Making Fast Pass Reservations for a Large Group

[missmickey]

We can make our FP+ selections on 7/7, and I have a few questions. We are a party of 13 for the first five days of our trip, then a party of 17 for the last four. Our dates are 9/5-9/14

1.) Can I make FP reservations for everyone in our party myself?

2.) Can I make FP reservations for the group arriving later in the week, even though they will still be 5 days away from their 60 day mark or will they just have to try to get the same FP for the same time.

3.) Not everyone in our party can ride all rides- my youngest is 35 inches, my MIL has a very bad back, my mom won't ride rollercoasters, and I can't spin- should I just make the same passes for everyone or should I try to make separate ones for those not riding- seems like it could get too stressful both with making the FP reservations and with implementing it the day of, but I don't know??

4.) We will be in MK four of our days. Would you do all of your FP for each day within the same area or spread them out. For example Day 1- all FP in Fantasyland.

Thanks for any advice you can share!!

 

[Jennytoon]

1) As long as everyone shows in your Friends & Family and has enough ticket media linked to cover the days you are making FP+ for then yes, you can make them all yourself.

2) I believe you can but not 100% positive -- where I have seen answers here before they are about booking off-site party members. Unless you are looking for Anna & Elsa I wouldn't worry about it too too much. If you can't, your best strategy will be to copy the existing FP for the rest of the group to them -- you may end up with some times that do not have an exact one hour overlap, but you should get a decent sized overlap. You will only have problems if your FP are scheduled very tightly together when you try to copy (ex. 1-2, 2-3, 3-4).

3) The easiest strategy here is to make the same ones for everyone, then change the experiences / times for those who are doing something separate. I actually feel that this is one of those things that is stressful no matter when you plan it, so if you do it right before you get to the park it makes a much more stress free experience in the park. Just my opinion. Keep in mind though that if your mom wants to ride the Carousel while everyone else goes on Space Mountain, she won't need a FP for that and someone else in your group might love to take her magic band for a few minutes and get an extra ride on Space Mountain. Plus, that becomes less stressful to implement.

4) It really depends what you want to ride and how you generally tour the park, I think everyone's answer will be different on this. One thing to keep in mind if you do decide to do them all in one area is whether you will have enough other stuff in that area to work on (if you schedule them close together), or what your overall plan will be for getting back without too much backtracking (if you schedule them farther apart).

One thing that I like to do if you have an ADR or a planned spot for QS lunch is to make a FP that overlaps the meal. That way it's fewer times to keep track of, it mentally turns into "Ride Jungle Cruise and then go to lunch" instead of "JC FP @ 10:30 and ADR @ 11:15". Or the other way around it's "Grab lunch at Columbia Harbor House and then head to Splash".

 

[missmickey]

Thank you!