Guests are now able to buy the Disney Premier Access at Shanghai Disneyland. Which is essentially a paid FastPass. While we don’t know for certain, one of the reasons for this is maybe in response to the FastPass scalper problem. During our recent visit to Shanghai Disneyland, we did notice scalpers with FastPasses for TRON.

Here’s what you need to know about this new Disney Premier Access at Shanghai Disneyland and if I think it’s worth it. Information on the Disney Premier Access is from the official Shanghai Disney Resort website.

Disney Premier Access Details

This pass allows you to ride seven participating attractions once with priority access — FastPass line — anytime during the day of your visit.

• Soaring Over the Horizon
• Roaring Rapids
• TRON Lightcyle Power Run
• Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue
• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
• Peter Pan’s Flight

There are two types the Disney Premier Access and the Disney Premier Access Set.

Disney Premier Access

This allows you to ride one of the attractions listed above once. You can use it at any time.

• Peak Price: RMB 150 or ~$22 USD (valid on Peak Days*)
• Regular Price: RMB 120 or ~$17 USD (valid on Regular Days**)

Disney Premier Access Set

This allows you to ride all the attractions listed above once. You can use it at any time.

• Peak Price: RMB 600 or ~$87 USD (valid on Peak Days*)
  • About RMB 86 or $12.50 USD per attraction
• Regular Price: RMB 480 or ~$70 USD (valid on Regular Days**)
  • About RMB 69 or ~$10 USD per attraction

Where to Buy

There are select locations in the park to buy the Disney Premier Access. The official website lists all the locations.

• Avenue M Arcade on Mickey Avenue (all attractions)
• Intergalactic Imports (Tomorrowland attractions)
• Hundred Acre Goods (Fantasyland attractions)
• Laughing Monkey Traders (Adventure Isle attractions)

Is it Worth it?

While I haven’t used it yet (next trip I will try it and give a review), I would say that it depends on your situation. During our last visit, the only attraction we didn’t ride was Soaring which had an 180-minute wait and no FastPasses were distributed (Roaring Rapids was closed). If this were available, I would have considered it since a few people in our party have never ridden it before and this was their first and only trip.

If it’s your only time at Shanghai Disneyland and the wait time is high (and no FastPasses left or distributed for whatever reason), then it may be worth considering.

The next part is my opinions based on my experience at the park. I try to give enough information for you to decide if it’s worth it or not.

Attractions Worth Using On

These are attractions that it may be worth using on if the FastPasses done, not being distributed, or the wait time is high. This is in the order of which FastPasses run out first for and have high wait times.

• Soaring Over the Horizon
• Roaring Rapids

Attractions Not Worth Using Them On

These attractions I wouldn’t bother buying the priority access for:

• Seven Dwarfs Mine Train
• Peter Pan’s Flight
• TRON Lightcyle Power Run
• Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

Seven Dwarfs Mine Train is popular and FastPasses do run out. But if you’ve done this at the Magic Kingdom then you won’t want to pay for a pass for this. While Peter Pan’s Flight is a fantastic and modern take on the classic attraction, paying for a pass is hard to justify. For these two, get FastPasses for them after Soaring or Roaring Rapids.

TRON Lightcyle Power Run FastPasses don’t run out quick and you can get multiple ones on most days (holidays are another story). Buzz Lightyear Planet Rescue almost never runs out unless it’s a holiday or peak day. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is just not worth it — it’s not that fantastic a ride to justify the cost.

Conclusion

If you use our Shanghai Disneyland Trip Planning Guide, get there early, and avoid holidays (wait times drop after the fireworks too). Then there is almost no reason to use this pass. There are instances where the option is nice to have, but I would only use them in specific circumstances.

Thank you to Adriel for informing us of this new offering at Shanghai Disneyland.

To combat the ongoing scalping activities, #ShanghaiDisneyland has introduced… PREMIER ACCESS! @screamscape @tdrexplorer @ThemePark pic.twitter.com/iIsOUgOjB7

— Adriel Tjokrosaputro (@adrieltjokro) March 24, 2017

* Peak Days are weekends, designated holidays, and summer holidays (July & August)

** Regular days are weekdays (that are not holidays)