FP Strategy

[Jamie MacIsaac]

I second this. I did ours at 60 days on Sunday. FOP was still the most difficult to get and that was booking it first and doing it in 60 + 3. SDD was easy to get on 60 + 2 even though I booked to after FOP. FOP is still by far the most difficult to get. Book the hardest one, the next hardest etc, then go back and fill in the easier ones after all top ones are secured. The easier ones will be available for days to weeks after your 60day window opens. FOP may be available for minutes after your window opens, depending on length of trip.

I booked mine today and did FOP, Slinky Dog, and then 7DMT. Mind you I'm only booking for one person on this trip, but everything was there. I did FOP on one of my last days, which was helpful since there were none for earlier in my trip. Slinky only had openings around lunch time, but there were plenty, and I had my pick of 7DMT across my entire trip.

How many days into your trip is your Slinky Dog FP scheduled for?

 

[Tksolomom]

My fast pass day is nearing and I'd love to get advice on strategy. We have 5 day park hoppers, and we will be staying 6 nights at the Poly. This is not our first trip and we plan to stay in the parks from the morning until about 1:00 pm, take a break at the resort at the hottest part of the day, and then return to the parks after an early dinner and hit a few rides until closing (9 pm as of now).

And since we're not going to a park on our check in day, we effectively are booking our FP at 60+1 to 60+6. Here are the FP I'm hoping for:

Day 1: Check in - no parks
Day 2: MK - Buzz Lightyear, Space Mountain, 7DMT
Day 3: Epcot - Test Track, Spaceship Earth, Living with the Land (any other suggestion for a 3rd)
Day 4: HS - Slinky Dog, Tower of Terror, Indy Stunt Show (my son's request) **
Day 5: AK - Safari, Kali River Rapids, Flight of Passage
Day 6: MK - Pirates, Splash Mtn, Thunder Mtn

Which would you try for first: FOP or Slinky Dog? And should I switch my plans for our MK days or can I get 7DMT earlier in the trip? I was saving Thunder Mtn for the last day, because I wasn't sure if my son would go on it. Oddly he's fine with Space Mtn...

** We booked the Star Wars guided tour on day 4, my son's birthday present, so we don't need a FP for Star Tours, as it's included.

I agree with a lot of the suggestions here. I would do FOP, SDD, 7DMT. If you can’t get 7DMT on da 2 I would switch it with one of the rides from day 6. I think your picks are good, even though you don’t need a FP for Indy.

 

[Sarahslay]

How many days into your trip is your Slinky Dog FP scheduled for?

My slinky dog FP is three days in to my trip. There were no morning FP left so I took one a little after lunch time.

 

[twodogs]

My window opens on June 22nd, just a few more days! I’ve scheduled Hollywood Studios for Aug 23rd, so 60+2 into our trip. I’m anxious thinking that there won’t be any FP’s available for the third day into our trip.
We have AK and FOP hopefully scheduled for Aug 25th, so 5 days into our trip. Anyone want to share their experience with Slinky dog fastpasses?

I just did mine 2 weeks ago. Easily got SDD for 60 + 1 for a party of 6, though we wanted evening time so I didn't check morning times. You will probably have even better luck than I did because many schools will have started by the dates of your trip, so crowds might be lower for you.

 

[sweetnjmom]

I did slightly revise my plans... still going with a fast pass for Indy because my son wants it and he also requested Peter Pan's Flight. Hoping I'll get everything next Tuesday (my FP day).

So hopefully I'll get these:

Sat 8/25 - resort day
Sun 8/26 MK (Breakfast ADR at Kona) -- FP: Pirates, Splash Mtn, Peter Pan
Mon 8/27 Epcot (6:15 Dinner ADR at Via Napoli) -- FP: Spaceship Earth, Test Track, Living with the Land (and hopefully get a 4th for Frozen, just to see it)
Tue 8/28 HS (Star Wars guided tour 8am - 1pm) -- FP: Tower of Terror, Slinky Dog, Indy Stunt Show (6 pm) -- 6:40 dinner ADR at 50's Prime Time
Wed 8/29 AK (8:10 Tusker House ROL package) -- FP: Safari, Flight of Passage, Kali River Rapids
Thu 8/30 MK (Breakfast ADR at 'Ohana) -- FP: 7DMT, Space Mtn, Buzz Lightyear

For that Tuesday at Hollywood Studios, we're planning to go back to our resort for a few hours after the tour and come back for Indy and have dinner before the Star Wars fireworks. We get a reserved viewing area with the guided tour. So I guess the timing depends on whether I get Slinky Dog before we head back for our break or not - or if it's in the late afternoon.

I'm hoping the crowds aren't as bad that week. I guess I'll find out.

 

[twodogs]

I did slightly revise my plans... still going with a fast pass for Indy because my son wants it and he also requested Peter Pan's Flight. Hoping I'll get everything next Tuesday (my FP day).

So hopefully I'll get these:

Sat 8/25 - resort day
Sun 8/26 MK (Breakfast ADR at Kona) -- FP: Pirates, Splash Mtn, Peter Pan
Mon 8/27 Epcot (6:15 Dinner ADR at Via Napoli) -- FP: Spaceship Earth, Test Track, Living with the Land (and hopefully get a 4th for Frozen, just to see it)
Tue 8/28 HS (Star Wars guided tour 8am - 1pm) -- FP: Tower of Terror, Slinky Dog, Indy Stunt Show (6 pm) -- 6:40 dinner ADR at 50's Prime Time
Wed 8/29 AK (8:10 Tusker House ROL package) -- FP: Safari, Flight of Passage, Kali River Rapids
Thu 8/30 MK (Breakfast ADR at 'Ohana) -- FP: 7DMT, Space Mtn, Buzz Lightyear

For that Tuesday at Hollywood Studios, we're planning to go back to our resort for a few hours after the tour and come back for Indy and have dinner before the Star Wars fireworks. We get a reserved viewing area with the guided tour. So I guess the timing depends on whether I get Slinky Dog before we head back for our break or not - or if it's in the late afternoon.

I'm hoping the crowds aren't as bad that week. I guess I'll find out.

I think you have a great chance of getting all of that. I’d still book FOP, then SDD then SDMT, then go back and fill in the rest.

 

[sweetnjmom]

Well, I set up my fast passes this morning. While I DID get everything I wanted, some of the times suck and I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that I can modify them as my trip gets closer. The computer was a bit glitchy... (could have been my home internet) but it worked out. My plan is to get to the first fast passes near the end of the window, so if I have a 9:30 - 10:30 one set up, I'll be there to check in by 10:25 latest. That way I can do standby rides beforehand. Here's what I got:

Sunday 8/26 - Magic Kingdom
Pirates of the Caribbean: 9:25-10:25
Splash Mountain: 10:35-11:35
Peter Pan's Flight: 11:45-12:45

Monday 8/27 - Epcot (afternoon - spending day at Blizzard Beach)
Spaceship Earth: 3:15-4:15
Test Track: 4:15-5:15
Imagination: 5:20-6:20
ADR at Via Napoli at 6:15 ... so I know we'll have to do Imagination at 5:20 and then head over to Italy.

Tuesday 8/28 - Hollywood Studios
*Star Wars guided tour (8 -1 pm, includes Star Tours & Jedi Training)
Tower of Terror: 1:05-2:05
Indy Stunt Show: 5:30-5:45 for 6-6:30 pm show
*ADR at 50's Prime Time Cafe at 6:40 pm
Slinky Dog Dash: 7:40-8:40 pm -- hoping it's not a disaster riding a roller coaster after dinner; trying to get a better time.

Wednesday 8/29 - Animal Kingdom
ADR at Tusker House (Rivers of Light package) at 8:10 AM
Kilamanjaro Safaris: 9:50-10:50
Kali River Rapids: 10:55-11:55
Flight of Passage: 4:55-5:55

Thursday 8/30 - Magic Kingdom
ADR at 'Ohana at 7:50 AM
Seven Dwarfs Mine Train: 9:55-10:55
Space Mountain: 10:55-11:55
Buzz Lightyear: 11:55-12:55

 

[Remy is Up]

You were able to get some good sets. Advice I would give, rather than waiting for times to get to you, immediately start using refresh to Move your first time to closer when you arrive or are ready and then as soon as you are in line for that begin moving times on the next ones. Example: On your first day, as you get to the park try refreshing to get POC closer to 910, once you scan into that FP, begin refresh and try to move your next one to 920 or so and the following one to 1020. It will help you compress your FP times and enable you to start getting more FPs after you scan in on the last one.

 

[sweetnjmom]

You were able to get some good sets. Advice I would give, rather than waiting for times to get to you, immediately start using refresh to Move your first time to closer when you arrive or are ready and then as soon as you are in line for that begin moving times on the next ones. Example: On your first day, as you get to the park try refreshing to get POC closer to 910, once you scan into that FP, begin refresh and try to move your next one to 920 or so and the following one to 1020. It will help you compress your FP times and enable you to start getting more FPs after you scan in on the last one.

Thanks for the advice. I appreciate it! Last trip we had to go to a kiosk to add a 4th fast pass.

 

[sweetnjmom]

Disney magic!!! I was able to modify my times for my Hollywood Studios day!

Slinky Dog: 1:40-2:40

After we finish the ride, we're going to go back to our resort for a few hours' break.

Tower of Terror: 4:30-5:30
Indy Stunt Show: 5:30-5:45 (6 pm show)

I'm so happy. No worrying about making a FP after dinner. We can take our time.