What attractions are still closed? Of the 90+ attractions at WDW:
- character greetings
- Festival of
Here’s what you’ve missed:
- people losing their minds over the announcement of Disney Premier Access at
Disneyland Paris (paid FastPass that had been in use at Shanghai Disney for 4 years). Many people are jumping to the conclusion that this system will also be implemented at WDW. But several reliable sources think otherwise. Will there be some form of paid FastPass at WDW at some point in the future? Very likely.
- Disney has been conducting live system tests of the “new program” (whatever FastPass will become) and it hasn’t been playing nicely with other systems. And it can’t successfully launch until it integrates with the other systems.
- Yesterday it failed yet another test. And it’s looking like it will take at least another 3 months of assessment to work out the issues. That will put them past the start of the 50th anniversary. It’s highly unlikely that Disney will allow the 50th anniversary celebrations to start without some FastPass system in place.
- Walt Disney World finds itself in a tough position. The key local competitor, Universal, has removed all capacity caps and Express Pass is functioning normally. This is pushing Disney to increase capacity faster than they like. And the failed tests of the “new program” are putting pressure on them to reactivate old FastPass+ for the short term while they work towards a successful implementation of the new program.