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

[klo1335]

I apologize in advance as I did not read all 123 pages that are in this thread I know enough about FP+ to consider myself pretty verse in how to go about booking. My question is...we are checking into POR on August 15th, the 60-day mark is June 16th at midnight/1am?? Or is it June 15th??

TIA

 

[Itinkso]

I apologize in advance as I did not read all 123 pages that are in this thread I know enough about FP+ to consider myself pretty verse in how to go about booking. My question is...we are checking into POR on August 15th, the 60-day mark is June 16th at midnight/1am?? Or is it June 15th??

TIA

June 16th... the start time is determined by MK's regular park hours.
Calendar is here:

http://www.kennythepirate.com/2014/05/04/kennythepirates-august-walt-disney-world-crowd-calendar/

 

[klo1335]

We have a room booked at POR, check in on the 15th but we only purchased a 5-day park pass...because we are doing some days at Universal. Will the 5-day park pass affect my FP+ when I go to set them up?

 

[Robo]

We have a room booked at POR, check in on the 15th but we only purchased a 5-day park pass...because we are doing some days at Universal. Will the 5-day park pass affect my FP+ when I go to set them up?

You will be able to make advanced FP+ reservations for 5 days
(just about any 5 days) at any time 60 days or less before your first day in a WDW park.

 

[karensi]

The system requires that you book 3 FPs initially. If you only select 1 or 2, the system will auto-fill the others for you. If you do not want all 3, you are free to cancel the unwanted FPs, but there have been reports of varying success as to the ability to book additional FPs without competing your initial 3. Of those reports, most report success under this scenario when park hopping. Additionally, once cancelled, those FPs cannot be added back to your account without either starting that day's scheduling over or calling Disney IT. Finally, as far as we know, no FPs are held back for day-of scheduling. This is what makes securing some of the most popular attractions difficult, particularly for those with shorter on-site stays of those staying off property (A&E for example).

Above post got me thinking and I just want to confirm that I have this correct. So, if I have 3 FP+ and say I use 2 of them. If the time for the 3rd FP has past (in other words if 3rd FP is for 1pm and now its 2:30pm) and we haven't used the 3rd FP, we can get another (a 4th) at the kiosk because the 3rd unused FP time is past. Is that correct?

TIA,

Karen

 

[SplashMo]

For this point:

It is highly recommended to not cancel 1 or 2 FPs on any particular day. Once done, you must cancel all FPs for that day (and risk losing them) or contact Disney IT to get the cancelled FPs back.

Say a park only one FP+ attraction I desire a FP+ for and I book 3 FP+ and then cancel the other two. Does this work?

 

[Pete W.]

Yes, this is exactly what I was asking. We will actually have two sets of MBs (previous trip), so we could give the kids our extras or give them the tickets to access the rides.

DH and I aren't too concerned with rides this trip, but I'm sure that's going to be the kids' focus when they go off alone. So if we already have the FPs booked, they may as well use them.

Now they will have to learn to negotiate with each other since there are three kids, but only two "extra" FPs.

I'd just like to make sure I have this correct. My wife and I will be dining at V&A during our upcoming trip while our kids (DS20 and DD16) will be touring MK on their own. They can use the FPs on their MBs and we could give them our hard tickets (10 day PH+) so they could use our scheduled FPs too?

 

[Itinkso]

I'd just like to make sure I have this correct. My wife and I will be dining at V&A during our upcoming trip while our kids (DS20 and DD16) will be touring MK on their own. They can use the FPs on their MBs and we could give them our hard tickets (10 day PH+) so they could use our scheduled FPs too?

Yes! FP usage is not linked to park entry.

 

[Itinkso]

For this point:

It is highly recommended to not cancel 1 or 2 FPs on any particular day. Once done, you must cancel all FPs for that day (and risk losing them) or contact Disney IT to get the cancelled FPs back.

Say a park only one FP+ attraction I desire a FP+ for and I book 3 FP+ and then cancel the other two. Does this work?

Yes, that works as long as you don't change your mind and want another one or two FPs.

 

[Cluelyss]

Above post got me thinking and I just want to confirm that I have this correct. So, if I have 3 FP+ and say I use 2 of them. If the time for the 3rd FP has past (in other words if 3rd FP is for 1pm and now its 2:30pm) and we haven't used the 3rd FP, we can get another (a 4th) at the kiosk because the 3rd unused FP time is past. Is that correct? TIA, Karen

Yes. We did this in October. Used our first 2 scheduled FPs and missed the return window for our 3rd due to a long lunch. After lunch, however, I went to a kiosk and was able to schedule a 4th at that time.

 

[RookieLady]

Have they fixed the AP glitch where if you have more than 2 onsite stays within the 60 day window it wasn't letting you book for the second stay? I have a stay in June for star wars weekends but the more extended vacation for the summer is the end of July. The July fastpass window opens about 10 days before my June onsite stay begins. Will I be limited to the fastpasses at my first stay until that trip is taken, or will I be able to make my July fastpasses when my window opens in May?

 

[KEPE]

First time using FP and wanted to share since so many have been asking these questions and I found this thread so helpful....

Today is my FP day. I logged in at midnight, got right on and was able to get EVERY FP with no problem at all. Not one was not available, all on the days and I was able to adjust times after I made the original request to better fit my day. I got Anna and Elsa, actually could have gotten them for any day of my trip and I'm there over Spring break (that was the first one I went for), Soarin, TSM, Safari, Test Track, Mine Train, and a bunch more that were on the tough to get list. I found the system to be user friendly and really had an easy experience. It was done in about 40 minutes from start to finish but that was me looking over every FP and dinning reservation and logging them into a spreadsheet so could have been done much quicker.

Best of luck to those of you making them soon!!

 

[MaryKatesMom]

Have they fixed the AP glitch where if you have more than 2 onsite stays within the 60 day window it wasn't letting you book for the second stay? I have a stay in June for star wars weekends but the more extended vacation for the summer is the end of July. The July fastpass window opens about 10 days before my June onsite stay begins. Will I be limited to the fastpasses at my first stay until that trip is taken, or will I be able to make my July fastpasses when my window opens in May?

This happened to us. I don't know if has been fixed but it is 10 days of fastpasses for a 60 day window.

What I did was book all the FP+ days for the first stay and then when the window opened for the second stay pick the days that to me were more important and harder to get and make the FP+ on those days. MK days when I wanted 7DMT and DHS days when we were doing the frozen package and needed certain times.

During the first stay I would come home each day and book a day during the second stay. I was lucky the first stay was only 5 days and the second stay although 10 days but farther out. Meaning I was picking the second stay FP+ at like 50+ days out so there were more availability. However, we went for a total of 4 stays, 3 of them within 75 days in the summer and I wasn't so lucky.

If it sounds like a total PIA to go home every night and pick FP+ for your next stay it was. Even though all of my stays were on property and I should have gotten 60+ I got a little less value for staying on property.

 

[HCinKC]

I understand that I can book separate FP+ for different family members. We will have a 6yo and 10mo, so we will be using rider swap, too. Can I book FP+ for my husband and son, not for myself, then still rider swap? There are a few rides (ie Tower of Terror) that only I will ride, so I'd like to use my FP+ on those without missing out on the others.

 

[hiroMYhero]

I understand that I can book separate FP+ for different family members. We will have a 6yo and 10mo, so we will be using rider swap, too. Can I book FP+ for my husband and son, not for myself, then still rider swap? There are a few rides (ie Tower of Terror) that only I will ride, so I'd like to use my FP+ on those without missing out on the others.

Yes, you can do that. Ideally, you can book your DH and DS for three rides together. Book 3 different rides for you and use Rider Swap for all that your son would like to ride twice with the 2nd adult.

 

[HCinKC]

Yes, you can do that. Ideally, you can book your DH and DS for three rides together. Book 3 different rides for you and use Rider Swap for all that your son would like to ride twice with the 2nd adult.

Fantastic! That helps so much. Thank you!

 

[hiroMYhero]

Fantastic! That helps so much. Thank you!

Just to note: on the rides that you alone FP, your son will only be able to ride once on the "swap." Plus you can always get a Rider Swap for ToT and then you can ride again!

 

[iheartjuppy]

Sorry I'm a little confused about whether what I had in mind would work for our upcoming trip.

Family of 4 with 5day PHs. I am arriving first and planned to add a day to mine after the first day.

Basically I wondered if I could do this:
Day 1 - Monday (just me) FP+ all 4 bands, use mine for park admission, use all for FPs
Day 2 - Tuesday (just me) FP+ all 4 bands, use mine for park admission, use all for FPs
Day 3 - Wednesday (all) FP+ for all, all use park admission and FPs
Day 4 - Thursday (all) FP+ for all, all use park admission and FPs
Day 5 - Friday (all) FP+ for all, all use park admission and FPs

This is where I get confused...

Day 6 - Saturday - this would be day 4 of park admission for the rest of my fam. Since I used their FPs on Day 1&2 (even though didn't use park admission) would they not be able to book e FPs for this day (their 4th day my 6th day?) could I book Saturday FPs as soon as I used up Monday's so they only have 5 days booked at a time or is it 5 days of FPs EVER? Worried if I use their FPs they would be stuck with park admission days they couldn't use FP+.

 

[Cluelyss]

Sorry I'm a little confused about whether what I had in mind would work for our upcoming trip. Family of 4 with 5day PHs. I am arriving first and planned to add a day to mine after the first day. Basically I wondered if I could do this: Day 1 - Monday (just me) FP+ all 4 bands, use mine for park admission, use all for FPs Day 2 - Tuesday (just me) FP+ all 4 bands, use mine for park admission, use all for FPs Day 3 - Wednesday (all) FP+ for all, all use park admission and FPs Day 4 - Thursday (all) FP+ for all, all use park admission and FPs Day 5 - Friday (all) FP+ for all, all use park admission and FPs This is where I get confused... Day 6 - Saturday - this would be day 4 of park admission for the rest of my fam. Since I used their FPs on Day 1&2 (even though didn't use park admission) would they not be able to book e FPs for this day (their 4th day my 6th day?) could I book Saturday FPs as soon as I used up Monday's so they only have 5 days booked at a time or is it 5 days of FPs EVER? Worried if I use their FPs they would be stuck with park admission days they couldn't use FP+.

You can only schedule FPs for the number of days' worth of tickets you have. So if the rest of your family only has 4 day tickets, they can only schedule 4 days' worth of FPs. So if you use their FPs on day 1 and 2, they would not be able to schedule any for days 5 and 6. Also, their FPs cannot start before their arrival date, so if you are the only one on the ressie the first night, they cannot have FPs scheduled that day. FP scheduling is limited to length of ticket media, not length of reservation. Finally, if you are not adding your 6th day until you arrive, you will only be able to schedule 5 days' worth if FPs for yourself prior to arrival. Hope this helps clear everything up for you?

 

[karensi]

Yes. We did this in October. Used our first 2 scheduled FPs and missed the return window for our 3rd due to a long lunch. After lunch, however, I went to a kiosk and was able to schedule a 4th at that time.

Thanks so much Cluelyss

Karen