FastPass+ FAQ — SERVICE SUSPENDED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

[RachelTori]

That confuses me though. If you can reassign it then it's not a true "renewal" since those can only be for the same person? You can buy a new one as early as you want but then you don't get the renewal discount (assuming you currently have a valid pass). Editing to add that since you will have a gap between your old one expiring and activating your new one then it's not really a renewal.

My experience is that you can renew up to 60 days in advance and 30 days after. I have checked at 62, 61, etc. days and there is no link and it appears on day 60. Our family has 5 AP's with 4 different expiry dates so I've run into needing to renew one in order to make FPP's. I also just renewed my son's AP right before the 30 days "late" deadline and got charged 2 months payments at a time but still got the discounted rate. This is all online - I'm not certain if they would allow you to renew more than 60 days in advance via phone but know the website states 60 days.

There's no gap - old one expires Aug 30; new one takes affect Aug 30, but isn't technically active until I use it at the parks (it will still expire 8/30/2017 no matter what I do with it!) I bet if I tried to "reassign" it, it wouldn't let me! I'm not going to try though!

I have had this issue the past several years since my AP expires 8/30 and I always do a September/October trip. So this year I decided to renew earlier than 60 days and it worked!

Sorry, I didn't mean to confuse things. This was just my experience and I assumed it would be the norm.

 

[marciemi]

There's no gap - old one expires Aug 30; new one takes affect Aug 30, but isn't technically active until I use it at the parks (it will still expire 8/30/2017 no matter what I do with it!) I bet if I tried to "reassign" it, it wouldn't let me! I'm not going to try though!

I have had this issue the past several years since my AP expires 8/30 and I always do a September/October trip. So this year I decided to renew earlier than 60 days and it worked!

Sorry, I didn't mean to confuse things. This was just my experience and I assumed it would be the norm.

Ah, okay. I fully believe they would probably let you renew earlier if you called them (hey, money sooner - why not?!) but didn't believe you could get a renewal rate and then not start your new pass until later (unless you found a really clueless CM, which could of course happen but definitely wouldn't be the norm).

So worth calling if you're trying to do FPP's right at 60 days rather than having to deal with renewing before trying to make the FPP's (although maybe you could do that before 7am? When I was trying it was still in the midnight FPP era so more frustrating for me).

 

[j2thomason]

Ah, okay. I fully believe they would probably let you renew earlier if you called them (hey, money sooner - why not?!) but didn't believe you could get a renewal rate and then not start your new pass until later (unless you found a really clueless CM, which could of course happen but definitely wouldn't be the norm).

So worth calling if you're trying to do FPP's right at 60 days rather than having to deal with renewing before trying to make the FPP's (although maybe you could do that before 7am? When I was trying it was still in the midnight FPP era so more frustrating for me).

I believe you are right. The renew date always stays the same whether you have gone through the turnstile with the renewed pass or not.

 

[docsoliday1]

Question for the experienced people - I have a current AP and a five day park hopper as part of a package. The 5 day ph will become active when we check into our resort in June. I know that I can transfer that 5 day ph to another person, real or fictitious. Then I could use both my AP and the ph ticket for fp+. The big question is - can I transfer that 5 day ph back to myself after my AP expires? I want to use the ticket in December, at which time I'll decide whether I want to renew my AP or not.

Has anyone reassigned their ticket back to the original purchaser like that?

I guess my question is if you have an AP, why would you even mess with the 5 day with PH? Unless you have non-expiring like I got before they were all gone, you would not want to activate the 5 day unless you can use all 5 days before they expire. I would not use another ticket just for FP...wasting a lot of money that way because you're using two tickets for one person to get in the park.

 

[pfeifer14]

When can I make FP reservation if I have room only reservation 11/27-11/28 and then package reservation 11/28-12/4 with only 5 days park hopper tickets? Can I make all my FP reservation from 11/27-12/4 at the 60days prior 11/27 even I have only 5 days park tickets?

 

[hiroMYhero]

When can I make FP reservation if I have room only reservation 11/27-11/28 and then package reservation 11/28-12/4 with only 5 days park hopper tickets? Can I make all my FP reservation from 11/27-12/4 at the 60days prior 11/27 even I have only 5 days park tickets?

Your FP booking window opens 60 days prior to 11/27, BUT, you'll only be able to book for park days beginning 11/28 due to your package.

Your package tickets are only valid from 11/28 forward. You can activate them when you arrive on 11/27 and book FPs for that specific day.

 

[pfeifer14]

Thank you! We don't plan to visit park on 11/27 but will make FP reservation starting 11/28. Will it only limited me to 5 days reservation since I have only 5 days ticket?

 

[hiroMYhero]

Thank you! We don't plan to visit park on 11/27 but will make FP reservation starting 11/28. Will it only limited me to 5 days reservation since I have only 5 days ticket?

Yes. FPs are based on the # of ticket entitlements. So, 5 days total.

 

[pfeifer14]

Can I skip a day? For 11/28-12/4, we only plan to visit park on 11/28, 11/30, 12/1, 12/2, and 12/3. 11/29 we plan to do MVMCP. I guess I won't be able to make FP for 11/29 unless I brought the party ticket in advance.

 

[Cluelyss]

Can I skip a day? For 11/28-12/4, we only plan to visit park on 11/28, 11/30, 12/1, 12/2, and 12/3. 11/29 we plan to do MVMCP. I guess I won't be able to make FP for 11/29 unless I brought the party ticket in advance.

FPs can be made for any of the days during your stay, they do not need to be sequential. And yes, if you want to book on your party ticket, you will need to purchase it in advance.

 

[DisneyCayley]

My sister has disappeared from our FP reservations. I booked last week for our Oct trip and booked all 4 of our party. Now when I go into my plans on MDE she isn't showing for any of them. She's still showing on our dining res though. Is this because she has MDE too and will show up there as her own person??

 

[hiroMYhero]

My sister has disappeared from our FP reservations. I booked last week for our Oct trip and booked all 4 of our party. Now when I go into my plans on MDE she isn't showing for any of them. She's still showing on our dining res though. Is this because she has MDE too and will show up there as her own person??

If you linked the two MDEs together to View/Share, you should see her FPs. Go into her MDE to make sure you can see the FPs there.

 

[Wood Nymph]

I guess my question is if you have an AP, why would you even mess with the 5 day with PH? Unless you have non-expiring like I got before they were all gone, you would not want to activate the 5 day unless you can use all 5 days before they expire. I would not use another ticket just for FP...wasting a lot of money that way because you're using two tickets for one person to get in the park.

We booked free dining so that we could take our grandsons to Disney and save money on food. So that is how we got five day park hoppers. Everyone in the room had to be on the same ticket. The unintended consequences, though, has been the ability to have a second set of tickets to use for fp+. But that will end when we renew the AP's next month and bridge the tickets to help pay for the renewal.

 

[DisneyCayley]

If you linked the two MDEs together to View/Share, you should see her FPs. Go into her MDE to make sure you can see the FPs there.

Thank you! She checked and we are linked together.

 

[miracledaughter]

I'm booking 60 days in advance, but I don't see any Fastpass+ for preferred seating for Festival of Fantasy parade or Illuminations. Do they still offer the preferred seating for parades and fireworks? Are there any tricks to finding them? I tried searching in Magic Kingdom for 3pm, and it doesn't even show the parade as "currently unavailable."

 

[Cluelyss]

I'm booking 60 days in advance, but I don't see any Fastpass+ for preferred seating for Festival of Fantasy parade or Illuminations. Do they still offer the preferred seating for parades and fireworks? Are there any tricks to finding them? I tried searching in Magic Kingdom for 3pm, and it doesn't even show the parade as "currently unavailable."

FOF is unavailable after 10/1 for some reason. Speculation is that it may be due to those who booked MSEP dining packages are getting reserved seating for FOF now - so may not be releasing FP until they get those numbers finalized? Also speculation that FOF may be running reuce daily when MSEP leaves, so that may be part of the hold up as well? Regardless, it's not an option as of now.

As for Illuminations, it was an option when I booked my October trip and haven't heard anything about that going away? Wishes FP was eliminated earlier this year, though.

 

[hiroMYhero]

I'm booking 60 days in advance, but I don't see any Fastpass+ for preferred seating for Festival of Fantasy parade or Illuminations. Do they still offer the preferred seating for parades and fireworks? Are there any tricks to finding them? I tried searching in Magic Kingdom for 3pm, and it doesn't even show the parade as "currently unavailable."

Illuminatons is available for me to book for October 30th. How far out were you looking?

 

[docsoliday1]

We booked free dining so that we could take our grandsons to Disney and save money on food. So that is how we got five day park hoppers. Everyone in the room had to be on the same ticket. The unintended consequences, though, has been the ability to have a second set of tickets to use for fp+. But that will end when we renew the AP's next month and bridge the tickets to help pay for the renewal.

So, everyone has the 5 day park hopper and you have an AP? Are you saying to get the free dining and for this trip, everyone has to have the same ticket (i.e. the 5 day PH)? That still seems a waste to me because you're using a 5 day PH ticket, when you already have an annual pass that would get you in, but at least it makes a little more sense.

 

[hiroMYhero]

So, everyone has the 5 day park hopper and you have an AP? Are you saying to get the free dining and for this trip, everyone has to have the same ticket (i.e. the 5 day PH)? That still seems a waste to me because you're using a 5 day PH ticket, when you already have an annual pass that would get you in, but at least it makes a little more sense.

Wood Nymph is saving her 5-day Park Hoppers to use towards the cost of her AP renewal.

Anyone who books a package deal that must include tickets can save those tickets in their MDE account to use for a later trip or to use towards a ticket upgrade.

 

[miracledaughter]

Illuminatons is available for me to book for October 30th. How far out were you looking?

I was looking for November 5