Epcot FastPass Advice

[Nicole Grossman]

Hello! My best friend and I are going to Disney this upcoming June, we will be visiting Epcot on two different days of our trip. We are both 19 year old girls who are eager to explore the park and make the most of our day, so I am trying to plan our fastpasses the best I can and would like some advice.

For our first day, I plan to get Frozen Ever After, Mission Space, and Spaceship Earth

For our second day, I plan to get Soarin, and ?????

What are other rides I should get fastpasses for (minus TestTrack, which I hope we can get to during the EMH with little wait time)

I have been looking at the other rides that have FPs, and all seem to not have that long waits so im pretty confused lol!!

I wish we could get a FP to meet Anna and Elsa ((did I mention we love meeting characters??))

Any advice would be amazing! Thanks a bunch!

 

[Cinderella94]

Epcot is the trickiest situation for making FP in advance because, as you've discovered, you can really only make 1 per day that actually needs one. It doesn't much matter. I guess I would get Finding Nemo and maybe Spaceship Earth again - that's usually what we do. Do them as early in the day as you can so that you can try again afterward to get other tier 1s as your 4th FP later in the day.

My other opinion that you didn't ask for - I would get the FP for Test Track instead of Frozen. TT seems to break down a lot and if you have a FP, you're at least guaranteed to ride it at some point later in the day, as long as it comes back up. Also, I found a TT FP to be much more worth it than a Frozen FP (my age isn't too terribly far from yours, and I like Frozen as much as the next Disney-loving twenty-something, but TT is my favorite and much more worth a FP in my opinion).

 

[iujen94]

Living with the Land can sometimes get long lines, so I’d FP that if you are interested in it. Also Mission Space has both a “green” (less intense) and “orange” (more intense) side - if you want to try both sides, you’d need two FPs, so you could double up on that.

 

[DJFan88]

Epcot is the trickiest situation for making FP in advance because, as you've discovered, you can really only make 1 per day that actually needs one. It doesn't much matter. I guess I would get Finding Nemo and maybe Spaceship Earth again - that's usually what we do. Do them as early in the day as you can so that you can try again afterward to get other tier 1s as your 4th FP later in the day.

My other opinion that you didn't ask for - I would get the FP for Test Track instead of Frozen. TT seems to break down a lot and if you have a FP, you're at least guaranteed to ride it at some point later in the day, as long as it comes back up. Also, I found a TT FP to be much more worth it than a Frozen FP (my age isn't too terribly far from yours, and I like Frozen as much as the next Disney-loving twenty-something, but TT is my favorite and much more worth a FP in my opinion).

Sorry not to steal OPs question but, what if your choice is now between TT and Soarin. Does the addition of the extra screen now make things easier there, so that TT is the one that takes longer to get on?

 

[Cinderella94]

Sorry not to steal OPs question but, what if your choice is now between TT and Soarin. Does the addition of the extra screen now make things easier there, so that TT is the one that takes longer to get on?

Yes. The 3rd screen in Soarin has lessened wait times there relatively speaking.

 

[Nicole Grossman]

Epcot is the trickiest situation for making FP in advance because, as you've discovered, you can really only make 1 per day that actually needs one. It doesn't much matter. I guess I would get Finding Nemo and maybe Spaceship Earth again - that's usually what we do. Do them as early in the day as you can so that you can try again afterward to get other tier 1s as your 4th FP later in the day.

My other opinion that you didn't ask for - I would get the FP for Test Track instead of Frozen. TT seems to break down a lot and if you have a FP, you're at least guaranteed to ride it at some point later in the day, as long as it comes back up. Also, I found a TT FP to be much more worth it than a Frozen FP (my age isn't too terribly far from yours, and I like Frozen as much as the next Disney-loving twenty-something, but TT is my favorite and much more worth a FP in my opinion).

Yeah I was thinking probably a Nemo FP, but if I get one earlier in the day like you said do you think it might end up being a waste? Because I feel like the lines early in the day for those rides are practically nothing. And have you ever been able to get another Tier 1 as your 4th FP? Like Test Track or Frozen?

 

[DJFan88]

Spaceship Earth gets pretty crowded as the day goes on. Id get that one for sure and not bother with it early.

 

[Cinderella94]

Yeah I was thinking probably a Nemo FP, but if I get one earlier in the day like you said do you think it might end up being a waste? Because I feel like the lines early in the day for those rides are practically nothing. And have you ever been able to get another Tier 1 as your 4th FP? Like Test Track or Frozen?

Quite possibly yes. But it's okay if it's a waste. The goal in this instance is to burn through your first 3 as fast as you can so you can then try making another tier 1. We've gotten TT as a 4th FP before - I haven't tried with Frozen because once we did it once, we didn't feel a need to do it again.

 

[Disneylovingmomof2]

I agree w pp about living with the land. We were there during a “slow” time on a weekday and standby was over an hour.
We only went for a day and I got a Soarin FP in advance. Was able to get a fourth for TT no problem. There was absolutely nothing for Frozen.
So if you really want to ride frozen I’d get one. I think the others are easier pick ups.

 

[Nicole Grossman]

Also, do Frozen Ever After and the Anna and Elsa meet and greet open with the park at 9A.M., or with the World Showcase at 11?

 

[JETSDAD]

Maybe get a FP for the Character Spot since you like character meets. Use them up as early as you can (modify to move them earlier as you use the previous FP) and then refresh to find adiditonal tier 1 FP's.

 

[Cinderella94]

Also, do Frozen Ever After and the Anna and Elsa meet and greet open with the park at 9A.M., or with the World Showcase at 11?

Both 9 AM.

 

[Nicole Grossman]

Maybe get a FP for the Character Spot since you like character meets. Use them up as early as you can (modify to move them earlier as you use the previous FP) and then refresh to find adiditonal tier 1 FP's.

Thanks - I was thinking maybe this one too. Which characters are here though? Does it change or pretty much the same?

 

[Nicole Grossman]

Both 9 AM.

That's great! Does the meet and greet usually get crowded early or would I have a good chance of a low wait time if I get there at rope drop?

 

[Cinderella94]

Thanks - I was thinking maybe this one too. Which characters are here though? Does it change or pretty much the same?

I've always seen Mickey, Minnie & Goofy. They're all in the one room but you get a picture with each individually.

 

[Tksolomom]

I would definitely get a fast pass on your second day for TT instead of Soarin’ as TT breaks down a lot. I would roe drop Soarin’, do Living with the land and then do the TT fastpass.

 

[Haley R]

I agree with PP about getting a FP for TT instead of Soarin. TT breaks down a lot and if you have a FP you can at least wait it out and ride later. We were there about a month ago and Soarin' never had a terribly long wait. It would be an easier one to ride at RD in my opinion compared to TT. We also did Frozen at RD and walked right on. I also agree about Living with the Land. We think it's pretty fun to sit on the boat and see all of the plants. but I wouldn't want to wait long for it. The wait in the middle of the day was around 45 minutes so we just skipped it. If you're interested in it at all I would get a FP for it.

 

[MorpethMiss]

Get that FP for whichever Tier 1 ride you want to do the most. We have found that if we are there for rope drop, we can do TT and Soarin without FP, then do one again later with the FP. Haven't done Frozen yet, so can't comment on that.
I would use the other FP for the Land/Spaceship Earth/Character Spot. Remember that when the first 3 FP are used up, you can get more.

 

[disneylover102]

Epcot is hard for FP, since you can really only get one for anything that is worth it. Mission Space has a line sometimes, so you can repeat that. Nemo is a fun ride without a wait. You can get your FPs you don’t want first and just scan them really early and don’t use them. Then you can move up your next FPs and then have a better chance of getting later ones.

 

[Haley R]

This doesn't have anything to do with the FP, but just a warning that you might get soaked on Frozen. We went at RD and I did not expect to get wet AT ALL, but I was completely soaked on my butt for a good hour after riding.