Florida discount tickets, Magic Bands and MDE (oh my!)

[Skywise]

Half my family lives in Florida. I live out of state but I'm the trip organizer doing all the MDE reservation/FP+ stuff.

The florida portion of the family would like to purchase resident tickets to the park.

How does this work with the MDE so I can link their tickets with their bands and setup FP+?

Obviously I can't purchase the tickets but can they purchase them online and then I can link the tickets? (Does purchasing them within their home IP count as "validation"? Last time they had to show ID before they could pick up their tickets) If they order as will call I think I can still link them to the bands but do they still have to show ID at the parks before the tickets/bands get activated?

Must I afix a drop of their blood to my android while running the MDE app for proper verification? (okay that last one might be a bit facetious... )

 

[KalamityJane]

Totally wondering this too, as I have the same thing going on.

 

[mesaboy2]

At the moment, no one can setup FP+ in advance without an onsite reservation. Do you have one? (I don't see it mentioned.)

 

[Skywise]

At the moment, no one can setup FP+ in advance without an onsite reservation. Do you have one? (I don't see it mentioned.)

Thanks, I was aware of that. Not yet, but I will!

 

[mesaboy2]

Thanks, I was aware of that. Not yet, but I will!

I'm not sure how the FL portion of your group would be able to setup FP+ unless they have an onsite reservation also.

 

[Skywise]

I'm not sure how the FL portion of your group would be able to setup FP+ unless they have an onsite reservation also.

Oh that's easy - They've got MDE accounts I setup for them. I reserved the rooms and then applied them as travelers in my party. (I did this last summer on MDE but the resort we were at wasn't doing FP+ or MBs yet... I purchased the tickets for them which got me "vouchers" for tickets which I couldn't apply to their MDE accounts and which turned into a minor fiasco for the rest of the trip as I couldn't get them applied to their KTTW cards either... tl;dr - The resort setup was great but the tickets were a mess)

 

[mesaboy2]

Well, I guess I took care of the obvious gotchas. Er, anyone else able to help with the ticket portion of the OP's questions?

 

[MsThumper]

This is my experience so far. I purchased our Florida AP's last month online and selected "will call" as delivery method. I was able to use the confirmation number to link our AP's in MDE. Since we have an upcoming on-site stay, I was then able to make our FP+'s.

I selected "will call" for our AP's, so when we get to WDW next week, we will either go to one of the ticket windows, or customer relation windows, provide them with our proof of Florida residency and the credit card that was used to purchase the AP's. From what I have read on these boards, our AP's will then be activated, and we can use them for park entry. The last part I can't swear too, because we haven't gone yet, but trust the experts on this board that says this is the way it works.

I don't think the website cares where the ticket are ordered from, since they won't be activated until proof of residency is shown. Hope this helps.

 

[Skywise]

Just to follow up on this:
I had my relatives purchase their tickets with their credit card because the online purchasing system required a credit card with a florida address. Once that was done I had them forward me their confirmation numbers and I entered them into their MDE accounts and bound them to the bands... FP+ goodness (such as it is) ensued!