Disney World FastPass+ Tips and Park Plan Strategies

Hello!

I read where they are now doing "digital" rider switch passes. We are traveling with 7 people, but one is a toddler. We were hoping to divide fast passes and utilize the rider switch (3 get Test Track and 3 get Soarin) and then the people who don't have to corresponding FP+ can use the rider switch. Will all of that still work with the "digital" rider switch? We just dont want to divide our FP+ and then get turned away since the others dont have FP+ for certain attractions. Hope that makes sense!! Thank you!

Hi.. I have a question regarding the combination FP+ and Child Swap... I read in some blogs that you can take advantage of this combination and you can do a FP+ reservation in 6 different attraction. e.g. we are 2 adults and 1 little princess (3 years old).. Can my wife and myself took differents FP+ selections and use Child Swap to rides the all 6?

I do not know if I am explainig right

When booking FastPass....Do you book one of the tough ones in one park and then move to another park and day to get the next toughest one you want? Or once you are on that day in that park book the 3 for that day and then move on? Hope that makes sense.

Thanks

I'm travelling with an 11- year-old and a 13-year-old. who want to ride Expedition Everest. I got them Fast passes, but that means that I still have one available for me. All three of us have Fast Passes for the Safari. But...what we really want, Avatar, is already sold out of FPs for our dates. Should I book Navai FPs for us? Should I keep some slots open so I can jump on Avatar if it becomes available? Thanks for any advice!

Our family is getting super EXCITED as our countdown to Mickey is getting close! 75 days!! My question is: We are a party of six- 4 children, 2 adults + 1 toddler. If I were to secure 3 fast pass + reservations for Avatar Flight of Passage, would we be able to utilize rider swap for 3 other members in our party? Ultimately, it would be ideal to be able for all of us to ride together, however, one of the adults will have to wait with our toddler. Thanks!

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I am visiting with my wife and two sons (13 and 9) from august 19th-September and have Fast Passes included on our WDW tickets. I understand that you get 3 passes per day (with an additional one when all three have been used) but can you book up 14 days of passes in advance or just your first day. also we are arriving very late (about 1 am) so probably won't hit the parks till after lunch on our first day. do you have any suggestioons for a starting point late on a Sunday?

Thanks

Quick question, I see that you can only have 3 fastpass plus passes. I am going with my family. 2 adults and 2 kid (11 and 4) The younger rider won't be able to ride some of the attractions. My question is if only 1 adult gets a fastpass for a certain ride will they be able to ride with the 11 year old and then the other parent ride with the 11 year old? or do both adults need a fastpass?

My family of 6 is coming Florida for 2 weeks and plan to go to DW for 8 days in August, the first few days are 7 & 8 out of 10 on the crowd calendar. The next full week it drops down to 6/10. With toy story opening at the end of the month we are just trying to figure out when to go to the parks utilizing the fast passes. Since we are staying off site, we can only book 30 days out and from other comments fast passes are difficult to come by. How accurate is the crowd calendar and is if safe to say our chances of fast passes are better on the 6/10 days.

We haven't bought our tickets yet but plan to the end of the month. Can we switch the day we start our Disney vacation planning to go to the parks depending on what time fast passes we can obtain?

Thanks so much for your time!!

Hi, we are a party of 5 - 4 adults and one 4 year old. The 4 year old does not meet height requirements for some of the rides. What is the best way to book fast passes so all 4 adults can ride? Can we use child swap? Not really sure how it works - Do we book 2 fast passes and then the 2 adults who look after the child swap and the second 2 go or do we need to book all 4? Confused!! :(

Hello!

Quick Question about park tickets. We purchased park tickets for an upcoming trip, and as a gift purchased tickets for other family members for a trip they are taking a few weeks before ours. I did all the planning for both trips, and accidentally set up their FP+s and our FP+s using the same ticket numbers for both trips- oops! Is it possible to have them swap the FP+ over to a new ticket number without losing our FP+ reservations?

Thanks in advance!

Thank you for these great tips. My wife and I will be headed to WDW at the end of the month. We are going to surprise my brother and sister (13 & 7) who have never been to any Disney Park. I had two questions. First, my Dad already has the tickets and magic bands for himself, my brother and sister. If he gets their fast passes set up now would we be able to link up with those once we have our tickets and magic bands? Secondly, say my Dad and brother go on a ride with a FP and my wife and I stay with my sister. Would we both be able to switch out or would we need three fast passes for the child switch to work?

Thanks for these awesome tips. My wife and I are going out to WDW at the end if the month. We are planning on meeting my Dad, brother and sister there. It will be the first time at any Disney park for my brother and sister and my wife's first time at WDW. I had a question about setting up the fast passes. My Dad already has their tickets and magic bands. If he sets up the FP times for the 3 of them and my wife and I are not able to get our tickets till the day prior would we be able to link into the fast passes they selected? Or if say my Dad and brother go on a ride and we wait with my sister would my wife and I be able to swap out with them?

Hi we are visiting in August and want to ride Frozen and Soaring which would be better to get a fast pass for?

Hey we are a family of 5 adults and one baby. Is it possible that we get fast pass for two adults and the rest three ride using rider swap?

We won't be riding Pirates of the Caribbean until after 6:00PM. Is this ride a good use of our initial FP+ or should I use Pirates as my 4th FP+ selection? Does that ride have FP+ availability throughout the day?

I will be leaving for Disney by the end of the week, I read already that if we have previous bands, they can be re-programmed for our new upcoming trip.

But, my question is I have 2 other bands from my relatives previous, trip can they be given and program to new family members that will be going now?

Is it still accurate that you have to use a kiosk to book your 4th+ FP selection? I have read multiple places that after you check in for your 3rd FP you can hop on MDE in line and book your 4th at any park - just want to make sure I understand.

Thanks!

If we have 6 people in our party. Two of our three daily FP will be the same. But on the third one, 3 of us want to go to one ride while the other three go to another. Can I book the other 3 people on a different 3rd FP that won't include myself (the main MDE account holder)? Hope I explained that well enough.

Hi, i was wondering if i choose to fasstpass at animal kingdom and then regret and want to change park to epcot will i be able to do that or once you choose your park its finally?

Hi, going to DW 1st wk of June for 4 days in parks. Our tickets are Hoppers. We have FPs set. Day 1 is AK. If we use up our 3 FP in AK can we try to get FP for another park while in AK? Thank you!

I want to make sure I'm understanding the child swap...We will be traveling with 2 adults and 2 kids (7 and 5). Let's say the 5 year old isn't going to ride 2 rides. If I, for example, book 2 fast passes for Seven Dwarfs and 2 for Space Mountain, and do a child swap - this would allow the 2 adults and 7 year old to ride both rides, while only using 4 fast passes?

Hi, I am looking to book my faspasses in May when my 60 day window opens (eek)

I have 2 questions:

firstly, if i book a fastpass for say 1pm-2pm, would it be wise to do the next one for 1.30-2.30pm or 2-3pm? not sure how much time to leave in between them?

Secondly, I did not know about the Tier things!! Does that mean we cannot book FPs for more than one tier 1 attraction in a day? in a whole trip? how does it work?

Thanks!

Hi Frogblog, I love your blog, park plan, tips, etc. so helpful! thanks. I was wondering if I'm lucky enough to get the time slots I will ask for what is a safe enough time between FP rides? is half an hour enough? or should one be more prudent and take 45 min or even an hour? say for relatively close by attractions like Peter Pan and Seven Dwarfs? thx!!

Hi! Your website is so helpful thank you. I’m within my 30 day mark trying to get fast passes but had no luck with flight of passage (obviously) but can’t get toy story mania either for any day! And my 3 year old is obsessed with toy story. I wondered if they’ve stopped fast passes or something for toy story with the land opening soon? And also I know that the 30 day mark opens at 7am I wondered is that also when they show any changes for example if people have cancelled reservations and fast passes do they immediately go live on the app or is there a certain time that the system resets? Thank you!

Hi, thanks for the tips! This is all so confusing! So first question, do the tickets have actual dates on them? We are staying off property, so wondering how "30 days" would start without dates. Second, can we link a friend to us that is purchasing tickets separately but going to the park at the same time?

I'm trying to make sense of the Fastpass options. First of all, if we are staying on property for a week do I get to schedule all fastpasses for the entire lenght of days when I reach the first day of the 60 days out or do I have to day by day schedule my passes as each day hits 60 days out?

Secondly, We have a party of 8 that involves a 3 year old who is not tall enough for a number of attractions. What is the most efficient use of fastpasses for my group?

If I book 3 nights at a disney resort and get a 7 day ticket, can I reserve all 7 days of FP+ when the 60 day window opens up?

Not staying off park. When I went to make my fast-pass selections in the 30 day window frame only night

rides were available. So can I still use same day fast past? Or will there be any!

been to walt disney world before used magic bands. can we use the old bands. how does that work

Hey!

If we're flying out on April 25th mid morning, and staying off-site so have the 30 day window, so I'm unsure when will our FP+ become available to book?

I missed out on a few biggies last time so I'm keen to get first dibs on some of these, but getting a little confused as to when they will be open to book. Is it 4am GMT time on Monday 26th of March? If I go on at this time, will it only be available for that day in 30 days time? Not the whole two weeks that we are there straight away? I have my days planned but unsure if I can book all the fast passes as soon as the 30 days til we fly, or whether I will have to wake up each morning for two weeks to book in that day in 30 days time. (That's confusing...!) For example, we'll be going to MK on the 30th so will I have to book fast passes when it is 30 days before the 30th?

Thank you :)

I hope this question makes sense. I am trying to fully understand the child swap logistics.

We are traveling with 4 adults and 2 children. From last experience one or both have decided they don’t want to go on rides.

Question 1:

If we book a Fastpass for 2 adults and 1 child do we all go in the fast pass queue. Those 3 ride and the other 3 wait until they come off. They then take the child who won’t ride and the other two go on without using fast passes. Is this correct?

Question 2: what is said child decides to change their mind and wants to go on the ride after they see their sister (the guinea pug) has come through it alive? If we are doing a child swap can they not go on or once you are in the queue do the cast members at the top of the queue know/care?

Question 3:

There was a mention about getting passes that you can use later, can you explain about these please?

I don't know if I have misses something or what. But it only allows me those 3 passes per day and no more after that. Even after I used one. I asked one of the workers and they said you are only allowed to have 3 and no more after that even if you used them all already :( I was a little sad about that. I even went to the Kiosk, when I scanned my band, it only showed up what my day plan was :( The member who was heloing me said the only to to maybe get more for the day is if customer relations had any type of special/promo going on but he did not hear of any other.This was at Epcot and Magic Kindom. I am going to try my luck at Hollywood Studios today!

I am traveling as a family of 6 this December. Four adults, one child, and one infant. Theoretically, could I split the FP+ for the two Pandora rides and then child swap? Two adults + child FP+ for Navi River Journey, two adults for Flight of Passage, and then child swap both?

FYI, this comment is completely false: "it doesn't matter if you've already made a FastPass+ reservation for that ride". You cannot get a fast pass for the same ride more than once a day. I booked 3 fast passes, and after using all of them, and waiting until the time completely expired, I was unable to get fast passes for those rides again.

I have a family of 9 heading to Disney this spring. I have a couple of young children who will not be interested in a few of the bigger rides, can I use the take advantage of the child swap and then still split up my fast passes? Example, me and two of my older boys get a fast pass for space mnt and then my wife and other kids ride it with a child swap????

Thanks for all the info.

What happens if someone only makes 1 fastpass+ in advance? For example, at Epcot if someone only chooses 1 in the first group because they feel that the 2 in the second group never really have a line anyway. Then that day in the park, after they use that one in the first group will they be able to park-hop and make a 2nd? or will they be stuck for the whole day because they didn't complete 3 at Epcot?

what exactly does it mean to sign up one person in your party for a popular fast pass and " then copy over your selections to other party members?" i've seen this mentioned on this and other websites as a strategy and was wondering how and what you're copying to the other people in your party. i am traveling in November, staying on site with a group of 8. My FP day starts Tuesday and I'm trying to get it all together. I have the Disney experience account and have linked the 3 reservations for our group already, but half of us can start earlier based on our check-in dates. want to be able to get the same FastPasses for the other half of the group and thought this copying thing could ensure that possibly? thank you for all of your help and insight!

Taking my two, 8 & 10, to WDW for the first time this September 15-23. I am trying to keep this a surprise for as long as possible. This is my first time in 40 years and many things have changed. The dates will allow us to be in the parks 7 full days. Currently thinking 2 at AK, 3 at MK, 1 at E and 1 at HS. My son will be turning 11 on the 21st and a huge Star Wars fan. Plan on spending the whole day at HS on his birthday with Jedi training first thing in the morning.

This will be interesting as they both would prefer to stay up late and sleep in in the mornings.

We are not into the 'wild' rides so will be using our FP+ for other attractions. I have noticed you have a 2 day plan for MK. Do you have a 3 day plan? I was thinking of splitting MK in to three; Fantasyland, Tomorrowland and then the other three.

My daughter loves princesses, so meeting as many princesses is a high priority. She also loves giraffes. Getting her as close to one or even better would make her dreams come true.

I have already done all of my ADRs, 5 dinners and one breakfast. All character dinners so we can get as many character interactions.

We are the fmly of 4, travelling to Disney 11th may onwards. I Hv made my fast pass selection quite in advance (as of now I Hv booked for 11, 12, 13, 16, 17th may). But now I want to change order of visiting (instead of 17th I would like to visit park on 15th). How can I change my selection and is it advisable to change it so late! Will I b able to get fast pass of my choice? TIA

I'm making all the fast pass reservations for a family of 14, all rides at the same. If by chance the grandparents don't want to ride a coaster and take a rest and wait. Can a couple of the kids go again and use their fast passes/bands? Wont happen often but don't want to waste them.

Hi,

The FP is available 30 days before your visit, but what exact time? Is it available from midnight Florida time 30 days before? E.g. Visit on June 20th, availability from midnight on May 20th?

Thanks,

Tom

I've heard that recently the rules have changed for fast pass+ and they now allow resort guests to use the app to book a 4th ride after the initial 3 are used and instead of the kiosk. Is that true? Thank you.

My kids and I are going to disney, but each of os get 3 fast pass correct?

Taking my wife who has never been to WDW and she is 50 but is as excited as a 5 year old. I have been several times with my kids but everything has changed in the past ten years. I can't figure out which are the best places to use fast pass in each of the parks. HELP!!!!

We are a family of 3 so get 9 fast passes. It is possible for us to split this so all 3 of us ride on one ride but split the remaining 6 fast passes into 2 people x 3 and either me or my husband will ride with our son. Means we would get 4 rides covered in total but effectively means our son is using one of our fast passes.

After your initial 3 fast passes, can you book your 4th through MDE or do you have to use a kiosk?

hi, we are trying to use the fast pass system for the seven dwarf ride and the frozen meet the characters at disney but as there is 11 of us it says its not available and says its on standby, we go in Feb and the kids would love to experience these two events, any help?

I am traveling with a 11 month old and husbans. I was wondering for the rides that don't have child swapping can we both use the fast pass in different times or do we need to arrive together? Exemple, we both have a window to arrive at a ride between 4 and 5 pm. Can I arrive at 4 and he can go at 430 after I am done? Thanks

If I made a reservation for a ride for my whole family on the FP but a family member doesn't end up using it, is it possible that a different member can ride it twice using the unused FP reservation?