Ticketmania and Fastpass+

[qtwns]

Happy Thanksgiving! I am looking to purchase tickets for my family and have used TicketMania several times. When I look on their site, there is no mention of if their tix are RIF/Fastpass+ enabled. When I compared prices with Undercover Tourist -- whose tix were more $$ -- they advertise that their tix ARE RIF/Fastpass+ enabled. Does anybody know what the deal is? Will I be able to reserve Fastpass+ times? TIA!

 

[Robo]

Happy Thanksgiving! I am looking to purchase tickets for my family and have used TicketMania several times. When I look on their site, there is no mention of if their tix are RIF/Fastpass+ enabled. When I compared prices with Undercover Tourist -- whose tix were more $$ -- they advertise that their tix ARE RIF/Fastpass+ enabled. Does anybody know what the deal is? Will I be able to reserve Fastpass+ times? TIA!

All WDW tickets (if they send you tickets) from legitimate resellers (including TicketMania) are plastic RFID-enabled cards.
They will activate the "Mickey-head" RFID readers at the gates, FP+ entrances and other RFID points.

Once you get the tickets (if they send you tickets,) you can input their numbers to your MyDisneyExperience account and make advanced FP+ reservations beginning on the date at which you are eligible.

 

[bumbershoot]

When I compared prices with Undercover Tourist -- whose tix were more $$ ...

Ticketmania doesn't include tax in their first-shown prices. With UCT you get the price you see on that one page. Just looking at one random ticket, UCT is better once you include tax on the Ticketmania tickets. Just make SURE, before buying.

 

[qtwns]

Thanks! Bumbershoot, excellent point. Forgot about that little tax thing.

Robo, I've always had the tickets sent to me at my home. Should I be reading something into your message about "if they SEND" the tickets? I've been off the boards from a while, so I may have missed something about the ticket sellers. I haven't been to WDW in a couple of years since the RFID transition, and have only gotten paper tix with the old magnetic strip. Are all tickets (not magic bands) plastic now?

Thanks again!

 

[Robo]

Robo, I've always had the tickets sent to me at my home.

1. Should I be reading something into your message about "if they SEND" the tickets?

I haven't been to WDW in a couple of years since the RFID transition, and have only gotten paper tix with the old magnetic strip.

2. Are all tickets (not magic bands) plastic now?

Thanks again!

1. The only point I'm making is that since the tickets you buy from a reseller must be SENT to you,
you don't know how long that will take.

BUT..
Tickets purchased directly from DISNEY can be ordered as "Will Call"
and do NOT need to be sent to you at all.
The ticket order's confirmation numbers can be entered INSTANTLY into your MDE account.
Zero waiting.

2. Yes.