WDW Summary of NEW DAS changes and Disney Genie - Post ONE is an updated summary

[senoragilbert]

There is a DAS Advanced Selections chat link on the website that guests who are already registered for DAS can use. It’s almost to the bottom of this WDW DAS Advance Selections webpage

Awesome! SueM you are amazing! You know everything!!

 

[Deebee_7]

Sorry if this question has been asked already but what time zone is the 7am start of the DAS advance selection in? I'm based in Europe and will use a VPN tool to register. I just need to know the 7am time zone. Thanks!

 

[lanejudy]

Sorry if this question has been asked already but what time zone is the 7am start of the DAS advance selection in?

7am Eastern time in the US.

 

[DizneyMommy]

Ughhhh my Mother-in-law waited almost 5 hours, finally got in video chat, was at the point of putting in ride requests and lost the connection. From what I see the DAS wouldn’t show up until we tap into a park, do you think she was far enough in the process that at least the DAS is there if not the 2 rides?

 

[bambialways4ever]

Ughhhh my Mother-in-law waited almost 5 hours, finally got in video chat, was at the point of putting in ride requests and lost the connection. From what I see the DAS wouldn’t show up until we tap into a park, do you think she was far enough in the process that at least the DAS is there if not the 2 rides?

Yes. But good news is it is much easier to hop back in the chat for advance selections, much quicker, and a different "line" than just needing to preregister for the pass so there's still hope!

 

[DizneyMommy]

Yes. But good news is it is much easier to hop back in the chat for advance selections, much quicker, and a different "line" than just needing to preregister for the pass so there's still hope!

Thanks, luckily that was the case and she got it all worked out. Took her 3 different devices but she got it done! I’m out of state from her so I couldn’t help much!

 

[DizneyMommy]

Ok wait now… I’m reading through posts that say people got 2 per day, they gave her two total for our 5 days. Which is is supposed to be?

 

[bambialways4ever]

Ok wait now… I’m reading through posts that say people got 2 per day, they gave her two total for our 5 days. Which is is supposed to be?

2 per day. We have 2 per day, for our 4 day trip, so 8 times total

 

[SueM in MN]

Ok wait now… I’m reading through posts that say people got 2 per day, they gave her two total for our 5 days. Which is is supposed to be?

2 per day, but the CM asks your 2 choices (and possibly also 1 alternate) for each day. If her choices were not available and she didn’t choose anything else, they could only give her what was available.

Also, the website says in order to make DAS Advance Selections, ALL park day must be between 30 and 2 days from the chat. Some people have reported getting selections for all their park days, even ones farther than 30 days away. Others have been told they need to connect into chat again to schedule the ones that are more than 30 days out

 

[DizneyMommy]

2 per day. We have 2 per day, for our 4 day trip, so 8 times total

Ok super weird. He only gave her two or she totally misunderstood what he was saying. Not sure which.

 

[Kristallc]

she would have needed to call 30 days before the LAST day of you trip to reserves passes for each day

 

[lanejudy]

Ok wait now… I’m reading through posts that say people got 2 per day, they gave her two total for our 5 days. Which is is supposed to be?

If she misunderstood, it's possible she only requested the 2 that were given. I'd have her call back (rejoin the chat) to get the additional ones booked. It's 2 per day, so with a 5 day visit that should be a total of 10. Depending on availability.

 

[DizneyMommy]

2 per day, but the CM asks your 2 choices (and possibly also 1 alternate) for each day. If her choices were not available and she didn’t choose anything else, they could only give her what was available.

Also, the website says in order to make DAS Advance Selections, ALL park day must be between 30 and 2 days from the chat. Some people have reported getting selections for all their park days, even ones farther than 30 days away. Others have been told they need to connect into chat again to schedule the ones that are more than 30 days out

We go on 3/15, so it wasn’t that. But I was just curious, it’s not worth the hassle to get more because most of the rides seemed to be only available in the evening now and we usually hop, so probably wouldn’t use them.

 

[AmyMac1109]

I'm not sure if this has been asked yet, but I didn't see it. So, apologies if I missed it...

I'm planning to request DAS for my 4 year old. He's 4, and obviously height restricted on a handful of rides. I assume that when booking our advance selections or when requesting a DAS return time, we are limited to rides my 4 year old can actually ride, correct? I mean, this makes sense. The DAS is for him. So getting a return time for Space Mountain for all 5 of us (he's the littlest), shouldn't be possible, or at least, wouldn't be a good faith use of his DAS.

Second question, and this is just more because I'm trying to wrap my head around it....we're hoping to make our advance selections at the time we get our little guy qualified for DAS. I keep seeing posts saying that you should give 2 selections and an alternate in case one isn't available. Why would something not be available at all for an entire day? There's not FastPass advance selections anymore. Anyone doing Genie+ or ILL can't book until the day of. Do they reserve X number of DAS times for each ride per day and once they're gone, they're gone? If so, how do they determine that number? I would assume if that's the case though, registering for DAS and booking the advance selections as close as possible to the beginning of that 30 day window would be our best bet.

Sorry, so many questions. This is the first time we're trying to utilize DAS. We've never needed something like this until our little guy came along. We're just trying to get him the best experience possible.

 

[lanejudy]

I assume that when booking our advance selections or when requesting a DAS return time, we are limited to rides my 4 year old can actually ride, correct?

Correct. The DAS-holder must ride. That's for Advanced Selections and also day-of DAS Return Times obtained in the park. The DAS-holder will need to tap first which allows the CM to identify him as using the DAS.

Why would something not be available at all for an entire day? ... Do they reserve X number of DAS times for each ride per day and once they're gone, they're gone?

There are limited spots, though I don't know how they determine how many per ride per day. There also appears to be set blocks of times they schedule the DAS Advanced Selections.

No worries about too many questions... we'll answer any and all

 

[OurBigTrip]

I'm not sure if this has been asked yet, but I didn't see it. So, apologies if I missed it...

I'm planning to request DAS for my 4 year old. He's 4, and obviously height restricted on a handful of rides. I assume that when booking our advance selections or when requesting a DAS return time, we are limited to rides my 4 year old can actually ride, correct? I mean, this makes sense. The DAS is for him. So getting a return time for Space Mountain for all 5 of us (he's the littlest), shouldn't be possible, or at least, wouldn't be a good faith use of his DAS.

Second question, and this is just more because I'm trying to wrap my head around it....we're hoping to make our advance selections at the time we get our little guy qualified for DAS. I keep seeing posts saying that you should give 2 selections and an alternate in case one isn't available. Why would something not be available at all for an entire day? There's not FastPass advance selections anymore. Anyone doing Genie+ or ILL can't book until the day of. Do they reserve X number of DAS times for each ride per day and once they're gone, they're gone? If so, how do they determine that number? I would assume if that's the case though, registering for DAS and booking the advance selections as close as possible to the beginning of that 30 day window would be our best bet.

Sorry, so many questions. This is the first time we're trying to utilize DAS. We've never needed something like this until our little guy came along. We're just trying to get him the best experience possible.

To answer your first question, you are correct - the DAS holder has to be riding in order to use the DAS return time. You could make a DAS reservation for any ride, but when you go to actually ride, the DAS holder has to be there too or no one rides.

dor the second question, no idea how they set aside quantities for DAS, but I’m sure they do. And remember that your first day is day 2 or 10 or 30 for multiple other people, so that’s how some rides can be unavailable.

 

[senoragilbert]

I'm planning to request DAS for my 4 year old. He's 4, and obviously height restricted on a handful of rides. I assume that when booking our advance selections or when requesting a DAS return time, we are limited to rides my 4 year old can actually ride, correct? I mean, this makes sense. The DAS is for him. So getting a return time for Space Mountain for all 5 of us (he's the littlest), shouldn't be possible, or at least, wouldn't be a good faith use of his DAS.

It sounds to me like your family is a really good candidate for combining DAS and Rider Switch! At the attractions he cannot ride, use rider switch to keep him out of the long ride queues, and use DAS for the rides he can ride while others are in the attraction queue; switch, take a lucky family member with the ride switcher, and the rest of the family can now use DAS for your son's next choice. Divide and conquer!

 

[AmyMac1109]

It sounds to me like your family is a really good candidate for combining DAS and Rider Switch! At the attractions he cannot ride, use rider switch to keep him out of the long ride queues, and use DAS for the rides he can ride while others are in the attraction queue; switch, take a lucky family member with the ride switcher, and the rest of the family can now use DAS for your son's next choice. Divide and conquer!

Ooh, excellent idea! Thank you for the tip!

 

[wdw4rfam]

Sorry I know this has probably been posted but what time does the chat open to pre register for DAS when we get to 30 days? This is our first time with new system.

 

[bambialways4ever]

Sorry I know this has probably been posted but what time does the chat open to pre register for DAS when we get to 30 days? This is our first time with new system.

7 am eastern time