FastPass+ Basic Info, Suggested Priorities, And Strategies--Part II

[grecorj]

So I used my MDE account to link 2 room reservations and 5 park tickets for our group.

My 14 y.o. DS is very tech savvy -- me made his own MDE account and I invited him to share my plans thru my MDE account.

I trust he wouldn't do anything on purpose, but could he:

-change dining reservations I've made for the group?

-mess up FP+ selections for our group I'll make later this month at day 60?

-Can I still make FP+ selections for him?

Can I "reverse" what I did and "uninvite" him?

Sorry if some of this is too off-topic but it does relate to FP+

Thanks for any help.

 

[Cluelyss]

So I used my MDE account to link 2 room reservations and 5 park tickets for our group.

My 14 y.o. DS is very tech savvy -- me made his own MDE account and I invited him to share my plans thru my MDE account.

I trust he wouldn't do anything on purpose, but could he:

-change dining reservations I've made for the group?

-mess up FP+ selections for our group I'll make later this month at day 60?

-Can I still make FP+ selections for him?

Can I "reverse" what I did and "uninvite" him?

Sorry if some of this is too off-topic but it does relate to FP+

Thanks for any help.

It's been a while since I linked DH's account to mine, but I believe I had the option to choose whether he could modify our plans or just view them?

Because yes, if your son has the ability to modify, he could cancel any reservations you made (even unintentionally).

 

[HydroGuy]

First off thank you for this thread. It is full of great information and I apologize in advance if my initial search missed this answer. I am currently booked at the Dolphin for 6 nights in August and wanted to make sure I have everything in order. Just a few items worth mentioning:

1. We booked our room directly through the dolphin hotel website (we got the teacher rate)
2. We already have our tickets purchased (7 day PH). We had 2 day base park tix leftover from our last trip which I upgraded to 7 day PH when I was in the Orlando area recently. All tickets are linked to our MDX account and show up as they should.
3. Our reservation is linked to our my magic website and does show up for the length of stay. However this message displays next to my reservation every time I log on: "Temporarily unable to retrieve additional details about this reservation." I was told by a CM on the phone that this is due to me not having paid for my entire stay yet. As far as I know, the Dolphin only requires the first night deposit then charges you for the entire stay (the other 5 nights in our case) upon checkout.

The reason I called is because when I tried to make ADR's for our entire trip starting on day 1 at the 180 mark, it did not work. I had to book each ADR at the 180 day mark whereas when I stayed at a disney resort last time I could book 10 days of ADR's starting at the 180 day mark of day 1 of our trip.

So I guess my question is this: Does the fact that I have booked our room directly through the Dolphin website and not through disney effect our ability to make ride reservations at the 60 day mark? Does it matter that I haven't paid for my entire room reservation yet? Or do I have to call the dolphin and pay the entire bill before the 60 day mark?

Thanks again in advance. It is really cool to take a couple year hiatus from this site and see it is still full of great information. It is also cool to see some of the same people providing that information.

Wow! It is so cool I can actually answer a question about FP+ instead of asking one!

We are staying at the Swan in May and had the same issues. I booked directly with the Swan (as I am sure most of you know, same owners as the Dolphin). I linked the Swan reservation to my MDX. And I have always seen the message "Temporarily unable to retrieve additional details about this reservation." I had to call the Swan for other reasons and when I asked about this message they said it just is the way it is for now as the Swan (and Dolphin) as they are not really Disney hotels so the systems are imperfect. So you can ignore that message. Just make sure all your family/group in the room show up in MDX as being in the Dolphin room. If so you can make FP+ ressies if you have a ticket assigned to each person ahead of time.

As others have posted, the Swan/Dolphin has issues with ADR 180+10, but has not issues with FP+ 60+10. I did it myself at the 60 day mark for all seven days of my trip.

 

[Delilah1310]

thanks for all this amazing information!!!
I have repeatedly read the first posts, and have been plotting my strategy - thanks for sharing, you guys are the best!

I'm sure this - like so many others! - has already been asked and answered, but I'm not seeing it.
I have a technical schedule question for once I am in the system this weekend :

I'll start with the last day of my visit, and work on one day at a time.
I pick the date first, then I pick the park, then I pick the three attractions, and then select one of several options of the time sets the system offers me.

If I want to tweak these times, should it do it now - I mean immediately before moving on to day 2 at MK(or whatever) or is it better to secure the attractions for each of the 6 days first and THEN go back and tweak the times?

thank you so much for any advice you can share!

 

[Itinkso]

If I want to tweak these times, should it do it now - I mean immediately before moving on to day 2 at MK(or whatever) or is it better to secure the attractions for each of the 6 days first and THEN go back and tweak the times?

Do all 6 days first especially because of the parks that are tiered. You should at least get your first choice FPs for your complete trip and then tweak when you can take your time to do so.

 

[sweetnjmom]

So I should take whatever I can get and tweak times later? I think my only "high demand" choices are 7DMT and MSEP. EDIT: I am a 30 day FP person, so I have to do daily.

There are a few days where I'm park hopping and am choosing my FP for the 2nd park... so if the computer gives me times before I expect to arrive at a park, do I take them if they are the attraction I want? (Only did FP+ once before, when it was still in "testing" stages and I've completely forgotten.) And one day we will be at MK from rope drop until the FOF parade.

 

[Cluelyss]

So I should take whatever I can get and tweak times later? I think my only "high demand" choices are 7DMT and MSEP. EDIT: I am a 30 day FP person, so I have to do daily.

There are a few days where I'm park hopping and am choosing my FP for the 2nd park... so if the computer gives me times before I expect to arrive at a park, do I take them if they are the attraction I want? (Only did FP+ once before, when it was still in "testing" stages and I've completely forgotten.) And one day we will be at MK from rope drop until the FOF parade.

I've always found it to be easier to tweak the time of an existing FP than change a scheduled FP to another attraction. So I always suggest grabbing whatever time you can get for your desired FP first, then adjust later. For "regular" FPs you should have no problem finding a time that fits your schedule. But for those that are high in demand, once you have the FP scheduled, it is very easy to keep checking for a better time.

Also, your original options should include times that span the day.

 

[RenaissanceBabe]

I book tonight! (presumably at 1am based on what I've read) and I feel really prepared and ready to go! I just wanted to post here how glad I am this post exists for people like me who haven't been able to use the new fast pass+ yet. Hopefully we get everything we want, but if we don't we have another 60 days to try and find it! Thanks Mesaboy2!!!

 

[Liz311w]

Does the 60 window start from your check in date or the first day you go to the parks? For instance, we will arrive and check in on June 1st, but we wont be going to the parks until the 2nd. I'm just trying to figure out if I need to stay up tonight or tomorrow night...

 

[mesaboy2]

I book tonight! (presumably at 1am based on what I've read) and I feel really prepared and ready to go! I just wanted to post here how glad I am this post exists for people like me who haven't been able to use the new fast pass+ yet. Hopefully we get everything we want, but if we don't we have another 60 days to try and find it! Thanks Mesaboy2!!!

I am expecting 1:00a Eastern for the next 10 days or so, reports over the last couple of nights appear to confirm.

Does the 60 window start from your check in date or the first day you go to the parks? For instance, we will arrive and check in on June 1st, but we wont be going to the parks until the 2nd. I'm just trying to figure out if I need to stay up tonight or tomorrow night...

Sixty days prior to check-in date is when your window will open.

 

[Capang]

Thanks Mesaboy2!! I was able to reserve all of our FP last night. This thread helped me so much!

 

[Itinkso]

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[Liz311w]

Why would my mom be listed under family and friends and linked to our reservations but not show up when I'm trying to book my fast passes? This has totally screwed up everything. Everyone is accounted for except my mom but she shows linked in MDX. I cant do anything now because she isn't included.

 

[Liz311w]

So after wanting to throw my computer out the window last night, I called Disney first thing this morning and evidently there was a 'glitch' last night and my account was one of the handful affected by this 'glitch'. I still can't even log into MDX this morning and they have no ETA of when my account will be up and running again today. In the mean time, I have lost the chance to get my Daughter the one thing she wanted which was to meet Elsa and Anna. I stayed up late last night for no reason and although I made reservations for everyone *but* my mom, I spent so much time trying to figure out why she wouldn't show up that I lost out on the good time slots that fit between our ADRs etc... So NOT happy with this whole situation right now. I want to cry.

 

[prettypatchesmsu]

So after wanting to throw my computer out the window last night, I called Disney first thing this morning and evidently there was a 'glitch' last night and my account was one of the handful affected by this 'glitch'. I still can't even log into MDX this morning and they have no ETA of when my account will be up and running again today. In the mean time, I have lost the chance to get my Daughter the one thing she wanted which was to meet Elsa and Anna. I stayed up late last night for no reason and although I made reservations for everyone *but* my mom, I spent so much time trying to figure out why she wouldn't show up that I lost out on the good time slots that fit between our ADRs etc... So NOT happy with this whole situation right now. I want to cry.

So sorry to hear that! That is so frustrating! On a side note, a lot of people are reporting not being able to login to MDE this morning. I'm one of them. Supposedly the server is down (reported by someone who called). So it is not just your account this morning on being able to login.

 

[Carrie Gruber]

So sorry to hear that! That is so frustrating! On a side note, a lot of people are reporting not being able to login to MDE this morning. I'm one of them. Supposedly the server is down (reported by someone who called). So it is not just your account this morning on being able to login.

This is my biggest fear with booking ADRs and FP's for my trip in October...will be my first time trying to book FPs as the last time I was down we still had the paper FP's (nostalgic sigh). Hoping my FPs are as easy to get as my ADRs were in 2013. You would think that by now they'd have all of the bugs worked out and have their website running efficiently as they have so many customers (paying a LOT of money) that need to book their experiences months in advance.

 

[sweetnjmom]

The server is down for me (my FP+ booking day is tomorrow) and it was last night as well. I called Disney and they said it was on their end. But that doesn't matter for people who are trying to book FP+ and it's very upsetting. I am praying this is fixed by the time I have to do mine at 1 AM.

The message I get is this: Sorry, the Email or Member Name and/or Password do not match any in our system. Please try again or create a new account.
If you feel this message is in error, call (407) 939-4357 for assistance.

Believe me, I know that my member name/email and password are correct. Ridiculous.

Edited to add a question:

Assuming everything works tonight/tomorrow and I can book my FP+ over the next six days, I have a question that I'm not 100% sure about. Can I change a FP experience on the app, while in the parks (say if I don't need to use one) even if I'm NOT staying on property? I read somewhere that if you're not staying on property you need to go to a kiosk to make changes.

Thanks.

 

[Cluelyss]

The server is down for me (my FP+ booking day is tomorrow) and it was last night as well. I called Disney and they said it was on their end. But that doesn't matter for people who are trying to book FP+ and it's very upsetting. I am praying this is fixed by the time I have to do mine at 1 AM.

The message I get is this: Sorry, the Email or Member Name and/or Password do not match any in our system. Please try again or create a new account.
If you feel this message is in error, call (407) 939-4357 for assistance.

Believe me, I know that my member name/email and password are correct. Ridiculous.

Edited to add a question:

Assuming everything works tonight/tomorrow and I can book my FP+ over the next six days, I have a question that I'm not 100% sure about. Can I change a FP experience on the app, while in the parks (say if I don't need to use one) even if I'm NOT staying on property? I read somewhere that if you're not staying on property you need to go to a kiosk to make changes.

Thanks.

You can make changes to your original 3 anytime via the app.

 

[Carrie Gruber]

The server is down for me (my FP+ booking day is tomorrow) and it was last night as well. I called Disney and they said it was on their end. But that doesn't matter for people who are trying to book FP+ and it's very upsetting. I am praying this is fixed by the time I have to do mine at 1 AM.

The message I get is this: Sorry, the Email or Member Name and/or Password do not match any in our system. Please try again or create a new account.
If you feel this message is in error, call (407) 939-4357 for assistance.

Believe me, I know that my member name/email and password are correct. Ridiculous.

Edited to add a question:

Assuming everything works tonight/tomorrow and I can book my FP+ over the next six days, I have a question that I'm not 100% sure about. Can I change a FP experience on the app, while in the parks (say if I don't need to use one) even if I'm NOT staying on property? I read somewhere that if you're not staying on property you need to go to a kiosk to make changes.

Thanks.

I agree, it's ridiculous and their reply is not what you want to hear. They really need to work on their system so this kind of thing doesn't happen. For those guests who are being impacted by not being able to make their FP+, it's a nightmare. (This would be me ----> ) You spend so much time planning your trip and then everything is thrown off because Disney can't get their act together...I have a knot in my stomach just reading your post, hoping that they get it fixed in time for you to get the FP+ you want.

 

[sweetnjmom]

You can make changes to your original 3 anytime via the app.

Whew! I wasn't sure... I know I made on the fly changes last time and wanted to be sure I could do that again. Thanks!