We had a great trip! Fastpass+ worked for us!

[jj1403]

Our experience with Fastpass+ was very positive from March 25-31st. We are a family of five with three kids ages 10-3 years old.

The advice I received here worked very well for us. We ended up tweeking some of it towards the end of our stay.

I know a lot of people are focused on rope drop, which we did do most of the time. My kids are troopers are able to handle long days in the park. My three year old would take a nap in the stroller and that worked well.

We began to realize that by having our fastpasses booked for the afternoon and staying later really maximized what we were able to accomplish.

Animal Kingdom for example would thin out after 5pm with most people leaving. We were able to ride expedition Everest back to back with out fastpasses three times in a row due to the low crowds.

Magic Kingdom on evenings when it was open after the fireworks we were able to walk on to most rides. We tried to get into Story time with Belle on three different days and the line ups were crazy. We eventually made it in on our last day just before park closing. The CM"s were begging people to come in as the wanted to do one last show and needed a minimum amount of people. It was excellent we loved it!

Pro's being able to schedule your favorite rides later in the day. A few times the kids swam in the morning and we were still able to ride our favorite rides.

I liked being able to change times or experience when available. (we Were there at a peak time so that was not always an option).

I am a planner so I liked being able to book rides month in advance. It added to the excitement.

Con's
During busier times changing rides/experiences is not going to be an option.

I don't like the tiering.

Would like to be able to book 4-5 passes a day.

If anyone has any questions ask away!

 

[mickyzzzzz05]

No questions here but wanted to thank you for posting this! I love seeing a positive review of the FP+. Glad it worked out for your family!

 

[jj1403]

No questions here but wanted to thank you for posting this! I love seeing a positive review of the FP+. Glad it worked out for your family!

Thanks! I must admit I was really worried especially with all of the mixed FastPass + reviews I read before we left.

Can wait to go back!

 

[mlittig]

Thanks for your positive review I will be experiencing FastPass+ for myself starting Friday and I cannot wait

 

[ciera321]

So glad you had a great time! Thanks for the info.

 

[coley444]

Thanks for your positive review I will be experiencing FastPass+ for myself starting Friday and I cannot wait

Me too!! Friday can't come soon enough!

 

[DisneyHardin]

So glad you had a positive experience with it. We used FP+ in Oct (paper fastpasses were still available, but we didn't use any) and we thought it worked out great too. We arrived at RD and did headliners and then saved our FP's for afternoon.

 

[msmileyface]

I also had an easy time using FP+! Glad you enjoyed it!

 

[TJA]

Glad to hear it! We just returned from an Easter week in Disney and it was fabulous! FP+ worked like a charm, crowds were low, weather was great! I booked all of our FP's for later in the days and what a dramatic difference this made for us. We no longer felt stressed/rushed to get to the parks and run to the FP stations. One day I rented a cabana at the Poly for the day, then we ate an early dinner at Ohana, then went to MK to use our FP's -- they were all walk-on rides, plus we walked right on Pirates, Haunted Mansion, Pooh, and a few others. We did almost the whole park of the rides we like in a couple hours! And we even made it back to Poly for Wishes.

 

[goin' again!]

Thanks for sharing your experience! It's nice to hear something positive about FP+ since we have no choice but to use it

 

[rbork]

Another positive review of fp+ last week too. We didn't even use all of our FPs. I liked being able to change them on the fly. The app was slow and sometimes clogged up at the server but otherwise it was fine.

 

[lmbcdb]

Thanks for the review! I have a question for you...

We are rope-drop people, too. We have been for years and it works well for us. We have a 10 and a 6 year old, but no toddler! We usually go at opening, eat lunch and dinner in the parks, then go back to the room, swim for a little, then go to bed early for rope drop again the next day.

My question is - How did you do rope drop and stay late, then be ready to go for rope drop again the next day? Or did you not do rope drop every day?

We are going in June (ack! first time in the summer...) and I really want to maximize our plan and our FP+s.