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

[mesaboy2]

Are there any rides, besides AE or 7DMT that won't be eligible or available as a 4th FP?

All are eligible. It's a question of availability. Obviously, headliners go first.

 

[mistysue]

Is there some trick to get to use the party tickets for FP+?

I ask because we have 8 day tickets plus a party ticket on our MDE. I have the FP+ for the 8 days, one of which is the party day. IS there some way DH and I can ALSO have FP+ using the party ticket? Or can we only do FP+ for the party if we cancel our other ones that day?

Since everything surround mine has been answered and nobody said anything- ideas anybody?

Can get book two sets of FP+ for the day somehow? One with our regular tickets and one with the event ticket? Or are we disadvantaged because we are going to the park that morning?

 

[mesaboy2]

Since everything surround mine has been answered and nobody said anything- ideas anybody?

Can get book two sets of FP+ for the day somehow? One with our regular tickets and one with the event ticket? Or are we disadvantaged because we are going to the park that morning?

I'm fairly certain that even though you would be using two tickets that day, you will still be limited to 3 advance FPs.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

Making FP for my entire party seems straight forward and easy as long as what you want is available. However, what is the most efficient way when you need to break up your party for different experiences?

For instance, I only need two FP for A&E for my wife and daughter, but they will be doing the other two experiences with the rest of our party. What is the best way to accomplish this as it is definitely a bit more complicated to do in the system? Do I make their A&E and the two other experineces that we will all be doing and then go in and make the FP for the rest of group and hope the times match up for the "other two" experiences? Then if the times don't match up, try to modify the times for the rest of group so they match my wife and daughter's times and hope for the same time or an overlap?

I tried to do this last night and got way too confused. I had booked SDMT, A&E and Splash Mountain. I want our whole party (7) together on the Mine Train and Splash but my son and husband do not need to do A&E. So I tried to just change my son's ticket and when I hit Change Attraction, it definitely listed it as changing the attraction for all 7 of us. I completely panicked and went back, keeping my reservation as is. It is way too precarious a situation with the whole A& E thing to begin with, so guess what, son? Say cheese, you're meeting Anna and Elsa whether you like it or not.

This same situation is going to hit us with Expedition Everest too. Three of our party don't even meet the height limit for this. A FP+ is a complete waste of time for them. But I had to book it anyway because I could not figure out how to divide the party up, let alone what else they might do in that time frame. So for now everyone has an EE FP+. If my son could swap Magic Bands, he could probably score multiple rides while the grownups swap staying with the younger kids. That's potentially an advantage, I guess.

 

[TillyMarigold]

Question - if we do *not* book 3 FPs, only 1-2, and then use the first 1 or 2 we booked, can we then book another for the *same* attraction as earlier?

Let's say at AK we only want to FP+ the Safari and EE. We ride both of those with our FPs, can we then book another FP+ for the Safari? Or do we have to make a dummy FP+ for something else and let it expire before we can get a new Safari FP+?

I know if we had 3 and used them all or let them lapse, we could then get a 4th for the Safari if it was available, but do we have to schedule and use (or let lapse) exactly 3? Or just all the ones we had?

 

[Frozen2014]

I tried to do this last night and got way too confused. I had booked SDMT, A&E and Splash Mountain. I want our whole party (7) together on the Mine Train and Splash but my son and husband do not need to do A&E. So I tried to just change my son's ticket and when I hit Change Attraction, it definitely listed it as changing the attraction for all 7 of us. I completely panicked and went back, keeping my reservation as is. It is way too precarious a situation with the whole A& E thing to begin with, so guess what, son? Say cheese, you're meeting Anna and Elsa whether you like it or not.

Will will have a few FP where DS and DH are the same and DD and me are the same. So is it better to do the FP bookings in twos (i.e. as opposed to booking all 4 the same initially and then going in after to change two to something else???)

 

[SPOERLX3]

I tried to do this last night and got way too confused. I had booked SDMT, A&E and Splash Mountain. I want our whole party (7) together on the Mine Train and Splash but my son and husband do not need to do A&E. So I tried to just change my son's ticket and when I hit Change Attraction, it definitely listed it as changing the attraction for all 7 of us. I completely panicked and went back, keeping my reservation as is. It is way too precarious a situation with the whole A& E thing to begin with, so guess what, son? Say cheese, you're meeting Anna and Elsa whether you like it or not.

This same situation is going to hit us with Expedition Everest too. Three of our party don't even meet the height limit for this. A FP+ is a complete waste of time for them. But I had to book it anyway because I could not figure out how to divide the party up, let alone what else they might do in that time frame. So for now everyone has an EE FP+. If my son could swap Magic Bands, he could probably score multiple rides while the grownups swap staying with the younger kids. That's potentially an advantage, I guess.

• When you go into your MDE
• choose "change" & click next
• you will see the list of "new experiences" and over to the right you will see everyones name (disney icon) listed.
• It will say "apply new time for":
• click on the check mark of the persons that will NOT be using the NEW experience (in your situation with A&E, leave your DH & son checked for the NEW experience and remove the check mark off of everyone that needs to be left with A&E)
• This will apply the NEW experience to ONLY the people in your party that will be going on the NEW ride and leave the unmarked people with A&E.

I hope this makes sense

 

[preemiemama]

I tried to do this last night and got way too confused. I had booked SDMT, A&E and Splash Mountain. I want our whole party (7) together on the Mine Train and Splash but my son and husband do not need to do A&E. So I tried to just change my son's ticket and when I hit Change Attraction, it definitely listed it as changing the attraction for all 7 of us. I completely panicked and went back, keeping my reservation as is. It is way too precarious a situation with the whole A& E thing to begin with, so guess what, son? Say cheese, you're meeting Anna and Elsa whether you like it or not.

This same situation is going to hit us with Expedition Everest too. Three of our party don't even meet the height limit for this. A FP+ is a complete waste of time for them. But I had to book it anyway because I could not figure out how to divide the party up, let alone what else they might do in that time frame. So for now everyone has an EE FP+. If my son could swap Magic Bands, he could probably score multiple rides while the grownups swap staying with the younger kids. That's potentially an advantage, I guess.

When you go in to change the attraction, do you make sure that only the people who are being changed have the green check marks next to them? Are you using the app or doing it on a computer? When I did it a couple months ago, I did not have a problem changing anything. I used a computer most of the time, though. Wondering if maybe an update in the app is causing it to be more difficult than it needs to be?

 

[jcarwash]

Question - if we do *not* book 3 FPs, only 1-2, and then use the first 1 or 2 we booked, can we then book another for the *same* attraction as earlier?

Let's say at AK we only want to FP+ the Safari and EE. We ride both of those with our FPs, can we then book another FP+ for the Safari? Or do we have to make a dummy FP+ for something else and let it expire before we can get a new Safari FP+?

I know if we had 3 and used them all or let them lapse, we could then get a 4th for the Safari if it was available, but do we have to schedule and use (or let lapse) exactly 3? Or just all the ones we had?

When making your initial set of three FP+, the system requires you to choose three -- you can't do just one or two. So yes, you'd need to choose a third (or dummy, as you said) and then figure out what to do with it.

Update: The post below by AngelDisney indicates you can use the MDE web site app to cancel unwanted FP+ and hold one or two rather than all three. This works, although you can't go back and, say, add a third to your original set of two.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

OK, I can try this with maybe one of my other bookings, but not A&E. I am too scared to fiddle with A&E, lol.

I did see the check marks next to names but at that point I was way too scared to confirm it in case it messed up A&E completely. But I would feel ok trying it with something else.

eta: I was doing it on a MAC computer. I didn't have any problems booking it except a few frightening moments when A&E disappeared completely and then an A&E FP for one of our party disappeared. But it's all there now.

 

[preemiemama]

OK, I can try this with maybe one of my other bookings, but not A&E. I am too scared to fiddle with A&E, lol.

I did see the check marks next to names but at that point I was way too scared to confirm it in case it messed up A&E completely. But I would feel ok trying it with something else.

eta: I was doing it on a MAC computer. I didn't have any problems booking it except a few frightening moments when A&E disappeared completely and then an A&E FP for one of our party disappeared. But it's all there now.

I did all of mine on a Mac as well. Try it with EE- there is a lot of availability for that in case something happens.

 

[AngelDisney]

When making your initial set of three FP+, the system requires you to choose three -- you can't do just one or two. So yes, you'd need to choose a third (or dummy, as you said) and then figure out what to do with it.

You must choose 3 FP+ at initial selection but you can go in and cancel the unwanted FP+ afterwards. Choose your date and click Cancel on the Fastpass Plus Menu Screen. Then select the FP+ you want to cancel and click Done. This does not work on the App. You can only cancel via the MDE site. I cancelled unwanted FP+ twice this way. Once you cancel a FP+, it is gone. If you change your mind and want it back, you need to cancel the other two FP+ and re-select 3 again. Make sure you only need two FP+ for your day before you cancel.

Hope this helps and have fun planning!

 

[slzer0]

All are eligible. It's a question of availability. Obviously, headliners go first.

Well yeah.
Any specifics? Known rides/shows that never show up on 4ths? Ones that are a good bet? I'm trying to work planning a 4th into my day.
Kind of wondering if I'll be able to add Wishes as a 4th also.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

I did all of mine on a Mac as well. Try it with EE- there is a lot of availability for that in case something happens.

Yeah, I was also doing this at midnight and I was so tired. It took me an hour to sort out each day on our vacation and then I was so wired with anxiety I couldn't fall asleep after. I feel AWESOME today.

 

[preemiemama]

Yeah, I was also doing this at midnight and I was so tired. It took me an hour to sort out each day on our vacation and then I was so wired with anxiety I couldn't fall asleep after. I feel AWESOME today.

Aside from A&E and 7DMT I had no trouble changing things up to about a week out- and even them only TSMM was an issue- I had to change it to later in the day is all. Hopefully that makes you feel a little better!

I don't blame you on the A&E- I made our whole party of 18 meet them, including the teenage boys!

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

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[theSurlyMermaid]

Aside from A&E and 7DMT I had no trouble changing things up to about a week out- and even them only TSMM was an issue- I had to change it to later in the day is all. Hopefully that makes you feel a little better!

I don't blame you on the A&E- I made our whole party of 18 meet them, including the teenage boys!

Yeah, that's what I figured. I will probably not even look at MDX today or for the next several days. I have also been changing up dining like a fiend lately, so between this and that, I'm beat.

 

[SRUAlmn]

Well yeah.
Any specifics? Known rides/shows that never show up on 4ths? Ones that are a good bet? I'm trying to work planning a 4th into my day.
Kind of wondering if I'll be able to add Wishes as a 4th also.

Based on our experience last week the only park that really had anything available past 1:00-2:00 was MK. EPCOT and DHS had very minimal and we never attempted to get a fourth at AK. Wishes and MSEP never showed up as options when we were adjusting our initial 3, so I doubt they were available as a fourth, but we never officially checked at a kiosk. I know our original plan was to wait on those and possibly get them as a fourth, but I read reports that they weren't showing up as a fourth so I went ahead and booked them as one of our 3 prior to getting to WDW.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Based on our experience last week the only park that really had anything available past 1:00-2:00 was MK. EPCOT and DHS had very minimal and we never attempted to get a fourth at AK. Wishes and MSEP never showed up as options when we were adjusting our initial 3, so I doubt they were available as a fourth, but we never officially checked at a kiosk. I know our original plan was to wait on those and possibly get them as a fourth, but I read reports that they weren't showing up as a fourth so I went ahead and booked them as one of our 3 prior to getting to WDW.

I'm curious about this as well. This experience was in July, though. We're going next in Oct and then Jan -- I'd assume things would not be quite as tough to get as 4th FP+, but I don't know, of course...

 

[siskaren]

It is way too precarious a situation with the whole A& E thing to begin with, so guess what, son? Say cheese, you're meeting Anna and Elsa whether you like it or not.

Your husband and son don't have to meet A&E if they don't want to; they can just let their FPs expire.

If my son could swap Magic Bands, he could probably score multiple rides while the grownups swap staying with the younger kids. That's potentially an advantage, I guess.

He can.