I have a FP for the 3:00 parade for Thursday September 29 and I just booked it yesterdayI will be going down that monday and this was the first time they had it opened for my trip. I am also going alone so I did not have to worry about having another FP
I got a FP this morning for Festival of Fantasy on 10/1. I wanted to get one for 10/5 but it's not available so I am assuming they have it but there is an end date or they are just not releasing that far out.
I had a FP for FOF when we were there last week. It was hot. And where the FP+ area is, there is absolutely no shade to cover you from the 3pm sun. We ended up getting out of it and staying across under the shade of the train station. Much better location IMHO.