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

[hiroMYhero]

with OUR MB in their pocket, will they be read at the same time, invalidating the potential for their second FP

No, the FP tapstiles are not long-range readers. The MB has to actually touch the center of the tapstile/reader in order for the RFID to be identified.

 

[Pete W.]

Just curious because I have read on another response that, in theory, we can "Swap" magic bands - in other words, DD and DS go on test track with their magic bands, then ride again with DH and my magic bands within the hour. That makes sense; however my question is - based on the technology, let's say DH and I go to dinner while DS and DD are in the park - we give our magic bands to them. My concern is if those bands are on their person when they go through for their OWN FP, with OUR MB in their pocket, will they be read at the same time, invalidating the potential for their second FP trip with DH and my MB?

Does that question make sense? Thanks in advance!

I don't know the answer to that question, but a 'workaround' is to give your DS and DD your park tickets, not your MBs, since it's really the park tickets that have the FPs linked to them.

 

[lindsmom]

I don't know the answer to that question, but a 'workaround' is to give your DS and DD your park tickets, not your MBs, since it's really the park tickets that have the FPs linked to them.

Oh! Good idea! Thanks!

 

[Baklava]

Is there one and I'm just missing it? I'm unclear on some things but didn't want to clutter up the board if the answers are all together somewhere.

 

[erionm]

Check out this thread by mesaboy2: FastPass+ Basic Info, Suggested Priorities, And Strategies--Part II

 

[Cyrano]

Is there one and I'm just missing it? I'm unclear on some things but didn't want to clutter up the board if the answers are all together somewhere.

I merged your post

 

[ky.]

Is it technically possible to book 3 back-to-back-to-back faspasses (assuming availability - for example 1 from 10-11, 11-12 and 12-1 - I know they cant overlap) or does there have to be a certain amount of time between them?

 

[hiroMYhero]

Is it technically possible to book 3 back-to-back-to-back faspasses (assuming availability - for example 1 from 10-11, 11-12 and 12-1 - I know they cant overlap) or does there have to be a certain amount of time between them?

Yes, they can be consecutive without any breaks. And, after you use the 1st FP, you can check MDE and attempt to move up the 2nd FP... and so on.

 

[Lavitz]

Is it still recommended when first booking FPs to book for the time opposite the times you really want, then individually modifying each FP to the times you actually want?

 

[kj2mom]

Is it still recommended when first booking FPs to book for the time opposite the times you really want, then individually modifying each FP to the times you actually want?

I don't think the theory has changed but I just booked this week and all I did was pick my three, make sure when the options came up that those were the 3 that were shown (yes, sometimes they can change what you request) and if I saw the right 3 I chose them. Once I knew I had them then I went in and modified the time for each one. I am offsite so I booked 30 days and I am going for 4th of July, I got everything I wanted at the times I wanted with just one after the fact change. I had wanted to do Splash Mountain after the parade but it wasn't available when I first booked. The next day I was looking at other things and thought lets check, sure enough there it was. So with the exception of that one 'perfect' time on the initial find I got everything I was hoping for without having to play the time game.

 

[cinderanna]

I have a question and hopefully it makes sense. If I plan my fast passes at a particular park in advance, but then we decide when we're there to change the park we go to and want to switch our fast passes, what is the best way to do this? Do I just cancel the 3 I have and then pick new ones? I know you can modify them, but I wasn't sure how that would work if I was switching to an entirely different park. Thanks!

 

[Cluelyss]

I have a question and hopefully it makes sense. If I plan my fast passes at a particular park in advance, but then we decide when we're there to change the park we go to and want to switch our fast passes, what is the best way to do this? Do I just cancel the 3 I have and then pick new ones? I know you can modify them, but I wasn't sure how that would work if I was switching to an entirely different park. Thanks!

You can't modify to a different park and you do not want to cancel! Just go into the FP scheduling and select "make new FP" - then pick your new park and begin scheduling. It will warn you that you already have FPs scheduled for that day, just say ok.

 

[cinderanna]

You can't modify to a different park and you do not want to cancel! Just go into the FP scheduling and select "make new FP" - then pick your new park and begin scheduling. It will warn you that you already have FPs scheduled for that day, just say ok.

So once it asks you that and you say ok, it will override the ones you already have?

Thank you for answering!

 

[mummabear]

@mesaboy2 :
We check in on Oct 30th and have a party ticket for Nov 1st, then enter our first park on our normal tickets on Nov 2nd.
Is it 8/31(60 days from check in) I can start making FP+ reservations for Nov 2nd +10 days? Or will it be 9/3 (60 days from when I first want to enter the park).
Are the party days 30 or 60 days out?
And for my other days (after my inital plus 10) am I just making these 1 day at a time.

TIA

 

[mesaboy2]

@mesaboy2 :
We check in on Oct 30th and have a party ticket for Nov 1st, then enter our first park on our normal tickets on Nov 2nd.
Is it 8/31(60 days from check in) I can start making FP+ reservations for Nov 2nd +10 days? Or will it be 9/3 (60 days from when I first want to enter the park).
Are the party days 30 or 60 days out?
And for my other days (after my inital plus 10) am I just making these 1 day at a time.

TIA

Let me ask you this: how can Disney know when you want to start going to a park?

Check-in date is the key. With an onsite stay, any kind of ticket gives you the 60-day window, including party tickets. When your window opens, you should be able to make FP reservations for October 30 plus 10 days at least, and possibly more, depending on how many days' worth of tickets you have. (I can't keep how those 11+ days work straight in my head, but there are others here who have better info than I. Hopefully someone will answer that part for you soon.)

 

[drgamera]

As I get into the last few days before our trip, please help me to understand how the really popular FastPass+ attractions (Meet Anna and Elsa, Seven Dwarfs Mine Train) become available. I've managed to acquire individual FastPass+ selections for those attractions for our party, and have been repeatedly trying Select New Time, which has slooooowly and occasionally allowed me to move those selections toward overlapping times. What I don't understand is the most common reasons that people cancel their popular FastPass+ selections.

By way of contrast, consider really popular Advance Dining Reservations, such as Be Our Guest. Well, it's free to make Advance Dining Reservations, so people make a lot of them -- for example, if they are planners trying to deal with other people in their party who have a harder time committing to a plan (ahem). But there are penalties for canceling Advance Dining Reservations too late, so people cancel them so as not to get charged. Alternatively, people might decide to eat that meal somewhere else in that park, and so cancel those reservations; maybe they're going to a different park that day; or maybe they're cancelling their whole trip.

Now return to FastPass+ selections. You only get three a day, so you can't really "hoard" them. There's no cost for missing them, though, so there's little incentive to cancel. Of course, people who make "practice" reservations cancel them (I hope!) out of the goodness of their heart. But that doesn't seem to apply to a lot of people, especially a few days out.

People could decide to cancel FastPass+ selections in favor of other attractions, but it seems unlikely that a lot of people are saying "I really want a FastPass+ for some attraction much less popular, instead of for Meet Anna and Elsa or Seven Dwarfs Mine Train." Sure, maybe they or their kids decided that they had outgrown Anna and Elsa, or that Seven Dwarfs Mine Train was too scary or too boring. But, again, that can't happen too often.

People could decide to go to a different park that day. I guess that happens? Or people could cancel their whole trip, including their tickets, and presumably cancelled tickets free up their associated FastPass+ selections. (Do they?) Yet again, these seem rare.

When park hours change, of course, more FastPass+ selections become available. But that doesn't apply here.

Obviously, people who change the time of their popular FastPass+ selections free up new time selections, but that doesn't change the total number of available popular FastPass+ selections. It's a mystery to me.

 

[akhenaten]

I just booked my fast passes for our party of 4. I would like to change a couple , splitting up our party into groups of two. Is it possible to do this without losing the original fast pass for the two party members who still want to ride the original choice. I can't see how to do this...

 

[hiroMYhero]

I just booked my fast passes for our party of 4. I would like to change a couple , splitting up our party into groups of two. Is it possible to do this without losing the original fast pass for the two party members who still want to ride the original choice. I can't see how to do this...

In the app go to FP > Modify FPs > Choose date > Change experience > Choose Attraction > Choose specific guests and continue on...

 

[akhenaten]

In the app go to FP > Modify FPs > Change experience > Choose date > Choose Attraction > Choose specific guests and continue on...

Thanks I will try it!

 

[chinarider]

great thread. thanks