FEA FP+ On Arrival Day (booking 60 days out)?

[vinotinto]

What have been the recent experiences with FEA FP+ availability on arrival day when booking 60 days out? I'm not picky about the time, but was wondering if it's even possible.

(Trying to get all my ducks in a row because I'll be traveling and the "conditions" for making FP+ decisions are not ideal. I will be at a Bed and Breakfast, making them in my phone, an hour before my regular time, etc.)

 

[CAS239]

You should easily be able to get it. People have booked it 30 days out

 

[hiroMYhero]

You may be able to find FPs for later in the day depending on your travel dates.

Yesterday, I was able to find FPs for a party of 2 for late evening on September 21st - a little over 50 days out.

 

[GaryDis]

You may be able to find FPs for later in the day depending on your travel dates.

Yesterday, I was able to find FPs for a party of 2 for late evening on September 21st - a little over 50 days out.

What time of day did you find them? The 21st was, I think, the first recent example of being unable to get FEA FPs at 7am on 60 days out.

 

[Wood Nymph]

What have been the recent experiences with FEA FP+ availability on arrival day when booking 60 days out? I'm not picky about the time, but was wondering if it's even possible.

(Trying to get all my ducks in a row because I'll be traveling and the "conditions" for making FP+ decisions are not ideal. I will be at a Bed and Breakfast, making them in my phone, an hour before my regular time, etc.)

Today was my 60 days out fp booking day and I forgot to log in until 7:24am. By then the earliest I could get for my arrival day of Oct 1 was 6:50 pm. I could only get late afternoon for day 2, 3 and 4. I could get around 1pm for day 5. I was surprised at the lack of early fp's for this ride.

 

[hiroMYhero]

What time of day did you find them? The 21st was, I think, the first recent example of being unable to get FEA FPs at 7am on 60 days out.

It was in the afternoon. I think it was someone's cancelation as I was only booking for 2 people. I've since canceled them.

Yesterday afternoon I was also able to book FEA for September 29th and 30th for 2 people - return window of 8:30/8:45p. I've canceled the 29th and will keep the 30th. I'm trying to plan around a CM who won't know her schedule until 2 weeks before and she oftentimes gets flown out of state last minute by Disney. So, I'm happy to have them for now.

 

[EagleG17]

Today I just booked FEA 61 days out (10/2) for 3; there was limited times available...maybe about 5 options

 

[JohnDaleswife]

Wow, it really seems that booking a dummy reservation around 1.5 weeks before your actual reservation may really pay off in getting a decent time for a FEA fast pass. Especially if you have a short trip planned. I just may have to look into this.

 

[vinotinto]

Thanks! This all sounds OK. I don't need a lot of choices and 6:XX pm would work very well, as we are arriving that afternoon.

 

[dani77]

So guttet. I just signed in at exactly 7 a.m. when my 60 day window openend. Was hoping to get a FEA fp+ for october 4th. No such luck. No fastpasses available all day. I will keep checking back and hope there'll be some availability at some point.

 

[megster1123]

My 60 day window opened this morning and at 7am the earliest I could get on my 5th day in (Fri Oct 7th) was 1:30pm. Admittedly I didn't check for the earlier days as those were not Epcot days in our plan. As of right now (8:10) there are multiple times left from 1:55 on for the rest of the day. Saturday the 8th has availability all day from 12:30 onward.

 

[GaryDis]

If your 60 day window opens today (Thursday), that means your arrival day is a Monday, and you're being beaten out by the people arriving over the weekend.

 

[fla4fun]

I think the key is to be flexible about which days you are going to Epcot, and to start with the last day of your trip and work back. I will be there for 10 days in September, and on my 60 +10 day, there was a ton of availability for the second half of my trip, but the closer I got to check in day, the fewer openings there were. I started with the last day and worked back, just booking the FEA I wanted, then filled in the other FP+ afterward.

 

[vinotinto]

We're only there for 5 days, and Epcot is currently our arrival and departure days (2 half days). Problem is that because FEA FP is not available in the morning, it does not work for our departure day, which is why I was hoping for the arrival day. However, I just realized there's FP availability info on the lines app. It looks like there's availability 8:00-9:00 pm on our arrival day. That would work! Hoping that is still the case on Saturday!

 

[vinotinto]

Could not get FEA FP+ for arrival day, not even a single person, but there was plenty of availability starting 2 days out. Got one for 11:10'on departure day, which is doable.

The only surprise was DHS on Oct 8. I think this will be a big day crowd. ToT FP as done by mid morning.