Sorry, you are right of course, they don’t charge for it. That was me letting my (admittedly pissed-off) emotions get away from me.
One of my kids has special needs, so to a certain extent I admit our experience may be different than others. For people in that situation you can indeed get a “Fastpass” to any ride in the park, but you can only get ONE at a time, you can’t sign-up for additional rides until you’ve taken the one you have signed up for, and you have to wait just as long for each ride. So we had to wait two hours, get on a single ride, then travel to the next ride, wait two hours, etc…
However, considering “regular” Fastpass is only available on seven rides in the entire park, I honestly don’t see how that rectifies the situation:
Autopia
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Indiana Jones Adventure
Roger Rabbit’s Car Toon Spin
Space Mountain
Splash Mountain
Star Tours