Magic Band/Military Tix/Staying at Pop---Question

[BridgetBordeaux]

We have a room only reservation at Pop.

I think we will be given a MB for room access.

We plan on driving to Shades of Green to get the 4 day military tickets.

Once we have the tickets in hand, can we link them to our MB and then be able to pick our 3 FP+ experiences via the internet?

I want to avoid the kiosks in the parks.

Anybody done this yet?

 

[totallytigger]

We did this same thing twice last year--Sept at Pop and Dec at FW cabins. We received MBs before leaving home no problem. We then went to SOG and bought our salute tickets. We then went on MDE on my IPhone app and made our FP choices--also no problem. The ticket counter at SOG is open till 8pm (I think)--so we went the eve before going to park and bought our passes and it all worked out great. TSM was the only attraction we couldn't get FP for--and since we're not rope drop people, we didn't get that ride in--but certainly not the end of the world. Enjoy!!

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

Thanks for the reply.............

.............so with your tickets in hand you then linked them to your MB and then proceeded to select your 3 FP+ experiences.

Did you do this the night before your first park day?

Had you already done the military activation procedure at guest relations, or were you able to do all the linking and FP+ stuff before visiting guest relations?

 

[totallytigger]

Thanks for the reply............. .............so with your tickets in hand you then linked them to your MB and then proceeded to select your 3 FP+ experiences. Did you do this the night before your first park day? Had you already done the military activation procedure at guest relations, or were you able to do all the linking and FP+ stuff before visiting guest relations?

On our Sept trip, we activated them at Epcot guest relations the same am that we went there. In Dec we activated them the day before at guest relations in DTD. I'm pretty sure that I was able to link the tickets to MDE before activating them at guest relations--and was able to make FP+ choices then. In any case, it was all very easy and went very smoothly. FYI--the line at the SOG ticket counter can get extremely long--so get there early or later in the day.

 

[Junebugwv]

When we received our vouchers for the Mil Salute tickets, we were able to immediately link the tickets (vouchers) to MDE. It will ask for the #'s on the vouchers which is what you enter (keep scrolling until you find it on the MDE site). As long as you have your tickets and your Pop reservation linked to MDE, you can make FP+ choices. We did all of that before we activated our Mil Salute tickets at Guest Relations at DTD. I took the vouchers, the MBs and Mil ID to activate.

A little advice about making FP+ selections. I was a tad disappointed at the choices I was given the day before we went to HS. Learned that it is best to make selections (even if you don't like the times offered) and then go back later and change the times for the rides. It takes a while to learn it, but you can do it! We are at WDW right now so we have just gone through this process.

 

[Ariel on Land]

If you can buy your tickets at the ITT office on base prior to your trip, you can link them to your MDE acct which will enable you to do your FP+ prior to arrival, and link your magic bands to your tickets, which also will be linked to your resort. Pretty easy. You just scan the barcode on the vouchers and you're good to go. Only thing you have to do is "activate" the vouchers at the parks or at DTD before you can enter any of the parks.

 

[BridgetBordeaux]

You all have been very helpful. Thanks for the information!