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

[SPOERLX3]

I have been looking for the answer to my question with no luck. Sorry if this is a repeat.
When booking your 4th FP, after you've used your first 3 FPs, can you book the 4th using the phone app or do you have to use a kiosk in the park? Thanks!

At this time, you can only book the 4th and any FP after that at the kiosk.
Wish they would hurry and set it up so we could use the app.

 

[mesaboy2]

I have been looking for the answer to my question with no luck. Sorry if this is a repeat.
When booking your 4th FP, after you've used your first 3 FPs, can you book the 4th using the phone app or do you have to use a kiosk in the park? Thanks!

The first post contains this answer.

 

[Mikie]

Since we are such a large party, I am a little stressed about A&E and SDMT! I know I will probably have to split our group up to get FP+ and start with our last day. Here is my question....my mom and I both have our own MDE account with everything linked and shared. Can we both be logged into our own separate MDE account at midnight booking FP at the same time. My thinking is if we both try to get FP+ for a group of 3-4, it will be easier than trying to get all 7 of us. Has anyone tried this? Also, I want to make sure...the infant can go with us to A&E even without a ticket/FP+ right??

I didn't need A&E, but I booked Fastpasses for a party of 12 traveling in Oct (Columbus Day week - predicted crowd levels 6/7) I happened to be up at midnight on 60 days out and booked 7 dwarves for all 12 of us easily with lots of time choices for the 2nd to last day (day 66 for us) I looked at our first MK day (day 61) and had a handful of times available for all 12, but not times I liked so I skipped it that day. When I went iin later that day to pick all the FPs for our whole trip (around 2pm on our 60 day ) I had no trouble getting lots of times for all rides all days and 7dwarves still had lots (not as much as midnight, but still lots)

LONG way of saying, I'm not sure about A&E, but with the glitchy- ness of MDE, I wouldn't try logging in the same account on two devices and you should still be fine on all rides in all parks, even with a larger group.

 

[Krystalynn]

I am having trouble finding an answer to this... HOW in the world are people reserving FP+ for MNSSHP? I have tickets for Friday but can not find anything later than park closing. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[Planning Mama]

I am having trouble finding an answer to this... HOW in the world are people reserving FP+ for MNSSHP? I have tickets for Friday but can not find anything later than park closing. Am I doing something wrong?

You can't actually book FP+ during the party as it is not available. What you can do is book FP+ during 4-7 pm. This is the earliest the hard ticket for the party will grant you admission to MK but it is before the actual party starts. Hope that helps

 

[ghtx]

I have been looking for the answer to my question with no luck. Sorry if this is a repeat.
When booking your 4th FP, after you've used your first 3 FPs, can you book the 4th using the phone app or do you have to use a kiosk in the park? Thanks!

As PPs said kiosks for now, no app. But I've also heard that a resort concierge can schedule it for you, if you are park hopping and stopping at your resort in between. Also if you find a wandering CM with an iPad (if they still have those) then she can (maybe) do it for you.

 

[Krystalynn]

You can't actually book FP+ during the party as it is not available. What you can do is book FP+ during 4-7 pm. This is the earliest the hard ticket for the party will grant you admission to MK but it is before the actual party starts. Hope that helps

It does Thank you!!!

 

[Cluelyss]

I didn't need A&E, but I booked Fastpasses for a party of 12 traveling in Oct (Columbus Day week - predicted crowd levels 6/7) I happened to be up at midnight on 60 days out and booked 7 dwarves for all 12 of us easily with lots of time choices for the 2nd to last day (day 66 for us) I looked at our first MK day (day 61) and had a handful of times available for all 12, but not times I liked so I skipped it that day. When I went iin later that day to pick all the FPs for our whole trip (around 2pm on our 60 day ) I had no trouble getting lots of times for all rides all days and 7dwarves still had lots (not as much as midnight, but still lots) LONG way of saying, I'm not sure about A&E, but with the glitchy- ness of MDE, I wouldn't try logging in the same account on two devices and you should still be fine on all rides in all parks, even with a larger group.

I will add that A&E is much harder to find than 7DMT. On my 60-day mark I had plenty of time choices for 7DMT on all 6 days of my trip, but could not find a single block of 4 for A&E on any of my days. So for A&E at least, I would recommend splitting your party. And I second not using 2 devices.

 

[karensi]

I didn't need A&E, but I booked Fastpasses for a party of 12 traveling in Oct (Columbus Day week - predicted crowd levels 6/7) I happened to be up at midnight on 60 days out and booked 7 dwarves for all 12 of us easily with lots of time choices for the 2nd to last day (day 66 for us) I looked at our first MK day (day 61) and had a handful of times available for all 12, but not times I liked so I skipped it that day. When I went iin later that day to pick all the FPs for our whole trip (around 2pm on our 60 day ) I had no trouble getting lots of times for all rides all days and 7dwarves still had lots (not as much as midnight, but still lots)

LONG way of saying, I'm not sure about A&E, but with the glitchy- ness of MDE, I wouldn't try logging in the same account on two devices and you should still be fine on all rides in all parks, even with a larger group.

Mikie,
I see you have a party of 12. I'm just wondering if you had to break your party up into smaller groups or if you were able to book all 12 together in one group.
I have a party of 6, going in Feb, and not sure if I should break us up into 2 parties of 3 each (or 3 parties of 2 each) or just go ahead and do all 6 at once.
I feel like I should have a plan and be able to move on this quickly at midnight on my designated day as I really want 7DMT.

Thanks,

Karen

 

[TinkSassy]

Help - I've searched this thread (and the one before it) but not finding my answer. Trying to "stalk" 7DMT openings for the first week of October. How do you do this effectively without cancelling everything? I need 2 - for 10/4, 10/6 or 10/10.

I am trying the just checking back - which worked for BOG ADR. But this doesn't seem to work the same way each time - confused

 

[mesaboy2]

I am having trouble finding an answer to this... HOW in the world are people reserving FP+ for MNSSHP? I have tickets for Friday but can not find anything later than park closing. Am I doing something wrong?

Also answered in the first post.

Maybe I can just delete it?

 

[Cluelyss]

Mikie, I see you have a party of 12. I'm just wondering if you had to break your party up into smaller groups or if you were able to book all 12 together in one group. I have a party of 6, going in Feb, and not sure if I should break us up into 2 parties of 3 each (or 3 parties of 2 each) or just go ahead and do all 6 at once. I feel like I should have a plan and be able to move on this quickly at midnight on my designated day as I really want 7DMT. Thanks, Karen

I had no problem booking 7DMT for a party of 4 on several days of my trip at 60-days out.

 

[Mikie]

Mikie,
I see you have a party of 12. I'm just wondering if you had to break your party up into smaller groups or if you were able to book all 12 together in one group.
I have a party of 6, going in Feb, and not sure if I should break us up into 2 parties of 3 each (or 3 parties of 2 each) or just go ahead and do all 6 at once.
I feel like I should have a plan and be able to move on this quickly at midnight on my designated day as I really want 7DMT.

Thanks,

Karen

I started with a plan of looking for all 12 at once and would switch to smaller groups if necessary. I was able to find everything for all 12 without breaking up, including 7dwarves. The earlier of my 2 MK days, I had at least 5 choices of times for 7dwarves, but not times I particularly liked and the later MK day I had lots of availability all day, still no breaking up. I did do that MK day only at midnight, but then went to bed and did all the rest (all 12, no problems at all) at 2 pm the next day. I have since played around with a couple of times and always got plenty of ride and time choices still for the entire group at day 42 and 38 and 35 so far.

If you're a night owl anyway, I think you'll easily get all you like at midnight. If that's tough, I'd really think you can easily wait until the next morning or afternoon. I also watched a youtube walk through of the process so I'd know what the screens looked like beforehand, so I'd not be seeing it the first time when I'm tired and impatient

 

[vfalkner]

Easiest done through the app, you can search for alternate times on that day (or alternate experiences on a different day) without releasing your current selections. If you don't like what they give you when you're searching, simple hit cancel (online) or back (in the app) and your original selections will remain intact. In the app, however, you can search for individual times, and may find more availability for A&E (on an earlier date, even) by searching that way. The goal would be to get overlapping return windows for all members of your party, and you would enter the queue during the overlapping times. That's how I was able to secure my A&E FP for all 4 of us. Good luck!!

Thanks Cluelyss - the App was definitely the way to go. I couldn't figure out how to look for just one or two of us online but in the app is was so simple. I have managed to get overlapping times (1 single and 1 for 2 of us) for me, my DD and DS for 12:50 which we can probably just squeeze in before heading to the airport! My DH still has the later time. He doesn't care if he meets the ladies, but I will keep checking for him just in case!

 

[Cluelyss]

Thanks Cluelyss - the App was definitely the way to go. I couldn't figure out how to look for just one or two of us online but in the app is was so simple. I have managed to get overlapping times (1 single and 1 for 2 of us) for me, my DD and DS for 12:50 which we can probably just squeeze in before heading to the airport! My DH still has the later time. He doesn't care if he meets the ladies, but I will keep checking for him just in case!

Great!!!! Happy to help, glad it worked!

 

[twoolle]

Sorry if this has been asked already ... How often do the hard to get or popular FP+ like the 7DMT become available if at all? Have any of you gotten one closer to your trip? Unfortunately these have all been disbursed by the time my window opens. Is it worth it to try and check periodically like ADRs? Thanks in advance

Yes definitely keep checking! Last night I was able to get 2 fp+ for 7DMT on sep 20th! I checked every few hours for 3 days on the MDX app. Booked a single then copied to another.

Help - I've searched this thread (and the one before it) but not finding my answer. Trying to "stalk" 7DMT openings for the first week of October. How do you do this effectively without cancelling everything? I need 2 - for 10/4, 10/6 or 10/10.

I am trying the just checking back - which worked for BOG ADR. But this doesn't seem to work the same way each time - confused

Needs to be done thru the app on your phone or tablet. However it is tougher to do if you already have 3 fp+ booked for every day because it will only show you experiences available at your current fp+ times. A few days ago i decided we might want to do MK on our arrival day sep 20th. I booked a set of fastpass and there just happened to be one open for 7DMT. I didn't like the time but i took it. Then i just kept searching for a better time and finally got one a couple days later. HTH.

 

[Mommymarie]

Is it possible to split up the group and look for smaller groups of FP+ on the website?

 

[Mommymarie]

just made FP+ ressies and couldn't get A&E even by breaking it down to a party of 2....I made 3 other FP+ ressies for our entire party of 7. I wanted to go back in and try to modify one of these for A&E....trying to change one person at a time, but it only seems to let me change FP for the entire party...won't let me search to change just one person...any ideas?

 

[stacielee]

just made FP+ ressies and couldn't get A&E even by breaking it down to a party of 2....I made 3 other FP+ ressies for our entire party of 7. I wanted to go back in and try to modify one of these for A&E....trying to change one person at a time, but it only seems to let me change FP for the entire party...won't let me search to change just one person...any ideas?

Use the app.

 

[Peanut Butter]

just made FP+ ressies and couldn't get A&E even by breaking it down to a party of 2....I made 3 other FP+ ressies for our entire party of 7. I wanted to go back in and try to modify one of these for A&E....trying to change one person at a time, but it only seems to let me change FP for the entire party...won't let me search to change just one person...any ideas?

I made mine tonight too and they were definitely all gone. At least for my dates (which I'm guessing are close to yours). I even started with only one person and there was still nothing.