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

[Jennifer81]

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.

I was about to post this question about "booking at midnight". My husband just called Disney and the CM told him " You are better off waiting until 5 or 6 am."
Whaaa?

 

[mesaboy2]

I was about to post this question about "booking at midnight". My husband just called Disney and the CM told him " You are better off waiting until 5 or 6 am."
Whaaa?

Phone CMs routinely give out misleading, bad, false, or out-of-date info. My info is based on the real experiences of hundreds of posters here.

 

[donp]

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.

I was about to post this question about "booking at midnight". My husband just called Disney and the CM told him " You are better off waiting until 5 or 6 am."
Whaaa?

Just as a reminder (might help some of you to not fret!!)--for me and many others, our ability to start booking did not happen until 1AM Eastern time. So, if the midnight hour comes and goes with no ability to book, don't be surprised. Mine opened up 1AM sharp. Others stated that it was not quite at one. Personally, would not have stayed up if I was not going for A and E.

 

[vinotinto]

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.

It's not Disney that is releasing FP+ for random times It's that FP+ availability is extremely limited and you are trying to get FP+ that are pretty much fully booked. Say Disney has 200 FP+ to give between 9 and 10 am. Say different-size groups booked 199 of them. You got #200, but your group is 4 people.

For this reason, I am "selecting all" when it asks who is selecting FP+s. That way I only see when there are 4 FP+ together. It's useless to have 1, since I don't go on vacation by myself. Since the system is so terrible that you can't specify I need to add an additional FP+ for precisely 9:45 am, there are recommendations here to get it for one person and then copy. However, that only works if there are FP+ available.

To me, it was a lot simpler when you would run to get a FP in the parks. Everyone that was there had a chance to grab a FP and your family would have a 55-60 minute overlap, even if the BTG guide was pulling FPs in the machine next to yours.

 

[CanadianPaco]

I couldn't find this question/answer so here goes:

We have tickets to MVMCP and have read that we may be able to enter the park as early as 4pm for the party, of course, without using a park day ticket.

That morning we are planning to go to EMH at AK and as rope droppers we'll be there bright and early.

Since we will be there early, EE and Dinosaur will be our focus.... If I don't book any FP+'s at AK, will I be able to book FP+ for MK between 4-7 even if we don't enter as a park day?

THX

 

[mistysue]

It's not Disney that is releasing FP+ for random times It's that FP+ availability is extremely limited and you are trying to get FP+ that are pretty much fully booked. Say Disney has 200 FP+ to give between 9 and 10 am. Say different-size groups booked 199 of them. You got #200, but your group is 4 people.

For this reason, I am "selecting all" when it asks who is selecting FP+s. That way I only see when there are 4 FP+ together. It's useless to have 1, since I don't go on vacation by myself. Since the system is so terrible that you can't specify I need to add an additional FP+ for precisely 9:45 am, there are recommendations here to get it for one person and then copy. However, that only works if there are FP+ available.

To me, it was a lot simpler when you would run to get a FP in the parks. Everyone that was there had a chance to grab a FP and your family would have a 55-60 minute overlap, even if the BTG guide was pulling FPs in the machine next to yours.

Whats happening though is that I'm trying to get the mine train. If i put in for 4, there are no options so I have to get them one at a time. So far copying has not worked... even when i get a confirmation through the website when i go back to our plans it doesn't do it. I feel skeptical that I'm picking up random cancellations because I can look and zero times are available and 20 minutes later there are 5 or 6 with no overlap. I don't think all those completely unrelated people cancelled right at the same time in the middle of the day. This happened multiple times this week in the middle of the day for the same date.

 

[Dawn Dis]

I got em...A&E, 7 dwarfs and everything else...thanks for everyone's help.

 

[Dawn Dis]

OK so excuse my ignorance but I have a question on how this works. If I go to an attraction that I have FP for and the standby line is short. Can I ride standby first and then come back again and use my FP? Or if I ride standby will it wipe out my FP? Please if I should go to another board for this question please let me know.
TIA

 

[BudgieMama]

Mesaboy, is the not being able to book Wishes, Parades, etc at 60 days still the general rule? I was able to book all of them at 60 days out. Not sure if I got a lucky glitch, or if it changed!

 

[fizz13]

OK so excuse my ignorance but I have a question on how this works. If I go to an attraction that I have FP for and the standby line is short. Can I ride standby first and then come back again and use my FP? Or if I ride standby will it wipe out my FP? Please if I should go to another board for this question please let me know. TIA

That's fine to do, if you are still in your FP window when you get off then yes you can ride again with your FP. Or you could even change it to a different attraction if you haven't used it and it's still in the time window, maybe if the standby line is short use it on something with a longer line

 

[Dawn Dis]

That's fine to do, if you are still in your FP window when you get off then yes you can ride again with your FP. Or you could even change it to a different attraction if you haven't used it and it's still in the time window, maybe if the standby line is short use it on something with a longer line

Thank you

 

[seobaina]

Hi, I'm slightly confused. It states on the op that at 60 days I can book for the first 10 days of my holiday. My trip/stay is 14 days and we are planning on non Disney for the first few days. So when can I book for the rest of my stay? Thanks

 

[Cluelyss]

Hi, I'm slightly confused. It states on the op that at 60 days I can book for the first 10 days of my holiday. My trip/stay is 14 days and we are planning on non Disney for the first few days. So when can I book for the rest of my stay? Thanks

You can start booking 60 days prior to your resort check in date. So if you are staying on-property for the first few days of your trip, just not going to the parks, you can book 60 days prior to the start of your holiday. If you are staying off-property during your non-Disney days, then you cannot start booking until you are 60 days out from your Disney reservation date.

 

[Cluelyss]

I couldn't find this question/answer so here goes: We have tickets to MVMCP and have read that we may be able to enter the park as early as 4pm for the party, of course, without using a park day ticket. That morning we are planning to go to EMH at AK and as rope droppers we'll be there bright and early. Since we will be there early, EE and Dinosaur will be our focus.... If I don't book any FP+'s at AK, will I be able to book FP+ for MK between 4-7 even if we don't enter as a park day? THX

OP states that you should be able to use your party ticket to book FP+ during the 4-7 window. I currently have a party ticket associated with my MDX account and the system will allow be to book within the 30 day window (at MK only) right now with that ticket, so this would appear to be accurate.

 

[Frozen2014]

OP states that you should be able to use your party ticket to book FP+ during the 4-7 window. I currently have a party ticket associated with my MDX account and the system will allow be to book within the 30 day window (at MK only) right now with that ticket, so this would appear to be accurate.

I was wondering this as well, and found the same thing. I am still about 3-4 weeks away from my 60 day mark but do have a Select button for MK FP selections. And my understanding this is because I have purchased MNSSHP tickets for one night. So...it seems like this one is already set up for FP selections (but assume I can't select until the 60 day mark for our days). NO other parks have a Select button yet for FP selections.

 

[Cluelyss]

I was wondering this as well, and found the same thing. I am still about 3-4 weeks away from my 60 day mark but do have a Select button for MK FP selections. And my understanding this is because I have purchased MNSSHP tickets for one night. So...it seems like this one is already set up for FP selections (but assume I can't select until the 60 day mark for our days). NO other parks have a Select button yet for FP selections.

Mine is the same way...I get an error if I try to select the other parks. I am still about 3 weeks away from my 60 day mark, so can't schedule for our trip days yet either. I am wondering, though, if this will give us "bonus choices"? For instance, when my window opens up I will have 6 park days on my reservation...but will the party ticket actually let me schedule 7?

 

[seobaina]

You can start booking 60 days prior to your resort check in date. So if you are staying on-property for the first few days of your trip, just not going to the parks, you can book 60 days prior to the start of your holiday. If you are staying off-property during your non-Disney days, then you cannot start booking until you are 60 days out from your Disney reservation date.

But what I meant was I want to book for the full 14 days as most of my fp stuff would be for later in my holiday. But can I only do the first 10? I am staying onsite.

 

[Cluelyss]

But what I meant was I want to book for the full 14 days as most of my fp stuff would be for later in my holiday. But can I only do the first 10? I am staying onsite.

OP states that reservations at the 60 day mark can only be made for the first 10 days of your trip, but Disney's website (under FP+ FAQ) says that you can make them for your entire length of stay. If that's true, you should be able to book all 14 days at your 60 day mark.

 

[emilymad]

Mesaboy, is the not being able to book Wishes, Parades, etc at 60 days still the general rule? I was able to book all of them at 60 days out. Not sure if I got a lucky glitch, or if it changed!

Did you get do your FP+ right when the window opened? My window opens this week and I really want to get Wishes. I can look for availabilty a few days before and it shows no availabilty for Wishes. Thanks!

 

[seelyt2]

Please pardon me as I am sure my question has probably been answered somewhere in the 173 pages thus far...

When you walk up to the kiosk to obtain a fourth fast pass, do you log in with your email, password, etc., or is there a way for the kiosk to scan your MB so that it knows its you?

TIA.