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

[JeremysDisney]

Not arriving until 12/8 and I have this trip PLANNED. A beautiful spreadsheet, dates and times of when to start booking ADR's, Special Events, FPP... But now what?!! I seriously need to find a support group. Hi, my name is Suz and I'm addicted to Disney planning

I believe Spring Break, Easter, Summer, and Christmas are the busiest, so I suggest you use My Disney Experience App now to see if your plan works well.

 

[wendy3]

Yes, I did see that. I guess it just didn't register with me. We are heading to WDW the end of May, so we will just roll with whatever changes are implemented by the time we get there. It's still Disney, after all!

 

[db57me]

Yes, I did see that. I guess it just didn't register with me. We are heading to WDW the end of May, so we will just roll with whatever changes are implemented by the time we get there. It's still Disney, after all!

You're absolutely correct. This will be the first vacation at WDW for my wife and I. No matter how many FP+ we can use, or how many attractions we ride, we will be at Disney! Let the Magic begin.

 

[ougrad86]

I'm please to confirm I was able to make FP+ reservations for my entire length of stay at the Dolphin from May 31-June 6!

Swan and Dolphin guests now have the same exact FP+ priority as other onsite guests!!!

Great timing, Disney Powers That Be!!

I hope they do something like this for SOG. A lot of military families stay at that hotel, I've always felt it was wrong for those hotels, including SOG to be left out. Especially since they could enjoy so many of the other on-site perks. I guess it was just the logistics of it all.

 

[ougrad86]

Not arriving until 12/8 and I have this trip PLANNED. A beautiful spreadsheet, dates and times of when to start booking ADR's, Special Events, FPP... But now what?!! I seriously need to find a support group. Hi, my name is Suz and I'm addicted to Disney planning

Welcome to the club !!

 

[db57me]

Not arriving until 12/8 and I have this trip PLANNED. A beautiful spreadsheet, dates and times of when to start booking ADR's, Special Events, FPP... But now what?!! I seriously need to find a support group. Hi, my name is Suz and I'm addicted to Disney planning

That's why I'm here. Part of the Disney journey is planning and connecting. There are lots of videos on YouTube to watch, as well as podcasts.

 

[Stefecatzz]

Interesting . . . . . However, for those of us who park hop, getting more FP after we have used our allotted 3 is fairly useless. We scheduled our FP for our 2nd park of the day, so still can not get FP at our 1st park. Even if we schedule our FP for the 1st park, we can not get additional FP until we head to our 2nd park, which is later in the day. I don't know, it just doesn't seem to solve the problem for us. Maybe if they figure out a system to get our FP at more than 1 park. We will see what the changes are. I'm sure it will all work out in the end!

If you compare it to the old paper system, there's not much difference except you do not have to walk over to the attraction itself for the FP. You still had to wait until you were in front of the attraction at that time on the day of to get what you could (if anything).

 

[anniebabymu]

How do you think this new news of getting more FP+ will work with the tiering parks?? Say you're at Epcot and initially pick up Test Track as your Tier 1 attraction, then you ride it along with your other 2 Tier 2 picks... think you'll be able to pick up a Soarin' FP+ then?? I sure hope so!

We'll be heading to WDW the end of May... so I'm hoping this is all rolled out by then and people have feedback before I'm thrown into it!

 

[wendy3]

If you compare it to the old paper system, there's not much difference except you do not have to walk over to the attraction itself for the FP. You still had to wait until you were in front of the attraction at that time on the day of to get what you could (if anything).

Very true. The only difference is FP being pulled 60 days out, and early in the day for the entire day leaves fewer FP available later in the day. Once they allow FP at more than 1 park for us park hoppers, I think this system will work out better for me personally.

 

[DVCFan1994]

Updated first post to reflect recent news.

I looked back a few pages, but did not see this. Has it been mentioned that return times can now overlap in some instances? I noticed your general notes in the first post say overlapping is not allowed (#8). Not sure when this changed. But I finally bought my APs for the 3 of us without tickets and linked them this am. I went to copy the FP+ reservations from my son and parents to ours. Some days were no problem other days the exact times were not available, but it gave us close approximations. Three of us have a set that overlaps. My Star Tours return time is 10:20 to 11:20. My TSMM return is 11:15 to 12:15. So it seems some overlapping is now allowed.

 

[db57me]

Another article on FP+ changes coming.

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201404/3950/

 

[kaybee1476]

We are staying offsite June 15-23, and I have a couple of questions about how to make the most of the new FP+ policy. We have 7-day base tickets, but we will have one day off from the parks in the middle of the week. It's my understanding that at 30 days out, we can book 7 days of FP+, but I'm wondering if our mid-week day off will keep us from booking FP+ for our our entire trip. Is the rule 7 consecutive days or will it let us book for all 7 park days even with a skipping a day? Since we bought vouchers through Orbitz (I already linked our tickets in MDE), we are planning to use the first day of passes at Epcot on the evening of our arrival day, mainly to pick up our tickets but also to do whatever we have time to do that night since we only have 1 other day planned for Epcot. We will likely have a maximum of 4 hours that evening, so I'm thinking it may be better to not book any FP+ for that day (if the rule is for 7 consecutive days), which would hopefully mean we could book FP+ for our entire stay. Is this what you would do if you were me?

Next question: Will we be able to book FP+ for lunch at Be Our Guest, or is that still only available for onsite guests?

Thanks for your help!

 

[huey578]

Just made FP reservation @ BOG for lunch. Shouldn't they appear under my Reservations & Tickets window on MDE? I do see them if I log onto the BOG website.

 

[Stefecatzz]

Another article on FP+ changes coming.

http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/201404/3950/

Thanks for posting this article. It's short & to the point.

I wasn't thinking about the fact that if you choose a night time show as your next, you'd forgo the opportunity to have any other FPs before then since you have to use one before reserving the next..good to know.

What I'm hoping will happen when they add the hopper option is that if you don't want to use your current one, you will be able to reschedule it for an attraction at the park you'll be hopping to before you get there or as soon as you get there. Although I haven't tried, I have read that you currently can go to a kiosk in a park & see/change ones you made for another park.

We are staying offsite June 15-23, and I have a couple of questions about how to make the most of the new FP+ policy. We have 7-day base tickets, but we will have one day off from the parks in the middle of the week. It's my understanding that at 30 days out, we can book 7 days of FP+, but I'm wondering if our mid-week day off will keep us from booking FP+ for our our entire trip. Is the rule 7 consecutive days or will it let us book for all 7 park days even with a skipping a day? Since we bought vouchers through Orbitz (I already linked our tickets in MDE), we are planning to use the first day of passes at Epcot on the evening of our arrival day, mainly to pick up our tickets but also to do whatever we have time to do that night since we only have 1 other day planned for Epcot. We will likely have a maximum of 4 hours that evening, so I'm thinking it may be better to not book any FP+ for that day (if the rule is for 7 consecutive days), which would hopefully mean we could book FP+ for our entire stay. Is this what you would do if you were me?

Next question: Will we be able to book FP+ for lunch at Be Our Guest, or is that still only available for onsite guests?

Thanks for your help!

I'd book the FPs for that 1st evening at Epcot. If you have to wait to book them for your last day, it should be fine. Why waste one day of FPs?

Just made FP reservation @ BOG for lunch. Shouldn't they appear under my Reservations & Tickets window on MDE? I do see them if I log onto the BOG website.

No, they are not connected. People have been emailing the reservation to themselves by copying & pasting or taking a screen shot w/their phones just in case.

 

[huey578]

Thanks for posting this article. It's short & to the point.

I wasn't thinking about the fact that if you choose a night time show as your next, you'd forgo the opportunity to have any other FPs before then since you have to use one before reserving the next..good to know.

What I'm hoping will happen when they add the hopper option is that if you don't want to use your current one, you will be able to reschedule it for an attraction at the park you'll be hopping to before you get there or as soon as you get there. Although I haven't tried, I have read that you currently can go to a kiosk in a park & see/change ones you made for another park.



I'd book the FPs for that 1st evening at Epcot. If you have to wait to book them for your last day, it should be fine. Why waste one day of FPs?



No, they are not connected. People have been emailing the reservation to themselves by copying & pasting or taking a screen shot w/their phones just in case.

Thanks, I will do that

 

[PinkBudgie]

Is the FP for Mission Space Green or for Orange or both? If both, does only the orange side need it? Never been on it and I don't know which side we are doing. Does the FP specify? Or if we are doing green side, save the FP for a different ride? I just don't know how popular the different sides are.

 

[cel_disney]

We are staying offsite June 15-23, and I have a couple of questions about how to make the most of the new FP+ policy. We have 7-day base tickets, but we will have one day off from the parks in the middle of the week. It's my understanding that at 30 days out, we can book 7 days of FP+, but I'm wondering if our mid-week day off will keep us from booking FP+ for our our entire trip. Is the rule 7 consecutive days or will it let us book for all 7 park days even with a skipping a day? Since we bought vouchers through Orbitz (I already linked our tickets in MDE), we are planning to use the first day of passes at Epcot on the evening of our arrival day, mainly to pick up our tickets but also to do whatever we have time to do that night since we only have 1 other day planned for Epcot. We will likely have a maximum of 4 hours that evening, so I'm thinking it may be better to not book any FP+ for that day (if the rule is for 7 consecutive days), which would hopefully mean we could book FP+ for our entire stay. Is this what you would do if you were me?

Next question: Will we be able to book FP+ for lunch at Be Our Guest, or is that still only available for onsite guests?

Thanks for your help!

Without a doubt I would book FP for that evening. EPCOT has tiering and this will allow you the opportunity to book TT once and Soaring once. I would probably book TT on the first night - if you like it, I think it's easier and more likely to want to do standby a second time on your 2nd Epcot day.

Also - I didn't think that the rule is that 30 days out you can book your entire stay (but I haven't tried it) if you are offsite. I think it's one day at a time. I am going to re-read the sticky on that but you may want to check on your assumption!

Enjoy your trip!

 

[Stefecatzz]

Thanks, I will do that

No problem.

 

[Stefecatzz]

Very true. The only difference is FP being pulled 60 days out, and early in the day for the entire day leaves fewer FP available later in the day. Once they allow FP at more than 1 park for us park hoppers, I think this system will work out better for me personally.

I agree. Hoping it will be rolled out before my trip 1st week in May.

 

[ClareH37]

Sorry for what might be a stupid question but I have a 5 day onsite package booked for May, all my FP+ selections have been done and I'm happy but I have just purchased a separate 1 day ticket to use prior to my onsite stay.

This 1 day ticket is now showing on MDE as obviously does my package.

Although I'm just over 30 days MDE is letting me select FP+ for the day I'm intending to use this 1 day ticket (ie not on a day of my resort stay/package) - I'm concerned if I do this will the system get confused with this 1 day ticket and my separate resort/package? ie once I've used my 1 day ticket and that day's FP+ will my remaining FP+ selections for my resort/package still be there?

Thanks