What will happen to Epcot Fastpass+ once Soarin’ closes?

Epcot’s Fastpass offerings are separated by “tiers” or categories from which you can choose.  You can choose one Tier 1 and Two tier 2 Fastpasses for your day at Epcot.  Soarin’ has been the most popular Fastpass+ offering, followed closely by Test Track.  Here’s what will change in January 2016 when Soarin’ closes for a lengthy refurbishment.

Current Epcot Fastpass list sorted by priority:

Tier One (Choose only one)

• Soarin’
• Test Track
• IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
• Living with the Land

Tier Two (Choose only two)

• Mission: Space
• Meet Mickey, Minnie and Goofy at the Epcot Character Spot
• Spaceship Earth
• Turtle Talk with Crush
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends
• Journey into Imagination with Figment
• Captain EO

How Epcot Fastpass+ will appear beginning January 4, 2016 list sorted by priority:

Tier One (Choose only one)

• Test Track
• IllumiNations: Reflections of Earth
• Mission: Space
• Living with the Land

Tier Two (Choose only two)

• Meet Mickey, Minnie and Goofy at the Epcot Character Spot
• Spaceship Earth
• Turtle Talk with Crush
• The Seas with Nemo and Friends
• Journey into Imagination with Figment
• Captain EO

Mission: Space will move from Tier 2 up to Tier 1.  But it will become really easy to tour Epcot.  Get Test Track as tier 1 OR go there at park opening, then visit Mission: Space.  You could actually use your FP+ for Illuminations and not have to bother with finding a viewing location.  Spaceship Earth and Meet Mickey are going to go pretty fast as you don’t really need FP for the other stuff in Epcot.  And PLEASE don’t waste a FP+ on Captain EO and its empty theater.

Soarin’ will return as a tier 1 FP after refurbishment and you should expect the new Frozen ride that is replacing Maelstrom and the Anna/Elsa meet and greet that is coming to join the tier 1 category, which will open up a lot of FP+ for Soarin’ and test track.  Once all that is completed, Living with the Land would likely move back to tier 2 where it actually belongs.

What do you think about these changes?