60 Day FP Day tomorrow! Last minute tips?

[33Legend]

First of all, thanks so much to everyone for your help. We are new here but it's incredible to put something up, ask for help/advice, and within half an hour there were immediately 6-7 responses. Thanks so much!

Report incoming momentarily!

 

[33Legend]

@33Legend How did it go???

It went very well I thought. We didn't get shut out on anything we wanted.

6 day trip:
We got Flight of Passage twice including Day 3!
Flight of Passage at 5:50 on Tuesday and 10:35 on Friday.
Frozen was later (5:10) but pretty good I thought for day 2.
7 Dwarfs we got later (4:45) but on Day 1 and we got it in the morning on Day 5.

Everything else we got at our preferred time or very close. Because we have little kids, we stressed proximity with fastpasses and having an opening for lunch and 3-4 hour mid-day break. We also tried to take advantage of child swap when the opportunity arose.

Here is what we currently got (Group of 13 with 2,3,6,7 year olds):

Sunday 10-8 (MK):
10:20- Buzz Lightyear
11:20- Space Mt
4:45- 7 Dwarfs (Group of 10)
4:45- Peter Pan (Me, my wife, and 2 year old- will child swap 7 Dwarfs after)
Our plan above is to rope drop Peter Pan with the entire group, and build some confidence with the young ones by riding Pan, Pooh, Little Mermaid , Barnstormer during the first 2 hours.

Monday 10-9 (EC):
10:15-Turtle Talk
11:25-Spaceship Earth
5:10-Frozen
We will rope drop Test Track and Soarin and try to get Future World done in the morning. Break mid-day, countries in the evening.

Tuesday 10-10 (AK):
10:05-Kali River Rapids
11:05-Expedition Everest
5:50- Flight of Passage
We are hoping to rope drop Navi River and then head right to Kilmanjaro and if time do Festival of the Lion King before Kali.

Wednesday 10-11 (DHS):
10:00- Star Tours
11:10-Tower of Terror (Group of 7)
11:15-Rock N Roller Coaster (Group of 5)
12:15- Tower of Terror (Group of 5)
12:15- Rock N Roller Coaster (Group of 7)
(Plan on taking advantage of child swap to get some extra rides on the above 2).
We will rope drop Toy Story (maybe do it twice?) then head to Muppets/Star Tours. We split up our group on the fastpasses with RNRC and TOT. With child swap we can get the kids and some others to get to ride each of them twice while our 2/3 year olds break and eat nearby.

Thursday 10-12 (MK):
9:25-Big Thunder Mt
10:35- Under the Sea (Me, my wife, and 2 year old- will child swap 7 Dwarfs after)
10:50- 7 Dwarfs (Group of 10)
12:20-Enchanted Tales
Plan is to rope drop Jungle Cruise and Pirates. We will take the little ones to Tom Sawyer during the Big Thunder Child Swap. Mid-day break and HOPEFULLY get a Space Mt. Fastpass in the evening.

Friday 10-13 (AK-then to MNSSHP at night)
9:35- Kilmanjaro Safaris
10:35-Flight of Passage
11:50-Expedition Everest
Rope drop Navi. We will head back for a long break after Everest in preparation for MNSSHP.

We will be keeping our eyes open for a few small tweaks, but overall we were thrilled not to be shut out on the big 3.
What do you think- anything you see that might be a problem for us? Thanks again everyone.

 

[brownhaired_girl]

We used different computers also. Our strategy was to use post it notes. Write down the day and the FP+ plus you want - one per note. Put the prewritten post its between you. When the time arrives (7:00 am eastern) grab the top note, make the FP+ for your group then grab the next post it. With three of us going this we were able to get all the FP we wanted in 15 minutes.
Good luck and have a wonderful time!

WOW

 

[33Legend]

We used different computers also. Our strategy was to use post it notes. Write down the day and the FP+ plus you want - one per note. Put the prewritten post its between you. When the time arrives (7:00 am eastern) grab the top note, make the FP+ for your group then grab the next post it. With three of us going this we were able to get all the FP we wanted in 15 minutes.
Good luck and have a wonderful time!

I must say, we took your advice on the post it notes and it was awesome! We ended up using only 1 computer. I was working the computer and my wife was taking care of the post its, confirm what days/times/attractions I was going for, and writing them all done as they were confirmed. We had all 23 post its in order and went right down the line. Thanks so much for the tip!

 

[ryansgirl96]

@33Legend I see you had a party of 13... did you book everyone at once or book FP in smaller groups? We will have a group of 10 for half our trip and 16 for the other...

 

[33Legend]

@33Legend I see you had a party of 13... did you book everyone at once or book FP in smaller groups? We will have a group of 10 for half our trip and 16 for the other...

We booked everyone at once (12 as my 2 yr old doesn't get/require fast pass) except for a few that were noted in parentheses above.

On a few of the height requirement fast passes we reserved 10 and then my wife and I reserved something at the same time and close by that our 2 yr old can ride on. We just will utilize child swap and ride the height required ride when the group of 10 finishes- if that makes sense.