(See also What You Need to Know Now About Fastpass+.)
ON JANUARY 23, 2014, TRADITIONAL FASTPASS DISAPPEARED, AND FASTPASS+ BECAME THE ONLY OPTION
On January 23, all the Disney World theme parks became be FastPass+ only. The old “legacy” Fastpasses are gone.
As of now,
- Guests in Disney owned hotels and in the Swan and Dolphin can book FastPass+ beginning 60 days before their arrival date.
- Everyone else with a linked ticket can book FastPass+ beginning 30 days before their visit.
YOU NEED TO HAVE SIGNED INTO “MY DISNEY EXPERIENCE” TO RESERVE FASTPASS+ AHEAD OF TIME
You can’t do anything for Fastpass+ ahead of time unless you’ve signed in to My Disney Experience. Go to MyDisneyExperience.com to sign up and sign in.
YOU NEED YOUR HOTEL RESERVATION LINKED TO GET FASTPASS+ 60 DAYS AHEAD OF TIME
When you are in MyDisneyExperience (henceforth “MDE”), check “My Reservations” to see if your hotel reservation is there. If not, you’ll need your reservation number. With it in hand, find the button that says “Link a Resort Reservation.”
YOU CAN ONLY MAKE FASTPASS+ RESERVATIONS IF YOU HAVE LINKED TICKETS
Your tickets need to be linked to your MDE account for you to be able to use it to pre-book FastPass+.
NOT ALL OFFERINGS ARE THE SAME ALL DATES FOR ALL USERS
FastPass+ parades and fireworks seem to be released much closer to arrival date than 60 days. So far, they seem to be showing up for the next month near the end of the current month .
“BE OUR GUEST” WORKS COMPLETELY DIFFERENTLY THAN FASTPASS+
The chance to reserve Be Our Guest for counter-service lunch is actually unrelated to the Fastpass+ test. As near as I can figure out, anyone with a Disney hotel reservation can try for such a reservation. You need your 12 digit numeric reservation number. See this for more on how to get this.
CRASHES, FRUSTRATION, INCOMPLETE STUFF ARE STILL ALL TOO COMMON
Reports suggest this is going fine for most people, and gets better every week, but that crashes, incomplete data, mystified cast members etc., are still all too common…
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33 Comments on "Frequently Asked Questions About Fastpass+"
Yay…I am able to be part of the test for early October! We are yearly visitors, but as I was looking through the FastPass+ choices, I am wondering what the advantage of a FastPass for Illuminations is. That is one thing we have never taken the time to watch and we plan to this year. Should that be one of our choices?
Alicia, yes to both–see this: http://yourfirstvisit.net/2013/08/26/more-on-the-disney-world-fastpass-test/
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First let me say I LOVE this site I check it everyday. My family and I have reservations at POP for November 11th. Do you think that POP will still be part of the fastpass+ test by then? Also if you get the magic bands and fp+ do you still get the cards to do the paper fp option? Thanks so much this site has helped me plan our whole vacation!
Yay, Jennifer!!!