Recorded on 12/2/21; Released 12/5/21

Special Guest: Casey Liss

• Co-host of Accidental Tech Podcast (ATP) and Analog(ue)
• Creator of the Peek-a-View iPhone app which is a read-only photo browser which was inspired by a trip to Disney World 😀

Disney's FastPass: A Complicated History

Recap of the changes since pre-pandemic times; the "changes" episode

What's different now than before the pandemic shutdown?

• Disney's Magical Express
• Face coverings indoors
• No parades yet; will return in 2022; have cavalcades instead
  • Dragon float catches on fire during Disney World parade
• No dining plans
• No parking lot trams to date; announced on 12/2/21 that the trams will return this month
• Limited character meet-and-greets
• Resort guests get 30-minute early entry to any Walt Disney World theme park, every day; no more early or evening magic hours, and not all the attractions are open
• Fireworks restarted in July
• Annual Passholder discussion
• Park reservations
  • Park hopping is limited to after 2 pm; you must go to the park where you have the reservation before park hopping
• Technology
  • Mobile order for dining
  • Dining reservations and check in
  • online check in at resorts; use magic band or app to open your door
  • Theme park entry; use magic band or app (including Apple watch) to enter
  • Genie

    • Genie

      • Free, offers "personalized itinerary"

    • Genie+

      • Ride reservations and line-skipping via the Lightning Lane
      • $15 per person, per day
      • Can make first reservation starting at 7 am
      • After you use your Genie+ reservation or after two hours, you can make another reservation

    • Individual Lightning Lane purchases

      • Prices start at $7 per person, per attraction
      • Variable. Can go up to $15 depending on day
      • Can buy at 2 different attractions each day
      • Resort guests can start purchasing at 7 am/ day guests can start at park opening

      Magic Kingdom

      • Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
      • Space Mountain

      Epcot

      • Remy’s Ratatouille Adventure
      • Frozen Ever After

      Hollywood Studios

      • Star Wars: Rise of the Resistance
      • Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway

      Animal Kingdom

      • Avatar Flight of Passage
      • Expedition Everest