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

[disneyjr77]

Stupid new boards software stopped sending me thread updates again...

My understanding is that most recently, the window has been opening at midnight regardless...but we don't know if that's a glitch, permanent, etc.

So it could be midnight. Or 2:00am. Or 1:00am. Or 4:13am...

So I guess I'll start at midnight and go from there thanks!!

 

[dina7]

Made all my fastpasses last night. Started about 12:10 & got everything we wanted including 7DMT, TSM, Splash mtn, BTMRR & Soarin'. I basically had my pick of times for all of them. Made me think I could have waited until this morning to do it. Noticed ALL attractions in MK had fp available except for the two parades. Those were the only ones that were out of fp+. Even A&E meet & greet was available.

 

[chinarider]

We usually make our FPs for the afternoon when the parks are more crowded -usually for after 200 so we know that we would be thru with lunch

 

[threeboysmom]

I agree completely. I typically know what park we will go to each day but I have no clue what time I will be able to make it to a certain ride, especially this year with travelling with a 1 year old. We will be on her schedule so I will attempt to schedule for a time when I think she won't be napping, hungry, fussy, etc. but I have a bad feeling about planning this far in advance.....

I feel for you. I don't have kids on my trip - just 2 adults - and I'm already stressed with the fast pass planning! I feel like I'm having to plan right down to the exact minute for each day. I'm probably way overdoing it, but I just don't see how to do it any other way.

 

[Spoiledraf]

We are starting to plan for September 2015. Still trying to figure out how many adults as my son and son in law are not fans of the crowds or heat or the park itself for that matter. Then there are four little ones. 11, 9,, 8 and 4. The older ones will probably have a ball but the four year old is going to cause problems because of her height. Picking fast passes to suite everyone is going to be a bummer. Our last trip, they all wanted to spend more time on the water slide at the pool instead of enjoying the parks so we will see how it plays out. Just so long as papa (me) gets his favorites in it will all be good!
TSM
RRC
SM
EE
LEGEND OF THE LION KING
SOARIN

 

[siskaren]

Stupid question, but I just want to double check.

My fp+ day is July 26...MK closes at 2 the night before, so that means I can make my selections at 2am, correct?

MK closes at 12 am on July 25th; 2 am is EMH closing and the FP booking time has never been dependent on EMH closing.

 

[Sophie_2003]

Fwiw, I'm booking fp+ 30 days out, in the morning when I wake up and EVERY SINGLE ATTRACTION is available exactly when I want them (11:00am-2:00pm ish) for our party of 7. Except A&E of course. I got the 7DMT twice. So in my case, no worries at all! This is for mid July with crowds predicted at 7-9 most days.

 

[lugnut33]

Couple of weird things have happened tonight while setting up FP+ right at 60 day mark for our trip beginning Aug. 16. I was able to set up FP+ on Aug. 15 with no problem, which is the day prior to our arrival.

I changed a time for Star Tours FP+ and it kept the original one, so I now have a total of 4 FP+ set up for that day, RnR, ST, ST, and ToT.

 

[MudBud]

So if my 60 day window is Sept 11, then on Sept 10 when it turns to midnight I can book my fp+. But on sept 10 the MK park closes at 10pm so will it let me book it then?

 

[22Tink]

My window opens on Sept 11, too!

 

[BigMommaMouse]

So if my 60 day window is Sept 11, then on Sept 10 when it turns to midnight I can book my fp+. But on sept 10 the MK park closes at 10pm so will it let me book it then?

The booking starts at midnight.

 

[anorman]

Fwiw, I'm booking fp+ 30 days out, in the morning when I wake up and EVERY SINGLE ATTRACTION is available exactly when I want them (11:00am-2:00pm ish) for our party of 7. Except A&E of course. I got the 7DMT twice. So in my case, no worries at all! This is for mid July with crowds predicted at 7-9 most days.

Thanks for the info! We will be doing the offsite thing for a trip the last two weeks of August. It's good to know that there will likely be no problem getting the FP+ selections I want, at the times I want. We are rope drop people and hoping to start our FP+ selections at 11 through until 2 so that we can hopefully avail of more FPs.

 

[anorman]

A question.....is it necessary to book FP+ selections for shows such as Lion King at AK, Frozen at HS, etc? I was thinking we would use standby for these but I wouldn't want to stand in line forever to see them either. Thoughts?

 

[anorman]

I read an article on **************** which included this statement...."With FastPass+ you can only reserve three rides or attractions per day, and they all need to be in the same park. After you’ve used those three you can go to a kiosk and try to get a fourth one, but if you missed a touch point (or skipped a time all together) you won’t be allowed to get it."

What exactly is a touch point? Is this saying that if I make 3 FP+ selections but I miss one (in the middle of doing something else, I don't make it to the ride to use the FP+) that I cannot make additional FP+ selections on the day I am in the park? If so, that hardly seems reasonable. They would be penalizing guests for having the audacity of being spontaneous. Wow. But maybe I am misinterpreting...........

 

[doconeill]

I read an article on **************** which included this statement...."With FastPass+ you can only reserve three rides or attractions per day, and they all need to be in the same park. After you’ve used those three you can go to a kiosk and try to get a fourth one, but if you missed a touch point (or skipped a time all together) you won’t be allowed to get it."

What exactly is a touch point? Is this saying that if I make 3 FP+ selections but I miss one (in the middle of doing something else, I don't make it to the ride to use the FP+) that I cannot make additional FP+ selections on the day I am in the park? If so, that hardly seems reasonable. They would be penalizing guests for having the audacity of being spontaneous. Wow. But maybe I am misinterpreting...........

A "touch point" is the band readers that have the Mickey head in the circle. You put your band up to them to be scanned at each end of the Fastpass+ queue.

However, as far as I know that statement isn't quite correct. Here is the thing - last I knew you can _reschedule_ a missed FP+. So technically in that regard you may not be able to get a fourth, but you can still get a third.

AND, according to the web site:

Please try to make changes to your FastPass+ experience before the start of your arrival window time. If you miss your time due to circumstances beyond your control, you can reschedule your selections—if FastPass+ experiences are still available.

After you use all of the initial FastPass+ experiences on the day of your visit (or your arrival windows have passed), you can select one additional FastPass+ experience to use that same day (based on availability). The additional FastPass+ experience is a rolling FastPass+ experience—each time you use an additional FastPass+ experience, you can select a new one.

 

[cmjohannes]

Hey everyone! Just an FYI: I am staying offsite 8/9/15 though 8/16/15, then staying onsite 8/16/15 through 8/21/15. Last night my FP+ window opened at 60 days for my onsite stay. All dates prior to that 60 day mark also opened, so I was able to book my FP+ for all my offsite days as well, even though I am more than 30 days out. Pretty cool.

 

[marciemi]

A "touch point" is the band readers that have the Mickey head in the circle. You put your band up to them to be scanned at each end of the Fastpass+ queue.

However, as far as I know that statement isn't quite correct. Here is the thing - last I knew you can _reschedule_ a missed FP+. So technically in that regard you may not be able to get a fourth, but you can still get a third.

AND, according to the web site:

This is true if you stay in the same park. However, if you change parks you can go to a kiosk and get a 4th FPP as long as your window times have passed. So it would only be an issue if say you used your first two FPP's at Epcot then decided to head to MK while in the third window - you'd need to be past the end of the window before you could get a 4th (even without using the third). I have done both - changed a 3rd FPP that we missed to another one in the same park at a later date and also gone to Epcot and only used Soarin' (with my other two FPP's before it) and was then able to get a 4th at MK right when I got there.

 

[Cluelyss]

A "touch point" is the band readers that have the Mickey head in the circle. You put your band up to them to be scanned at each end of the Fastpass+ queue.

However, as far as I know that statement isn't quite correct. Here is the thing - last I knew you can _reschedule_ a missed FP+. So technically in that regard you may not be able to get a fourth, but you can still get a third.

AND, according to the web site:

We missed a FP last October and had no problem scheduling a 4th (after the window for our missed FP had passed).

 

[doconeill]

This is true if you stay in the same park. However, if you change parks you can go to a kiosk and get a 4th FPP as long as your window times have passed. So it would only be an issue if say you used your first two FPP's at Epcot then decided to head to MK while in the third window - you'd need to be past the end of the window before you could get a 4th (even without using the third). I have done both - changed a 3rd FPP that we missed to another one in the same park at a later date and also gone to Epcot and only used Soarin' (with my other two FPP's before it) and was then able to get a 4th at MK right when I got there.

Right, which was was basically said in the quoted section of the web site I gave. There is nothing to indicate you get "locked" out simply because you missed one.

 

[marciemi]

Right, which was was basically said in the quoted section of the web site I gave. There is nothing to indicate you get "locked" out simply because you missed one.

Right - sorry. I was just trying to clarify that you couldn't just change it if you changed parks and would have to go to a kiosk.