Do I get six fast passes +??

[Itinkso]

You don't need to activate a ticket to use it for Fastpasses.

We discovered the same thing in February. The Fp+ iPad CM told a member of our party to hand over a ticket even though it hadn't been used for park entrance nor was it linked to anything. Fp+ was booked using that ticket.

 

[mom2mickeyfan]

You don't need to activate a ticket to use it for Fastpasses.

We discovered the same thing in February. The Fp+ iPad CM told a member of our party to hand over a ticket even though it hadn't been used for park entrance nor was it linked to anything. Fp+ was booked using that ticket.

Well, since we have 2 sets of tickets, one for this summer and one for next summer, this interesting.

Is this only for MBs that aren't used to enter the park or MBs and/or tickets. We will only have one set of MBs. Not sure if DH will let me take a chance that those extra tickets won't be activated making us have to purchase tickets for 2015 but it give me something to think about! If anyone already had the extra tickets, would you give it a try? Is there any risk?

 

[Itinkso]

Well, since we have 2 sets of tickets, one for this summer and one for next summer, this interesting.

Is this only for MBs that aren't used to enter the park or MBs and/or tickets. We will only have one set of MBs. Not sure if DH will let me take a chance that those extra tickets won't be activated making us have to purchase tickets for 2015 but it give me something to think about! If anyone already had the extra tickets, would you give it a try? Is there any risk?

No risk. The Fp+ system can be utilized using a valid ticket. At the Fp+ tapstile, it only searches for Fp+ data. It does not affect the ticket entrance entitlement in any manner.

The only way a ticket can be "used" is if it is tapped at an Entrance Gate tapstile. If you only use your MagicBand for entrance, a ticket that is used only for "day of" Fp+ and is not linked to your MagicBand and is sitting in your pocket, is not affected.

 

[mom2mickeyfan]

No risk. The Fp+ system can be utilized using a valid ticket. At the Fp+ tapstile, it only searches for Fp+ data. It does not affect the ticket entrance entitlement in any manner.

The only way a ticket can be "used" is if it is tapped at an Entrance Gate tapstile. If you only use your MagicBand for entrance, a ticket that is used only for "day of" Fp+ and is not linked to your MagicBand and is sitting in your pocket, is not affected.

So what I get is that it doesn't matter how we enter the park. We can use either the ticket or the MB and both would pull up FP+s. I know things could change before our trip! I'm thinking we would need to set up 2 different MDE accounts and one account would not be tied to a on-site reservation and would be subject to booking at 30 days. The tickets aren't for the same amount of days. We plan to take a longer trip next summer and would have to make sure those are the tickets that aren't affected.

 

[SharonS]

First, that actually is, to Disney, "nothing". FP+ slots cost them nothing. Hundreds of them probably go unused every day, but they aren't counting that as a profit to the company - unlike, say, if they were giving out $5 gift cards to everyone and hundreds went unused. Second, you say that as if it's a bad thing. Each TICKET is entitled to 3 FP+ per day. There is nothing that says each PARK VISITOR is only entitled to 3 FP+ per day. Put another way, suppose someone had a ticket, entered the park, did their three FP+, left at lunch and lost the ticket (we'll pretend there is absolutely no way of getting the info again, like back with paper tickets) and they had to buy ANOTHER ticket when they went back in the afternoon, and that ticket also had 3 FP+ allowed on it. Do you REALLY think that person should say to themselves, "Well, technically I already did my 3 rides, so I'd better not get any more FP+, because that would be wrong, even though I HAVE PAID FOR THEM."? Because that sounds crazy to me.

It takes 1 ticket per person to enter the park. Along with that was the assumption/privilege to receive 3 FPs. If there is a guest service issue or other problem, yes, Disney May grant additional FPS. As for your scenario regarding leVing the park and then losing their ticket....come on, get real. If that occurred, I am very sure the person would be going to guest service and they would most likely assist them without them having to pay.

Disney intended to provide each person with 3 FPs per day....level playing field. They certainly didn't intent for people to buy an extra ticket so they could gain 3 more FPs. Would those same people have bought an additional ticket before, I doubt it. They are buying them for 1 reason...to cheat the system as it was intended to work

 

[mom2mickeyfan]

Disney intended to provide each person with 3 FPs per day....level playing field.

Disney made the new system to lock guest into their parks before leaving home and to make them more money. Never has it been stated that Disney was trying to level any playing field. Some has seen this as a benefit but it was not what Disney's goal with the new system. I would think that selling 2 tickets to 1 guest would in fact make Disney more money. Do you think that if I bought two 4 day tickets and used one for MK in the morning using 3 FP+s and then used the 2nd one to enter Epcot in the afternoon using another 3 FP+s that Disney would not want to sell that extra ticket?

 

[Minniekins]

No risk. The Fp+ system can be utilized using a valid ticket. At the Fp+ tapstile, it only searches for Fp+ data. It does not affect the ticket entrance entitlement in any manner.

The only way a ticket can be "used" is if it is tapped at an Entrance Gate tapstile. If you only use your MagicBand for entrance, a ticket that is used only for "day of" Fp+ and is not linked to your MagicBand and is sitting in your pocket, is not affected.

Haven't read the whole thread, but a couple questions out of curiosity. Already have an AP, but curious if you had a one day ticket could you use it once each day to get the the extra set of tickets or would you need a new ticket for each day of getting an extra set of 3 FP+? Could you use that extra ticket or extra days of tickets again the next visit in the same way - or use one day and they are done?

Disney made the new system to lock guest into their parks before leaving home and to make them more money. Never has it been stated that Disney was trying to level any playing field. Some has seen this as a benefit but it was not what Disney's goal with the new system. I would think that selling 2 tickets to 1 guest would in fact make Disney more money. Do you think that if I bought two 4 day tickets and used one for MK in the morning using 3 FP+s and then used the 2nd one to enter Epcot in the afternoon using another 3 FP+s that Disney would not want to sell that extra ticket?

I thought you couldn't do this at all enter one park with one ticket and essentially hop to another park using a different ticket? I've tried before and couldn't do it. We had one extra day ticket and hadn't hopped that year but could not use the ticket. Have things changed?

 

[mom2mickeyfan]

I thought you couldn't do this at all enter one park with one ticket and essentially hop to another park using a different ticket? I've tried before and couldn't do it. We had one extra day ticket and hadn't hopped that year but could not use the ticket. Have things changed?

You can't hop using additional days from a single ticket but if you buy 2 one day tickets, I would think I could enter 2 different parks with those 2 different tickets. How would Disney know I had entered MK that morning with a ticket that had nothing to tie it to the ticket I would be using to enter Epcot in the afternoon? Is the best use of money? No, but if you wanted 3 FP+ in each park for that day, I just see why it wouldn't work unless you had both tickets linked to the same MB. But I admit I'm not 100% sure!

 

[tinkerpea]

Could you tell me how anyone was being an ***? All I see is discussion and statements of truth. If you don't want all opinions, you shouldn't post. Expecting everyone to be all rainbows and sunshine is unrealistic and totally uncharacteristic here.

Actually I think she is right some people on here are being very rude, difficult and looking like there are an *** one in particular bringing up things not even relevant to this thread just to be mean!

I don't get it? Just because this is a public forum does not give you the right to speak to people in the manner some of you have.

 

[Marionnette]

Haven't read the whole thread, but a couple questions out of curiosity. Already have an AP, but curious if you had a one day ticket could you use it once each day to get the the extra set of tickets or would you need a new ticket for each day of getting an extra set of 3 FP+? Could you use that extra ticket or extra days of tickets again the next visit in the same way - or use one day and they are done?

As long as "in-park recognition" is turned off (and it was turned off while I was there in late-March), you can use a ticket which was not used to enter the park at the kiosk to get 3 additional FPs+s. You still cannot get more than 3 in a single day. But, you could get 3 more the next day, doing the same thing. I tried it and yes, it worked both days.

I thought you couldn't do this at all enter one park with one ticket and essentially hop to another park using a different ticket? I've tried before and couldn't do it. We had one extra day ticket and hadn't hopped that year but could not use the ticket. Have things changed?

I don't know why you would want to use two different tickets to park hop. It cost more for that 1 day admission entitlement than it does to add hopping to the first ticket.

 

[bigskip]

I don't know why you would want to use two different tickets to park hop. It cost more for that 1 day admission entitlement than it does to add hopping to the first ticket.

If you use two different tickets, you can get 2 lots of FP+, one set of 3 in each park. Can't (currently) with park hoppers

 

[Marionnette]

If you use two different tickets, you can get 2 lots of FP+, one set of 3 in each park. Can't (currently) with park hoppers

This I understand. However, if you can employ a ticket that has not been used to enter the park in order to obtain FP+ at a kiosk, why would you waste a day from the ticket in order to get in? Just schedule late FP+ at the second park using your hopper pass. Then use the "unused" ticket at a FP+ kiosk in the first park (after entering, using the hopper). You don't lose the admission day from the unused ticket but you can get 3 FP+ that way if in-park recognition is turned off.

 

[AndreaA]

It takes 1 ticket per person to enter the park. Along with that was the assumption/privilege to receive 3 FPs. If there is a guest service issue or other problem, yes, Disney May grant additional FPS. As for your scenario regarding leVing the park and then losing their ticket....come on, get real. If that occurred, I am very sure the person would be going to guest service and they would most likely assist them without them having to pay.

Disney intended to provide each person with 3 FPs per day....level playing field. They certainly didn't intent for people to buy an extra ticket so they could gain 3 more FPs. Would those same people have bought an additional ticket before, I doubt it. They are buying them for 1 reason...to cheat the system as it was intended to work

I think you are the one who needs to "get real". Disney did NOT institute FP+ and MM and MDE to "level the playing field". The very idea is laughable. They did it to make MONEY.

The playing field, as it were, was already level. Everyone had equal opportunity to get to the parks early - as with virtually every.other.experience.in.life! - and get more done.

Seriously, the moaning and groaning that goes on about the poor people who never rode TSMM or some other ride makes me roll my eyes so much it hurts. Or who wanted to "relax" on vacation and still get on all the good rides. Now THAT is a sense of entitlement! Next, people will be demanding that only so many people only be allowed to stake out good spots on a public beach so that late-comers will still get their preferred locations. And at fireworks. And general admission concerts. Etc., etc., etc.. Because don't you know that everyone DESERVES to have the best, despite the effort - and in this particular instance, money - they put in??

 

[delmar411]

Well, since we have 2 sets of tickets, one for this summer and one for next summer, this interesting.

Is this only for MBs that aren't used to enter the park or MBs and/or tickets. We will only have one set of MBs. Not sure if DH will let me take a chance that those extra tickets won't be activated making us have to purchase tickets for 2015 but it give me something to think about! If anyone already had the extra tickets, would you give it a try? Is there any risk?

Both work just fine. We do this on a weekly basis as locals. This has been the case since we started using FP+ in July.

 

[Itinkso]

So what I get is that it doesn't matter how we enter the park. We can use either the ticket or the MB and both would pull up FP+s. I know things could change before our trip! I'm thinking we would need to set up 2 different MDE accounts and one account would not be tied to a on-site reservation and would be subject to booking at 30 days. The tickets aren't for the same amount of days. We plan to take a longer trip next summer and would have to make sure those are the tickets that aren't affected.

You don't need to link the tickets for your next trip to anything. Just put them in your pocket or wallet and pull them out at a Fp+ kiosk/iPad CM.

Then tap them at the Fp+ tapstile. The ticket serves as the link to the Fp+ data. It has nothing to do with MDE.

 

[TJA]

Haven't read the whole thread, but a couple questions out of curiosity. Already have an AP, but curious if you had a one day ticket could you use it once each day to get the the extra set of tickets or would you need a new ticket for each day of getting an extra set of 3 FP+? Could you use that extra ticket or extra days of tickets again the next visit in the same way - or use one day and they are done?

As long as "in-park recognition" is turned off (and it was turned off while I was there in late-March), you can use a ticket which was not used to enter the park at the kiosk to get 3 additional FPs+s. You still cannot get more than 3 in a single day. But, you could get 3 more the next day, doing the same thing. I tried it and yes, it worked both days.

I have the exact same situation as Minniekins -- we have AP's and they are linked to MDE, but we also have 1-day tickets on old room keys that we never used. So I can bring the old room keys/1-day ticket, tap them on a kiosk, and get 3 additional FP's for each day of our trip? Or just 1 day of our trip since the ticket is just a 1-day ticket? All of this can happen if "in-park recognition" is turned off, of course. So FP's for every day or just 1 day since the ticket is a 1-day ticket? Thanks.

 

[Itinkso]

I have the exact same situation as Minniekins -- we have AP's and they are linked to MDE, but we also have 1-day tickets on old room keys that we never used. So I can bring the old room keys/1-day ticket, tap them on a kiosk, and get 3 additional FP's for each day of our trip? Or just 1 day of our trip since the ticket is just a 1-day ticket? All of this can happen if "in-park recognition" is turned off, of course. So FP's for every day or just 1 day since the ticket is a 1-day ticket? Thanks.

As long as it is a valid ticket that has never been used to enter a park, it will work on a daily basis. Once you use it to enter a park, that will be its last day of use. Until that time, it will allow "day of" Fp+ for you.

 

[Marionnette]

I have the exact same situation as Minniekins -- we have AP's and they are linked to MDE, but we also have 1-day tickets on old room keys that we never used. So I can bring the old room keys/1-day ticket, tap them on a kiosk, and get 3 additional FP's for each day of our trip? Or just 1 day of our trip since the ticket is just a 1-day ticket? All of this can happen if "in-park recognition" is turned off, of course. So FP's for every day or just 1 day since the ticket is a 1-day ticket? Thanks.

Every day as long as the admission entitlement on the ticket is still there and in-park recognition is turned off.

 

[TJA]

Itinkso and Marionnette,
You 2 are awesome -- thanks so much for the info!

 

[mom2mickeyfan]

You don't need to link the tickets for your next trip to anything. Just put them in your pocket or wallet and pull them out at a Fp+ kiosk/iPad CM.

Then tap them at the Fp+ tapstile. The ticket serves as the link to the Fp+ data. It has nothing to do with MDE.

But if I set up a separate account couldn't I make book FP+ for that ticket at 30 days out since it would not be tied to an on-site reservation? And to be clear. I don't have an AP. I have a 5 day ticket to use this year and a 10 day ticket to use next year. The 10 day doesn't have NE on it so I would need to make sure no days are used off of this ticket.

Thanks so much for the help! Again, I fully understand that at any time this could change. It will be the reason we make to most important FP+s on the ticket we plan to use for the year.