Quoted from mamawaldee:Anybody who has already gone to the park this year, did you notice about what percentage of patrons had fastlane passes? Also, whereabouts is the new ride located?
I'm trying to weigh fastlane vs. fastlane plus, ideally Valraven is right next to Maverick so it might be possible to hit those and then rely on the cheaper fastlane for the rest. I remember waiting three hours for Millennium force when it was new, that's like almost half the day for one ride.
Percentage: Couldn't really guess a percentage, but it was obviously very few -- as we barely waited in the Fast Pass lane. On most of the rides where we had the fast pass, we walked all the way up to the "merge" point. Only at Valravn did we have any wait in the Fast Pass lane, and it was less than 10 minutes.
Whereabouts: The entrance to Valravn is right next to Blue Streak, which is tucked away behind/past Raptor. Enter the park and stay left. It's not even close to Maverick, as you'd stated -- Maverick is wayyy in the back; Valravn is close to the front.
Weighing Fast Lane vs Fast Lane Plus: Since FLPlus is valid on Maverick, Gatekeeper, Dragster, and Valravn, (four of the "big name" rides), and since you can enter as many times as you want (i.e., it's not limited to one "entry" per ride), IMO it's definitely worth the extra $20 to go from FL to FLP. Even though Dragster was down the day I went, we still rode Maverick twice, Valravn twice, and Gatekeeper once, and EASILY saved ourselves an 1-2 hours of wait each time. Spoke to kids at the 'merge point' for Maverick, who said they'd been waiting 1:20 up to that point, where we just walked right on.
Just my $0.02. Note: I'm not a regular at this park -- last Monday was the first and only time I've ever been there.