Orlando Walt Disney World Fastpass Details

Disney's FASTPASS is a revolutionary guest enhancement at Walt Disney World Resort enabling guests to have an alternative to waiting in lines for many of the most-popular attractions. There is no additional charge to use the FASTPASS service.

FASTPASS, Step-By-Step

1) Ticketed guest or annual passholder enters the park main entrance gate.

2) Guest visits any attraction offering the FASTPASS service. Here, guest has the option of waiting in the regular standby line or choosing FASTPASS.

3) If the FASTPASS option is chosen, a guest inserts his or her theme park ticket into the FASTPASS machine. Out comes the FASTPASS denoting when to return to the attraction. Holders of FASTPASS are given a one-hour window for their return -- for example, 10:05-11:05 a.m. That means the guest cannot enter the attraction using FASTPASS before 10:05 but is free to return at any time during the designated one-hour window.

4) Upon returning at the designated time, the guest heads straight for the FASTPASS entrance and proceeds directly to the attraction pre-show or boarding area with little or no wait.

Guests are able to get several FASTPASS tickets during a day in the Disney theme parks. However, they cannot immediately obtain multiple FASTPASS tickets.

How often can they get one? While the answer varies, it is printed on the guest's current FASTPASS ticket.

FASTPASS is offered on the following attractions:

Magic Kingdom: Splash Mountain, Space Mountain, Jungle Cruise, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, The Haunted Mansion, Peter Pan's Flight, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

Epcot: Test Track, "Honey, I Shrunk the Audience," Living with the Land, Maelstrom at the Norway Pavilion

Disney-MGM Studios: Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith, Tower of Terror II, Star Tours, "Voyage of the Little Mermaid," "Jim Henson's Muppet*Vision 3-D," "Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular!", "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Play It!"

Disney's Animal Kingdom: DINOSAUR, Kali River Rapids, Kilimanjaro Safaris, "It's Tough to be a Bug"

Information courtesy of About.com