There are some things that haven’t been clarified yet and we may not know for a while. It’s especially stressful for planners, but there’s not a lot we can know until Disney is ready to share.
What rides can be reserved in advance, G+ Lightning Lane only, or will they include the Individual Attractions Selection - the E-ticket BIGGIES (FOP, KS RAT, TT, 7D, Space, RoTR, SSD)?
Can you schedule times for these in advance or are times pre-assigned?
We don’t know. The Disney information about
DAS Advance selections, just says:
“At the end of that [DAS Registration] process, the Guest will be able to select up to 2 DAS Advance selections for select attractions (subject to availability).“
At this point, we don’t know exactly what the part I underlined means. It could be that Disney has a list of ‘select attractions’ that are the only ones guests can choose from. It could be that only certain times are available to choose from. Or, there may be a limited number of ‘slots’ available to choose from and once a ‘slot’ is full, it’s no longer available.
Can times be changed as situations change?
The info on the website only says the DAS Advance Selections can’t be TRANSFERRED. I thought I had read in the beginning that they could not be changed, but that’s not there at this time. So, I don’t know whether I read it there or in one of the commentaries about DAS on other sites.
Can they be in separate parks?
This isn’t clear, but as far as I have heard, WDW will be continuing with park reservations. If they hold to not allowing transfers to another par until later in the day (1 or 2pm), I think most people will choose DAS Advance selections in the same park, even if it’s allowed.
Do these have to be used before scheduling other normal DAS return times as you do currently by in person requesting or now by using the MDE?
As far as I know, it appears that the DAS Advance selections won’t need to be used before DAS Return Times. The website says:
“Guests who pre-register for DAS
will be able to proceed to the booked attraction to confirm their identity before being able to use DAS, including DAS Advance selections. [\i]Guests who pre-register for DAS and use DAS Advance selections will also be able to participate in the existing DAS program, including the option of booking DAS selections using the app when that feature is available this fall.”
This means to me that the guest will need to confirm their identity before using either DAS or DAS Advance Selection. Since this part is addressing Guests who pre-registered, if the DAS Advance selections needed to be used before any DAS Return Times, I’m pretty sure, it would say it here.
I know you can can mix the advance DAS reservations with G+ Lightning Lane, but how about with the Individual Attractions Selection?
- IF the Individual Attractions Selection cannot be scheduled in advance, can you do a normal DAS return time for them?
It is clear that guests using DAS can use the free Genie tools for planning that are available for free to any guest. It’s also mentioned in the Disney DAS information that:
“Starting this fall, DAS return times and DAS Advance selections (for those who pre-register for DAS) can be used in combination with Disney’s Genie+ service, individual paid attraction selections, and the standby lines.“
From what I’ve read on the Disney Blog, it looks like the individual attraction selections will have at least 2 ways they can be accessed - by purchasing an individual attraction selection OR waiting in the Standby queue. Since there would still be a Stand by line with a posted wait time, there would be no reason guests couldn’t get a DAS Return Time (based on the current Standby wait).
I havent seen if those attractions would also have Lightning Lane available thru Genie+
Currently with DAS, you can request a return time on anything that you could get a FP for.... but not RoTR , as far as I know. Can you request, for example, Safari either on MDE or by requesting a return time in person?
Will that carry over with the new DAS system for all rides, including BGs, or will you be able to request a DAS return time for it, since you COULD use LL$ rather than a BG for them? In other words, do you need to get a BG during the 7AM or 1PM lottery, or can you just schedule a return time?
Currently with DAS, you can get a DAS Return Time for any attraction that has a posted wait time because that’s how the Return Time is calculated. There may be certain attractions without a posted wait time that DAS can be used for, but most of those are either really short waits or (were) outdoor character greetings without permanent queues (Character greets are not back yet).
The Safari was always one guests using DAS could get a DAS Return Time for - we did recently in June 2021.
However they will be scheduling Boarding Groups, guests using DAS will need to get a Boarding Group. How it has been working, us once your Boarding Group is called, the group tells the CM they are using DAS and they are sent in without waiting in a long Boarding Groip line. The Disney website DAS info says:
“Can a Guest with an active DAS return time receive a boarding group for one of the virtual queue attractions?
Yes. A Guest can hold one active DAS return time and join one virtual queue at the same time. Once their boarding group is called, the Guest utilizing DAS, along with their party, will be able to access that attraction through a shorter line as they did previously with virtual queue attractions such as Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance.”