Dibb FP+ Availability Tool Is Gone

[beesly]

Just wanted to share for anyone else here who uses the Dibb's FP tool. I went over to the Dibb this morning to check on Fastpass availability for my trip and the following message now appears on the page for the FP Availability Tool as well as the forum thread that had a 75-day calendar summary of the higher priority FPs for each park:

"Unfortunately due to changes in the FP+ system we are no longer able to provide updates to FastPass+ Availability."

It's a shame - this was a great planning tool! It seems like TouringPlans' Lines app is still able to show availability. I haven't used that one a lot yet but I guess I'll be using it more over the next couple of weeks, and trying out the MDE app for 4th FP availability/selection while I'm in the parks.

 

[HappyGrape]

give them some time, they may be able to figure way around the changes

 

[beesly]

give them some time, they may be able to figure way around the changes

I am hoping that they do!

 

[finnster77]

Just wanted to share for anyone else here who uses the Dibb's FP tool. I went over to the Dibb this morning to check on Fastpass availability for my trip and the following message now appears on the page for the FP Availability Tool as well as the forum thread that had a 75-day calendar summary of the higher priority FPs for each park:

"Unfortunately due to changes in the FP+ system we are no longer able to provide updates to FastPass+ Availability."

It's a shame - this was a great planning tool! It seems like TouringPlans' Lines app is still able to show availability. I haven't used that one a lot yet but I guess I'll be using it more over the next couple of weeks, and trying out the MDE app for 4th FP availability/selection while I'm in the parks.

Touringplans main website no longer has current/future fastpass availability either. Hoping they can resolve it.

 

[beesly]

Touringplans main website no longer has current/future fastpass availability either. Hoping they can resolve it.

This made me double check Lines since I posted before the parks were open this morning. The Lines app only shows the next available FP time for each attraction along with the current wait times in each park. It lists the expected wait time, posted wait time, and next FP time (but I believe that only checks availability for 1). The actual "Fastpass Availability" section of the app no longer displays any information. It says, "Sorry! We have no FastPass+ availability data for [park name] on Friday, April 15, 2016."

 

[elle101me]

This made me double check Lines since I posted before the parks were open this morning. The Lines app only shows the next available FP time for each attraction along with the current wait times in each park. It lists the expected wait time, posted wait time, and next FP time (but I believe that only checks availability for 1). The actual "Fastpass Availability" section of the app no longer displays any information. It says, "Sorry! We have no FastPass+ availability data for [park name] on Friday, April 15, 2016."

Ah!That explains it. I just subscribed to Touring Plans the other day and I thought I was somehow doing something wrong.

 

[finnster77]

This made me double check Lines since I posted before the parks were open this morning. The Lines app only shows the next available FP time for each attraction along with the current wait times in each park. It lists the expected wait time, posted wait time, and next FP time (but I believe that only checks availability for 1). The actual "Fastpass Availability" section of the app no longer displays any information. It says, "Sorry! We have no FastPass+ availability data for [park name] on Friday, April 15, 2016."

Yep.
I just saw that Len Testa himself just commented on it over on that board. He hopes to have a resolution within a week.

 

[tstidm1]

Disappointing to see. I have to decide whether to change Fast passes to first day or Wednesday of the trip due to Fireworks schedule at DHS. Maybe, I get FP+ for DHS that day and go without at Epcot.

 

[memo10]

Did anyone ever find an alternative to this??

 

[mgpan]

No alternative yet but i hope Len's staff and/or the dibb can figure it out. It is hard enough to plan as far ahead as needed, then WDW changes hours and schedules with no regard to what they've made you plan in advance. They can't figure out how to prevent people from booking cheap campsites for one night to get resort benefits including fastpasses for days that others pay $$$ for, how to get people in to a 7 pm MNSSHP without having to open the gates to them 3 or more hours early, but they can screw up a tool their guests use to plan. Maybe they could figure out how to make this information available in MDE in a user friendly format, until then these are the only places to get the info.