Anyone in December getting FP+ and MB

[dsnydaddy]

Sweet, after only trying about 4 times today I got to customize our magic bands. Now just waiting to make those FP+ reservations!

 

[livinintexas]

My check in date is 12/20 and I was able to do my magic bands last night. I then was able to see my resort idea number to make BoG FP for lunch but "no times available" came up.

My 60 days is tomorrow and was not able to do FP+. I did call the help line and they confirmed the 60 days. I'm hoping the BoG may work then too.

Fingers crossed!

I will be out tonight but I may be able to check in at 8:00pm Alaska time and see what happens!

 

[Ntrain]

I was finally able to customize my magic bands for my split stay, first check in 12/22 and second 12/29. Now waiting for FastPass+.

I can not wait to finalize all my reservations.

 

[saskdw]

I noticed lots of you are linking your MVMCP tickets with your reservations.

We have 6 day hoppers & are staying on property. I've booked all my ARD's & figured out how to do fastpass + .... but I can't figure out how to link my MVMCP tickets.

Thanks for some imput on this.

You use the link tickets and reservations tab. Put in the MVMCP ticket ID.

 

[DbleTheFun]

My check in date is 12/20 and I was able to do my magic bands last night. I then was able to see my resort idea number to make BoG FP for lunch but "no times available" came up. My 60 days is tomorrow and was not able to do FP+. I did call the help line and they confirmed the 60 days. I'm hoping the BoG may work then too. Fingers crossed! I will be out tonight but I may be able to check in at 8:00pm Alaska time and see what happens!

BOG FP are not released yet for December... Regardless of how many days out your vacation is.

 

[shaybay]

I noticed lots of you are linking your MVMCP tickets with your reservations. We have 6 day hoppers & are staying on property. I've booked all my ARD's & figured out how to do fastpass + .... but I can't figure out how to link my MVMCP tickets. Thanks for some imput on this.

You can do it under tickets, link tickets using the number on the back of the card. I put all the party tickets into MDE then it was emphasized to me by 2 different CM's that it will NOT link the tickets to the MB you absolutely must bring your ticket or they cannot let you in. I would have had them in my pocket anyway but glad they said something.

 

[mrstomrice]

Dec 30th checkin, customize magic bands just appeared. Still can't select my own fast passes, except on the iPad app, I can go to My plans, select the day, and while the parks say not available, at the bottom, it says Fastpicks. It picked Epcot and gave me good rides one day, another day it picked MK, and even though I asked for the 3 Mountains, it tried giving me crappy rides, lol.
Thanks everyone for the updates!

Wow, thanks for the heads up! I have my 3 MK days and 1 Epcot day planned. I am not getting the choice for AK or DHS but I can edit the plans and get the rides and times I want. I can pick them on the ap and change them on the computer. I am at day 63

 

[Donald_Quackers]

I thought I read somewhere that Disney IT was advising not to attach event tickets to MDE yet -- of course, they could have gotten that fixed and I missed the post, but wanted to put that out there.

Wouldn't be a bad idea to keep the tickets to the party you have, just in case.

 

[pied1piper]

Just was able to customize our Magic Bands...doing a little happy dance in my chair!

 

[dpuck1998]

Like many others, I was able to customize my bands today. 63 days out, hopefully my FP+ selections appear in 3 days. Can't wait!

 

[malorieg86]

So we check in on Dec. 16th to PORS and I have been able to set up our FP+ and MB...still not available for BOG FP+ for lunch though...any ideas on when that will be available to the FP+ system??

 

[jwilks56]

Disney IT has said it might not be good to attach party tickets but they also said as long as you have the paper ticket you will be fine and you can link.

 

[shaybay]

I thought I read somewhere that Disney IT was advising not to attach event tickets to MDE yet -- of course, they could have gotten that fixed and I missed the post, but wanted to put that out there. Wouldn't be a bad idea to keep the tickets to the party you have, just in case.

Never told not to do it and I read a post about it after it was done. CM's who saw it only said that it wouldn't be on MB or linked in any way to other tickets.

 

[KarlaG4Kids]

We are arriving 12/2. Yesterday morning there was no magic band available to us yet, but yesterday evening there they were! I was able to personalize the magic bands and make the fastpass + reservations. I'm a happy happy girl that we finally got to make the trip seem a bit closer!

 

[ericstac]

We have check in on 12/21 at beach club and a check in at Poly on 12/22 and we are FINALLY doing our magicbands !

For both ressies!

 

[mikek]

For those of you who have been able to customize further from 60 days out... Was your trip paid in full? Mine is but I am linked with another that isn't...

nope.

room only reservation with only the first nights deposit paid.

That was for a December 22 ressie that allowed me to customize on the 17th (so like 66-67 days) when everyone went live. I have another check in on the 27th (so now about 69 days) and it is now showing MB's.

 

[ericstac]

nope. room only reservation with only the first nights deposit paid. That was for a December 22 ressie that allowed me to customize on the 17th (so like 66-67 days) when everyone went live. I have another check in on the 27th (so now about 69 days) and it is now showing MB's.

We aren't paid in full on one of our ressies either.. But both are 60+ days out, this morning no magicbands option! tonight it pops up weird.. We didn't do anything either, just logged in and BOOM!

No go on the fp+ though

 

[mikek]

We aren't paid in full on one of our ressies either.. But both are 60+ days out, this morning no magic bands option! tonight it pops up weird.. We didn't do anything either, just logged in and BOOM!

No go on the fp+ though

I'm guessing/hoping that the FP+ kicks in at 60 days from check in.

(I went away a few days and this thread added about 50 pages- lol- so i only skimmed- so not sure on anything).

I'm guessing since some are 60+ days that they are "manually loading" who can get MB's. So they are just doing certain resorts, reservation numbers, alphabetical order, who knows.... for all december checkins

 

[Minniekins]

Okay, finally was able to customize my MB's tonight!! Woo hoo! But, it took two calls to IT tonight asking for help. Here's the info I heard from the very unhelpful and apparently uninformed CM, and the CM who I told was very magical in helping me, lol! It's long, sorry!

My DD23 and I are going to Wdw to stay at BCV's on Dec 7th - 16th, celebrating her grad. this past May!

Anyway, the first CM was friendly and I explained I was able to start booking FP+ for my trip on late Wed evening. Then the 'customize bands' popped and said I had to link tickets, which we already had done. On the My Reservations Page only my ticket ressie showed in my MDE, though. We both showed in my daughter's MDE page but couldn't do MBs there either. The customize popped up occasionally but it always wanted me to link my tickets. Omg, this call was so frustrating! So, after looking at things, said lets try check in online, which I didn't want to do because I still want to make requests at the Resort desk when we actually check in. So, she asked me to hold. Then told me the reason I couldn't do anything was that I was going Dec 7th and testing was only open for the first week of Dec so I couldn't do anything yet. I said well, actually I've made all my fp+ ressies just fine. She said Idk, but you have to wait to get the email to be able to customize! I said well that's odd because I know lots of people have booked ressies and customized MB's throughout Dec. Well those people all got the email then, I said I don't think any of them did as far as I knew, she said well it's a special invite and random who gets the bands and gets to do this. I said so if I don't get an email inviting me, I might not get to have a MB? She kept telling me to just checking my email all the time, to find out. So I finally asked if I'd at least be able to use regular FP if there was not testing beyond that, expecting yes. She said they don't know, testing is only thru first week, keep checking your email. I said so you are telling me they may have no FP of any kind then, the FP we've used for many years may not be there either, there may not be any FP of any kind thru the holiday? And she said that's right, they don't know yet what will be past the testing! I asked, then what about offsite guests? She said well they had to look for email! What, how could they do that? Then she said, well guests need to call to check. I couldn't believe what she was saying!! I was very frustrated, and at least I knew that I would have to call back after I calmed down a few min! I was nice but she could tell I was getting frustrated. I did not give good ratings in the survey, except the one that referred to her being friendly(can't remember what it asks exactly).

Breathe, breathe.... Ok, so I called back at a diff #(407-939-7849). The CM asked me if I was so excited for my trip. I said yes, but getting concerned with the diff issues there have been with FP+ and MB's and not knowing was was coming in Dec. I asked if testing would go thru all of Dec or just the first week. She got excited and said oh yes, we just got an email yesterday that testing was going thru at least Jan 5th! She was so nice, really seemed excited to be helping and she just wants us to have such a magical time celebrating DD's college grad trip, not this mess that I had! So, she went in my acct, saw that my DD23 was not showing in the linked tickets. She also checked DD23's acct also. Then she easily fixed it and told me to refresh and there we were, all linked up! Went to customize and saw right away it asked for address, so knew I had it set! She was just awesome and so sweet! She was going to help me with online check in but told her I didn't want to do that, and she said it's not necessary at all to get the MB's! I also asked her about purple MB's - she doesn't know but joked she'd get Mickey to help with that, lol! Then I asked about the 3 FP+ and one park and she said that was still in effect thru this. So I asked and we will still get KTTW cards, can use them interchangeably with the bands. And, that yes we could use them to get additional FP's from the Legacy system to help when we park hopped or needed more!!

All in all, she was wonderful, got us all fixed up and our MB's are ordered! I told her that her help was very magical and I really appreciated it! Especially since I'd had such a poor experience just before that. I also told her I really was getting excited for our trip now, and she said really, wow you made my night saying that, ty! She also told me congrats to my DD. I got so excited I forgot to order my Xmas party tickets, lol!

 

[BOG Obsessed]

I arrive on the 22nd. Friday I was able to customize my MB. I was able to make fast pass+ picks for MK only.
I went to manage plans, select your day, at the bottom of the make fast pass+ selections there is a "let us make fast pick options. This feature makes 3 fast pass+ picks for you where you can change the experience/times.