Checking MDE today for when FPP are gone at big rides!

[MOM POPPINS]

For today Friday April 25th. Seeing what time FPP run out today. I am not going all the way through and booking these, so I am not taking someones spot. I was curious to know what time the big rides run out and how this new addition of being able to get more passes is really going to play out. I am not listing the meet and greets but they also were gone early if not before this morning. I wonder if Disney will add more FPP into the system in the afternoon or once they are gone that's it


9:45 am Toy Story Mania FPP gone
9:55 am Test Track FPP gone however back up at 10:10 and gone again at 10:20
9:55 am Splash Mountain FPP gone
10:00 am Soarin FPP gone
10:04 am Rocking Roller Coaster FPP gone
10:12 am Mission Space FPP gone
10:25 am Big Thunder FPP gone
10:25 am Peter Pan FPP gone
10:40 am Space Mountain FPP gone
10:40 am Tower of Terror FPP gone
10:42 am Safari FPP gone
10:45 am Kali FPP gone again has been off and on for 30 minutes

11:30 am Peter Pan, Space Mountain, Test Track, Rockin Rollercoaster Tower of Terror are all back with Fast Pass Plus.

12:05 pm Peter Pan, Space Mountain and Test Track are now all gone again

12:30 pm I am seeing lots of availability at 12:30 pm for everything that was once out even Toy Story Mania... It looks like checking on extra fast passes today at 12:30 would have been great but who knows what the future holds.

12:45 pm and most of them are gone again... confusing!

 

[chinarider]

Wow....

 

[linskypens]

Are you an AP holder?
I cant figure out how to check whats available when for any days except the ones my tickets are linked to...
Am I missing something?

 

[MOM POPPINS]

Yes an AP holder

 

[Acedink]

For today Friday April 25th. Seeing what time FPP run out today. I am not going all the way through and booking these, so I am not taking someones spot. I was curious to know what time the big rides run out and how this new addition of being able to get more passes is really going to play out. I am not listing the meet and greets but they also were gone early if not before this morning. I wonder if Disney will add more FPP into the system in the afternoon or once they are gone that's it


9:45 am Toy Story Mania FPP gone
9:55 am Test Track FPP gone however back up at 10:10
9:55 am Splash Mountain FPP gone
10:00 am Kali River Rapids FPP gone
10:00 am Soarin FPP gone
10:04 am Rocking Roller Coaster FPP gone
10:12 am Mission Space FPP gone

Dedication!!!! Thanks for the info!

 

[MOM POPPINS]

I make our 30 day out FPP plus and wanted to know if I should stick to the original plan of using them later in the day... which means I would not be able to take advantage of extra fast passes. It looks like we should still rope drop and keep with that plan.

The only other plan would be to rope drop and use FPPlus the others and go to MK in the afternoon since there are more rides they are not running out as fast.

I will check again in 30 minutes and see what has changed! I will update 1st. post.

 

[stairstepmom]

Disney must think their customers are too stupid to know an empty gesture when they see one. It will be even worse once the 4th comes into play, as people take anything and everything just to get use out of it. A FP+ for HM or even Phil is better than no FP+ at all, right?

Around 3pm the kiosks will be full of annoyed and confused people as they shout, "I thought you said we could get a 4th? Something's wrong - there's nothing left! What is this BS 4th?"

Disney tried to redistribute the wealth and they're learning the hard lesson that it's not so simple - they should've consulted a historian

 

[MOM POPPINS]

Peter Pan, Space Mountain, Test Track, Rockin Rollercoaster Tower of Terror are all back with Fast Pass Plus at 11:30 am.. does this mean Disney adds more throughout the day or are people changing their reservations? ... I haven't looked at this before today so I have no idea!

 

[margaret07013]

I think they do - same with ADRs. But how can you be sure it will happen on the day you are in the park in the hour you need? I mean I dont want to go MK and spend 1-2 hrs checking my phone to see if there is availability to stand in the kiosk line.

Peter Pan, Space Mountain, Test Track, Rockin Rollercoaster Tower of Terror are all back with Fast Pass Plus at 11:30 am.. does this mean Disney adds more throughout the day or are people changing their reservations? ... I haven't looked at this before today so I have no idea!

 

[stairstepmom]

Peter Pan, Space Mountain, Test Track, Rockin Rollercoaster Tower of Terror are all back with Fast Pass Plus at 11:30 am.. does this mean Disney adds more throughout the day or are people changing their reservations? ... I haven't looked at this before today so I have no idea!

Very strange, I only see one slot for Space left at 9:40p and one RnRC for 8:20p - probably someone canceled, and that's only for 1, so for a party of 4 or 6 or 10 - good luck.

 

[DHSbutcher]

I have never had a problem getting fast passes at MK around 7pm when I go except for Peter Pan and space mountain sometimes taken. Wishes or msep is sometimes not available, but if I check the kiosk later it usually is. Granted when I go it's just with a friend or small group, no large family, but either a lot of people cancel or change their reservations, or they release more.

 

[GeorgiaHoo]

I have never had a problem getting fast passes at MK around 7pm when I go except for Peter Pan and space mountain sometimes taken. Wishes or msep is sometimes not available, but if I check the kiosk later it usually is. Granted when I go it's just with a friend or small group, no large family, but either a lot of people cancel or change their reservations, or they release more.

At MK you should be able to get something because of the number of rides. We have FP scheduled next week for Big Thunder, Splash, Peter Pan, Space Mountain, Pirates, Jungle Cruise and Buzz Lightyear (obviously going to visit MK multiple days). My biggest concern is now I won't be able to walk on to Pirates or Haunted Mansion at 8PM because there will be a ton of people using FP. If that's the case that would suck.

The real problem with getting a 4th FP is going to be at Epcot and DHS. Between those parks the only rides we REALLY care about are Test Track, Toy Story, Tower of Terror and Rock n Roller Coaster. We've rode the others and don't really care if we ride them again. However, getting another FP late in the day for the rides we do care about is probably going to be impossible.

 

[skateshome]

Thanks for looking at this....I've been trying to figure out how this could be done to give us an idea when we go in a 9 days!!!!

 

[Itinkso]

Peter Pan, Space Mountain, Test Track, Rockin Rollercoaster Tower of Terror are all back with Fast Pass Plus at 11:30 am.. does this mean Disney adds more throughout the day or are people changing their reservations? ... I haven't looked at this before today so I have no idea!

People change their bookings. In February, we used our first Fp+ and then went to a kiosk, we were using CM tickets, and changed our 2nd Fp+ to immediate use and freed up our later time. We did this a few times and it worked quite well to get in rides within a two hour window of time before DD needed to be backstage/onstage.

 

[kneedeep]

I think that making people go to the kiosks for a 4th FP is a way of initially controlling how many people actually try to get one. I know I wouldn't bother if the kiosk line itself was 30 minutes long. If the 4th FP was immediately available via smartphone app, everybody would try it, but who knows if supply could keep up with demand. IMHO this is just another test phase, and if things go ok, hopefully in the future we can use the app to add a 4th.

 

[Bruce in PA]

Don't think there's an exact science to this, though. For example, I just went in to check (one rider, one FastPass & did not complete @ 11:50A EDT) and was offered a FastPass for Splash at either 3:20P or 9:15P. So it's going to be very difficult to make any blanket statement that such-and-such a ride was out of FP as of XX o'clock.

I think the supply may ebb and flow throughout the day - whether it's because some sort of Disney software is controlling the access, or because holders are throwing theirs back into the pool...almost impossible to say.

My rule of thumb -- plan early, get what you want. And if the plan doesn't work out for some reason, get what you can.

...and that's true for a lot more than Fast Passes, by the way.

 

[dsdeleon]

I think Disney continually releases more thorughout the day and by threads like this we can kind of get to the algorithm. 11:57AM EST everything is available for MK but A&E, earliest I could get Space if I wanted is 4:15 PM.

 

[burnetta696]

I was just trying to book some for Epcot this afternoon, with no fp scheduled today, and there are times available for test track, soarin, maelstrom... The only thing it says is unavailable is illuminations.

I didn't book anything because I'm not in Florida, but just checked for information. I was also only trying to book for myself, no additional people.

 

[MOM POPPINS]

Very strange, I only see one slot for Space left at 9:40p and one RnRC for 8:20p - probably someone canceled, and that's only for 1, so for a party of 4 or 6 or 10 - good luck.

Peter Pan, Space Mountain and Test Track are now all gone again for me!

 

[DVCkidsMOM]

Oh I could become so obsessed with this... I think I need a FP+ OCD warning