusual happened for the OP.

Enjoy your vacation!

Could it be evacuation codes in play as well? Someone who cannot queue may not be able to handle an evacuation without special consideration. So, they have to spread those out in the flow? Although the DAS gives only one part of a return time (no expiration) so it doesn't quite control the time frame.

 

[gap2368]

Could it be evacuation codes in play as well? Someone who cannot queue may not be able to handle an evacuation without special consideration. So, they have to spread those out in the flow? Although the DAS gives only one part of a return time (no expiration) so it doesn't quite control the time frame.

For people in mobility devices, they are sent to a separate line all together ( Right after the merge they go to the right side and again to the right side) and loaded from this line