karly05
DIS Veteran - "I found the Snipe!"
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2009
I always use the WDW website on my desktop computer because I find that so much easier for me. This was my first time booking FPs since they changed it so you don't have to pre-book 3 in the same park/day, so that was an adjustment for me, but if you've never done it before, you won't know what it used to be like, so you'll be fine.
My biggest tips: as always, look for your hardest-to-get attractions and top priorities first. You will book your FPs one at a time. You choose a day and park, then they will ask if you are looking for a time in the Morning, Afternoon or Evening. There is also a 4th option on the same line to select a time. Click on that and you'll get a drop down to choose a time in half-hour or so increments. I was trying to get a specific FP for around 10:30 am, and choosing "Morning" only offered 3 times earlier or later than I wanted. I tried the Time drop down and got the 10:30 I wanted.
You can change between the timeframe choices as much as you want to see time/attraction options before choosing.
Once you've chosen a day, park, time(frame), you'll get a list of available attractions with times close to your request. When I tried to get FEA in "Morning" one day, the ride came up on the list but with a note that there were no morning times available and here were the earliest times available (I got 1:10 pm). Pick what you want and confirm it, then choose to stay on the same day/same park or change days and pick a park for that day, and go through the selection steps again.
Don't click that you're completely done until you're done making all your FPs. I haven't tried this but I assume you can still go back and change times/attractions. And it seems to me you should be able to go back to days where you don't have 3 booked yet and add more, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT, so if anyone wants to confirm, that would be great.
Oh and one more tip: be sure you keep in mind any ADR times, show/parade/event times, things that might conflict with FP times.
This turned out wordy, but I like as much info as I can get when going into something new.
Good luck and have fun!
I so rarely see other Carlys!
