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

[CampbellzSoup]

Here now I'll give ya the skinny:

Anna and Elsa wasn't that bad unless I went in downtime 30 - 50 mins waits when I saw

Soarin over test track just ride single rider! You most likely will end up in the same cart anyway.

Rockin Roller coaster over ToT definitely the lines for RR were out the door long we again did single rider, separate but felt like a fast pass to me!

 

[MainMom]

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

Well, I went back to start to re-read the thread and this post made me feel much better about booking my group together!

 

[Cluelyss]

We're staying offsite so can only book fastpass+ at 30-day mark. DIS vets, is it even worthwhile to stay up late to try to book 7DMT, pan, mtns, etc.? Will anything be available?

Trip is first week October during crowd levels 3-5 with 3 generations. TIA!

7DMT would be the only one you might need to stay up for. Keep an eye on this website as your date gets closer to get an idea of how quickly FPs are filling up.

http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=835236

 

[wdwpracticalprincess]

thanks Cluelyss! appreciate the tip!

 

[paigemitchell859]

Advice please:
June 16
AK
Rope drop- Everest
Dinosaur-fp 9:15
Safari-fp 10:15
Kali river-11:15

Is the fp needed for dinosaur that early? Should I save the fp for one of the shows later in the day?

 

[PrincessP]

I have FP+ set up for 2 MK days. Depending on weather, I may want to change MK to another day (so we can go to a water park on a rain-free day)....thus need to switch my FP+ selections to another day. Is the only way to do that to CANCEL the entire day of FP+ selections? and then start over booking new FP+ selections on the new day?

In other words, I cannot use the modify FP+ feature, right? It would be nice to check for FP+ availability on the other day (to see if there is any availability) before canceling my initial fast passes.

Thanks!

 

[anorman]

Since I am not exactly sure what date I am going to the Magic Kingdom (I have a choice of two days), can I book fast passes for two days and then later on cancel the one I'm not gonna use?

To clarify the situation, I have a 3 day park ticket and planning on using one day each for AK, HS, and MK. Can I book fastpasses for 4 days if I only have a 3 day ticket if I am not sure which one of two dates I will be at the MK?

 

[123SA]

When my 60 days opens, can my daughter(15) and I on separate computers access MDE to both be getting FP for different days of the trip?

 

[123SA]

How do fast passes for shows work? On a day Indiana Jones has a show from 12:30-1pm, will 12;30 FP be my only option? Meaning I can't take a ToT FP time 11:40-12:40 if I want to see the 12:30 show?

 

[ckelly14]

Advice please:
June 16
AK
Rope drop- Everest
Dinosaur-fp 9:15
Safari-fp 10:15
Kali river-11:15

Is the fp needed for dinosaur that early? Should I save the fp for one of the shows later in the day?

I would either ditch dinosaur (and replace it with Everest at a later time) or move it to the 11:15-12:15 time slot. Ride Everest twice then head to safari.

 

[PetePanMan]

Great Thread MesaBoy2 - much appreciated

I have a question Re: point 5 in original post i.e. "Annual Pass (AP) holders can prebook attractions up to 60 days in advance of the beginning of an onsite stay, for a maximum of 7 days or the length of the onsite stay--whichever is greater. As with above, FP+ selections can be made for the entire length of stay"

We seem to be getting different advice from different cast members. We will be doing a week long trip with Annual pass but with a split stay at 2 and possibly 3 DVC resorts. So, question is....Can we book FP+ for entire stay at 60 days from first check-in date at first resort even though we will be staying at multiple DVC resorts or can you only book 60 days out for the days you will be staying at each resort i.e. two resorts means 2 different 60 day periods.

Thx for any help you can provide

 

[Cluelyss]

How do fast passes for shows work? On a day Indiana Jones has a show from 12:30-1pm, will 12;30 FP be my only option? Meaning I can't take a ToT FP time 11:40-12:40 if I want to see the 12:30 show?

Correct. Your TOT FP will have to end before your Indy FP begins (and show FPs are usually 20 mins or so before the show actually starts, so 12:10-12:25 or something like that).

 

[Cluelyss]

When my 60 days opens, can my daughter(15) and I on separate computers access MDE to both be getting FP for different days of the trip?

As long as you have 2 different MDX accounts. I wouldn't trust doing that under the same account.

 

[Cluelyss]

Since I am not exactly sure what date I am going to the Magic Kingdom (I have a choice of two days), can I book fast passes for two days and then later on cancel the one I'm not gonna use?

To clarify the situation, I have a 3 day park ticket and planning on using one day each for AK, HS, and MK. Can I book fastpasses for 4 days if I only have a 3 day ticket if I am not sure which one of two dates I will be at the MK?

You can only schedule FPs for the number of days that you have tickets.

 

[Cluelyss]

I have FP+ set up for 2 MK days. Depending on weather, I may want to change MK to another day (so we can go to a water park on a rain-free day)....thus need to switch my FP+ selections to another day. Is the only way to do that to CANCEL the entire day of FP+ selections? and then start over booking new FP+ selections on the new day?

In other words, I cannot use the modify FP+ feature, right? It would be nice to check for FP+ availability on the other day (to see if there is any availability) before canceling my initial fast passes.

Thanks!

Correct. The modify feature only allows you to change FPs scheduled for that particular day.

 

[123SA]

As long as you have 2 different MDX accounts. I wouldn't trust doing that under the same account.

No, I have one account. I'll stick to one person making the FP then. Thank you!

 

[LetsTalkWDW]

I have FP+ set up for 2 MK days. Depending on weather, I may want to change MK to another day (so we can go to a water park on a rain-free day)....thus need to switch my FP+ selections to another day. Is the only way to do that to CANCEL the entire day of FP+ selections? and then start over booking new FP+ selections on the new day?

In other words, I cannot use the modify FP+ feature, right? It would be nice to check for FP+ availability on the other day (to see if there is any availability) before canceling my initial fast passes.

Thanks!

We plan to do TL on the Friday of our trip and plan to do Epcot on the Saturday. So what I did was book the exact (or nearly exact) same FP+ rides for both days. So if it rains Friday we still have a shot at the TL on the Saturday. This was easy to do because it was Epcot, not sure if you could do something similar for MK. I will cancel the FPs when possible but it probably doesn't matter much at Epcot.

 

[JPDtheJD]

Does the festival of fantasy parade FP book up? I am trying to replace one experience with FOF Fastpass but it never shows available. Am I missing something or is it that popular? I am 20-something days out.

 

[MataHari22]

Does the festival of fantasy parade FP book up? I am trying to replace one experience with FOF Fastpass but it never shows available. Am I missing something or is it that popular? I am 20-something days out.

Yes, if you read the second post at the beginning of this thread, it is one of he ones that is listed as hard to get.

If you look at this link, you can see the availability of the most popular FP+

http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=835236

 

[Cluelyss]

Does the festival of fantasy parade FP book up? I am trying to replace one experience with FOF Fastpass but it never shows available. Am I missing something or is it that popular? I am 20-something days out.

Yes, it's very popular. You may have luck searching for singles - that's how I got Wishes once. Just kept collecting singles till I had 4. It never showed up when searching for multiples.

Also, make sure you don't have another FP scheduled that would conflict with the time. For a 3:00 parade, the FP return window will be approximately 2:30-2:50.

Good luck!