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

[Tiggergirly]

Has anyone fully booked their Fastpass selections and then go back and one person has been taken off of all those selections? I was able to copy most of them back so our whole party is back to the original plan. Of course the one day I could not copy or get back was the day we were meeting Anna and Elsa.

When I was copying the fastpasses back over there were certain days that told me I already had selections and once I canceled the copy process and went back they showed up again.

I have already emailed Disney and plan on calling to see what can be done about getting my selections for Anna and Elsa day back. Has anyone had this happen? Was the outcome good?

Update: Called Disney. Could not do anything and was told to check with GS on my arrival day. The CM said they made a note on the reservation. I noticed through the numerous amounts of FP+ threads that this has happened to other people who have changed something on their reservations. We changed dining right after our fast pass selections were made. They were also told to go to GS to see if they could do anything about it.

 

[Cluelyss]

I just wanted to jump in and say thanks to the OP Mesaboy for this thread. It was VERY helpful for planning!!! I've been to Disney before, but haven't done a full-blown stay-on-the-property vacation...and all this planning is very stressful! I logged on to do my fastpasses at midnight on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, which was the opening of my window. Everything went well, except I couldn't get any Anna/Elsa fp at all, on any day of our stay. I'm now checking in constantly to try to get them (one at a time, if I have to....maybe I can make my 3 yr old look 2???) I have to say...I really dislike this fp system...all this planning sort of takes the fun out of it for me, especially when I can't get the ONE I want most. I think the problem is we are checking in on a Sunday, and all the Saturday check-ins got the A/E for the week. Lesson learned. Next time I guess I'll book an artificial day or two on the front of my reservation, then cancel them before paying??? That seems so shady...but it would have made sure I got what I wanted!!!

Well, we check in on a Monday, so this gives me something NEW to stress out about for the next 57 days! LOL!!

 

[ePink]

I just wanted to jump in and say thanks to the OP Mesaboy for this thread. It was VERY helpful for planning!!! I've been to Disney before, but haven't done a full-blown stay-on-the-property vacation...and all this planning is very stressful! I logged on to do my fastpasses at midnight on Tuesday night/Wednesday morning, which was the opening of my window. Everything went well, except I couldn't get any Anna/Elsa fp at all, on any day of our stay. I'm now checking in constantly to try to get them (one at a time, if I have to....maybe I can make my 3 yr old look 2???) I have to say...I really dislike this fp system...all this planning sort of takes the fun out of it for me, especially when I can't get the ONE I want most. I think the problem is we are checking in on a Sunday, and all the Saturday check-ins got the A/E for the week. Lesson learned. Next time I guess I'll book an artificial day or two on the front of my reservation, then cancel them before paying??? That seems so shady...but it would have made sure I got what I wanted!!!

GAJulie - Such a bummer on Elsa and Anna!! I agree - keep checking!! Especially for one person that you can copy over.

If I can ask - did you book your FPs in reverse? (By that, I mean try you last day first and work backward to your first day?) I'm just trying to figure out my FP strategy.

 

[Cluelyss]

GAJulie - Such a bummer on Elsa and Anna!! I agree - keep checking!! Especially for one person that you can copy over. If I can ask - did you book your FPs in reverse? (By that, I mean try you last day first and work backward to your first day?) I'm just trying to figure out my FP strategy.

I've been trying to figure out the best strategy too, and would love any tips or advise. At this point, my plan is to schedule my most important "must do" rides/experiences first (like A&E, hopefully!) then fill in the others after. I think I am also going to do my MK days first, as those seem to fill up faster than the other parks. I realize that most FP+ options don't need to be scheduled at midnight on the 60 day mark (except A&E and maybe 7DMT), but I'm hoping to just get it all done at once!

 

[Ava]

I do mine on Monday night/Tuesday. My plan is to do my last day first and try for A&E on that day. It's our MNSSHP day so I'll want the FP later in the day anyway, and figure I'll have a better shot. I also don't really care what my other two FP are for that day, so I'll just take whatever they give me for those, choose the time I want for A&E, and move on. Then I'll do my first MK day, which is when we want 7DMT, and then probably just go in order from there since it seems most other FP are not difficult to get at 60 days out.

 

[Clare Voince]

I just did my FP+ selections last night.. I'm an adult solo traveler, so I'm not trying for Anna & Elsa, but they are still available this morning as an option on my last day (6 days out). When I logged in at midnight, they were already gone for the first few days of the trip. So if Anna & Elsa are a must, I would agree that doing the fast passes on the last day of your trip first is the best idea.

 

[Frozen2014]

Question - Is there a way to tell which FP is better to get within the same category?

e.g. Barnstomer vs Under the Sea - both in category B

 

[ougrad86]

First page of this thread

 

[ougrad86]

It's puzzling to me that it doesn't seem Disney has realized this issue with booking FP+ for little kids- where they are releasing FP+ for random times during the day and you all get a different time or can't get the ride at all.
Right now DD and I can enter the queue for 7D and wait 5 minutes for DH to enter.
Then my 5 year old can ride (alone, which he isn't allowed to do) nearly 2 hours later, followed by my 3 year old 90 minutes after that. Seriously? I can't copy, it just sends me to another ride. Obviously I am going to keep trying. I only need 4 that overlap to be sure we can get a rider swap as my 3 year old is nowhere near tall enough anyways. He's still 33". Same issue happened when I tried to get Anna and Elsa. I can get one at a time and Disney is giving me times with no options of even nearly overlapping for the little ones who can't go alone. Seeing as how you enter as a group, with character meets you would think they would just release FP+ for X number of groups rather than X number of people, then maybe set a max group size of 10 or so, so that it didn't get crazy.

They should be all under your MDE experience. My family populated when I made the resort reservation, and then later with my ADR's as well. When I made my FP reservations, I could see their names and the names of my friend who I had linked with. So all of them were included on the same FP+ reservation, and then she copied her daughter (who she managed) to match hers.

You should not be making a separate reservation foe each person in your party - do they each have an MDE account?

 

[mesaboy2]

Question - Is there a way to tell which FP is better to get within the same category?

e.g. Barnstomer vs Under the Sea - both in category B

Yes, pick the ride you want to do more.

You're not asking for much, are ya? What you seem to be looking for is a ride-by-ride priority list--that's a very complex idea that would be impossible to keep somewhat accurate or vaguely useful.

Don't over-think this--you're picking rides at an amusement park with the goal of avoiding waiting in line too much. Figure all the Bs are pretty much the same, make your choices, and move on.

 

[Frozen2014]

Yes, pick the ride you want to do more.

You're not asking for much, are ya? What you seem to be looking for is a ride-by-ride priority list--that's a very complex idea that would be impossible to keep somewhat accurate or vaguely useful.

Don't over-think this--you're picking rides at an amusement park with the goal of avoiding waiting in line too much. Figure all the Bs are pretty much the same, make your choices, and move on.

Cool, thanks for clarifying. Wasn't sure if there was an order within each category. I can understand that it's all very complicated and varies by times of day too. Thanks. Your list is a great guide.

 

[mesaboy2]

Cool, thanks for clarifying. Wasn't sure if there was an order within each category. I can understand that it's all very complicated and varies by times of day too. Thanks. Your list is a great guide.

Actually there is: alphabetical (as mentioned in the sentence just before the list).

 

[elrod1]

So have Anna and Elsa been split up? And if so, do they take separate Fastpasses? Thanks.

 

[mesaboy2]

So have Anna and Elsa been split up? And if so, do they take separate Fastpasses? Thanks.

They have split up, but still take a single FP. You meet them separately, but at the end of the same line.

 

[RyMickey]

All right, I'm sure this is somewhere on this thread (or some thread), but I figured I'd ask and maybe someone can assist while I wade through these hundred+ pages.

I'm a WDW vet, but I feel like I'm a newbie thanks to this My Magic stuff. (I've always been a planner when it comes to restaurants, but I'm dreading having to plan out my ride schedule 60 days out...fortunately, Anna and Elsa aren't anywhere on my agenda!)

Anyway, here are my questions:

1) Am I correct that you need a ticket in order to start your Fastpass+ reservations? My parents have annual passes and have already visited this past year, but my brothers and I have not made ticket purchases yet. While our names are on the hotel reservations, do we need to have some form of ticket media in order to make FastPass ressies or can we wait until we get down to Florida to purchase our tickets and then have them linked to our account?

2) We are visiting WDW with my cousins for a few days on our upcoming October trip. Is there a way to link the two separate MDE accounts for those days, or, if we linked them, does that mean (theoretically) I'd have to make all the FastPass+ ressies for everyone throughout the trip? (This isn't a big deal as I'm assuming we can just make our reservations separately with a general time in mind and switch them if they don't match up.)

3) What have been people's experiences with making last minute changes? For example, say I'm looking at the weather forecast on Monday and I see that it's going to rain on Wednesday. Wednesday was supposed to be my AK day, but I'm going to switch to Epcot now. Two days out, are there any FastPasses to switch into? (I should qualify that with are there any WORTHWHILE FastPasses to switch into -- Captain EO and Journey into Imagination don't cut it for me.) Also, just curious -- what have been people's experiences with getting additional Fastpasses the day of once their original three Fastpasses run out? I've been seeing some threads of people getting eight or nine in a day and I was wondering if that is typically possible.

Once again, this veteran is feeling a bit overwhelmed with all this new stuff. I'm trying to keep an open mind...

 

[mesaboy2]

All right, I'm sure this is somewhere on this thread (or some thread), but I figured I'd ask and maybe someone can assist while I wade through these hundred+ pages.

I'm a WDW vet, but I feel like I'm a newbie thanks to this My Magic stuff. (I've always been a planner when it comes to restaurants, but I'm dreading having to plan out my ride schedule 60 days out...fortunately, Anna and Elsa aren't anywhere on my agenda!)

Anyway, here are my questions:

1) Am I correct that you need a ticket in order to start your Fastpass+ reservations? My parents have annual passes and have already visited this past year, but my brothers and I have not made ticket purchases yet. While our names are on the hotel reservations, do we need to have some form of ticket media in order to make FastPass ressies or can we wait until we get down to Florida to purchase our tickets and then have them linked to our account?

2) We are visiting WDW with my cousins for a few days on our upcoming October trip. Is there a way to link the two separate MDE accounts for those days, or, if we linked them, does that mean (theoretically) I'd have to make all the FastPass+ ressies for everyone throughout the trip? (This isn't a big deal as I'm assuming we can just make our reservations separately with a general time in mind and switch them if they don't match up.)

3) What have been people's experiences with making last minute changes? For example, say I'm looking at the weather forecast on Monday and I see that it's going to rain on Wednesday. Wednesday was supposed to be my AK day, but I'm going to switch to Epcot now. Two days out, are there any FastPasses to switch into? (I should qualify that with are there any WORTHWHILE FastPasses to switch into -- Captain EO and Journey into Imagination don't cut it for me.) Also, just curious -- what have been people's experiences with getting additional Fastpasses the day of once their original three Fastpasses run out? I've been seeing some threads of people getting eight or nine in a day and I was wondering if that is typically possible.

Once again, this veteran is feeling a bit overwhelmed with all this new stuff. I'm trying to keep an open mind...

1. You must have valid ticket media linked to your MDX account to make FP selections.

2. You can link people together in MDX and make selections for them.

3. Most attractions still have some kind of availability even a couple of days before. Availability day-of is generally not a problem except for headliners. Obviously these selections are highly dependent on variables such as demand and crowd levels.

 

[connie254]

I am at the 60 day mark tonight. Just want to make sure I have the right, current info. Is all of this correct?

FP+ opens at midnight EST on the official disneyworld website under MDE/Fast pass.
I can choose which of the group goes with each ride-my friend has a separate reservation but our reservations are linked on MDE
I must choose 3 FP+ for each park, any of them can be "throw-away" choices.
The site won't allow at FP+ time within 1 hour of a dining reservation.

I think the only real question I have is-how far apart must they be? In other words, how condensed timewise can they be?

 

[zgirls]

Been looking through this tread to try and find an answer, but no luck after about 50 pages, so here is the question -
I will be buying new APs with our DVC discount when we arrive, currently we have Fastpasses set up on 10 day non-expire tickets, will we lose them (FPs) when we purchase our new AP on day one of our trip?
Thanks for the input.

 

[mesaboy2]

I am at the 60 day mark tonight. Just want to make sure I have the right, current info. Is all of this correct?

FP+ opens at midnight EST on the official disneyworld website under MDE/Fast pass.
I can choose which of the group goes with each ride-my friend has a separate reservation but our reservations are linked on MDE
I must choose 3 FP+ for each park, any of them can be "throw-away" choices.
The site won't allow at FP+ time within 1 hour of a dining reservation.

I think the only real question I have is-how far apart must they be? In other words, how condensed timewise can they be?

Most of your questions, including the "only real" one, are addressed in the OP and the info is current. Not all that you have written, specifically the FP opening time, is correct.

 

[IandGsmom]

Wish I would have read the OP more carefully, especially #7 before freaking out about only seeing 30 days at this time. My 60 day window opens up at midnight. Feel like such a noob with this MDX thingy.