Question -
What is the best way to "keep looking" for a Fast Pass?
Since I already have my Fast Passes booked for my DHS day.
Star Tours - 9:30 - 10:30
Frozen - 11:00
SDD - 12:40 - 1:40.
How can I check for availability for SDD for earlier since it won't tell me anything in the morning is available (since I already have FPs booked for most of the morning hours and they system won't let you overlap Fast Passes).
So without cancelling my Star Tours or Frozen FPs .. how can I check if SDD FP for the morning "opens up"?
Mine too and same for me.my 60 day window opened this morning and I got it for 60 + 5, they only had night slots open so I grabbed it.
Mine too and same for me.
It was the first thing I went for on day 60+5 and very few available and all are night time. I was more surprised that we couldn’t get a 7DMT at all and that on 60+6 I had Flight of passage available and even tonight there was still a lot of FOP available in that Sunday.
Question -
What is the best way to "keep looking" for a Fast Pass?
Since I already have my Fast Passes booked for my DHS day.
Star Tours - 9:30 - 10:30
Frozen - 11:00
SDD - 12:40 - 1:40.
How can I check for availability for SDD for earlier since it won't tell me anything in the morning is available (since I already have FPs booked for most of the morning hours and they system won't let you overlap Fast Passes).
So without cancelling my Star Tours or Frozen FPs .. how can I check if SDD FP for the morning "opens up"?
You’re still better off cancelling ST if you want an earlier SDD time. ST FP has no “worth” at 9:30. So keep the time open in the hopes you can get an earlier SDD. You can still ride ST at 9:30 via standby if you don’t end up getting SDD.Ya .. I know I don't need a Star Tours Fast pass or Frozen one .. but when travelling with a 2 year old, 6 year old, wife and 2 grandparents ... we aren't going to be hitting the ONLY other rides at the park (RnR and Tower of Terror) .. so there really is nothing else "worth" getting a FP for.
My "hope" was to get an early SDD FP and just do all of TSL early in the morning. That didn't work despite doing DHS on the last day of our trip.
So my plan now is to hit one of the TSL rides at rope drop .. and go do Star Tours and Frozen . .then come back to TSL for SDD in the afternoon (unless I can get one earlier).
My hope is just to have those all done early so I can make a 4th fast pass for myself for RnR or ToT (as I would be the only one riding it) later in the afternoon.
That's what stinks about DHS still .. if you aren't planning on going on RnR and ToT .. really nothing else 'worth' getting a FP for.
I would rather make Fast Passes for my trip each morning for several consecutive days than worry about arranging your days so the parks with the "highly desirable" fast passes are at the end of your trip.
Everyone should have the same chance at getting a Fast Pass for any given day if you are logging in first thing.
I agree completely. It’s as fair as it practically can be. Everyone has an opportunity and it works pretty well with the exception of the newest most popular rides. I also can’t imagine trying to get FP’s daily for Disney. I wouldn’t have a job very long if that was the case.Goodness, I would hate to have to log in and do that daily! Plus, it wouldn't really be putting everyone on equal footing.
While that would, in theory, give everyone the same chance, in practice it would greatly advantage those who live in Eastern or Central time zones and have free time in the morning. I personally would be screwed because I have to start work at 7am, and I don't have even 10 minutes free to make Fast Passes at the start of my shift. Its's not practical for me to take off a week so I can get my Fast Passes in the morning, and people who live on the west coast would have to get up and be online at 4am for days on end.
Secondly, some people would have faster internet, faster equipment, and faster fingers. Some people would 'win' the coveted Fast Passes, and others would still lose out. It would be a mad scramble every morning, and Disney's stellar IT would lead to lots of headless Olafs. I'll gladly take one day of possible frustration over several in a row.
I also think that your premise that this would allow people to avoid arranging their days based on Fast Passes is flawed. The current system advantages those with longer stays, so people generally CAN get the coveted fast passes later in their stay. With a daily FP booking there would be some people who "win" at the fast-fingers race every morning and others who would "lose" it for every single day. So instead of planning your trip once with a thought for AK on day 5 for FOP, people would be adjusting plans daily based on what they can score. Instead of being able to get SDD or FOP for day 5 of a trip, some people would end up not being able to get it at all, even with a long stay, while others would scoop up what they want for every day.
Not sure if FOP FP drops are still happening at a pedictable time. We lucked out last October when they were dropping at certain times that I had learned about but I haven’t heard/ paid attention to this lately.How do you know when they do a "Fastpass" dump of new times?
Our trip is in December, and on FP day we got FOP at 60+4 first thing in the morning without an issue. SDD was booked, but I kind of expected that, but 7DMT had no times either. I'm not sure if that's because I was looking at arrival day (day 60) and 60+1, or if they are holding the FP.
I've seen where people have posted that there were new FP available. What kind of things should I look for to hop on that?
As a side note, it's not the end of the world for our trip - we're focusing on rides for the toddler - and FOP was the only one I was really worried about. But 7DMT is new to us, but much older than SDD, so I was a bit surprised it had no availability at all. My plan is to hopefully rope drop it, but we have a 10 am BOG reservation and I want to hit the Enchanted Tales with Belle meet before BOG too.
Goodness, I would hate to have to log in and do that daily! Plus, it wouldn't really be putting everyone on equal footing.
While that would, in theory, give everyone the same chance, in practice it would greatly advantage those who live in Eastern or Central time zones and have free time in the morning. I personally would be screwed because I have to start work at 7am, and I don't have even 10 minutes free to make Fast Passes at the start of my shift. Its's not practical for me to take off a week so I can get my Fast Passes in the morning, and people who live on the west coast would have to get up and be online at 4am for days on end.
Secondly, some people would have faster internet, faster equipment, and faster fingers. Some people would 'win' the coveted Fast Passes, and others would still lose out. It would be a mad scramble every morning, and Disney's stellar IT would lead to lots of headless Olafs. I'll gladly take one day of possible frustration over several in a row.
I also think that your premise that this would allow people to avoid arranging their days based on Fast Passes is flawed. The current system advantages those with longer stays, so people generally CAN get the coveted fast passes later in their stay. With a daily FP booking there would be some people who "win" at the fast-fingers race every morning and others who would "lose" it for every single day. So instead of planning your trip once with a thought for AK on day 5 for FOP, people would be adjusting plans daily based on what they can score. Instead of being able to get SDD or FOP for day 5 of a trip, some people would end up not being able to get it at all, even with a long stay, while others would scoop up what they want for every day.
FWIW- we just got back from WDW today and weren’t able to get a SDD FP during an 8 day trip so we decided to just suck it up and wait in line for it last night.
We got in line around 7pm with a posted wait time of 95 mins and actually waited about 70 mins. It wasn’t terrible but I would not wait in that queue during the day.
I had the same experience yesterday morning and HS is my 60 +3 day and no dice. I was able to get FOP 60+3 and FEA 60+2 but strangely no 7DMT on day one. When I went last year I had no issues with my selections. I'm only going for 4 days so it looks like Disney caters to people who stay longer. Oh well I'm planning to rope drop that's all I can do.Yep, I booked my FP yesterday morning and knew SDD wouldn't be available on my HS day (60+3), and we're only a party of 3. I'll keep checking in hopes of snagging one before our trip, but realistically not expecting anything until possibly day-of. And if we don't get one, we'll plan to hop in line just before closing.
I booked 60+4 and could only get an evening slot. Also booked another one for later in our trip at 60+8 and could get an early morning slot. Booking further out for your trip definitely works better.
60+4 would be day 4 of the trip. Once you can book your FP's, you can book for your entire trip, up to 10 days.How did you get the +4? To my knowledge, I was only allowed at day 60, and of course, they were all booked up.