Disney World is currently testing a new FastPass distribution system at Disney's Animal Kingdom. The idea behind the new system is that you can go to a central location within the park (actually, there are two at Animal Kingdom) to get FastPasses for each FastPass eligible ride.
You can still only get one FastPass at a time, but you don't have to run all over the park to get your next FastPass! This can dramatically affect the time it takes you to navigate the parks!
You can also go to each individual ride to get FastPasses, in the traditional manner.
The central distribution centers have FastPass distribution kiosks that indicate the ride for which it's distributing FastPasses. One issue, currently, is that the kiosks do not indicate your return time until you actually get the FastPass. Granted, this is still in the testing phase, so that may come as an improvement, but for now, it's a little frustrating to not know your return time until the pass is distributed.
Disney's FastPass system still remains a free service, in spite of all other major amusement parks charging for a similar service (think Universal Studios and Six Flags). Disney continues to play with the FastPass system to improve the guest experience with the passes (there's even rumors of a cell phone/iPhone application for FastPass distribution).
What are your thoughts on the central distribution idea/experiment?