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

[mom2rtk]

Everything else was pretty much open. I expected A&E to be booked, and even 7DMT to be somewhat booked. I didn't expect parades to be booked up, but so be it. People are catching on to that one.

That was my thought as well. The number of people "catching on" goes up every day, but the number of FP slots remains the same.

 

[mesaboy2]

I'm not ready to declare that Wishes and MSEP fill up right at 60 days. It could very well be still that these are sometimes not offered at the 60-day mark. It was only recently that we started seeing posters have success this early.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

My vacay is from 9/27 to 10/4 and I was surprised to get SDMT for 7 on 9/28. A&E I assumed I would book at the end of the week (and I did) but I thought it would be tougher to get SDMT.

 

[CutlerP]

Here's what I can't quite figure out how to do.

So I made all my FP selections and I'm *relatively* happy with them. But I wanted to tinker around with some other alternatives. For example, "Hey, I booked FP's in MK for Splash, Space, and Buzz. I wonder if I'd rather try to get a FP for 7DMT instead of Buzz."

When I try to "change experience" on the Buzz FP, 7DMT isn't even listed. Not sure if that means it's not available (I would have thought it would be greyed out, not invisible), and if it's not available, is it just not available for that time? or for the whole day? And would I have to cancel Buzz...or perhaps all 3 faspasses and start over, in order to find out? Which runs the risk of not getting the times back, that I'm *relatively* happy with.

Just a bit confused about how to tweak. Thoughts?

 

[SRUAlmn]

I'm not ready to declare that Wishes and MSEP fill up right at 60 days. It could very well be still that these are sometimes not offered at the 60-day mark. It was only recently that we started seeing posters have success this early.

Agreed!!!

 

[DAZY3BYZ]

I'm not ready to declare that Wishes and MSEP fill up right at 60 days. It could very well be still that these are sometimes not offered at the 60-day mark. It was only recently that we started seeing posters have success this early.

Not sure how consistently they are opening Wishes for FP booking at 60 days but when our window opened on June 6, Wishes was available to book like everything else. It surprised me. I wasn't expecting it to be open at 60 days. Glad I booked it then because when I checked at the 30 day mark to try to change the day it wasn't available anymore.

 

[tyniknate]

Fp

 

[Figaro972]

I did all our fastpasses this morning and was able to get 7 dwarves on saturday 10/4 and when i was selecting i was able to select Anna & Elsa, however when i looked at my completed list, Anna and Elsa was replaced by "Enchanted Tales with Belle".

I thought i remember reading in the past couple weeks they were changing the way they did A&E (anyone else hear this?).

 

[shaybay]

I'm not ready to declare that Wishes and MSEP fill up right at 60 days. It could very well be still that these are sometimes not offered at the 60-day mark. It was only recently that we started seeing posters have success this early.

I actually remembered this morning, after a cup of coffee and a clear head, that they just recently cancelled the MK EMH on Mon 29. Electric parade and wishes were scheduled for 9pm and 10pm and those times just recently changed on MDE to 8 and 9. Hopefully this change has them blocked right now and they will open up later. Gonna just keep checking I guess and hope for the best. Of course it could also mean that like me, everyone else planned their MK day based on those cancelled EMH. If I can't get those FP's we'll just do it the old fashioned way, pick a spot with a cool drink and wait!! It's all good just to be there!!

 

[nogreenworld]

I thought i remember reading in the past couple weeks they were changing the way they did A&E (anyone else hear this?).

separating them:

http://www.easywdw.com/uncategorize...-and-elsa-separate-wishes-magic-kingdom-7914/

 

[Cluelyss]

I did all our fastpasses this morning and was able to get 7 dwarves on saturday 10/4 and when i was selecting i was able to select Anna & Elsa, however when i looked at my completed list, Anna and Elsa was replaced by "Enchanted Tales with Belle". I thought i remember reading in the past couple weeks they were changing the way they did A&E (anyone else hear this?).

Last week they started testing a new system where once the A&E standby lines gets to a certain point, you will be issued a paper ticket with a return time printed on it. You then come back during that window (similar to a FP) but get into the standby line. FP+ will still continue to be issued as well, but this will keep the standby line to a tolerable length.

 

[jcarwash]

Interesting, today I'm seeing a completely new web design for the browser-based FastPass+ system.

The basic functions are the same, but there's new interactions such as a calendar to choose park and date.

The old design was in use (for me, anyway) as of yesterday.

 

[Figaro972]

Last week they started testing a new system where once the A&E standby lines gets to a certain point, you will be issued a paper ticket with a return time printed on it. You then come back during that window (similar to a FP) but get into the standby line. FP+ will still continue to be issued as well, but this will keep the standby line to a tolerable length.

thank you for the update.

 

[Cluelyss]

Interesting, today I'm seeing a completely new web design for the browser-based FastPass+ system. The basic functions are the same, but there's new interactions such as a calendar to choose park and date. The old design was in use (for me, anyway) as of yesterday.

I didn't see the option to prioritize your selections now?

 

[mistysue]

Interesting, today I'm seeing a completely new web design for the browser-based FastPass+ system.

The basic functions are the same, but there's new interactions such as a calendar to choose park and date.

The old design was in use (for me, anyway) as of yesterday.

Yup.
I was a bit confused at first because I spend so much time on the site recently. I've been watching for a few times I am trying to fix.


ETA- COPY IS GONE. Now you get a different screen that is "new", "change" or "cancel". They probably realized they had a problem because of all the people copying and the copy function failing in the app- so they took it away completely. I bet you anything they have people flipping out on them because they never double checked that "copy" worked after the app showed them the time they were trying for. Half of the people who think their fp+ disappeared probably did it on the app and didn't know the app wasn't functioning properly. (it would show you what you wanted, then just go back to your reservations screen as if it had done it- but it didn't!)

 

[figment13x]

not sure if this is the right thread to be asking this..
I was unable to get Seven Dwarf Mine Train FP+ during any days of my stay Aug 3-9. We're park hopping so I'll only be at MK in the morning/early afternoon- what are my chances of getting a FastPass at the kiosk?

 

[jcarwash]

I didn't see the option to prioritize your selections now?

Yes, the prioritization feature seems to be gone. You pick up to three choices and then you go directly into the set of options.

 

[Cluelyss]

not sure if this is the right thread to be asking this.. I was unable to get Seven Dwarf Mine Train FP+ during any days of my stay Aug 3-9. We're park hopping so I'll only be at MK in the morning/early afternoon- what are my chances of getting a FastPass at the kiosk?

Sorry to say this, but probably none. 7DMT and A&E seem to be the first 2 attractions to fill, with little availability left after 60 days. But it never hurts to check. Good luck!!

 

[craftyminnie]

Thanks so much for all this info, it's super helpful! I've read the original post over and over and have googled to try and find an answer to my question with no luck and am hoping someone here can help me out We will be arriving at Disney in January and will be staying for two weeks. We have two separate week long reservations back to back through trading in to RCI. Our first week we will be only doing two days at Disney and perhaps one night and the other days will be visiting other things in the Orlando area. The second week we will be doing all Disney all seven days We are coming from another country, but will only have ten day hoppers as they don't appear to offer the longer ticket options for residents of our country. So where I get confused is number 16 on the original post

"Onsite guests, now including those at the Swan and Dolphin, can prebook attractions up to 60 days in advance of the beginning of an onsite stay. In other words, at 60 days before your check-in date you can make FP selections for your entire trip (up to 10 days). This can be done via the MDE/MDX app or website. FP+ can be prebooked for the number of days equal to their linked ticket."

So does this mean that from 60 days before our first check in we can only book FP+ for the first ten days? And then when our second week 60 day window starts can we book for the seven days straight we will actually be in the parks? Or can you only book 10 consecutive days with FP+? I hope my question makes sense, we've been to Disney many times but this new system is throwing me for a loop! Thanks in advance

 

[cdd89]

Hey folks,

A couple of questions about getting more than one Tier 1 FP+ per day:

1) If you schedule your Tier 1 FP+ for early in the day, and have two Tier 2 FP+ for later in the day, can you (once you've used your Tier 1 FP+ attraction), using the app, switch your Tier 2 attraction to a new Tier 1 attraction if there is still availability?

2) ("If not" to the above): Is it possible to reserve only one FP+ as Tier 1 (as early in the day as possible), and NOT reserve 2 FP+s as Tier 2? In order to get the FastPasses out of the way as quickly as possible and be able to go to a kiosk where I know you are able to get more Tier 1 FP+s pending availability?

I'm going when it's not crowded and anticipate practically zero crowds at the Tier 2 attractions. That's why I am asking.

Thanks!