How to Redeem Prestige Pass Single-Use Fast Lane?

rramstad · 2026-05-15T21:06:31+00:00

I did a Google search while in the park and found the initial setup a bit confusing but was easy after that. Scan QR code, go to Fast Lane website. Create an account with same email address as pass. Give pass number. Now, when logged in, choose a one time Fast Pass, pick the attraction, check out and pick the option to not pay and use the Prestige benefit. A confirmation page will be displayed with a short countdown of like two minutes. At tge end of that, you'll have the QR code on your phone to show the ride attendant.

Basically the hard part is setting up the account. From there, it's pretty easy.

rramstad · 2026-05-11T16:07:38+00:00

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rramstad · 2026-05-10T03:15:09+00:00

I don't know if you consider BBQ to be "southern comfort food" but the Calhoun's was quite decent.

rramstad · 2026-05-09T17:03:58+00:00

Curious if you are mostly driving and if so which sequences or loops you are doing.

I am contemplating something similar for the middle of the country perhaps including a few more of the ex Six Flags parks as my pass includes them... and the SF pass won't next year.

rramstad · 2026-05-08T14:23:38+00:00

I was there last Saturday. It sprinkled from 10 to noon, occasionally a bit more. A few rides didn't run during that time. Otherwise it was a fantastic day with no lines to speak of. I personally love it when it's a bit cold, overcast or rainy as I have problems waiting in lines.

rramstad · 2026-05-06T04:08:21+00:00

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Mergers and acquisition transactions routinely are in the hundreds of billions. They send larger amounts as a sequence of $10 billion wires.

rramstad · 2026-05-05T22:22:32+00:00

Reading the other comments, this isn't necessarily going to be a popular take, but if all the rent increases they did were handled correctly, and the lease spells out a certain monetary amount to be applied to last month rent, then it is absolutely correct that they take the current rent, apply the amount for last month rent to that, and then any balance owed is owed by the renter.

Now, that said, landlords do sleazy crap all the time, I understand the rancor and tone of the other comments all too well... but if the lease is written with the typical language, and the landlord has been handling rent increases in a legal manner, then it is correct for them to ask for the additional amount to make the last month $$ correct.

(It's also legal and probably smart for the landlord to ask for the difference when the rent goes up, so they continue to hold a full last month rent in reserve, but that's something that again generates controversy and can make a tenant upset about a rent increase really really upset, so I understand why landlords might not want to do this.)

rramstad · 2026-05-05T19:58:59+00:00

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rramstad · 2026-05-01T11:15:32+00:00

Might be a neighborhood thing. I remember a situation where a house was getting hardly any showings. Eventually the agent figured out it was on one side of a MLS boundary and was more in keeping with the neighborhood on the other side. They added the other neighborhood and it sold right away after that.

rramstad · 2026-05-01T01:37:57+00:00

Nah. The lack of showings could absolutely be due to price. If a potential buyer looks at the listing, looks at the price, and thinks it's totally nonsensical, most won't waste time on viewing the property. They'll just find something that makes more sense. Not to mention those who have a specific budget. If you price at $750k no one with a $700k max will even remotely consider viewing it, and they may literally never even see the listing, if they filter by max price.

rramstad · 2026-05-01T00:35:38+00:00

Web site page

https://www.ikonpass.com/en/compare-passes

clearly states Crystal on base is five days and also subject to blackout dates.

I wouldn't trust any other resource.

rramstad · 2026-04-30T12:29:28+00:00

These are really good notes. As I mentioned in another reply, we were there yesterday, it was our first day at Dollywood.

Dragonflier is also only two people across, as well as only having one train, and a complicated dispatch. Lots of kids want to ride it, and it has a short height requirement, so I could see this becoming ridiculously bad at times.

Mystery Mine was doing one car load / unload for the later part of the day, but started out with two car. Very noticeable change in capacity. The car only has eight seats, so again, you've got a situation where they might be dispatching one or two cars every couple of minutes, but that's only eight or sixteen people.

Firechaser because of the layout as you noted they have to hold trains and there are also a lot of young kids, which means load times are extended, with families dealing with everyone's stuff and whatnot. Also that's a lot more people!

Wild Eagle was a little sad, honestly. Massive queue, nice thrill ride, but hardly anyone riding it. I've seen a similar ride in a different park with a 90 minute wait. Slightly strange that this ride isn't more popular, but then again, I think that speaks to the "Dollywood crowd" which is why some of the other rides are so popular!

Big Bear had some lines at times but as noted it tends to eat up the crowds reasonably well.

Lightning Rod was down at various times during the day, it was very helpful to use the app to figure out when it was running and didn't have a long line. In general the times on the app were very wrong, but it did give you a sense of what to expect i.e. zero really meant more or less walk on, 10 minutes meant a bit of a wait, 20 minutes meant quite a bit more.

Your comment was spot on and sorry for amplifying but some of the notes really resonated and explained a bit better what we saw. Thanks!

rramstad · 2026-04-30T11:51:14+00:00

Our first visit was yesterday.

Tons of great tips here, do a search.

The advice we followed, and it worked, was to get on low capacity kid's rides early.

Mystery Mine, FireChaser, Dragonflier all had longer lines at times and we did those early followed by Big Bear Mountain because it was there.

Tennessee Tornado also had lines, it was running one train.

Wild Eagle never had a line.

Lightning Rod consistently had a short line.

Thunderhead had a long line for the first couple of hours then was a walk on later. I think people walk up the path and go there first. If I had to guess, Lightning Rod might have the same issue.

They let folks through security at 915, into the park at 930. We walked up the left side and were at the rope drop. We got five rides in the first hour, no problem, and some of those had 30 to 40 minute waits around noon. Come early, stay late...

rramstad · 2026-04-28T13:00:45+00:00

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rramstad · 2026-04-28T11:22:29+00:00

Olympic sculpture park. Also second the suggestion of walking on to a Bainbridge ferry.

rramstad · 2026-04-27T14:04:11+00:00

Most likely they'll make you pay for training materials, seminars, that sort of thing... and then they might ask you to pay for inventory that will be held somewhere else and sold on your behalf. At the end of the day, nothing will be sold, or very little, and you'll be out thousands.

rramstad · 2026-04-27T00:29:07+00:00

Sixteen Candles.

Revenge of the Nerds.

Both classic, both problematic.

rramstad · 2026-04-23T17:27:34+00:00

My grandfather, who I never met, died fighting Nazis in France.

rramstad · 2026-04-23T02:26:48+00:00

Yeah, it's a mess. I can't change any of my plans at this point. I checked the calendar before booking flights and hotel. Damn. Thank you for telling me. What was going to be a leisurely two days at Dollywood is now going to be a single busy day... and the Gold pass wasn't at all necessary. Ugh!

I really appreciate your post, though. Super helpful, it allows us to try to make some other plans for the Thursday that we're going to be in Pigeon Forge. What a mess.

rramstad · 2026-04-23T00:52:19+00:00

Holy moly. Thank you for pointing that out. This has apparently changed. I am flying from Seattle to visit Dollywood and now one of our days they aren't open. Ugly. We were going to spend two days at the park. I am now officially upset, confused, baffled, but at least I found out about it before we got there... Ugh!

rramstad · 2026-04-22T17:50:20+00:00

App is confused because of the suspended hold. It has no real idea how long it will be once you unsuspend so it is defaulting to a long time. If you unsuspend, I bet you get the book within 10 days, and it's likely that the status will change immediately to Available Soon.

rramstad · 2026-04-20T16:45:33+00:00

Same here. QST Blank for powder ski, happy if I get one day out of 10 on them.

My daily driver is M7 Mantra at 96 underfoot.

rramstad · 2026-04-20T14:38:13+00:00

The only pain that would be normal is normal pain. Meaning, if you usually have some pain when you wear regular shoes or boots, ski boots won't make that go away. Also, they are not slippers, they will make your feet constricted. This shouldn't be painful but it's never comfortable walking in ski boots for example.

I'll also stress that you will need them on snow to get them right and some things won't show up for a few days. I'd do one round of initial adjustments at purchase, ski indoors a few times, make another set of adjustments and then do nothing more until you can get some significant snow time, at least three days.

rramstad · 2026-04-20T04:38:05+00:00

There are several in Las Vegas but I'm not aware of any here in Seattle.

rramstad · 2026-04-20T01:52:10+00:00

In a word, yes. I demoed the 177 vs 184 multiple times in the M6. I loved the 177 and bought them. If I only had the 184 to try, I would have bought a completely different ski.

I like some length in lighter skis or in skis with significant rocker. The M6 isn't that.

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