Lack of FP+ options

[cstorm65]

I've been watching this thread getting ready for our FP day like many of you. It was today and wanted to let you know what I got in terms of the headliners...we have a long trip planned, so that definitely helps a bit. I thought availability was pretty much normal compared to our past trips, but we do usually travel in crowded summer times. And yes...our kids love Big Thunder & Seven Dwarfs as you can tell! haha

60 (July 4) - Test Track (5:30-6:30 PM)
60 + 1 (July 5) - Big Thunder (1:15-2:15 PM)...wanted this earlier, but this was earliest in the day.
60 +2 (July 6) - Seven Dwarfs (7:30-8:30 PM)
60 + 3 (July 7) - Toy Story (5:15-6:15 PM), Smugglers Run (6:25-7:25 PM)...wanted Smugglers earlier in our plan, but this was the earliest option for this day.
60 + 4 (July 8) - Slinky Dog (7:10-8:10 PM)
60 + 5 (July 9) - Flight of Passage (2:35-3:35)...wanted this earlier, but this was earliest in the day.
60 + 6 (July 10) - Big Thunder (9:25-10:25 AM), Peter Pan (10:30-11:30 AM)
60 + 7 (July 11) - Big Thunder (2:05-3:05 PM), Seven Dwarfs (3:35-4:35 PM)
60 + 8 (July 12) - Toy Story (9:45-10:45 AM), Mickey/Minnies Railway (7:05-8:05 PM)
60 + 9 (July 13) - Soarin' (1:00-2:00 PM)
60 + 10 (July 14) - Flight of Passage (6:00-7:00 PM)
60 + 11 (July 15) - Big Thunder (5:30-6:30 PM), Seven Dwarfs (8:00-9:00 PM)
60 + 12 (July 16) - Toy Story (9:40-10:40 AM), Smugglers Run (12:00-1:00 PM)
60 + 13 (July 17) - Big Thunder (4:30-5:30 PM), Seven Dwarfs (5:55-6:55 PM)

 

[tinkerhon]

Our FP window opens on 5/16 and still don't know whether or not to purchase tickets ! We are in the epicenter of hell right now in NYC, and we need this vacation so badly, but really doubt flight restrictions into Florida will be lifted in time for our trip! Boy, I long for the days of "stress-free" FP booking !!

 

[mommy2allyandaveri]

Booked our FP's this morning. Bright and early at 4am! We have 10 day hoppers starting 7/5. Pretty much got everything we wanted. FOP several times. I think FOP was unavailable our first couple of days then it was pretty open.

 

[Kaz65]

Was so looking forward to accessing our FP but sadly as expected BA flights cancelled for trip 30th June to 14th July. Feeling sad

 

[fly girl]

Saw the elusive Big Thunder FP today! Alas, it was for 6pm and our touring plans dictate early FP's, so I let it go to someone who would be happy. But it was exciting to see it pop up on my screen! It does exist!! Ha ha ha

Still have not seen MMRR at all. Naturally, because it is the one I truly want!

Made a few more improvements on our FP selections. Day 1 (Epcot) and Day 4 (AK) are pretty much done. If I could improve a time by 15-20 I'd take it, but really it is fine. I am content with them.

Day 2 (MK) still has a mid afternoon SDMT I'd like to improve, as well as switching out Splash for Big Thunder.

Day 3 (HS) is still challenged in getting better time for TSMM and switching SDD for MMRR or getting an earlier time.

Hope I can report another big score soon.

 

[Mzpalmtree]

Those of you who have been able to improve your fastpasses for the first week of July—what size is your party? My daughter and I have been faithfully checking every 30 minutes during waking hours for a couple of days and have seen no changes whatsoever. I am usually booking for 3 and have great luck but my son and his girlfriend are joining us this time and we will have 5...I wonder if our party size is causing us issues...

 

[fly girl]

Those of you who have been able to improve your fastpasses for the first week of July—what size is your party? My daughter and I have been faithfully checking every 30 minutes during waking hours for a couple of days and have seen no changes whatsoever. I am usually booking for 3 and have great luck but my son and his girlfriend are joining us this time and we will have 5...I wonder if our party size is causing us issues...

My plans are late June so I am of no help on the dates. Sorry.

I am a party of 3, and I know that makes it easier. You could always try doing 3 and see if you can get a better time/ride. Then keep checking to add the other two later around that same FP window.

I know, I know. I wouldn't like splitting it up either, but if they end up matching in the end (maybe off by 10 minute FP window) it still would be a success. Especially if you don't have the rides/times you really want.

 

[chad_1138]

Just did our FP selections for July 5-17. The only thing we could not get was Flight of Passage on 60+4.

60+2 - Space Mountain (AM), Peter Pan (AM), Mine Train (PM)
60+3 - Test Track, Mission Space, Land (all AM)
60+4 - Navi, Dinosaur, Safari (all PM, due to dining res)
60+5 - Toy Story Mania (AM), Rock Roll (PM), Slinky (PM)
60+7 - Mine Train (AM), Peter Pan (AM), Space Mountain (PM)
60+8 - Rock Roll, Tower of Terror, Runaway Railway (all AM)
60+9 - Flight of Passage, Kalai, Everest (all AM)
60+10 - Falcon, Toy Story, Tower of Terror (all AM)
60+11 - Mine Train, Peter Pan, Space Mountain (all AM)

 

[DisneyMomx7]

Booked our FP yesterday for July 4-14 trip. Only one we couldn’t get was MMRR. That was for a family of 5. Still have serious doubts that this trip will even happen

 

[Taylor'sMom]

Booked our FP this mornning.

Day 1- arrival, no parks
Day 2 (60+1)= Big Thunder, Pirates, Haunted Mansion
Day 3 (60+2)= ToT, TSMM, RnRC
Day 4 (60+3)= Seven Dwarfs, Space, Buzz (all evening times, as this is for after a dinner reservation)
Day 5 (60+4)= Test Track, Mission Space, Nemo (Frozen was available)
Day 6 (60+5)= Flight of Passage, Everest, Safari (FOP is early afternoon, the earliest I could get. System now says no other avaialble times)
Day 7 (60+6)= Slinky Dog, RnRC, TSMM

I'm fairly happy, overall. Times weren't always ideal, so I had to work on the fly (and arround all our planned lunch ADR's), but I'm happy to have gotten all the headliners we wanted.

I purposely planned AK and HS as our last 2 parks for FP access. I started this morning with FOP and Slinky on my last 2 days, then went back to grab 7DMT mid-week, then sort of filled in all the gaps with what seemed like priorities. I had a list with my "goals" and just worked through it fast, jotting down what I got as I went.

 

[June Mommy]

I was on right at 7am today but had some trouble with the MDE website. By 7:02 there were no FOP, Slinky, MMRR, 7DMT, or Smugglers Run My trip is July 5-11. I know this trip will probably not even happen but I'm still sad about missing all those FP+!

 

[wilkydelts]

@June Mommy

You couldn’t get any of those rides on your 60+5 or 60+6? Are you just visiting those parks early in the week and not the last two days?

 

[cakebaker]

@June Mommy

You couldn’t get any of those rides on your 60+5 or 60+6? Are you just visiting those parks early in the week and not the last two days?

The Dibb is showing availability for all those rides no more than 2-3 days out, SDMT is only booking through day of- but times can be very limited. If you're flexible on days and times right now, should be able to pick them all up at the end of a 5-6 day trip. This was not true when we booked last week for the first 5 days of our trip- very, very limited. Ours is a longer trip and we ended up with everythign we wanted, but those first 5 days were tough going. But, that was in the July 4 time frame and not unexpected.

 

[wilkydelts]

@cakebaker

I always forget to do this when I am checking The Dibb FP+ availability tracker. The update time stamp on the bottom of the page has not accounted for today’s bookings yet because it last updated at 6:24am and will update again around 9:30a. They could be gone but I am shocked she couldn’t get any of those rides at 60+5 and 60+6 because all posts before indicated she should have something but maybe not ideal times

 

[cakebaker]

@cakebaker

I always forget to do this when I am checking The Dibb FP+ availability tracker. The update time stamp on the bottom of the page has not accounted for today’s bookings yet because it last updated at 6:24am and will update again around 9:30a. They could be gone but I am shocked she couldn’t get any of those rides at 60+5 and 60+6 because all posts before indicated she should have something but maybe not ideal times

Right. I'm checking it several times a day because we are looking to fill in a few FP's and that's been the general trend for the last few days. It's my shortcut before I trudge through the website. If the Dibb shows nothing, no sense in hunting unless I feel like refreshing for a while. But yes, it does take a while in the mornings for them to update from the night before.

 

[June Mommy]

Arrival day 7/5 -no parks
Monday 7/6 Magic Kingdom (60+1) no mine train
Tuesday 7/7 Animal Kingdon (60+2) no FOP
Wednesday 7/8 Hollywood Studios (60+3) no Slinky, etc.
Thursday 7/9 Epcot (60+4) I was able to get Frozen, the only top tier I tried
Friday 7/10 Magic Kingdom day 2 (60+5) I was able to get 7DMT at 6:10, not crazy about that time though

 

[June Mommy]

@June Mommy

You couldn’t get any of those rides on your 60+5 or 60+6? Are you just visiting those parks early in the week and not the last two days?

Arrival day 7/5 -no parks
Monday 7/6 Magic Kingdom (60+1) no mine train
Tuesday 7/7 Animal Kingdon (60+2) no FOP
Wednesday 7/8 Hollywood Studios (60+3) no Slinky, etc.
Thursday 7/9 Epcot (60+4) I was able to get Frozen, the only top tier I tried
Friday 7/10 Magic Kingdom day 2 (60+5) I was able to get 7DMT at 6:10, not crazy about that time though

I'm assuming it's because those parks are early in the week.

 

[cakebaker]

Arrival day 7/5 -no parks
Monday 7/6 Magic Kingdom (60+1) no mine train
Tuesday 7/7 Animal Kingdon (60+2) no FOP
Wednesday 7/8 Hollywood Studios (60+3) no Slinky, etc.
Thursday 7/9 Epcot (60+4) I was able to get Frozen, the only top tier I tried
Friday 7/10 Magic Kingdom day 2 (60+5) I was able to get 7DMT at 6:10, not crazy about that time though

I'm assuming it's because those parks are early in the week.

Wow- I'm taking away everything I just said about availability. lol I just went back and checked and I was looking at a cached page. When I refreshed, it's showing really tight availability. We're looking at 5 days out for FOP, SDD, MMRR and 3 days for SDMT. That's much tighter than when I booked last week. No wonder you had troubles booking!

 

[Erica Ladd]

I’m getting nervous about our short trip - doubt there will be any availability as we need HS and AK days at the beginning of the trip.

 

[wilkydelts]

Who knows what October will bring but I’m nervous about my 60+3 AK and my 60+4 HS days. I will have a head start on weekend people by arriving on a Wednesday but very nervous that +3/4 is not enough based on current trends. Just don’t know how much this is purely a summer issue.