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

[mcurran]

Out of curiosity, when will the new FP+ only character meet-n-greets become available? I see them under entertainment options but not available to choose yet. I won't trade my tier 1 choices at DHS or Epcot. I may replace something at AK though to see Daisy & Donald. Very frustrated that the only option to see these characters is through a fast pass!!!!

FP+ only attractions? Did I miss a post or news item? If true, me=not-a-fan

 

[Itinkso]

FP+ only attractions? Did I miss a post or news item? If true, me=not-a-fan

Here's Kenny the Pirates's article:

http://kennythepirate.com/2014/05/0...get-fastpass-star-wars-weekends-shows-get-fp/

 

[Reddog1134]

"D - Using FP+ here is close to pointless unless you have a very special affinity for this attraction."

I don't know if I would go as far as to call it "pointless". Yeah, the fact that it's FP+ only is making it not popular but that may change if there are missing details.

And couldn't you say the same thing for ANY attraction? Wouldn't a FP for Space Mountain be pointless if I had no desire to ride it?

 

[mesaboy2]

"D - Using FP+ here is close to pointless unless you have a very special affinity for this attraction."

I don't know if I would go as far as to call it "pointless". Yeah, the fact that it's FP+ only is making it not popular but that may change if there are missing details.

And couldn't you say the same thing for ANY attraction? Wouldn't a FP for Space Mountain be pointless if I had no desire to ride it?

That's where "very special affinity" comes in. You REALLY want to do it? You must use FP. You REALLY want to do Space? There's a standby queue if FP doesn't work for whatever reason. You have no choice with these three new ones.

 

[OhStuffandFluff]

Does anyone have experience getting 4,5th etc FP at AK? I am wanting to park hop there in the late afternoon and stay till closing at 7. Wondering if I can use FP at our first park and still be able to get FP for KRR and KS when we get to AK that afternoon. Oh and we are going on June 1st if this makes a difference. Thanks!

 

[Gryhndmom]

Does anyone have experience getting 4,5th etc FP at AK? I am wanting to park hop there in the late afternoon and stay till closing at 7. Wondering if I can use FP at our first park and still be able to get FP for KRR and KS when we get to AK that afternoon. Oh and we are going on June 1st if this makes a difference. Thanks!

Last week when I was there I did HS in morning with three fp's then went to epcot to try and get a fourth for TT...only ones left at 1:30 p.m. Were for nighttime (6:30 and on) so I passed since I had been at the parks since 8:00. Really think it is going to depend on crowds and what rides folks are most interested in riding.

 

[Mfischee]

Of course another FP+ question! So after you have used all your 3 fast passes and are able to then go to the kiosk and get more.. how many can you get at a time or can you only get one at a time??

 

[Good Morning Dewdrop]

Of course another FP+ question! So after you have used all your 3 fast passes and are able to then go to the kiosk and get more.. how many can you get at a time or can you only get one at a time??

you can only get one more at a time (as of right now). Good news is many people have reported being able to change that FP+ around timewise on their smartphone/ ipad after they got it at the kiosk (hopefully that makes sense). Once you use that 4th FP then you can go back to a kiosk and get yet another FP and so on and so forth.

 

[Nemo32]

I have a park hopper and have my 3 FP+ booked for my first park. With all of the new packages, etc. for fireworks and shows...do you think it's possible to book the 4th FP for fireworks/show when I arrive at the second park in the evening? Specifically, Fantasmic!, Wishes and Illuminations. Thanks!

 

[Gryhndmom]

I have a park hopper and have my 3 FP+ booked for my first park. With all of the new packages, etc. for fireworks and shows...do you think it's possible to book the 4th FP for fireworks/show when I arrive at the second park in the evening? Specifically, Fantasmic!, Wishes and Illuminations. Thanks!

Probably not based on what I encountered last week Since you can't book the 4th until after the 3rd pass has expired/been used. Lots of people were booking illuminations etc as part of the 1st 3 fp's.

 

[Nemo32]

Probably not based on what I encountered last week Since you can't book the 4th until after the 3rd pass has expired/been used. Lots of people were booking illuminations etc as part of the 1st 3 fp's.

Hm...ok...I don't really wana use any of the first three on fireworks or a show, so I guess I will stick with my original strategy to stake out a spot an hour before most, like I've done in the past.

 

[mwerner2]

This is from mesaboys incredibly helpful first post. Thanks are not enough:

14. AP holders without an onsite reservation can book up to 30 days in advance, for a maximum of 7 days. Once one of those 7 days passes or is used, an additional day of FP+ can be prebooked, ad infinitum.

The scenario: We're staying off-site with UC tickets and are not annual pass holders. There are 7 adults in our party all arriving on June 2. Five of us are staying for 7 days, and 2 of us are staying for 10 days. All the tickets are linked to an MDE account held by one of the 7 dayers. We've made our 30 day in advance FP+ selections for the first 7 days.

Here's the problem: The 2 of us with 10 day tickets can't make anymore FP+ selections for the additional 3 days. When we called Disney to ask about this, we got the same answer as if we were AP holders. We will only be able to make the FP+ selections for the 8th day after the 1st day of our vacation is past. So we really can make the last 3 days of FP+ reservations only 6 days in advance.

Has anyone else run into this? Would it be better (or even possible) to:
1)split our tickets into 2 MDE accounts, one for the 7 dayers and one for the 10 dayers?
2)move all our reservations to a MDE account held by a 10 dayer?

Or are all off-site guests limited to 7 days of reservations like AP holders, so we're just stuck (as a former AP holder, I think this policy stinks BTW)

If this question is addressed elsewhere, I would be grateful for a link.

 

[sasmom]

I just noticed that "meet Tinkerbell at Town Square Theater" is listed as a B attraction in Magic Kingdom. Is Tinkerbell moving, and does anyone know when it's supposed to happen? Sorry if this has been addressed elsewhere and I missed it. Thanks!

 

[longhorns2]

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[Itinkso]

I just noticed that "meet Tinkerbell at Town Square Theater" is listed as a B attraction in Magic Kingdom. Is Tinkerbell moving, and does anyone know when it's supposed to happen? Sorry if this has been addressed elsewhere and I missed it. Thanks!

Begins at TST on May 20th. No Fairy friends will meet with her.

 

[sasmom]

Begins at TST on May 20th. No Fairy friends will meet with her.

Thanks. Bummer that no fairy friends will be with her. DD3 really wants to meet Zarina!

 

[momoftwins2006]

Im very new to this board (or any) that I have no idea how to find the info I need- I did a search for "fast pass+ info, especially what is tier 1" and it directed me here but I still can't find the answers. Can someone direct me. Also I have no idea what many of the short forms mean. I figured out DS is darling son (I think) but I'm not sure of others. Please direct me to where I can find this out too. Thanks so much.

 

[michelle06]

Im very new to this board (or any) that I have no idea how to find the info I need- I did a search for "fast pass+ info, especially what is tier 1" and it directed me here but I still can't find the answers. Can someone direct me. Also I have no idea what many of the short forms mean. I figured out DS is darling son (I think) but I'm not sure of others. Please direct me to where I can find this out too. Thanks so much.

All of the important information is in post 1 of this thread. Go to page 1 and scroll to the top. The information is updated regularly.

 

[mesaboy2]

This is from mesaboys incredibly helpful first post. Thanks are not enough:

14. AP holders without an onsite reservation can book up to 30 days in advance, for a maximum of 7 days. Once one of those 7 days passes or is used, an additional day of FP+ can be prebooked, ad infinitum.

The scenario: We're staying off-site with UC tickets and are not annual pass holders. There are 7 adults in our party all arriving on June 2. Five of us are staying for 7 days, and 2 of us are staying for 10 days. All the tickets are linked to an MDE account held by one of the 7 dayers. We've made our 30 day in advance FP+ selections for the first 7 days.

Here's the problem: The 2 of us with 10 day tickets can't make anymore FP+ selections for the additional 3 days. When we called Disney to ask about this, we got the same answer as if we were AP holders. We will only be able to make the FP+ selections for the 8th day after the 1st day of our vacation is past. So we really can make the last 3 days of FP+ reservations only 6 days in advance.

Has anyone else run into this? Would it be better (or even possible) to:
1)split our tickets into 2 MDE accounts, one for the 7 dayers and one for the 10 dayers?
2)move all our reservations to a MDE account held by a 10 dayer?

Or are all off-site guests limited to 7 days of reservations like AP holders, so we're just stuck (as a former AP holder, I think this policy stinks BTW)

If this question is addressed elsewhere, I would be grateful for a link.

I'm afraid I don't know the answer. All published info I know of indicates the number of days you should be able to get equals the days on your ticket. I have not heard of many offsiters with 8+ day tickets but welcome hearing about their experience with this.

 

[ses1230]

Im very new to this board (or any) that I have no idea how to find the info I need- I did a search for "fast pass+ info, especially what is tier 1" and it directed me here but I still can't find the answers. Can someone direct me. Also I have no idea what many of the short forms mean. I figured out DS is darling son (I think) but I'm not sure of others. Please direct me to where I can find this out too. Thanks so much.

Common abbreviations: http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1660743