I have a coupe FP+ related questions.
I’m wondering... I know when booking FP+ selections ahead of time, you must book all three at the SAME park and then the 4th can be made at a different park if park hopping day-of. However, is it possible to only pick ONE selection at the first park in advance to assure you have the FP+ pick and then after you spend that same pass on the day-of, you can immediately make your second pass at a different park? How about the third one... will it allow you to schedule those two at the same time or would the 2nd and 3rd pass have to be done one after the other gets spent when doing day of?
Finally, I’m just curious about party sizes and modifying. I currently have 3 guests to my FP+ booking on a particular day of my trip... however, we have some guests with us that (while they currently do not plan to be with us at the park we are at on that day) may or may not opt to swap out with another guest instead, should one of the guests currently on the FP+ booking not feel well or just decide to stay back at the hotel or go someplace else. Is there a way to modify the other guests on at FP+ booking without having to cancel and rebook? Or is there no way to swap profiles in and out?? I know there is an “add guests” button that you can attempt to add some more party members on if there is availability but I want to know if I can just switch out guests for other guests. Any advice on this situation?
Yes, you can make a single FP at the first park and once you
scan in on the ride you can make 2 more at a different park and hop. But you can't make all three ahead of time in multiple parks, only the first one at the first park you intend to go to.
I've dealt with the second part of your question pretty recently. We have a large party of people (5) coming later in the week to add to our party of 6 and we also have some of us staying on and off-site and inheriting the on-site 60 day window. Assuming that all of the people within your party are within their 60 or 30 day booking window, you should be able to modify the individuals within any FP party individually. Meaning you can modify an existing FP selection and changing anyone in that FP out to a new FP.
However, things get complicated if they off-site guests are not in their 30-day window yet. If that is NOT the issue - the other issue is trying to 'switch' riders from one or your FP's to another FP you already have in your plans, which as far as I know cannot be done without the help of member services.
What you can do is modify a FP and try to switch the riders 'out' to a new FP of the ride you want to switch them into, but it's not to the exact FP party you already have in your plans. What you are doing here is trying to get lucky with whatever FP times are still available for the ride you want to switch them to. If that FP is sold out or the same or similar times slots are not available, you are out of luck.
For instance; you have 3 people on Splash Mountain at 11am-12pm window. You have another FP with 3 people on Haunted Mansion in the same time frame. Someone on Splash Mountain decides to opt for Haunted Mansion instead. You go to your SM FP and modify it, taking that individual out of the party and try to move them to an open time on Haunted Mansion. You're in luck if Haunted Mansion has any single FP available from 11-12 so they can all ride together. Even if you can land a FP at 11:55, all 4 riders can get there at that time and ride together.
Or if you read the OP, you can just swap magic bands if two riders want to switch:
- While technically nontransferable, in practice
MagicBands (or tickets) can be swapped with others in your party to use their FPs (assuming everyone is together inside the park). Castmembers (CMs) do not care if 47yo Mike enters a FP queue with 15yo Sue's MagicBand.
The part about everyone being together inside the park is important.
