Really struggling to understand using FP+ in two parks in one day

[Stinky_Pete]

Having just come from a vacation where we did this, this is what I would advise…

Get your fast passes for the second park and get to the first one and get what you need done first thing in the morning. This would work well at, say, Animal Kingdom. We screwed up and used our three fast passes there in the morning but absolutely none were needed. We got there when it opened at 9. There was a 10 minute Safari wait, 5 minute wait for Everest (which we rode three times in a row without using our fast pass), 10 minutes for Kali until about 11 when it started getting unbearably hot and 10 minute for Primeval Whirl. Our second park of the day was Epcot. By the time we got there and got to a kiosk, our selections were Cpatain EO, Nemo, Figment and Spaceship Earth. All of which had 5 minute waits anyway. I wish we had gotten the Fastpasses for Epcot instead of Animal Kingdom but as it turns out towards park closing, Soarin' and Test Track were down to 15-20 minute waits so we rode those multiple times anyway. We just had to stay until the park basically closed which made the monorail back kind of a packed and miserable experience.

Very good advice. I never book FP+ at my morning park because when I'm there at rope drop I don't need them. Then when I show up at my afternoon park I don't have to wait.

Here's a hint about that packed and miserable monorail experience: After IllumiNations, hang on a bench for 20-30 minutes and watch all the people walk by. Then stroll to the exit. Much less crowded.

 

[CAS239]

My point should have stated you they should make the policy that you get one pre-booked Tier 1 per day, even if you're hopping. Because I think, regardless of hopping, say you use all tiers that you pre-booked in one park and you stay in that park, then you go to the Kiosk and you can still, if if available get another tier 1. Correct?

but this is just stating what I think they should do to make hoppers happier.

There's no need for them to put in all that extra stuff and lay everything out. No need at all to say you can only have 1 pre booked tier 1.

You get 3 preselected FP's. Two parks have tiers, 2 don't. When picking from a tiered park it says "pick 1 from this group" as its a tier 1 group. Disney doesn't need to write essays for everything. It's a simple concept. 3 pre selected FP's, then extra consecutive FP's no matter what tier at the park you're in.

And the tiers are in place for HS and Epcot being that they don't have many attractions. If they didn't have tiers then everyone would pick TSMM with RnR and then Soarin with TT. The tiers help spread it out so the headliners aren't 6 hour waits because everyone only has FP's for them.