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

[wdwrule]

Based on our experience last week the only park that really had anything available past 1:00-2:00 was MK. EPCOT and DHS had very minimal and we never attempted to get a fourth at AK. Wishes and MSEP never showed up as options when we were adjusting our initial 3, so I doubt they were available as a fourth, but we never officially checked at a kiosk. I know our original plan was to wait on those and possibly get them as a fourth, but I read reports that they weren't showing up as a fourth so I went ahead and booked them as one of our 3 prior to getting to WDW.

How many days out were you able to book Wishes? Tried last night at 60 days out and wasn't able to so curious when I should start checking. Thanks!

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

Your husband and son don't have to meet A&E if they don't want to; they can just let their FPs expire.



He can.

LOL, after all the trouble that A&E FP gave me he'll meet 'em and he'll like it. My husband and my sister's husband will be perfectly happy to use their Fps and watch the girls meeting A&E. My son is the only one who really would rather not be there. He can suck it up for that one thing, AFAIC.

 

[SRUAlmn]

How many days out were you able to book Wishes? Tried last night at 60 days out and wasn't able to so curious when I should start checking. Thanks!

I'm trying to remember since I messed around with our FPs so many times before we got there. I think MSEP showed up at 60 days because I had that one booked for a while and then we ended up changing it and not using it once we got there (we are die hard Spectro lovers and we just don't care for the MSEP music at all!) For Wishes, I want to say I booked it about 2 weeks prior to going, but that's not to say it wasn't available sooner, I just hadn't been looking for it.

All of this was pretty new when we booked back in May, so once I started to read reports that getting a day-of FP for Wishes or Spectro was very unlikely I figured I should book them as part of our 3. That was really my strategy. Book all the hard to get things as certainties, knowing it would be easier to change to something less 'popular' down the road than the converse would be.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

How come I don't see Fantasmic as a FP+ option? I would totally book this now, does it become available later?

 

[gorjus121]

We are staying onsite and then meeting up with friends off site and want to coordinate our FP+ ... Im stressing out on how this is going to work. I really wanted to do the mine train, but waiting 30 days before for us scares me we won't get it. We are going in early-mid November with some days with estimated crowds at a 3 or 4. Will we have trouble?

 

[Cluelyss]

We are staying onsite and then meeting up with friends off site and want to coordinate our FP+ ... Im stressing out on how this is going to work. I really wanted to do the mine train, but waiting 30 days before for us scares me we won't get it. We are going in early-mid November with some days with estimated crowds at a 3 or 4. Will we have trouble?

Schedule yours at 60 days, then copy your plans to them at 30. Hopefully all you booked will still be available, but if not, at least you won't have lost out for your family. A&E and 7DMT seem to be the only ones that will likely not have availability by 30 days out...but in November you might get lucky on the mine train.

 

[Cluelyss]

You must choose 3 FP+ at initial selection but you can go in and cancel the unwanted FP+ afterwards. Choose your date and click Cancel on the Fastpass Plus Menu Screen. Then select the FP+ you want to cancel and click Done. This does not work on the App. You can only cancel via the MDE site. I cancelled unwanted FP+ twice this way. Once you cancel a FP+, it is gone. If you change your mind and want it back, you need to cancel the other two FP+ and re-select 3 again. Make sure you only need two FP+ for your day before you cancel. Hope this helps and have fun planning!

Does anyone know if this will also affect your ability to get a 4th FP+ later in the day (for example, to ride one of your initial 2 selections again, or to schedule a second Tier 1 attraction at Epcot or HS)? That would be the only advantage of maintaining the 3 then.

 

[patrickpiteo]

Schedule yours at 60 days, then copy your plans to them at 30. Hopefully all you booked will still be available, but if not, at least you won't have lost out for your family. A&E and 7DMT seem to be the only ones that will likely not have availability by 30 days out...but in November you might get lucky on the mine train.

At 59 days out the mine ride is gone...

 

[SRUAlmn]

At 59 days out the mine ride is gone...

We were just there last week. We made all of our FP reservations at the 60 day mark, however, my sister didn't find out she'd be able to join us for 2 of the days until about a month before we went. I went in and tried copying all of our FPs for the 2 days she'd be there and the only one I had trouble with was 7DMT. It wasn't GONE, but the times we had were gone. I was only able to get her a time from 2:00-3:00 in the afternoon (ours was at 9:30am.) For the next few days I kept checking to see if any earlier times would become available. A week later (3 weeks before our trip) it said no other times were available. So, from our experience, you still have a little room to play around between 60 days and 30 days, but once your 30 day mark hits and all offsite guests can book your availability goes down drastically.

 

[patrickpiteo]

We were just there last week. We made all of our FP reservations at the 60 day mark, however, my sister didn't find out she'd be able to join us for 2 of the days until about a month before we went. I went in and tried copying all of our FPs for the 2 days she'd be there and the only one I had trouble with was 7DMT. It wasn't GONE, but the times we had were gone. I was only able to get her a time from 2:00-3:00 in the afternoon (ours was at 9:30am.) For the next few days I kept checking to see if any earlier times would become available. A week later (3 weeks before our trip) it said no other times were available. So, from our experience, you still have a little room to play around between 60 days and 30 days, but once your 30 day mark hits and all offsite guests can book your availability goes down drastically.

I check as I did get one at the stroke of 12.. But from 12:05 on even today you get the no times available message..

 

[Cluelyss]

SO getting back to the OPs question… can FP+ be made(and used) if they enter the park using only the party ticket?

Yes, but you will need to link your party ticket on MDX. Then you can make FP+ reservations between 4 and 7 using that linked ticket. However, this will not work if you plan to schedule FP+ in another park in the morning, as you can only maintain 3 reservations per park/per day, regardless of ticket type. Hope this answers the OP question.

 

[MartDM]

Booked this a.m. for 9/27 - 10/4. Maelstrom unavailable after 9/27 (Frozen retheme of Norway?) and The Great Movie Ride unavailable as well (any clues??).

 

[cel_disney]

Our FP window opened tonight for our stay arriving 9/28, departing 10/6. I was in at midnight and could not get A&E until 10/6 (I tried 10/4, then 10/3, and finally our departure day 10/6 that was not supposed to be a park day). I needed a party of 4, but was not able to find a party for 1 until 10/6...so, 67 days out...I did not look at 10/5 as we are going to legoland.

Overall, I found the FP + process straight forward enough although far from optimal. It would be easier yo select/change times myself rather than accept disneys interpretation of my preference first. Also, I would Have liked to have show times available on the screen for shows I might haVe considered to underStand the timing constraints (including duration of tHe shOw for VotLM, BaTB, FotLK, etc).

Mesaboy - thanks soooooo much for maintaining this! I would never have been able to be ready for this without this thread!!!

 

[cel_disney]

Booked this a.m. for 9/27 - 10/4. Maelstrom unavailable after 9/27 (Frozen retheme of Norway?) and The Great Movie Ride unavailable as well (any clues??).

Great Movie Ride was available on 9/30 if that helps....

 

[shaybay]

I was on at midnight to book my FP and many things were not available in MK and Epcot plus both MK parades and wishes were "on standby"? I didn't have any trouble with getting FP on our last trip and it was Chriatmas season! Anyone else having this much trouble finding FP for sept 28-Oct 4?

 

[cel_disney]

I was on at midnight to book my FP and many things were not available in MK and Epcot plus both MK parades and wishes were "on standby"? I didn't have any trouble with getting FP on our last trip and it was Chriatmas season! Anyone else having this much trouble finding FP for sept 28-Oct 4?

I posted above you - but generally YES!! I expected with the party activity that wishes/parade would be gone quickly but not THAT quick! I think its going to be much busier than the crowd levels that we are used to those weeks! F&W in full swing, halloween parties, and ToT race weekend - seems like a bit of a perfect storm brewing!!!

*I believe Not Available means that the ride is not going to be in use during that day (refurb efc). If it was FP+ booked in full, it would say 'Stand-By available'.

 

[Jarvis23]

New to this, when making FP+ reservations for a large party, can you make separate FP+ reservations for different people or do they all have to be the same?

 

[Cluelyss]

New to this, when making FP+ reservations for a large party, can you make separate FP+ reservations for different people or do they all have to be the same?

They can be different, just make sure you select the members of your party separately when you are scheduling.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

I posted above you - but generally YES!! I expected with the party activity that wishes/parade would be gone quickly but not THAT quick! I think its going to be much busier than the crowd levels that we are used to those weeks! F&W in full swing, halloween parties, and ToT race weekend - seems like a bit of a perfect storm brewing!!!

*I believe Not Available means that the ride is not going to be in use during that day (refurb efc). If it was FP+ booked in full, it would say 'Stand-By available'.

F&W and the Halloween party is usually during this time, though, isn't it? I still don't understand why the crowd level would be so different this year than any other year. Here, school will have been in session for about 3-4 weeks. It is generally not considered a popular idea to pull your kids out for a week around this time. I am only doing it because I will never go during the summer break again.

 

[AmyB2006]

I was on at midnight to book my FP and many things were not available in MK and Epcot plus both MK parades and wishes were "on standby"? I didn't have any trouble with getting FP on our last trip and it was Chriatmas season! Anyone else having this much trouble finding FP for sept 28-Oct 4?

I'm 9/27 through 10/1 and I saw similar things at MK. Parades were standby only. A&E were standby only for my entire trip and 7DMT was standby only for the first 2 days, but had availability on my last 2 days.

Everything else was pretty much open. I expected A&E to be booked, and even 7DMT to be somewhat booked. I didn't expect parades to be booked up, but so be it. People are catching on to that one.