FastPass+ Basic Info, Attraction List, and Suggested Priorities--Part I

[SPOERLX3]

I appreciate the enthusiasm but I didn't get it yet but remaining optimistic! I was able to get additional 7DMT so happy about that. All of my FP are lined up perfectly right now so I'm really excited! So much so I think A&E will prob mess it up lol!

Oh dang, I must have misread it.
So glad your FP's worked out!!! Have a great trip!

 

[Meldev]

FWIW- for those booking tonight, I just checked for A&E for Tuesday, Sept. 30 for a group of 4. Still many options in the midafternoon on. I cannot check after that Tuesday. Good luck!

Oh that's awesome - that's our main MK day There'll be 5 of us - wonder if I should divide and conquer or go for 5 then 4 if that doesn't work?! This FP business is stressful!

 

[Cluelyss]

I was also thinking about this…. My sister's daughter is totally princess obsessed (mine likes E and A but is not too concerned with the others) and I thought about asking if she wanted to go to a Perfectly Princess Tea Party which is at 10:30am of that day. So if my sister goes for it and takes her daughter, the rest of us can hang around and grab some lunch and then head over to EPCOT in the early afternoon. Then we night do a few EPCOT things, have the dinner and come back for the party. I Wonder if that'll work? I had just assumed everyone would want to head to MK the first "real" day of vacation. The other option is to see if I can cancel the Sunday tickets and book for the Thursday party? I appreciate everyone's thoughts on this. My sister's family is traveling from Seattle, so they will probably be a night-owlish at first.

I I think you may be stuck with the party tix, not sure if they are refundable? Also, what time is your ADR at GG? You can get into MK with your party tickets at 4, so seems like you might be missing a lot of party time by trying to do GG the same night? If it were me, I'd keep trying to find another night for GG if it's a must do for your family. Keep your eyes on the cancelled ADR threads here and hopefully you'll get lucky! The tea party might be the perfect solution for the morning then head to MK around 4 and you won't even need to use a park ticket that day.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

I I think you may be stuck with the party tix, not sure if they are refundable? Also, what time is your ADR at GG? You can get into MK with your party tickets at 4, so seems like you might be missing a lot of party time by trying to do GG the same night? If it were me, I'd keep trying to find another night for GG if it's a must do for your family. Keep your eyes on the cancelled ADR threads here and hopefully you'll get lucky! The tea party might be the perfect solution for the morning then head to MK around 4 and you won't even need to use a park ticket that day.

Yes, when I booked the party tickets I didn't realize we could get in at 4 with them. We have 6 day park hoppers which we bought assuming we would use them for these days. If we didn't use the hopper on that day, I'm not sure what we could use it for.

Further muddying the waters, I scored some dinner reservations later in the week at Akershus (sp?) in EPCOT, which is supposed to be a princess character meal, right? I got it just for the four of them, as princess dining is not much of a priority for my family (and there was no availability for 8). So that might make it easier to move GG. What would be perfect is if GG would open up for 4 at around the same time on that Wednesday and then my clan could go there while they do Akershus. Then we could cancel the Sunday reservation full stop.

Sigh. And then there's the FP+ issue! Although that might not be too bad. I know I won't score A&E or the Mine Train for that date anyway, so any Fps I book and then have to move won't be as big of a deal, particularly if they are EPCOT.

 

[cel_disney]

We have a BLT DVC ressie starting on Sept 30. We are arriving in Orlando earlier than that. If I book a room at ASMo before checking into BLT will I be able to make FP for my entire WDW stay? Or just the first hotel stay? I know I have seen this answered before but I just can't seem to find it tonight...

We were originally planning to stay off property and still might which means we would cancel this pre-BLT stay. Would that impact our FP during our BLT days? Is there a recommended way to cancel to reduce the glitch factor?

 

[ougrad86]

I don't think I can do this...

Make FP+ reservations? It sounds more complicated then it really is...if you have your tickets linked, you can practice making FP+ reservations (you have a 30 day window open right now) so you will be ready when you hit 60 days.

 

[Meldev]

Easier than I expected! Got the big ones I wanted, times are good (I'm sure I'll edit some as trip approaches) - We're pretty flexible so that helps I'm sure!

Getting excited - 60 days to go!

 

[cramtoer]

I have booked a package. MDE shows my 8 day base tickets, but when I go into FP+ to practice, it says that we need valid park admission. Anyone know how to fix this?

 

[ohionola]

I am here now and loving the new fp system. It is nice being able to plan a day ahead instead of running around to machines. The only bad thing is that on a few of the shows the fp line was actually longer than the standard line.

On another note, can someone explain why people are having such a hard time getting mine train and ae? We booked our fp at day 45 for a late July vacation and both were available everyday. Ae times were later in the day but mine train was wide open.

 

[chrissyc72]

Great list! Thanks!

 

[Cluelyss]

I have booked a package. MDE shows my 8 day base tickets, but when I go into FP+ to practice, it says that we need valid park admission. Anyone know how to fix this?

The system will not let you access until you hit your 60 day mark, so you will not be able to "practice" beforehand unfortunately. YouTube has some good tutorials if you want to check it out, though it's pretty simple to use once you get in there. Pick your party, pick your park, pick your date, pick your rides.

 

[mhochman]

We were just having this same discussion! I agree with you, I think the EPCOT rides should probably be booked but I don't know. You're right, if we get to MK early enough we can get in a few headliners without a fast pass, so it does make sense.

My head hurts trying to put this together. I don't want to lose Garden Grill because it's a tradition to eat there on our vacations.

FWIW, we are heading down next week. We will be park hopping almost every day. I made all of my FP+ for the second park of the day. We are planning rope drop for the first park so hope FP won't be needed. Don't want to miss out on the headliners at the second park. This may be a bad plan, but I won't know until we're done.

 

[SRUAlmn]

FWIW, we are heading down next week. We will be park hopping almost every day. I made all of my FP+ for the second park of the day. We are planning rope drop for the first park so hope FP won't be needed. Don't want to miss out on the headliners at the second park. This may be a bad plan, but I won't know until we're done.

We were just there last week and started out with a similar plan. In our experience we found that morning standby lines were much longer than they've been in the past (possibly because many have been using the same strategy?) By 9:30 there were very few rides that had a standby line shorter than 40 minutes. With heat indexes above 100 degrees, standing in line for 40 min (multiple times) was not something we wanted to do.

So after the first two days we decided to just hang out at the pool all morning and just go to a park in the late afternoon/evening and use our FPs. Since we were there a full week it worked perfectly and we were still able to see and do everything It also allowed us to sleep in which prevented us from getting too exhausted and allowed us to enjoy more evenings and PM EMH!

 

[Jkpark]

SRUAlmn - what was park opening when it was already crowded by 9:30? I'm guessing 8? Hoping not 9... I started off thinking of the late FP route but with the intro of 4th FP+ and reports of longer waits early, I am starting my FP times about 1 1/2 hr into park opening. Hoping I can still hit a few things without waits.

 

[mhochman]

We were just there last week and started out with a similar plan. In our experience we found that morning standby lines were much longer than they've been in the past (possibly because many have been using the same strategy?) By 9:30 there were very few rides that had a standby line shorter than 40 minutes. With heat indexes above 100 degrees, standing in line for 40 min (multiple times) was not something we wanted to do.

I'm seeing in another thread that people have been able to get almost immediate FPs for nearly every ride later in the day. I hope I didn't miscalculate. Live and learn, I guess.

 

[SRUAlmn]

SRUAlmn - what was park opening when it was already crowded by 9:30? I'm guessing 8? Hoping not 9... I started off thinking of the late FP route but with the intro of 4th FP+ and reports of longer waits early, I am starting my FP times about 1 1/2 hr into park opening. Hoping I can still hit a few things without waits.

It was for a park opening at 9. MK was the only park we ever saw 4th FPs available for 'legitimate' rides. EPCOT had Captain EO and Figment, DHS had Muppets and Little Mermaid, AK we never attempted to get a 4th.

 

[mhochman]

It was for a park opening at 9. MK was the only park we ever saw 4th FPs available for 'legitimate' rides. EPCOT had Captain EO and Figment, DHS had Muppets and Little Mermaid, AK we never attempted to get a 4th.

That's why I am trying the fp for second park strategy. I'm just happy to not have to run around the park just to grab a fp.

 

[SRUAlmn]

I'm seeing in another thread that people have been able to get almost immediate FPs for nearly every ride later in the day. I hope I didn't miscalculate. Live and learn, I guess.

This was just our experience, but by noon or 1:00 there wasn't much available except at MK. I suppose if you made your FPs immediately at park opening you'd be finished by around 12 and you might be able to get a few, but I never saw headliners. We added my sister to our trip a few weeks before we left so her Mine Train time was different than ours (only slot left.) I tried to adjust it every single day of our trip and nothing was ever open...not one single time slot for any day we were there.

My suggestion (if you're planning on hopping and getting additional FPs) is to make the MK your second park. It's the only one that really gives you a chance to get more later in the day (unless you're planning on hopping at noon.)

 

[Jkpark]

Thanks SRUAlmn. MK is really the only park I think we will need a 4th. We have one day and one EPCOT night - so we will do one Soarin and one TT. Try RnR at drop and FP TSMM. I have never been this nervous for a trip. If it was just my family of 4, I know we would be fine. Planning for us and another family of 5, with a little one and one who doesn't like thrill rides. Yup. Nervous. I think we will all be happy no matter what - but feel responsible for our friends having a good time.

 

[SRUAlmn]

Thanks SRUAlmn. MK is really the only park I think we will need a 4th. We have one day and one EPCOT night - so we will do one Soarin and one TT. Try RnR at drop and FP TSMM. I have never been this nervous for a trip. If it was just my family of 4, I know we would be fine. Planning for us and another family of 5, with a little one and one who doesn't like thrill rides. Yup. Nervous. I think we will all be happy no matter what - but feel responsible for our friends having a good time.

I feel you! I actually got a little stomach thing before our trip because I was also worried. I felt like a first timer all over again, minus the blind excitement...I knew too much ! ha! Like you, if it were just my husband and me I wouldn't have really cared, but when you're planning for others it adds pressure!

We lucked out on a few things...we had Great Movie Ride FPs booked and then they changed the tiering and we were able to switch to RNRC so we had it plus TSMM. My mom and I also don't ride as much as my sisters and husband, so we did a lot of booking all of us for a 'thrill' ride and then we'd give them our bands to ride again.