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al Kingdom, they're in DinoLand U.S.A., Asia, Discovery Island, and Africa. At Dis-
ney's Hollywood Studios, they're dispersed. Practically speaking, see any attractions
on the plan that are open for early entry, crossing them off as you do. If you finish all
early-entry attractions and have time left before the general public is admitted, sample
early-entry attractions not included in the plan. Stop touring about 10 minutes before
the public is admitted, and position yourself for the first attraction on the plan that
wasn't open for early entry. During early entry in the Magic Kingdom, for example,
you can almost always experience Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and Under the Sea: Voy-
age of the Little Mermaid in Fantasyland, plus Space Mountain in Tomorrowland. As
official opening nears, go to the boundary between Fantasyland and Liberty Square
and be ready to blitz Splash and Big Thunder mountains according to the touring plan
when the rest of the park opens.
Evening Extra Magic Hours, when a designated park remains open for Disney re-
sort guests 2 hours beyond normal closing time, have less effect on the touring plans
than early entry in the morning. Parks are almost never scheduled for both early entry
and evening Extra Magic Hours on the same day. Thus a park offering evening Extra
Magic Hours will enjoy a fairly normal morning and early afternoon. It's not until late
afternoon, when park hoppers coming from the other theme parks descend, that the
late-closing park will become especially crowded. By that time, you'll be well toward
the end of your touring plan.
FASTPASS+
DISNEY INTRODUCED THE FASTPASS
ride-reservation system in 1999 as a way to mod-
erate the high wait times at some of its headliner attractions. A new version of the
system, called FastPass+, completely replaced the old one in January 2014. Where-
as the old system printed your reservation times on small slips of paper dispensed
from ATM-like kiosks next to each attraction, the new FastPass+ system is (with
one exception described later) entirely electronic: You must use a computer, mobile
device, or in-park terminal to make and modify FastPass+ reservations, and you must
use your RFID-enabled MagicBand, Key to the World Card, or day-guest card to re-
deem the reservation. As before, FastPass+ is free of charge to all Walt Disney World
guests.
