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

[mistysue]

jcarwash, I am a morning person so I think I may get up bright and early instead

I wish I could get on an play around with it but I am only a little over a month away so there is a light at the end of the tunnel

You could go in and pull up a closer date (try same day of the week you are aiming for) and see what it offers you without actually booking it.

 

[jcarwash]

You could go in and pull up a closer date (try same day of the week you are aiming for) and see what it offers you without actually booking it.

If you don't have an active ticket or pass, or have an upcoming reservation 60 days out, then you can't play around with anything. Unless I'm missing something.

 

[SPOERLX3]

You could go in and pull up a closer date (try same day of the week you are aiming for) and see what it offers you without actually booking it.

If you don't have an active ticket or pass, or have an upcoming reservation 60 days out, then you can't play around with anything. Unless I'm missing something.

You are correct jcarwash
When I try and get on to play around with it, I can see dates in the background
but there is a pop up that says:
"We're Sorry...
In order to select FastPass+ experiences, party members must have a valid ticket and be within at least one party member's FastPass+ selection window."

 

[Epcot Mom]

Our ride closure experience with a trip last week was that our fp+ during ride closure turned into a fp+ we could use any time that day. We never received an email but the cast members told us to just come back when the ride was up. We came back, it turned blue and they tapped something on their screen. Like magic, the rest of our party turned green and we were on our way. This happened at 7DMT and Splash. Worked great each time! We also were able to use our fp+ a few minutes early a couple of times, but never tried more than 5 minutes early.

Twice, Space Mountain went down while we were in line (with our fp+), one time they gave us a paper super fp certificate to be used anywhere in the park that day. Once it was one of those fancy good anywhere in the park until the end of the month fast passes on the old fp paper. Really cool, but we used it anyway a few days later.

For us, fp+ worked like a charm our whole 9 day trip. We did have trouble at times adding a fourth fp+ that was worth adding due to no availability but other times, we were able to get what we wanted right away. Had a couple of instances of getting a fp+ for immediate or nearly immediate use. We all came away big fans and we had been pretty savvy fp users.

 

[macsandy1957]

I've read a lot of this thread but not all, so forgive me if this has been covered. If you use a fp+ for Fantasmic! or other night time event, are you able to pick 3 during the day and that one as a fourth?

 

[mlggator]

We have a trip coming up in January/February. I live in SoCal and I am a DL AP holder. We don't have FP+, so I am still trying to figure it all out.

I do have one question. When we book, and are 60 days out, will we know which days are early entry to which parks? It seems that you would want to know that so you can book your fast passes into the same parks as early entry. I hope WDW provides that info.

Anyone know if that is indeed the case?

 

[AngiTN]

I've read a lot of this thread but not all, so forgive me if this has been covered. If you use a fp+ for Fantasmic! or other night time event, are you able to pick 3 during the day and that one as a fourth?

Unfortunately, if that is one you pre-select, that is counted as one of the 3 you can schedule for the day and it will lock you out of getting a 4th, since you can't get the 4th till after you use the F! FP and by then, the park is closed. You can try to book the F! FP as one of your later FP. Since few people would want to book that as one of their initial 3 you'd think there would be good availability for that one later in the day.

 

[BlueFairy]

We have a trip coming up in January/February. I live in SoCal and I am a DL AP holder. We don't have FP+, so I am still trying to figure it all out.

I do have one question. When we book, and are 60 days out, will we know which days are early entry to which parks? It seems that you would want to know that so you can book your fast passes into the same parks as early entry. I hope WDW provides that info.

Anyone know if that is indeed the case?

THe EMH parks should be set before you reach your 60 mark. They are listed in park hours on Disney's website, here in wdwinfo.com, and elsewhere. I don't think you can use FP+ during EMH hours, though I don't think you're assuming that you could.

 

[macsandy1957]

Unfortunately, if that is one you pre-select, that is counted as one of the 3 you can schedule for the day and it will lock you out of getting a 4th, since you can't get the 4th till after you use the F! FP and by then, the park is closed. You can try to book the F! FP as one of your later FP. Since few people would want to book that as one of their initial 3 you'd think there would be good availability for that one later in the day.

Thanks! I was confused by some of the posts, and thought they were hinting that you could pick F! as one of your three and then it would automatically let you pick another. Maybe I dreamt that, I do seem to be dreaming a lot about this trip!! Ah, Disney dreaming!!!

 

[jcarwash]

We have a trip coming up in January/February. I live in SoCal and I am a DL AP holder. We don't have FP+, so I am still trying to figure it all out.

I do have one question. When we book, and are 60 days out, will we know which days are early entry to which parks? It seems that you would want to know that so you can book your fast passes into the same parks as early entry. I hope WDW provides that info.

Anyone know if that is indeed the case?

Yes -- actually the initial hours listing for January 2015 was released this week: http://media.disneywebcontent.com/StaticFiles/ParkHours/WDWTravelAgent_january.pdf

 

[nblake05]

I just want to double check my understanding, sorry if this has been asked and answered already! So the 21st is my 60 day mark. Yay!!! I live in AZ. So I can start booking my FPs on the 20th at 9:01pm AZ time because that's 12:01am FL time, right? I really hope so because otherwise I'll have to be getting up absurdly early to do this before I go to work. Ugh. Also, does anyone have any opinion as to whether it would be easier to do this on a PC vs. My iPad? Thanks for all the help out there!

 

[ougrad86]

yes, you can do it on Florida time, so 9:01 your time. I did it on an iPad, but not with the app...I pulled up the WDW site and worked on that. I never really like the app, and only used it when absolutely necessary. My friend tried to copy the FP's to her daughter, who she managed, and she ended up using my iPad on the web site to do that as well. It just seems easier to navigate and more stable.

 

[ericstac]

yes, you can do it on Florida time, so 9:01 your time. I did it on an iPad, but not with the app...I pulled up the WDW site and worked on that. I never really like the app, and only used it when absolutely necessary. My friend tried to copy the FP's to her daughter, who she managed, and she ended up using my iPad on the web site to do that as well. It just seems easier to navigate and more stable.

I agree.. the app is whack.

and you can start at 9:00:01 pm

 

[Koh1977]

I agree.. the app is whack. and you can start at 9:00:01 pm

I used the website for FastPasses, but I love the app for ADRs for some reason. Go figure!

Sent from my iPad using DISBoards

 

[RedskinFan]

My 60 day window has opened up for the first part of my split stay but my tickets are in the package with the 2nd part of our stay. I was able to make my FP+ selections for the 2nd part of my trip but it won't let me book any for the first part. I've read that I can pull the tickets up to three days ahead of the start date. Will I have to wait until I arrive and request the tickets early to book my FP+ for those first couple of days?

 

[nicoleken]

I recommend taking screen shots of all of your FP+'s just in case.... And for changes to them or ADR's while you are on vacation, do NOT use the app. Use a computer or go to the concierge.

 

[lklasing]

And for changes to them or ADR's while you are on vacation, do NOT use the app. Use a computer or go to the concierge.

Why is that? I keep hearing that but don't know what the rationale is. I know the app burns a lot of battery power quickly. Is there any other reason?

 

[mom2rtk]

Why is that? I keep hearing that but don't know what the rationale is. I know the app burns a lot of battery power quickly. Is there any other reason?

The app experiences more glitches.

 

[nicoleken]

Why is that? I keep hearing that but don't know what the rationale is. I know the app burns a lot of battery power quickly. Is there any other reason?

Because of glitches with the app and the immediacy of any glitches needing to be fixed. Actually, now that I think of it, I reserved all my FP's on the computer. I just used the app for info and to review my itinerary.... Except for the one time I tried to make a change on the app:

Here's my story of why I suggest not using the app for changes..... My son got sick the first day of vacation, and I used the app to make Fastpass changes... We cancelled our first day and added on a day at the end of the week. I cancelled Fastpasses for May 29th, but it cancelled the ones on June 2nd instead. I had FP's for Anna/Elsa on 6/2, and they were gone within minutes! It was major drama for my almost 6 and almost 10 year olds. Fortunately, by showing my screen shot to the concierge, they were able to remedy the situation, but that was after spending 40 minutes on the phone to no avail and lots of time at the front desk.

Sadly our FP's on 5/29 were Seven Dwarfs Mine Train and QS for Be Our Guest... we couldn't get them back since it wasn't a glitch that caused us to miss that day.... we didn't even ask.

Oh, also, a good concierge can help you find or change reservations for food/FP's quickly and can offer great suggestions if need be.

 

[DopeyDame]

I looked in the front, but admittedly didn't read the whole thread, so sorry if this has been asked and answered....

We're going in January with the following group
Me, DH, 2 kids, all with APs and magic bands
Sister #1, her husband, her kid, all with APs (no MBs yet, but presumably will get them at some point between now and then)
Sister #2, her husband, her kid, who do not yet have tickets
My parents, who do not yet have tickets

We all have MDE accounts and we are all linked together as family and friends.

We're staying off site, so only half the group will have Magic Bands (but that really shouldn't matter, right?)

SO... I know we can start making FP+ reservations 30 days in advance.

Does everyone need to have a ticket by that point?

Can I make FP+ reservations for everyone even if they don't have a park pass linked to their account?

For the AP holders we can make 7 days of reservations. For everyone else, what is their limit since they aren't on site?

Thanks!