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

[Richard M Nixon]

Sorry if I missed it in the FAQ in the OP - do additional FP+ after your initial 3 have to be made from the kiosks in the parks, or can I use MDE from my phone?

 

[mesaboy2]

Sorry if I missed it in the FAQ in the OP - do additional FP+ after your initial 3 have to be made from the kiosks in the parks, or can I use MDE from my phone?

For now, they must be made at in-park kiosks for attractions only at that park. There are reports that you can then edit them in MDE and/or that iPad-equipped CMs may also be able to assist, especially with attractions at other parks.

 

[DisMama5]

Yes- I have done this with both A&E and 7DMT for my group of 18. We have reservations across 3 rooms and each room is linked in MDE through the main person's account for each room. What I found easiest was to make all 18 together and then change rides (but not times) for people wanting PP, for example, over BTMRR. That way we can do A&E and 7DMT together, but are not always tied to the same experiences. I found this to be FAR easier than each person trying to make their own FP+ and match up times for the things we wanted together. I did this within the first couple days of the 60 day window, though, so cannot comment on if you can always copy everything.

Thank you so much! So just to make sure I understand this right, each room will have the "main or head person" and then each room can be linked to my MDE account by the main person of the other rooms, so then I can make FP+ reservation for say myself an then have them copied the rest of the ppl in my room and to the other rooms attached to MDE in my account? Thus everyone having the same exact fp+ times for attractions.. I think that's how it sounds like it works?

 

[preemiemama]

Thank you so much! So just to make sure I understand this right, each room will have the "main or head person" and then each room can be linked to my MDE account by the main person of the other rooms, so then I can make FP+ reservation for say myself an then have them copied the rest of the ppl in my room and to the other rooms attached to MDE in my account? Thus everyone having the same exact fp+ times for attractions.. I think that's how it sounds like it works?

Yes. I believe I had to send/ accept requests for everyone in each room to be connected in order for me to add them to my plans. So my brother and the 3 in his room had to be linked to me and the 5 in my room, etc... That part was a pain but it made the FP+ part a LOT easier!

 

[acamusic]

I'm sure there has been a detailed description and discussion somewhere in this thread, but it's too long for me to search. Would someone please explain how the process for practicing for reserving FP+ works? How far out can you do that? Thanks

 

[DisMama5]

Yes. I believe I had to send/ accept requests for everyone in each room to be connected in order for me to add them to my plans. So my brother and the 3 in his room had to be linked to me and the 5 in my room, etc... That part was a pain but it made the FP+ part a LOT easier!

Awesome thank you thank you! This was so helpful!!

 

[preemiemama]

Awesome thank you thank you! This was so helpful!!

It helped that I had everyone's account username and password to send/accept requests- I could do one room, accept on the next, then do it again for the 3rd. My brother who had 9 in the room did not expect the number of emails he received at the time I was doing them though! He got emails for requests then confirmations on all the requests- and I got a "what the heck are you doing?" email from him!!

Good luck and hope it goes smoothly for you! It is also good to have them linked if you get Memory Maker- you can get everyone's pictures on one account as well...

 

[AngiTN]

I'm sure there has been a detailed description and discussion somewhere in this thread, but it's too long for me to search. Would someone please explain how the process for practicing for reserving FP+ works? How far out can you do that? Thanks

You can only do this if you have free standing tickets on your account. If you have a package it seems you are not able to do this.

If you sign in to MDE and click the Fast Pass link you'll see a calendar and it will allow you to book FP for the next 30 days. Pick a day, since it's practice it won't matter which. Click next/continue, pick your park, so forth. The prompts are very easy to follow.

 

[Cyrano]

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[SPOERLX3]

Originally Posted by acamusic
I'm sure there has been a detailed description and discussion somewhere in this thread, but it's too long for me to search. Would someone please explain how the process for practicing for reserving FP+ works? How far out can you do that? Thanks

You can only do this if you have free standing tickets on your account. If you have a package it seems you are not able to do this.

If you sign in to MDE and click the Fast Pass link you'll see a calendar and it will allow you to book FP for the next 30 days. Pick a day, since it's practice it won't matter which. Click next/continue, pick your park, so forth. The prompts are very easy to follow.

Someone earlier recommended that I watch the walkthrough youtube video for booking the FP+ since I can't practice either and it was a great help to get a visual!

 

[mouseaddicts]

Someone earlier recommended that I watch the walkthrough youtube video for booking the FP+ since I can't practice either and it was a great help to get a visual!

Sounds like a great idea! We will try that too!
We are also on a package, so we can't see the screens to "practice" in MDE.

 

[DisMama5]

It helped that I had everyone's account username and password to send/accept requests- I could do one room, accept on the next, then do it again for the 3rd. My brother who had 9 in the room did not expect the number of emails he received at the time I was doing them though! He got emails for requests then confirmations on all the requests- and I got a "what the heck are you doing?" email from him!! Good luck and hope it goes smoothly for you! It is also good to have them linked if you get Memory Maker- you can get everyone's pictures on one account as well...

Thanks for the tips also!

 

[Aliceacc]

Please forgive me for yet another question... and this one is going to be a long one.

There are 11 of us, from 5 different addresses, meeting at WDW this summer. This Friday is my FP+ day. (though 6 of the crew will arrive the day after we do.)

Question #1: Since we arrive a day before everyone else, do I have to wait for THEIR FP day to book linked FPs? Or is it enough that someone, or in this case 5 of us, will be 60 days out?

Question #2, this is the biggie:

On my MDE account, I'm seeing a variety of messages under Friends and Family. (Since the next poster quoted me, I'm editing the next bit out for the sake of brevity)

So, my question is this: exactly who is linked to my account? Can I book FPs on Friday for everyone? Just my own family? Just the accounts I manage??

I emailed Disney, and their response was (again, edited out for the sake of brevity)

That's great, but I'm not sure how to interpret the various stages of connection I see on MDE.

If anyone can help me sort it out, and tell me what has to be done by whom, I would be incredibly grateful!!!

Should I just call Disney? If so, then do I ask for Guest Services???

 

[SRUAlmn]

Please forgive me for yet another question... and this one is going to be a long one.

There are 11 of us, from 5 different addresses, meeting at WDW this summer. This Friday is my FP+ day. (though 6 of the crew will arrive the day after we do.)

Question #1: Since we arrive a day before everyone else, do I have to wait for THEIR FP day to book linked FPs? Or is it enough that someone, or in this case 5 of us, will be 60 days out?

Question #2, this is the biggie:

On my MDE account, I'm seeing a variety of messages under Friends and Family.
A sampling:

"B.. (my 15 year old son)
You manage this account

Invite to Plan and Share
More Information Beginning of tooltip content
End of tooltip content

D (my 30 year old niece)
D has a Disney account
D can view all your plans.
D can view and purchase your PhotoPass photos.
Edit

L (my sister in law, mom of D)
You manage this account
Invite to Plan and ShareInvitation Pending
Edit

P (my husband)
You manage this account
Invite to Plan and Share
More Information Beginning of tooltip content
End of tooltip content
Edit

M (my sister in law)
You manage this account
Invite to Plan and ShareInvitation Pending
Edit

So, my question is this: exactly who is linked to my account? Can I book FPs on Friday for everyone? Just my own family? Just the accounts I manage??

I emailed Disney, and their response was "In order to be eligible to make FastPass+ selections 60 days in advance,
each guest must have a valid theme park admission and resort reservation
linked to them.

On your Family and Friends list, the "Invite to Plan and Share" link is
only used to connect you to the main account holder of another My Disney
Experience® account. If a guest does not have their own account, there
is no need to invite to plan and share.

Once you are linked to another account, you may invite their managed
guests by clicking "Add A Guest" from your Friends and Family page, then
clicking "Invite through A Mutual Friend." "

That's great, but I'm not sure how to interpret the various stages of connection I see on MDE.

If anyone can help me sort it out, and tell me what has to be done by whom, I would be incredibly grateful!!!

I can help a little bit. Something I learned is that you can only book FP+ for someone who has their own Disney account IF their account isn't set on private (which is the default.) My family accepted my invite, but I'm the main Disney planner, so they never signed into their own account after joining. I couldn't figure out why their tickets weren't showing up on my account, so I called Disney IT and he said that was why. He was able to go in and change their settings for me. Luckily, this all happened a couple days before our FP+ day because he said I wouldn't have been able to book for them if we hadn't fixed it If you can see everyone's tickets when you click on My Reservations and Tickets in your own account, then you should be ok.

Now, the rest of it I can't help with, but hopefully this helped a little

 

[Aliceacc]

OK, I see our 5 and my 2 nieces, but not the other 4 adults.

So I'm guessing I should call Disney?

 

[preemiemama]

Please forgive me for yet another question... and this one is going to be a long one.

There are 11 of us, from 5 different addresses, meeting at WDW this summer. This Friday is my FP+ day. (though 6 of the crew will arrive the day after we do.)

Question #1: Since we arrive a day before everyone else, do I have to wait for THEIR FP day to book linked FPs? Or is it enough that someone, or in this case 5 of us, will be 60 days out?

I am no help here. But...

#2, this is the biggie:

On my MDE account, I'm seeing a variety of messages under Friends and Family.
A sampling:

"B.. (my 15 year old son)
You manage this account
Invite to Plan and Share
More Information Beginning of tooltip content
End of tooltip content

D (my 30 year old niece)
D has a Disney account
D can view all your plans.
D can view and purchase your PhotoPass photos.
Edit
This is how it should look when someone else has an account and you are all connected. You can make FP and share photos.

L (my sister in law, mom of D)
You manage this account
Invite to Plan and ShareInvitation Pending
Edit This looks like she has an account and you have invited her to share but she has not seen/responded to it?
Edit

P (my husband)
You manage this account
Invite to Plan and Share
More Information Beginning of tooltip content
End of tooltip content
Edit

M (my sister in law)
You manage this account
Invite to Plan and ShareInvitation Pending
Edit[/I] This looks like she has an account and you have invited her to share but she has not seen/responded to it?

So, my question is this: exactly who is linked to my account? Can I book FPs on Friday for everyone? Just my own family? Just the accounts I manage??

I emailed Disney, and their response was "In order to be eligible to make FastPass+ selections 60 days in advance,
each guest must have a valid theme park admission and resort reservation
linked to them.

On your Family and Friends list, the "Invite to Plan and Share" link is
only used to connect you to the main account holder of another My Disney
Experience® account. If a guest does not have their own account, there
is no need to invite to plan and share.

Once you are linked to another account, you may invite their managed
guests by clicking "Add A Guest" from your Friends and Family page, then
clicking "Invite through A Mutual Friend." "

That's great, but I'm not sure how to interpret the various stages of connection I see on MDE.

If anyone can help me sort it out, and tell me what has to be done by whom, I would be incredibly grateful!!!

Should I just call Disney? If so, then do I ask for Guest Services???

First, how many rooms do you have? Second, who actually has an MDE account?

In order to make FP reservations you need to assign a ticket to everyone. If they have their own account, that is what the ticket should be assigned to. Then you send and receive invites to connect the accounts.

We have 5 couples and the rest kids in our group, spread through 3 rooms. One adult in each couple has an MDE account. One adult in each room (the reservation holder) has accounts they control for everyone else (kids and spouses). All these accounts are connected for FP+ and Memory Maker- that is where the seeing/sharing plans and photos come in. If you are making plans or sharing a MM, you need to "opt in" for sharing each one. This means you send/receive invites for connecting to the person with the "controlling" MDE account (unless you control everyone, which is an option if no one else has/wants an account). That is where this comes in:
Once you are linked to another account, you may invite their managed
guests by clicking "Add A Guest" from your Friends and Family page, then
clicking "Invite through A Mutual Friend." You can select everyone connected to a specific person without having to put all the individual e-mails in. It streamlines the process a bit as you go along.

See my notes above about the invites.

Once you/the people who can make or change FP+ reservations are connected to everyone, you can make reservations for some/all of the party. This can be done by making one reservation for everyone, or one reservation for one person and then copying it to everyone else.

You can also share photos if one person has Memory Maker. That person is "assigned" the MM account- they are the only one who can download photos- but everyone else can see the photos and all the photos will be added to the "assigned" person's account to download.

Feel free to ask more questions if you need to...

 

[Aliceacc]

To be honest, I have no idea. We're in LA, St. Louis, Baltimore, upstate NY and Long Island.

My 30 year old niece is home for the weekend; I'm hoping she can pull together a lot there and get back to me.

 

[preemiemama]

To be honest, I have no idea. We're in LA, St. Louis, Baltimore, upstate NY and Long Island.

My 30 year old niece is home for the weekend; I'm hoping she can pull together a lot there and get back to me.

I can sympathize- my group is in Upstate NY, VA and NC. It helped when I got everyone's username and password. I connected the accounts, I assigned the tickets, and I made the FP+ reservations. A lot of work, but fewer headaches.

 

[JennyMP03]

Right now I have three FP+ for our first day in MK (Tuesday, June 3rd): Enchanted Tales, Anna and Elsa, and Mine Train.

I've been thinking we'll head to Frontierland around 2:15 to watch the 3:00 Festival of Fantasy parade there. I REALLY want to see it, and I want to be in the front row to do so. No watching this one over three lines of people.

I'm considering switching out my Enchanted Tales pass for the parade, though I've never done Enchanted Tales and hate to lose it. Thoughts? Should I be able to snag a good parade spot with my plan, or would it be better to take the FP+ for it? I'm also worried that I'll get a front row spot and people will jump in front of me at the last minute. Parade stress!

 

[mesaboy2]

Right now I have three FP+ for our first day in MK (Tuesday, June 3rd): Enchanted Tales, Anna and Elsa, and Mine Train.

I've been thinking we'll head to Frontierland around 2:15 to watch the 3:00 Festival of Fantasy parade there. I REALLY want to see it, and I want to be in the front row to do so. No watching this one over three lines of people.

I'm considering switching out my Enchanted Tales pass for the parade, though I've never done Enchanted Tales and hate to lose it. Thoughts? Should I be able to snag a good parade spot with my plan, or would it be better to take the FP+ for it? I'm also worried that I'll get a front row spot and people will jump in front of me at the last minute. Parade stress!

I think your current choices are excellent, and you should get a great spot--probably front row--somewhere in Frontierland with a 45-minute early start. I wouldn't change a thing.

As for people jumping in front of you there's always that possibility. One, I think it's overblown and doesn't happen as much as implied on these boards. Two, make friends with a nearby CM in those 45 minutes and if someone perchance does get rude, you have a powerful friend on your side.