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

[Mambo Junkie]

A single person can have no more than 3 prebooked FPs per day, unless you want to attempt to do the second MDX account stuff--about which I have no experience and no advice.

As mentioned in the text you quoted, no FPs during the event itself.

Attempting to schedule the same guests at the same time, either by two people logged in to the same account or two people logged in to separate, linked accounts, is a risk I would not take. The MDX system is glitchy enough without multiple people simultaneously trying to schedule the same guest for FPs.

Thank you! I'll just tell my son to give me the first 15 minutes, then it's all his! I want A&E plus I'll try to snag aSDMT while at it. He really wants HM, because it closes 3 days after we arrive for refurb. Thanks so much, again!

 

[mesaboy2]

Thank you! I'll just tell my son to give me the first 15 minutes, then it's all his! I want A&E plus I'll try to snag aSDMT while at it. He really wants HM, because it closes 3 days after we arrive for refurb. Thanks so much, again!

Haunted Mansion will not be a problem--the others much harder. You need to go first.

 

[Cluelyss]

Ok..another question. We didn't manage to score an A&E fp+, but I'm not opposed to continuing to look. What is the best method to try and look for A&E at this point, without losing any of the fp+ I've booked? Is it.possible?

Just use the modify FP option online or in the app, and select "change attraction." You can then search from all other available FP options for that day. If you don't find what you're looking for, select Cancel (online) or Back (in the app) and your previous selections will remain in tact. Only from the app can you search for singles, however (assuming your existing selections are for multiple firsts), which is often easier to find for A&E.

 

[cassiejo2711]

Mesa, I hope you have it copied and can just paste or use a shortcut instead of having to type out "see green link in my signature" every time. Maybe there should be a new acronym (I guess initialism. Haha) for you...SGLIMS thanks for all of the effort you put into these threads, it helps so many!

 

[mbrittb00]

Copying makes me nervous....if it were me I would just search for smaller parties - a 2 and a 3, for example - and try to get overlapping windows. The later in your trip you can schedule, the better success you will have, especially finding multiples. I was able to find 4 singles that overlapped on day 6 of my trip the morning after my window opened when I had been unable to find a block of 4 for any day the night before. Good luck!!

What is "copying" and how does it work? I presume it will only copy if there are avaliable FP+ reservstions at the specific times? Do you have to cancel all your current selections in order to copy or will it copy over what you have. In otherwords, if I wanted to copy a reservation but one (or more) of the time slots are not avaliable, will it simply revert back to the origional selections without making any modifications?

 

[Cluelyss]

What is "copying" and how does it work? I presume it will only copy if there are avaliable FP+ reservstions at the specific times? Do you have to cancel all your current selections in order to copy or will it copy over what you have. In otherwords, if I wanted to copy a reservation but one (or more) of the time slots are not avaliable, will it simply revert back to the origional selections without making any modifications?

Copying is exactly how is sounds - directly copying the FP+ selections for a given day from one member of your party to another. The issue is in availability, as you mention. I've heard that if the exact time slots/attractions are not available for the party you are copying TO, the system may change the attraction(s) for both parties to something available for 2. For example, you are trying to copy an A&E FP+, but there are no more available that day, so now you have 2 FP+ to meet Rapunzel/Cinderella and have lost your original A&E. It appears that the website gives you a warning and the option to cancel if it can't copy exactly, but the app does not. Either way, I wouldn't risk it if you have something you don't want to lose.

 

[Mambo Junkie]

A couple more questions, thanks. I hate to be a worrier, but I was one of the lucky people who tried to book my dining at 180 days out and it was glitchy so I was completely unable to book online.
When I go to MDE, all my tickets and dining reservations show up, so that means I'm linked, correct?
What did you mean when you referred to using your hard ticket for the party to secure reservations between 4 and 7?
I know I'll be rushing to get the reservation that means most to me, so if the 3rd reservation isn't something I really want, can I go in after finishing all my fast pass booking, or do I have to modify right then? I'm pretty sure I can modify at any time, but just checking. I read the tutorial on easywdw and they were showing the modifying so I got a little confused which isn't too hard to do.
That said I will be so happy when my 60 days has come and gone so I can relax and enjoy the preparation for the trip. I have made the mistake of reading some threads like the one on telling people how to get 20 fps per person per day and the one about throwaway rooms, which give me high anxiety, lol.

 

[mesaboy2]

Mesa, I hope you have it copied and can just paste or use a shortcut instead of having to type out "see green link in my signature" every time. Maybe there should be a new acronym (I guess initialism. Haha) for you...SGLIMS thanks for all of the effort you put into these threads, it helps so many!

Actually, I don't. I post from a number of different devices, some easier than others to copy-and-paste with. No worries, I'm a decent typist.

 

[mesaboy2]

A couple more questions, thanks. I hate to be a worrier, but I was one of the lucky people who tried to book my dining at 180 days out and it was glitchy so I was completely unable to book online.
When I go to MDE, all my tickets and dining reservations show up, so that means I'm linked, correct?
What did you mean when you referred to using your hard ticket for the party to secure reservations between 4 and 7?
I know I'll be rushing to get the reservation that means most to me, so if the 3rd reservation isn't something I really want, can I go in after finishing all my fast pass booking, or do I have to modify right then? I'm pretty sure I can modify at any time, but just checking. I read the tutorial on easywdw and they were showing the modifying so I got a little confused which isn't too hard to do.
That said I will be so happy when my 60 days has come and gone so I can relax and enjoy the preparation for the trip. I have made the mistake of reading some threads like the one on telling people how to get 20 fps per person per day and the one about throwaway rooms, which give me high anxiety, lol.

You can use a party ticket to prebook FPs in advance--you need nothing else. However, if a party ticket is all you have then the only time you'll be able to use FPs is between 4:00p and 7:00p. Any earlier and you can't get in the park to use them, any later and no FPs are offered.

 

[Nan P]

I think that the answer is no, you can't make FP ressies after your AP expires if you don't have a ticket (though I could be wrong, since you're staying on-site until 12/13).

One solution could be to renew your AP ahead of time, then you could get a voucher or a confirmation number that you can use to make FP ressies. That works with buying a new AP, but I'm not sure if it works with renewing an AP.

Earliest I can renew is October according to person I talked to at WDW on phone. I will follow through with this.... and Thanks for the info.

 

[SPOERLX3]

A couple more questions, thanks. I hate to be a worrier, but I was one of the lucky people who tried to book my dining at 180 days out and it was glitchy so I was completely unable to book online.
When I go to MDE, all my tickets and dining reservations show up, so that means I'm linked, correct? YES, you appear to be linked
What did you mean when you referred to using your hard ticket for the party to secure reservations between 4 and 7? answered by Mesa in previous post
I know I'll be rushing to get the reservation that means most to me, so if the 3rd reservation isn't something I really want, can I go in after finishing all my fast pass booking, or do I have to modify right then? You can grab what you want and then go in and modify the times from what is available.
I'm pretty sure I can modify at any time, but just checking. I read the tutorial on easywdw and they were showing the modifying so I got a little confused which isn't too hard to do. There are several video tutorials on Youtube that will show you a walk through too. These helped me a ton
That said I will be so happy when my 60 days has come and gone so I can relax and enjoy the preparation for the trip. I felt the same way when I was waiting for my dates to open up. We had a camping trip pre-planned on the day that mine opened and sitting in an RV with super slow internet about drove me crazy (it actually took me almost 2 hours to get mine complete because the internet was soooo slow at the RV park) but it was much simpler than I ever expected and we got everything we wanted for times that I thought we wanted but I have tweeked ours about 20 times since I first got my FP's. I have made the mistake of reading some threads like the one on telling people how to get 20 fps per person per day and the one about throwaway rooms, which give me high anxiety, lol.

Hopefully my answers (in red) will help you a little

 

[Mambo Junkie]

Thank you so much! I can't imagine going through it with super slow internet. My desk would have an indention from me drumming my fingers.

 

[monkeybug]

I saw this mentioned on a facebook group and want to make sure I'm understanding/implementing correctly.
We have 7 people in our group, one of whom is under 40" tall. If I make fastpass reservations for 4 of our group at one ride, and 3 (including the small fry) at another, I'm basically doubling my fastpasses because of rider swap right?

So for example at Epcot I did this-
10-11 fastpass for Soarin for ABCD
11-12 Fastpass for Test track for EFG

Group 1 will ride Soarin' and I'll get a ride swap for myself and 2 other people, meaning that all 6 of us will get to ride Soarin' in the fastpass line. (one lucky shmuck gets to go twice)

Group 2 will ride Test Track (someone will wear small fry's mb) and my husband will get a ride swap for himself and 2 other people, meaning all 6 of us get to ride in the fastpass line.

Is that right? You don't need to have a fastpass scheduled to be given a Rider Swap?

 

[treehugnmama]

So Mesa thanks so much for all this great info. I have searched this and can't d=find it but I think I know the answer.

do I need the actual hard ticket in my hand to do FP for the 4-7 window? because of dvc discount I have to pick them up when I get there.

 

[BigMommaMouse]

I saw this mentioned on a facebook group and want to make sure I'm understanding/implementing correctly.
We have 7 people in our group, one of whom is under 40" tall. If I make fastpass reservations for 4 of our group at one ride, and 3 (including the small fry) at another, I'm basically doubling my fastpasses because of rider swap right?

So for example at Epcot I did this-
10-11 fastpass for Soarin for ABCD
11-12 Fastpass for Test track for EFG

Group 1 will ride Soarin' and I'll get a ride swap for myself and 2 other people, meaning that all 6 of us will get to ride Soarin' in the fastpass line. (one lucky shmuck gets to go twice)

Group 2 will ride Test Track (someone will wear small fry's mb) and my husband will get a ride swap for himself and 2 other people, meaning all 6 of us get to ride in the fastpass line.

Is that right? You don't need to have a fastpass scheduled to be given a Rider Swap?

Some one else will chime in. But my understanding is 1 child not big enough only equals a rider swap for 2 people. One DH and Other, then you and Other.

 

[treehugnmama]

Some one else will chime in. But my understanding is 1 child not big enough only equals a rider swap for 2 people. One DH and Other, then you and Other.

Do they have to be "not big enough" or can they be too scared to go to use child swap?

 

[monkeybug]

Some one else will chime in. But my understanding is 1 child not big enough only equals a rider swap for 2 people. One DH and Other, then you and Other.

Oh really? Well that's a bummer. On the facebook page they said 3, and I think it did used to be that many because both my older kids got to ride things with me when we did Rider Swap on our last trip, but they probably changed it.

 

[monkeybug]

Do they have to be "not big enough" or can they be too scared to go to use child swap?

They can be too scared!

 

[treehugnmama]

so how does that work? dh myself and son want to ride dd doesn't

i get a fp+ for everyone? ds and I ride dh stays with dd then ds rides again with dh? does dd need a fp plus to enter the line?

 

[mesaboy2]

Some one else will chime in. But my understanding is 1 child not big enough only equals a rider swap for 2 people. One DH and Other, then you and Other.

Oh really? Well that's a bummer. On the facebook page they said 3, and I think it did used to be that many because both my older kids got to ride things with me when we did Rider Swap on our last trip, but they probably changed it.

This is a continuous debate--how many are allowed with rider swap. Won't be solved here. It ultimately comes down to the CM on station when you try it.

Do they have to be "not big enough" or can they be too scared to go to use child swap?

They can be too scared!

Technically they must be below the height minimum, but CMs have been known to make exceptions. I know this practical info is in direct conflict with information on WDW's own website.