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

[mesaboy2]

Can someone tell me the benefits of fast passing wishes/fantastic/illuminations?

So you sit somewhere special? Is it worth it?

The first post answers these questions from my perspective.

 

[highlander4]

I have 10 day no exp ticket and I'm staying off site. It would not let me book any fast passes past the 30 day mark. Shouldn't I been able to post up to 10days after First day schedule fast passes?? Is their anything I can do to get this fixed?

 

[mandis77]

Always best to start with your last day first....I have a 6-day trip planned in October and day 6 was the first day of availability for A&E when my booking window opened. Good luck!

Same here... A&E was only available our last park day.

 

[mesaboy2]

I have 10 day no exp ticket and I'm staying off site. It would not let me book any fast passes past the 30 day mark. Shouldn't I been able to post up to 10days after First day schedule fast passes?? Is their anything I can do to get this fixed?

Offsite guests can only book 30 days out, unlike onsites who can go 60 plus length of stay. I tried to explain that in the first post, if that is not clear please let me know and I will reword it.

 

[highlander4]

Offsite guests can only book 30 days out, unlike onsites who can go 60 plus length of stay. I tried to explain that in the first post, if that is not clear please let me know and I will reword it.

Ok thanks! I must have miss read that part. I thought it was 30 days plus length of stay. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

 

[mesaboy2]

Ok thanks! I must have miss read that part. I thought it was 30 days plus length of stay. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

I reread it myself and I don't think it's clear. I'll make it better.

 

[boltfan]

Got on at exactly midnight and for the two days we'll be at MK, there were no 7DMT at all, nor BTMRR. I did get everything else I wanted for almost the exact times I wanted after booking my originals and then going back in to edit. Guess I'll be trying for those two I missed out on at MVMCP!

 

[ineedavacation33]

Subscribing

 

[cel_disney]

Got on at exactly midnight and for the two days we'll be at MK, there were no 7DMT at all, nor BTMRR. I did get everything else I wanted for almost the exact times I wanted after booking my originals and then going back in to edit. Guess I'll be trying for those two I missed out on at MVMCP!

BTMRR seems strange to be booked at the 60 day mark. Is it down for refurb or something?

 

[nooneshome]

Gearing up for midnight...

 

[Megan3786]

Sorry if this has been answered before (I tried reading through pages and pages of answers but there are too many), if I do not want to make any fastpass+ bookings can we just get fast passes on the go like we used to (assuming there is availability)? I'm hoping to get a response from someone who has recently been there and done this as I am not only curious if it's possible but also if popular attractions get so booked up with FP+ bookings that there won't be any left for people like me who want to book on the fly.

I don't see any point to the FP+ system, mostly because I didn't see any problem with the old system. I feel like it's just adding confusion and also giving us one more thing that we have to obsessively plan and stay up until midnight each night to get the optimum bookings. I already go crazy waking up at 5:00am MST 180 days before our vacation to try and book online reservations for all of the must-try restaurants and call in and wait on hold for 45 minutes to get tickets to the Food and Wine Festival events as soon as they become available. Do I really need to start doing this just to get fast passes for the rides we want to go on?

I do create rough schedules for our Disney trips and we always try to stick to them, but other than our meal reservations we mostly just go with the flow so if we're going to be stuck planning every single moment of our trip to make sure that we can do the things we want to do, the fun and magic is slowly being sucked out of our annual trip.

Ok rant over, I'm still a huge Disney fan and I don't mean to sound like a bummer, just trying to understand the point of all of this and would love some feedback from someone who has been there and done it (with or without FP+). We will be there Oct 11th (yay!!!)

Thanks for the help

 

[disneyfav4ever]

Sorry if this has been answered before (I tried reading through pages and pages of answers but there are too many), if I do not want to make any fastpass+ bookings can we just get fast passes on the go like we used to (assuming there is availability)? I'm hoping to get a response from someone who has recently been there and done this as I am not only curious if it's possible but also if popular attractions get so booked up with FP+ bookings that there won't be any left for people like me who want to book on the fly.

I don't see any point to the FP+ system, mostly because I didn't see any problem with the old system. I feel like it's just adding confusion and also giving us one more thing that we have to obsessively plan and stay up until midnight each night to get the optimum bookings. I already go crazy waking up at 5:00am MST 180 days before our vacation to try and book online reservations for all of the must-try restaurants and call in and wait on hold for 45 minutes to get tickets to the Food and Wine Festival events as soon as they become available. Do I really need to start doing this just to get fast passes for the rides we want to go on?

I do create rough schedules for our Disney trips and we always try to stick to them, but other than our meal reservations we mostly just go with the flow so if we're going to be stuck planning every single moment of our trip to make sure that we can do the things we want to do, the fun and magic is slowly being sucked out of our annual trip.

Ok rant over, I'm still a huge Disney fan and I don't mean to sound like a bummer, just trying to understand the point of all of this and would love some feedback from someone who has been there and done it (with or without FP+). We will be there Oct 11th (yay!!!)

Thanks for the help

No, they no longer issue paper Fast Passes at all, just the FP+ system now.

 

[GWhitten98]

Same here... A&E was only available our last park day.

SO excited....just got A&E for our entire party of 7 for our last MK planned park day! I took the first time it gave me and then was going to try to modify b/c it was a mid afternoon time, but nothing was left. I am so excited to actually get one I will work my day around it! On better news I was able to take my pick of 7DMT times:>

 

[quhawk]

Gone for 11/19 already? That makes me nervous! I book tonight!

Yeah...I can't figure it out either. We're going 11/14-11/18, a "slow" time. Yet the headliner FP+ gone at 60day mark. But I have a feeling you/I kinda overthinking this. Hit the headliners either early, during the parade, or later during day at MK. We went end of Oct/eary Nov in '12 and really only collected the old FP's for the scrapbook.

 

[hollygolitely93]

The good:

I got 4FP+ for 7DMT 2 separate days (day 5 and 6 of trip)

I got the exact times I wanted at Epcot, AK, and HS for my FP+!

The bad:
NO AE. Wasn't even available as something to check off any of the days I was booking for.

ETWB was gone for 11/16

I couldn't get 3 FP+ in before my party. Not sure why...I have a
3:30 - 4:30
4:30 - 5:30

Put I can't get a single pass for 5:30-6:30 so I suspect it is because of party night or something? But why when party doesn't start until 7pm?

 

[slzer0]

Yeah...I can't figure it out either. We're going 11/14-11/18, a "slow" time. Yet the headliner FP+ gone at 60day mark. But I have a feeling you/I kinda overthinking this. Hit the headliners either early, during the parade, or later during day at MK. We went end of Oct/eary Nov in '12 and really only collected the old FP's for the scrapbook.

Hey cool, we are going the same dates! We're at CSR, how about you?
I was able to get mine train for 11/17 but everything else was gone.

 

[slzer0]

Ok how do I try to get one at a time FPs?

 

[slzer0]

If I'm going to give up either splash or thunder, which should I give up and which should I keep?

We are doing rider swap so factor in waiting with a toddler while the first set rides.

 

[slzer0]

So, I tried "creating new day" for just me, it gave me the warning that it's overwrite my previous selections. I think this is how I try and pick up one at a time?

It showed mine train for 11/15. I chose, and two others. When I hit to the time options page, none included the mine train, ***.
I went back to ride selection, and there was my green check on mine train along with the big red message saying no more available. Seriously ***.

 

[Cluelyss]

Ok how do I try to get one at a time FPs?

You have to do this on the app. Once you select the option to change an existing FP+, select the change attraction button, then the next page will let you select specific members of your party so that you can search one at a time.