Anna and Elsa FP gone at 12 Eastern Time

[tripinbrums]

How is this possible? I got on MDE to book FP at 11pm CT to book FP and that option was already standby only?? Ugh? My daughter will get over it and I won't wait hours for it! BUT curious about it...

 

[mesaboy2]

How is this possible? I got on MDE to book FP at 11pm CT to book FP and that option was already standby only?? Ugh? My daughter will get over it and I won't wait hours for it! BUT curious about it...

Keep checking. It is possible for some onsite resort guests to book them as much as 70 days out.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

How is this possible? I got on MDE to book FP at 11pm CT to book FP and that option was already standby only?? Ugh? My daughter will get over it and I won't wait hours for it! BUT curious about it...

how many people were you searching for? My understanding is there is a "quirk" with the A&E FP+ scheduling in that they only have slots for 1 or 2 people so you need to book for 1 or 2 people at a time (or do that once and then "copy" to the other people).

If you search for 3 or more there will never be openings

 

[srabius]

I was able to get 3 passes today for 60 days out with no problem. I was on MDE at 6am EST exactly and had my choice of days for my entire trip-4th of July week. I was able to get all fast passes I wanted as well.

 

[jacksonsmom]

I had no problem with booking mine 60 days out, at 6am. I did not stay up until Midnight to do it.
I wonder if at midnight all isn't in the system yet. I heard more people having better luck in the morning than right at midnight

I would try again

 

[ThreeLittleCritters]

I agree with TheMaxRebo. I was able to get the FP in a group of 3 and a group of 2. When I tried doing all 5 at once it showed standby only.

 

[plaidapron]

I was able to secure 9 at once. Maybe it was because it wasn't our first day at the parks.

 

[2Tiggies]

I was able to secure 9 at once. Maybe it was because it wasn't our first day at the parks.

This may be key

There was nothing for our first few days but I was able to go in a few days after making one near the end of our trip and change it to a different day with no problem. I was still more than 60 days out (using the +10) for the day I changed to at the time I did so. Perhaps a good strategy is to try booking it for later on in the stay and doing that first, then going back to pick the other selections. Everything else has been readily available and I was able to juggle times around even less than 60 days out for other headliner attractions.

We are a party of 2 so I can't report on booking for a larger group.

 

[FPminusCommando]

To clarify for the OP, several people have posted the same problem (can't get A&E for the first day of our trip). A reason is anyone that checks in, say 1 day, before you has the ability to log in before you and book it for that day or any day of their own stay. The solution is to try to book it for late in your trip. You will be competing with fewer people.

 

[mom2rtk]

I was able to secure 9 at once. Maybe it was because it wasn't our first day at the parks.

to the Disboards.

 

[Sundancer UK]

Keep trying, and be sure to try only one or two people at a time.
As a party of seven, I ended up having to make three FastPass times that overlapped just for our family to get in together.

 

[tripinbrums]

I have 3 daughters so I was trying to do 5 FP so my husband and I could be in line with them... I guess try 3 and 2??

 

[SillySallySews]

I logged in at 12am the day my window opened and had no problem getting them for a group of five all at once. I went into the last day of our trip first, based on the advice given here in other posts. But then I went back to day one to schedule other rides and A&E were an option even on day one, and since that was the day I really wanted I grabbed them on that day and went back in and changed them to something else for the last day. As I continued making my FP+ reservations for the rest of the trip I noticed A&E were available on all the days. We are going at the end of June. I could still make changes/adjust times for them well into the next day. I've made a few changes to other rides since then and sometimes I see openings for A&E and sometimes it says standby only. I would say just keep trying! Just like with ADR people are always changing their plans and you never know what will pop up. Good luck!

 

[wishuponastar42]

Look at it this way...in my example below, if visitors A-I book FPs at their 60 day mark they could be potentially booking the same days as you. I marked 10 days for each guest for this hypothetical situation since 10 day tickets are the longest you can buy, but it goes to show how other visitors stays overlap yours.

           June                                                             July
          | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 |
Visitor A | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
Visitor B |    | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
Visitor C |    |    | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |
Visitor D |    |    |    | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |    |    |    |    |    |    |
Visitor E |    |    |    |    | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |    |    |    |    |    |
Visitor F |    |    |    |    |    | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |    |    |    |    |
Visitor G |    |    |    |    |    |    | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |    |    |    |
Visitor H |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |    |    |
Visitor I |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |    |
  YOU     |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    |    | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX | XX |

 

[EPCOTatNight]

How is this possible? I got on MDE to book FP at 11pm CT to book FP and that option was already standby only?? Ugh? My daughter will get over it and I won't wait hours for it! BUT curious about it...

Pretty simple. Your 1st day is someone else's 3rd day, and another person's 4th day, etc..... People have been booking that date for at least a week before it was your turn.

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[goofy4tink]

I wasn't able to book this until day 6 of my trip! But now I have two...one for day 6 and one for day 9. You'll have much better luck if you try further into the trip.

 

[tripinbrums]

Ahhhhhaaaaa! Just got it! Took me all day!

 

[librarymom2007]

I was able to get 4 on the last day of our trip. I also stayed up til midnight.

 

[KBoopaloo]

I freaked out at first when I tried to get A&E for the 2nd full day of our trip right at midnight and it said standby only. I tried a few days later and I was able to get them for our entire group of 12.

 

[baler31]

I was able to secure 9 at once. Maybe it was because it wasn't our first day at the parks.

This is key. As an experiment I had myself and 2 kids long on at exactly midnight and try for FP's. First day of trip (happened to be a Sat) were gone at 12:01 but all other days were available with all times available.

We also had no trouble with multiple people logged onto the same MDE account making selections. No problems with number of guests either.