Update: This post is out of date. You should instead be reading our Disneyland Genie+ and Lightning Lane Strategy post.
FASTPASS at Disneyland is a relatively simple system, and the MaxPass enhancement is also simple to understand. That said, we are a site for people who really like to read the details about these things, so we do try and provide the most comprehensive information possible.
In this post, we cover everything you need to know about FASTPASS and MaxPass at Disneyland Resort—including both parks, Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.
As this is a pretty long post, we’ve broken it down different sections:
Basics of FASTPASS At Disneyland Resort
If you’re brand new to FASTPASS and MaxPass at Disneyland, this section is for you. Even if you’re not, it never hurts to brush up on the basics.
What Is FASTPASS At Disneyland Resort And How Do I Use It?
FASTPASS is Disney’s free “skip the line” system for its most popular rides. Without MaxPass (covered below), to use FASTPASS for a ride, you will:
Visit the FASTPASS kiosk for the ride (usually, but not always, located right near that ride’s entrance)
Insert your park ticket
Obtain a paper receipt noting your one hour return window (note: paper receipts are being phased out)
Return to the FASTPASS line for the ride during your designated window
Scan your park ticket to gain admission to the FASTPASS queue
While we have lots to unpack below, but the first thing to note is the use of the word “receipt” above. The paper receipt given by the machine is not a FASTPASS and it is not transferable—the FASTPASS is linked to your park ticket. These receipts are also seemingly being phased out, so don’t be surprised if the system has eliminated them by the time of your visit.
Who can get a FASTPASS?
Anyone who has entered the park on a valid ticket can get a FASTPASS. FASTPASS is free and offered to all guests.
When Can I Get My Next FASTPASS?
There’s a lot of confusion and misinformation (including from Disney) about when you can get your next FASTPASS. Disney doesn’t actually publish many details about the system, but countless observations by us and others reveal how long you have to wait between obtaining FASTPASS slots.
First, your existing reservation will tell you when you can get another one. It’s either on the bottom of your receipt or present on the reservation on the app.
If you want to know the generally accepted rule, here it is. You book a FASTPASS at time T1 and that FASTPASS starts at time T2. You can book your next FASTPASS at time T2 (when the FASTPASS window starts), subject to a 30 minute minimum and two hour maximum wait from time T1. Additionally, you can get around the 30-minute minimum if you use your first FASTPASS before those 30 minutes have passed.
Guests with MaxPass—which we cover more below—have a maximum wait of 90 minutes to grab their next FASTPASS.
Examples of Grabbing Your Next FASTPASS
At 9:14AM you grab a FASTPASS for Star Tours that starts at 9:15AM. You can grab your next FASTPASS at 9:44AM because you must wait at least 30 minutes between making FASTPASS selections.
However, if you go use that Star Tours FASTPASS at 9:15AM, you’ll be able to grab a new FASTPASS right then—at 9:15AM.
At 10:26AM you grab a FASTPASS for Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin that starts at 11:10AM. You can grab your next FASTPASS at 11:10AM because 11:10AM is more than 30 minutes out but less than 90 minutes (or two hours).
At 12:19PM you use MaxPass to grab a FASTPASS for Indiana Jones Adventure that starts at 2:25PM. You can grab your next FASTPASS at 1:49PM because your maximum wait to grab a FASTPASS with MaxPass is 90 minutes. Without MaxPass, you would be able to grab your next FASTPASS at 2:19PM.
Can I have multiple FASTPASS reservations at once?
Yes—there is no limit on how many FASTPASS reservations you can make, subject to the above rules on how long you must wait between making them. You cannot hold multiple FASTPASS reservations at the same time for the same ride.
You can even have FASTPASS reservations with overlapping or identical time slots. Just make sure you know how you’re going to fit them both in.
What About Park Hopping?
The FASTPASS systems at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure are completely unified. Besides the fact that the app divides the rides between the two parks just to make browsing them easier, the system behaves as if all the rides are in a single park.
That is, if you grab a FASTPASS in one park, you have to wait until your next designated FASTPASS time to grab one in the other park. Or if you enter one park first, you can go right ahead and use MaxPass to book a FASTPASS in the other park. One use for this is to end a park early—with Extra Magic Hour or Magic Morning—and grab a FASTPASS in the other park.
FASTPASS for Fantasmic! and World of Color
Reserved space for the nighttime shows Fantasmic! (at Disneyland) and World of Color (at Disney California Adventure) is dispensed via in-park kiosks and via MaxPass. For whatever reason, Disney has chosen to group this with FASTPASS, even though it has nothing to do with the regular FASTPASS system.
To book reserved space for one of these shows, use MaxPass or go to the kiosk (Fantasmic! is dispensed next to Mark Twain Riverboat, World of Color is dispensed next to The Little Mermaid ~ Ariel’s Undersea Adventure on the Grizzly Peak side), scan your park ticket, and obtain a receipt with your return time / location.
Obtaining these tickets (or MaxPass reservations) will not impact your ability to get another FASTPASS, and you do not have to wait until you can book a FASTPASS to grab one of these tickets. They do go quickly, so try to swing by the kiosks early in your day.
Basics of MaxPass At Disneyland Resort
Now, let’s talk about MaxPass.
What Is MaxPass At Disneyland?
MaxPass is a paid enhancement to the FASTPASS system, costing $20 per ticket per day. MaxPass enhances your FASTPASS experience in the following two ways.
First, it allows you to make FASTPASS reservations using the Disneyland app on your phone (we’ll show you how below). Your FASTPASS time slot is (generally) the same as everyone else grabbing a FASTPASS at that time, but you don’t have to go to the kiosk.
Second, the maximum amount of time you’ll have to wait between booking a FASTPASS is 90 minutes instead of two hours. This means you’ll usually be able to book more FASTPASS times in a day than someone without MaxPass.
The third perk of MaxPass is unrelated to FASTPASS but worth mentioning. Guests with MaxPass have access to all their Photopass photos for the day, as well.
How Can I Buy MaxPass?
There are two options for purchasing MaxPass on standard park tickets. First, you can pre-purchase it as part of your ticket purchase.
Best I can tell, this is only possible when purchasing directly from Disney, which means you’re spending $20 per ticket extra on top of losing the discount you can get purchasing through a discount Disneyland ticket broker. When you pre-purchase through Disney, you have to get MaxPass for the entire length of your ticket.
Second, you can purchase it once you’re scanned into the park just for the day. This is the only way you can purchase it day-by-day or add it to a ticket purchased from someone other than Disney. You’ll just do this through the Disneyland app as soon as you are scanned into the park.
To that end, before you enter the park, make sure you:
have downloaded the Disneyland app
have created an online Disney account and logged into the app
have linked everyone’s ticket to your Disney account via the app
have a credit card ready to use to purchase MaxPass
I did this recently when we had a friend in our party who didn’t have MaxPass. After we entered the park, I scanned her ticket to link it to my account. When I went to add a FASTPASS for the three of us, I was immediately given the option to purchase MaxPass for her—it was quite efficient.
Does Everyone In My Party Need MaxPass?
This is always a confusing question. The answer you’re looking for is probably yes, in order to use MaxPass, everyone in your party needs MaxPass. If you’re using MaxPass, any ticket you’re booking FASTPASS for must also have MaxPass.
But if someone in your party is skipping all the FASTPASS attractions, or if they’re just riding one or two and are willing to use the standard FASTPASS system to try and ride with you, they don’t need MaxPass.
MaxPass is linked to individual tickets. If someone in your party doesn’t have MaxPass, you’ll get an error when you try and book a FASTPASS for them through the app.
You can purchase MaxPass for everyone in your party, but you cannot purchase MaxPass for people who have not entered a park yet or whose tickets you have not linked to your account.
How to Use MaxPass to book FASTPASS at Disneyland
Once you have a ticket with MaxPass and have entered the park, using MaxPass to book a FASTPASS is easy. Open the app and click “Get FASTPASS with Disney MaxPass.” If your home screen is different, you can also find this option by clicking the “+” at the bottom.
If you haven’t purchased MaxPass, you’ll first have to do that. Then, select the members of your party you wish to book a FASTPASS for. All must have MaxPass, and all must be in the park.
Select the park you’re booking in. This doesn’t lock you into anything, it’s just how they (sensibly) organize the rides.
Scroll through and look at all your options. Note anything strange. Were you expecting to book Soarin’ later in the day, but now it’s already booking for the evening? Don’t just hop to your Plan A—check for Plan B and C. Once you’ve decided, tap through to the next screen.
One last screen—you have to confirm your selection. If you waited too long to make your decision, they’ll modify the time and give you a message that says the time you chose is no longer available.
Usually these modifications are only 5 minutes, but I’ve seen multi-hour changes. Always check the time on the confirmation screen! Sometimes you’ll actually just miss out on the FASTPASS all together if you waited too long.
Your confirmation will tell you when you can next get a FASTPASS.
Some Extra MaxPass Details
Once you have been scanned into either park (Disneyland or Disney California Adventure) you can make FASTPASS bookings for the rest of the day for both parks via MaxPass.
If you have a breakfast reservation outside the parks or are starting your day at the hotel pool or whatever, always consider whether it might be worth it just to scan into the park and leave so you can get FASTPASS reservations via MaxPass. Guests at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel & Spa can easily just scan into Disney California Adventure in the morning.
If you scan into Magic Morning or Extra Magic Hour at a park, you’ll usually be able to use MaxPass to make FASTPASS reservations for all FASTPASS rides at both parks, even those that aren’t running yet.
There are no FASTPASS windows during the bonus hour though—you’ll be booking windows that start when the park fully opens. (You can read more about Extra Magic Hour at Disney California Adventure and Extra Magic Hour and Magic Morning at Disneyland.)
If you cancel your most recent FASTPASS booking on MaxPass, you’ll be able to book a replacement.
Despite what Disney says, the FASTPASS windows seen on MaxPass are not always identical to those seen at the kiosks. I believe this is just due to cancellations, but you will sometimes see a surprise earlier FASTPASS time appear on MaxPass.
Just editing this post at 2PM on a Friday we saw times for Indiana Jones Adventure, Space Mountain, and Toy Story Midway Mania! within the hour, suggesting “dumps” of space can occur. (After about ten minutes, the times reverted to around 8PM.)
Is MaxPass Worth It?
We’ll tell you straight up whether we think you should get MaxPass based on how long your visit is.
If you have only one day in each park, MaxPass is worth it.
If you have 1.5 days in each park (i.e. three days total), get MaxPass the first day and make the decision for yourself regarding the half-day (which hopefully is also a half-day in the other park).
If you have two or more days at each park, skip MaxPass on day one and see how it goes.
Almost all of our Disneyland Resort content assumes you have MaxPass for one day in each park. We’ll usually add short commentary for guests without MaxPass explaining what modifications to our tips they might have to make.
FASTPASS and MaxPass at Disneyland Park
Here we cover the rides that have FASTPASS and where the kiosks are at Disneyland. We also have a guide to the rides of Disneyland and a one day itinerary for Disneyland. We cover FASTPASS strategy further down. But first…
What Disneyland Rides have FASTPASS?
FASTPASS (and MaxPass) is available on the following eleven rides at Disneyland:
Autopia
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
Haunted Mansion
Indiana Jones Adventure
“it’s a small world”
Matterhorn Bobsleds
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run (coming early 2020)
Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin
Space Mountain
Splash Mountain
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue
The nighttime show, Fantasmic!, also uses FASTPASS for access to reserved seating, but (as discussed above) this will not impact your ability to obtain or use other FASTPASS reservations.
Keep in mind that Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run is expected to be added to FASTPASS at some point in February 2020, but Rise of the Resistance is not a part of the FASTPASS system yet. You’ll need a boarding pass for Rise as soon as the park opens, and we discuss Millennium Falcon strategy a little later in this post.
We also have no word on whether the Spider-Man attraction—opening 2020 with the Avengers Campus—will be a part of FASTPASS.
If you’re traveling with little ones, you’ll also want to check the height requirements for every ride at Disneyland.
Where are the FASTPASS kiosks at Disneyland park?
First thing’s first—you need to know that the FASTPASS kiosks at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure dispense FASTPASS receipts for specific rides, you don’t just walk up to them and book any ride…mostly.
Important Note
Beginning October 15, Disney will be testing consolidated FASTPASS kiosks in Tomorrowland. You can read more about the program here, but basically guests will be able to book FASTPASS times for Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters, Hyperspace Mountain, and Star Tours at a single spot near the Tomorrowland Theater (this is between The Star Trader and Space Mountain). They will not get paper receipts indicating the return time.
Guests with MaxPass don’t need to worry about kiosk locations since they can book on their phones. Below are all the kiosk locations. With each is a photo (or gallery of photos you can slide through) that should clarify where the kiosks are.
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - To the right of the entrance to the ride
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters - Past the ride entrance when entering Tomorrowland, on the left side facing into Tomorrowland, shares space with Star Tours FASTPASS kiosks (but see the “Important Note” above about the upcoming test of a central Tomorrowland kiosk at the Tomorrowland Theater)
Fantasmic! - Opposite Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, by Mark Twain Riverboat entrance
Haunted Mansion - Tucked back next to the building, toward the New Orleans Square railroad station
Indiana Jones Adventure - Between Indiana Jones Adventure and Jungle Cruise
“it’s a small world” - Across from Matterhorn, near Monorail track, shares space with Matterhorn kiosks, see pictures below
Matterhorn Bobsleds - Across from Matterhorn, near Monorail track, shares space with “it’s a small world” kiosks, see pictures above
Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin - On the left side of the entrance to the ride
Space Mountain - Down the tunnel, to the right of the ride entrance (but see the “Important Note” above about the upcoming test of a central Tomorrowland kiosk at the Tomorrowland Theater)
Splash Mountain - Way past the standby entrance, across from Winnie the Pooh entrance, by Splash Mountain FASTPASS entrance
Star Tours – The Adventures Continue - Shares space with Buzz Lightyear FASTPASS kiosks next to Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters (see photos above) (but see the “Important Note” above about the upcoming test of a central Tomorrowland kiosk at the Tomorrowland Theater)
FASTPASS and MaxPass at Disney California Adventure
In this section we cover the rides that have FASTPASS at Disney California Adventure and their kiosk locations. Strategy is covered further below. We also have a guide to the rides of Disney California Adventure as well as a one-day itinerary for Disney California Adventure.
What Disney California Adventure ride have FASTPASS?
FASTPASS (and MaxPass) is available on the following eight rides at Disney California Adventure:
Goofy’s Sky School
Grizzly River Run
Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!
Incredicoaster
Monsters, Inc. Mike and Sully to the Rescue!
Radiator Springs Racers
Soarin’ Around the World
Toy Story Midway Mania!
The nighttime show, World of Color, also uses FASTPASS for access to reserved seating, but (as discussed above) this will not impact your ability to obtain or use other FASTPASS reservations.
Where are the FASTPASS kiosks at Disney California Adventure?
Goofy’s Sky School - To the right of the ride entrance
Grizzly River Run - Next to the gigantic bear
Guardians of the Galaxy — Mission: BREAKOUT! - Opposite the ride entrance
Incredicoaster - Opposite Jessie’s Critter Carousel, water side, between Incredicoaster and Toy Story Midway Mania; shares space with Toy Story Midway Mania! FASTPASS kiosks
Radiator Springs Racers - Along the back path from Cars Land to Pacific Wharf; turn right just past Flo’s V8 Cafe (on Cross Street), kiosks are pop-up kiosks on the left
Soarin’ Around the World - The “Exit Only” is just along the main path at the end of the building opposite the entrance; if following the rules (or in case of an actual line for FASTPASS distribution), follow the signage along the lefthand side of the standby line
Toy Story Midway Mania - Opposite Jessie’s Critter Carousel, water side, between Incredicoaster and Toy Story Midway Mania; shares space with Incredicoaster FASTPASS kiosks (see pictures above)
World of Color - Next to The Little Mermaid, on the path into Grizzly Peak
FASTPASS and MaxPass Strategy
Look—we could just write a list that ranks all of the FASTPASS options at Disneyland and Disney California Adventure, but that’s not how we do things here. We spend lots of hours in the parks trying different approaches to FASTPASS, and we want to share as much knowledge as succinctly as possible with you.
But we will at least start with lists that group the rides by priority. The most important thing to remember about the following lists is that they are rough estimates and that you can actually monitor things very easily as you book your FASTPASS reservations.
Even if you don’t have MaxPass, the Disneyland app tells you the time that FASTPASS tickets are currently being distributed for. Keep an eye on these times, and if you start to see a ride going—maybe Incredicoaster is more popular today than Grizzly River Run—plan accordingly.
Priority of FASTPASS rides at Disneyland
High Priority
Space Mountain
Indiana Jones Adventure
Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run
Matterhorn
Mid Priority
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Star Tours
Splash Mountain
Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin
Autopia
Low Priority
Haunted Mansion (High Priority during Haunted Mansion Holiday)
Buzz Lightyear Astro Blasters
“it’s a small world”
I want to talk about a few rides specifically. Let’s start with the newest addition, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, which is expected to be added to FASTPASS in February 2020. If you don’t have MaxPass, I wouldn’t put this too high on your priority list. The main problem is just that the FASTPASS kiosks will likely be too out of the way to get there early. If they add a centralized kiosk, that could change things, obviously.
If you have MaxPass, I’d probably aim to grab Smugglers Run second or third. Is it possible I’m way wrong and it runs out quickly everyday? Yes, and I’ll update this if I hear that happens. But initially, I still don’t like the idea of having to head all the way to Galaxy’s Edge for a slow ride experience super early in the day.
Indiana Jones Adventure, while being a very popular, awesome ride, has one of the worst FASTPASS queues and can have a 15 minute or more wait after you merge with the regular line. For this reason, I never use my first FASTPASS for it and would only use my second on the busiest of days. I’d rather put it in the middle of the day when I have time to kill.
Splash Mountain varies greatly by weather. Basically, everyone wants to be on this ride in the middle of the day, so FASTPASS times may change quickly once they get around the noon to 3PM range. On cool enough days, Splash will issue FASTPASS times for 5 minutes in the future the entire day.
Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin usually has limited hours, opening later than the rest of the park and closing earlier. For this reason, you need to keep a close eye on its FASTPASS times even though it isn’t a high priority.
Haunted Mansion becomes high priority during the Haunted Mansion Holiday overlay. Following our one-day Disneyland itinerary, It actually fills the third slot quite nicely, though we tend to push it into the top two to be safe.
Finally, just grab a FASTPASS for Fantasmic! via MaxPass right after making your first regular booking. If you don’t have MaxPass, be sure to pass by the kiosk in the first two hours of your day.
Priority of FASTPASS Rides at Disney California Adventure
High Priority
Radiator Springs Racers
Mid Priority
Toy Story Midway Mania!
Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT!
Soarin’ Around the World
Grizzly River Run
Low Priority
Incredicoaster
Goofy’s Sky School
Monsters, Inc. Mike and Sully to the Rescue!
I’m a bit surprised to see Incredicoaster availability so open, but its height requirement and dying down hype are clearly possibilities why this might be happening.
Toy Story Midway Mania! tends to hover between Guardians and Radiator Springs Racers. We could put it as “high priority,” but we really want to highlight that Radiator Springs Racers is in a league of its own.
Our least favorite FASTPASS is Soarin’, because long load times can result in lengthy waits even for FASTPASS riders. That said, we also don’t recommend the ride at rope drop, so your best option is going to be just dealing with a midday FASTPASS.
FASTPASS and MaxPass Strategy for Disneyland and Disney California
The really nice thing about FASTPASS and MaxPass at Disneyland is you’re working within a really limited set of possibilities, unlike the wild world of FastPass+ at Walt Disney World. Yes—FASTPASS and MaxPass do require you to make some decisions and to consider some risks, but it’s hard to over-engineer a FASTPASS strategy.
Generally, you’ll want to book your FASTPASS reservations in an order that corresponds to the above priorities, but you need to remain flexible. There are three big times we deviate from the above priority list.
The first is if we have to get something before it runs out. If a popular ride is already issuing FASTPASS for the end of the day, you might need to grab it now. You don’t want to completely miss out on a ride or have to wait in a two hour wait.
The second is when we can safely grab a FASTPASS for right now. If it’s 9:53AM and there’s a FASTPASS available for 9:55AM for a ride right in front of you with a 40-minute wait, you can grab it and then grab another FASTPASS at 10:23AM. Little is going to change in those thirty minutes (as long as it’s still early in the day), so it might make sense to just grab a FASTPASS now to bypass a 40-minute wait.
The third time we’ll break from the plan is if there’s a large gap between the next FASTPASS times. For example, let’s say it’s 11:03AM and we can grab Toy Story Midway Mania! for 4PM or Incredicoaster for 11:05AM. Even though Toy Story Midway Mania! is higher priority, we’d rather just grab Incredicoaster now and then reconsider Toy Story Midway Mania! in a few minutes.
This approach is helpful in putting together our evenings, particularly when we want to repeat a ride. Beginning in the middle of the day, you’ll start to see huge gaps in FASTPASS times, with some rides starting to issue their last FASTPASS slots for the day.
Typically when we see a ride like Radiator Springs Racers issuing FASTPASS slots for the end of the day, we’ll grab it. Then, 90 minutes later, another ride like Toy Story Midway Mania or Guardians will be issuing its last slots, so we’ll grab that. Here’s an example of how we grabbed these big four rides at Disney California Adventure one day:
12:17PM — Grab 8:25PM Radiator Springs Racers
1:49PM — Grab 6:10PM Guardians of the Galaxy
3:20PM — Grab 9:00PM Toy Story Midway Mania!
5:55PM — Grab 8:15PM Incredicoaster
That allowed us to finish our day with a fantastic lineup—Guardians, then dinner, then Radiator Springs, then Incredicoaster, then Toy Story Midway.
Two things to note. First, there is obviously luck involved in those selections. We knew when we grabbed Guardians that we might miss out on Toy Story Midway Mania! Second, we could have done these in a different order and spaced them out more, but we didn’t want to do that. We like opening up the afternoon for whatever else we’d like and not having to worry about running all over.
Finally, just grab a FASTPASS for World of Color via MaxPass right after making your first regular booking. If you don’t have MaxPass, be sure to pass by the kiosk in the first two hours of your day.
Other Disneyland Resort FASTPASS Tips
Don’t forget about rope drop. Rope drop—the very beginning of the theme park day—is an important time to get on rides that get long waits, particularly those without FASTPASS. FASTPASS and rope drop work together to help you put together an awesome day. You can read more about rope drop at Disneyland and rope drop at Disney California Adventure.
Try to get overlapping slots on rides that are nearby. Let’s say it’s 10AM and you see an 11AM Space Mountain and a 10:05AM Star Tours. Grab the Space Mountain, because chances are when 11AM rolls around, you’ll be able to grab something like an 11:30AM Star Tours.
If you don’t have MaxPass, plan to be near important kiosks. Don’t plan to get off Space Mountain right before you have to go to the Indiana Jones Adventure kiosk.
Try not to get stuck on a long ride (or queue) when it’s time to grab a FASTPASS. Especially later in the day as FASTPASS times are running out, you don’t want to miss out because you’re on a ride or in a queue where you have no cell reception.
Today can always be different. Especially in a park like Disney California Adventure with so few rides, weird things can happen. If a ride is down for a large chunk of the day, or if its waits are long because it isn’t operating at full capacity, it will run out of FASTPASS availability quicker. On a really hot day, the water rides will go really quickly. And so on.
Always look at every FASTPASS time before grabbing one. Related to the above point, always scan the FASTPASS times when you’re in the app to get a sense of how things are going today. You might notice something strange that you have to adjust for.
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