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

[Mambo Junkie]

Thank you so much for this thread!

 

[Frozen2014]

I have not done it personally, but have read reports here that this does work, as long as your party ticket is linked in MDX. This gives you an extra "ticketed day" to schedule FP+ options.

I am not at my 60 day window yet (soon in 1.5 weeks), but I have the FP option for MK only. I assume this is because I have purchased party tickets. (But of course, it doesn't go out yet to the actual days I need). So I believe you can book 3 FP tickets for the party from 4pm - 7pm.

But from what I understand....if you also attending a park that day and have FP booked there, then you can not also book FP at MK from 4pm-7pm with MNSSHP tickets, correct?

We are starting our day at Epcot so will have 3 FP booked there. Was hoping to also book 3 FP at party ,but don't think I can do this....one or the other.

 

[Lacoccinelle]

Are you able to book the same attraction twice in the same trip? For example, can I book the Mine Train Day 1 and Day 8? Just afraid that something may happen with the flight.
Thanks!

 

[cel_disney]

Are you able to book the same attraction twice in the same trip? For example, can I book the Mine Train Day 1 and Day 8? Just afraid that something may happen with the flight. Thanks!

Absolutely! You can book the same 3 each day if you wanted! Enjoy!

 

[donp]

Are you able to book the same attraction twice in the same trip? For example, can I book the Mine Train Day 1 and Day 8? Just afraid that something may happen with the flight. Thanks!

Yes

 

[cgattis]

I have not done it personally, but have read reports here that this does work, as long as your party ticket is linked in MDX. This gives you an extra "ticketed day" to schedule FP+ options.

Yes, I've heard that too, but it's not working for me. Wondering what the "trick" is, or if that means my MNSSHP tix are not properly linked. Another thing I hate about this system--no way to make sure all your junk is actually set up right until the window opens, then if something takes hours or days to fix (like mine has on two trips), the hot FP are gone anyway. Grr again. Where's Robo with that sign??

 

[Lacoccinelle]

Absolutely! You can book the same 3 each day if you wanted! Enjoy!

Thanks for the fast responses and thanks for this awesome thread!

 

[carolinagirl268]

This is a great thread. Thanks to all who have contributed information. This will be our first trip to WDW since the new FP+ system and while it's a pain to have to learn all the new tricks at least I knew I'd be able to get the bottom line here!

Here is my question. I have a resort package reservation for an upcoming trip in Nov. My reservation includes free dining and is for my family of 4. We will be there for 3 nights and 4 days. I only opted for 2 day tickets because my kids will be getting annual passes from their grandparents when we get there. I didn't want to spend more on the package than I had to to get free dining. I plan to upgrade DH and my tickets to 4 day PH once we arrive. The problem I've suddenly realized I have with this plan is I'll only have 2 days available to me to make FP+ reservations.

My question is can I link an old ticket with unused days i have from way back in 1999 to my upcoming reservation so that I can make the FP+ reservation? I don't want to actually use this old ticket. Is the ticket itself tied to the FP+ reservation or does it just give you access to the system?

 

[ckelly14]

I have had success calling to add a day to my ticket.

 

[ckelly14]

I have had success calling to add a day to my ticket.

 

[carolinagirl268]

I have had success calling to add a day to my ticket.

My problem is I don't want to add a day to all 4 tickets. I only want to add a day to 2 of the tickets. I assumed I couldn't call to do that. Maybe that assumption is wrong. I'll give it a try. Thanks for the suggestion!

 

[Cluelyss]

I am not at my 60 day window yet (soon in 1.5 weeks), but I have the FP option for MK only. I assume this is because I have purchased party tickets. (But of course, it doesn't go out yet to the actual days I need). So I believe you can book 3 FP tickets for the party from 4pm - 7pm. But from what I understand....if you also attending a park that day and have FP booked there, then you can not also book FP at MK from 4pm-7pm with MNSSHP tickets, correct? We are starting our day at Epcot so will have 3 FP booked there. Was hoping to also book 3 FP at party ,but don't think I can do this....one or the other.

Same is true for me on question 1, so I'm assuming that's the case as well (my window is not open yet either). On 2, yes, that's correct, if you have FPs booked at your morning park, you cannot book in MK on your party ticket due to the 3 per day per park limit.

 

[patrickpiteo]

Same is true for me on question 1, so I'm assuming that's the case as well (my window is not open yet either). On 2, yes, that's correct, if you have FPs booked at your morning park, you cannot book in MK on your party ticket due to the 3 per day per park limit.

Only for 4-7 pm can you get FP with party tickets at MK. Also only 3 a day so if your going to a park that day don't schedule any using the party tickets.

 

[SRUAlmn]

Are you able to book the same attraction twice in the same trip? For example, can I book the Mine Train Day 1 and Day 8? Just afraid that something may happen with the flight.
Thanks!

Not only can you do that, its smart! Mine Train has been going down very frequently, so that will give you multiple opportunities to ride it should it be down during one of your times.

 

[Lacoccinelle]

Not only can you do that, its smart! Mine Train has been going down very frequently, so that will give you multiple opportunities to ride it should it be down during one of your times.

Awesome. My little one is 38.5 inches and really wants a real roller coaster. Hoping for the growth spurt. She had to sit our Splash and Big Thunder Mountains last year and is sad about this year., unless a miracle growth spurt happens. Was happy Mine Train is 38 inches for her.

 

[Volkswagenphreak]

This may have been asked already, I apologize if it has. I've been reading all over that fp's have been running out in the parks daily around noonish... I'm assuming this is just for the major attractions.. Anyways, on our trip hubby and I decided to do split days and go back to the resort in the early afternoons to swim or whatever just to get a break. I'm not sure if I should get fp's for the park we are at in the morning, then risk not being able to get any I'm the afternoon or just get afternoon fp's and hope that if we get there early in the day we can ride the rides we want with not a lot of wait time since we will be early. We are going the first week of November so I'm not sure how busy it will be then either. :/ thanks for the advice

 

[seasidespences]

This may have been asked earlier (if so, my apologies) but in the parks where there is tiering...can you get a FP+ for the same "group 2" attraction in the same day? Ex: 1 fp+ for RnR and 2 for ToT on the same day?

 

[Cluelyss]

This may have been asked earlier (if so, my apologies) but in the parks where there is tiering...can you get a FP+ for the same "group 2" attraction in the same day? Ex: 1 fp+ for RnR and 2 for ToT on the same day?

When you schedule your original 3, they must all be different attractions. However, when scheduling your 4th and beyond, you can select anything, from either tier. And it may be possible to change your 3rd selection to be the same as your second once you have the original 3 scheduled, never tried this? But I know the initial selection must be 3 different rides.

 

[Cluelyss]

This may have been asked already, I apologize if it has. I've been reading all over that fp's have been running out in the parks daily around noonish... I'm assuming this is just for the major attractions.. Anyways, on our trip hubby and I decided to do split days and go back to the resort in the early afternoons to swim or whatever just to get a break. I'm not sure if I should get fp's for the park we are at in the morning, then risk not being able to get any I'm the afternoon or just get afternoon fp's and hope that if we get there early in the day we can ride the rides we want with not a lot of wait time since we will be early. We are going the first week of November so I'm not sure how busy it will be then either. :/ thanks for the advice

If you will be at the parks early, I'd recommend touring in the morning with no FP+, or maybe one late in the am, and schedule the majority for late afternoon/early evening when the park is more crowded. I've heard the same thing about very little being available day-of, and I'd be afraid of having nothing available and nothing scheduled during the busiest time of day.

 

[SRUAlmn]

This may have been asked already, I apologize if it has. I've been reading all over that fp's have been running out in the parks daily around noonish... I'm assuming this is just for the major attractions.. Anyways, on our trip hubby and I decided to do split days and go back to the resort in the early afternoons to swim or whatever just to get a break. I'm not sure if I should get fp's for the park we are at in the morning, then risk not being able to get any I'm the afternoon or just get afternoon fp's and hope that if we get there early in the day we can ride the rides we want with not a lot of wait time since we will be early. We are going the first week of November so I'm not sure how busy it will be then either. :/ thanks for the advice

Since you're going in November its hard to say. We were just there 2 weeks ago and in all parks except MK, yes, most FPs were gone by noon-1:00. EPCOT and DHS were especially bleak. The ones that were still available most days we checked were Turtle Talk, Captain EO and Ellen and then Little Mermaid and Muppets at DHS.

What we did this year, which we loved!

We are teachers so we get up super early all year and enjoyed having the option of sleeping in. Since we were there 8 days we had the luxury of visiting each park twice, so on half of our days we stayed at the pool all morning and then went to a park in the evening and used our 3 FPs. The other days we'd do a morning park, break, then an afternoon park and we varied which we'd use FP for. We'd use our FP for a morning at AK one day, but then another day we'd do an AK morning and Epcot at night so that day we'd save the FP for Epcot. Does that make sense? It worked out really well!