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

[Safari23]

I chose my FPs last night but wasn't able to get Anna & Elsa or Mine Train. There are 3 of us. I was just reading about trying it one person at a time. How do I do this is I already have my FPs picked? When I go to change experience it doesn't even list the 2 above I want. But if I cancel, I lose all 3 right? Are these my only options?

 

[Cluelyss]

I chose my FPs last night but wasn't able to get Anna & Elsa or Mine Train. There are 3 of us. I was just reading about trying it one person at a time. How do I do this is I already have my FPs picked? When I go to change experience it doesn't even list the 2 above I want. But if I cancel, I lose all 3 right? Are these my only options?

You will likely need to check back several times a day to search for these 2 experiences. You are doing it exactly right, they just aren't available right now. Don't lose hope. And don't "cancel" because then you will lose what you have and have to start over completely. Good luck!

 

[Safari23]

You will likely need to check back several times a day to search for these 2 experiences. You are doing it exactly right, they just aren't available right now. Don't lose hope. And don't "cancel" because then you will lose what you have and have to start over completely. Good luck!

So keep checking and try to change experience? Don't try and do it one at a time?

 

[Cluelyss]

So keep checking and try to change experience? Don't try and do it one at a time?

You can "change experience" for your entire group at once, or one person at a time (which will probably give you better results looking for A&E and 7DMT). To look for singles, you will need to be on the app vs online.

 

[disneydanni]

I'm in the exact same boat--booked mine last night with no luck for either A&E or SDMT. I booked 3 others and when I tried looking today for availability, I click Change Experience and picked one to change but it only looks in the one hour window that this particular FP was reserved for rather than checking the whole day. How do I check the whole day? Help please...

 

[Cluelyss]

I'm in the exact same boat--booked mine last night with no luck for either A&E or SDMT. I booked 3 others and when I tried looking today for availability, I click Change Experience and picked one to change but it only looks in the one hour window that this particular FP was reserved for rather than checking the whole day. How do I check the whole day? Help please...

Even though it says it is only checking for the time of your existing FP, it is actually checking for the entire day. The app will automatically put you into a similar time slot, if available, but the website will let you pick from a list of all available times once you select the new experience.

 

[mandis77]

Got it. Tried and it's definitely easier than the weird way I was trying to do it on the website.

I did this about a week ago and the app is not showing the changes, but the website is. Ugh. Did an MDE update and still nothing. The app will not be much help at the parks if it has the wong info.

Wondering if your changes showed up in the app or if I have a funky glitch?

 

[disneydanni]

I'm in the exact same boat--couldn't get those 2 and booked 3 others. When I look for availability today, I click on Change Experience but then it only shows what's available during that one particular hour rather than checking the whole day. How do I check the whole day?

 

[Cluelyss]

I did this about a week ago and the app is not showing the changes, but the website is. Ugh. Did an MDE update and still nothing. The app will not be much help at the parks if it has the wong info. Wondering if your changes showed up in the app or if I have a funky glitch?

Someone else mentioned last week that the app wasn't showing changes but the website was. I'd recommend printing out your plans from the website and carrying with you. Would think the website would be more accurate as the app can be so glitchy.

 

[Ilovemyprincesses]

I'm in the exact same boat--couldn't get those 2 and booked 3 others. When I look for availability today, I click on Change Experience but then it only shows what's available during that one particular hour rather than checking the whole day. How do I check the whole day?

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[SPOERLX3]

I apologize if this was asked somewhere already & I missed it. We have a MK day with 3 FP+ scheduled, and are considering switching to Epcot depending on what is available there. Is it possible to check availability at another park without giving up the 3 we have? Thank you!

I don't think there is anyway of looking for FP availability at another park without canceling what you have for that day and starting over at the other park.

I may be able to help you though. I have a ticket on my package that I didn't book any FP's with and I will be happy to check a date for you if it doesn't interfere with a date that I already have FP's for

But to avoid taking up valuable space on this wonderful thread, I have sent you a private message

 

[Safari23]

Also, is there a way to look at what other days have for availability? Like if I wanted to switch my MK day with another park if that day had the A&E? Is there a way to check and see?

 

[Safari23]

Sorry, didn't see jk2006 posted the same question! LOL

 

[etoiles]

I have read information about fp+ but had a question about Epcot. I notice that several of the attractions that I have experienced with high wait times have a rating of C while rides I have experienced with a low wait time have a rating of B. If I were booking them without doing any research I would book the C ones for FP+ based on past experience but question why the ratings are different.

For example, I see that that Spaceship Earth and Turtle Talk have a rating of B while the character spot and nemo and friends have a rating of C.

Why is the character spot below SE? Is it really less crowded now? Or, is FP+ give no advantage really to the character spot and nemo and friends so it's not good to use there?

 

[Lorilais_mommie]

I have read information about fp+ but had a question about Epcot. We have a little one and definitely wanted to do the character spot and that is something we've never done before since it was usually very crowded (50 min wait) in Aug when we went. I see that that has a rating of C and spaceship earth has a rating of B. SE had no line most of the time when I see it but according to the chart I should pick that before character spot. Why is the character spot below SE? Is it really less crowded?

I don't know why..
But I also 2nd ALWAYS seeing huge lines.. We have even gone during "slow" times and it's still 35+..
Spaceship earth is one our our top 5 must rides.
Yet I will be getting FP+ for the character spot over spaceship cuz I've stood in that non-moving line way to many times.
At least the line for spaceship earth moves!

 

[g-dad66]

I don't think there is anyway of looking for FP availability at another park without canceling what you have for that day and starting over at the other park.

I may be able to help you though. I have a ticket on my package that I didn't book any FP's with and I will be happy to check a date for you if it doesn't interfere with a date that I already have FP's for

But to avoid taking up valuable space on this wonderful thread, I have sent you a private message

This is very interesting, and something I hadn't thought about.

I have an unused ticket which I just linked up in MDE, and I checked to see what FP+ are available at MK tomorrow. I could get both Meet Anna & Elsa and the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train tomorrow evening.

But if I were at WDW right now (and had no extra unused ticket like I do here now) and if I had FP+ reserved tomorrow for a different park, I would have no way to find out that MK has these hard-to-get FP+ available?? (If I could find this out, I might welll want to switch my park day, especially if we had no ADRs scheduled.)

Doesn't that seem like a major flaw?

But maybe not from Disney's standpoint, though, since a major goal of FP+ is apparently to "lock guests in" to a particular park. Hmmm...

 

[kevdad]

This is very interesting, and something I hadn't thought about.

I have an unused ticket which I just linked up in MDE, and I checked to see what FP+ are available at MK tomorrow. I could get both Meet Anna & Elsa and the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train tomorrow evening.

But if I were at WDW right now (and had no extra unused ticket like I do here now) and if I had FP+ reserved tomorrow for a different park, I would have no way to find out that MK has these hard-to-get FP+ available?? (If I could find this out, I might welll want to switch my park day, especially if we had no ADRs scheduled.)

Doesn't that seem like a major flaw?

But maybe not from Disney's standpoint, though, since a major goal of FP+ is apparently to "lock guests in" to a particular park. Hmmm...

That is really interesting, great point.

If the incremental cost to add another day to a ticket is minimal, it may be worth doing that just to have the option of checking FP+ availability at other parks.

 

[kevdad]

This is very interesting, and something I hadn't thought about.

I have an unused ticket which I just linked up in MDE, and I checked to see what FP+ are available at MK tomorrow. I could get both Meet Anna & Elsa and the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train tomorrow evening.

But if I were at WDW right now (and had no extra unused ticket like I do here now) and if I had FP+ reserved tomorrow for a different park, I would have no way to find out that MK has these hard-to-get FP+ available?? (If I could find this out, I might welll want to switch my park day, especially if we had no ADRs scheduled.)

Doesn't that seem like a major flaw?

But maybe not from Disney's standpoint, though, since a major goal of FP+ is apparently to "lock guests in" to a particular park. Hmmm...

Except if you already have FP+ booked for that day, you probably can't check anyway. Never mind...

 

[Cluelyss]

Also, is there a way to look at what other days have for availability? Like if I wanted to switch my MK day with another park if that day had the A&E? Is there a way to check and see?

I think you can use the "make new FP" option to do this. Pick your party, select the new park, and search away. Your existing FP selections should not be lost until you finalize the new selections. Hoping someone can confirm this theory??

 

[magicbob]

I don't think there is anyway of looking for FP availability at another park without canceling what you have for that day and starting over at the other park.

This is very interesting, and something I hadn't thought about.

I have an unused ticket which I just linked up in MDE, and I checked to see what FP+ are available at MK tomorrow. I could get both Meet Anna & Elsa and the 7 Dwarfs Mine Train tomorrow evening.

But if I were at WDW right now (and had no extra unused ticket like I do here now) and if I had FP+ reserved tomorrow for a different park, I would have no way to find out that MK has these hard-to-get FP+ available?? (If I could find this out, I might welll want to switch my park day, especially if we had no ADRs scheduled.)

Doesn't that seem like a major flaw?

But maybe not from Disney's standpoint, though, since a major goal of FP+ is apparently to "lock guests in" to a particular park. Hmmm...

I think you can use the "make new FP" option to do this. Pick your party, select the new park, and search away. Your existing FP selections should not be lost until you finalize the new selections. Hoping someone can confirm this theory??

If the original premise is true, I do think it's a major flaw if you cannot even see what's available at another park (which you might want to change to) without first cancelling what you've got. Maybe someone can explain how to do this? I sure would not cancel what I had before even seeing if there's something worth getting at the other park.

Not having visibility of offerings at the other parks certainly could be part of the "lock it in" strategy.