Booking 60 Day FP+ with Dated Tickets

[JWhiz]

I have a four day/three night DVC stay coming up in January. I was going to book FP+ for the last day at DHS. Because my travel party did all the Disney parks two years prior, we wanted to do Universal for a couple of days instead. I know you can book FP+ for the length of your stay 60 days out. But the new dated ticket makes me wonder. Since we are only going to DHS on Tuesday, the last day, and not going to other Disney parks on the previous three days, is the system not going to allow me to book FP+ until 60 days out from the Tuesday instead of from the start of my trip? In other words, if I try to book on the first day of my normal reservation period, will the fact that I have only a Tuesday ticket prevent me from booking on that day initially? I would love to get the head start of FP+ booking as most do and book from the end of the trip first since it's when you are usually most likely to find availability. But given our visiting schedule, I'm wondering if these new dated tickets are going to through a monkey wrench into the plans. Anyone with similar actual experience? Thanks in advance.

 

[Rach3975]

With a non-DVC room and tickets purchased as part of a package, you can book 60 days before your check in date even if you plan to begin park days later than that. I hope someone chimes in to say it will be the same for you!

 

[JWhiz]

Well they wouldn't be purchased as part of a package. On-property hotel is booked. But the one day, one park ticket will be purchased separately. Since one day tickets require a date selection when you purchase them online because of dynamic pricing, it will be linked to that specific Tuesday. I don't know if the FP+ system will just look for valid ticket media and allow you to book one day of your trip, regardless of when it is. Or if it will specifically see that the ticket is for Tuesday and only let you do the 60 days before that day as opposed to 60 days before the start of your stay. I'm not sure why it would matter, but wasn't sure.

 

[sponica]

My gut feeling is that when you go to book your FP 60+ days in advance, the system is looking for a valid on site stay AND valid ticket media. I would double check both the FP sticky and the ticket sticky. Odds are either @mesaboy2 or @Robo has an answer to your question in those stickies.

 

[jenny-pooh]

I rented DVC points and had dated tickets. I was able to book FP on my 60 day mark even though my tickets were dated later in my stay. I too am doing Universal at the start of my trip.

 

[knlasv]

I booked room only Nov 16-21 and bought a 2-day dated pass separately good from 17-20. I was able to do 60 day FP+ from the Nov 16 check-in date. I was worried about the same thing last week but it worked fine.