Everything you need to know about Disney’s FastPass+
If you are going to a Disney World park, FastPasses are a no brainer. Every single person visiting the park gets to use them. If time is money, then not using FastPasses is like throwing even more money out the window at Disney.
Here is what we will cover in this post…
- What is a FastPass?
- Who can make FastPass selections?
- When can I make FastPass selections?
- How many FastPasses can I get?
- Are there any restrictions with booking FastPasses?
- FastPass Tiers
- My 0-2 year old doesn’t have a ticket
- How do I make FastPass Selections?
- Can I make FastPass selections for my entire family?
- Can I change my FastPass selections?
- What do I do once I’ve used my 3 FastPasses?
WHAT IS A FASTPASS+?
A FastPass is a digital reservation for a ride or attraction at Disney World that allows you to skip the regular, or standby, line. You make this reservation in advance – anywhere from 60 days in advance to the day of.
FastPasses could potentially save you hours a day while at the parks!
SIDE NOTE:
FastPass+ is interchangeably called “FastPass” or “FP” or “FP+”. They are all the same thing. FP+ is not a better version of FP.
WHO CAN MAKE FASTPASS Selections?
Anyone who has a ticket to a theme park that is linked to his or her My Disney Experience account can make FastPass selections.
WHEN CAN I MAKE FASTPASS selections?
When you can make your FP selections depends on whether or not you are staying at a Disney Resort.
If you are staying at a Disney Resort, your FP booking window starts at 7am EST 60 days before your check-in date. This is when you are able to start booking your FastPasses for your entire stay – for up to 10 days!
You can wait and book FastPasses any time after your booking window opens. However, there are popular rides that get booked fast, and they may not be available 5 days later. They may not even be available at 8am, so I suggest setting your alarm and grabbing what you want and what you can right when your booking window opens.
If you are not staying at a Disney Resort, you can start making your FP selections at 7am 60 days before you visit each park. Selections must be booked 1 day at a time.
So if you are booking FastPasses for days 1, 2 and 3 of your trip, you will have to book your FastPasses 30 days before day 1, and then 30 days before day 2, and again 30 days before day 3. Womp womp…
Of course you are free to just wait and try to book all of your FP selections at the same time once the booking window has opened for all of your days, but expect that many of the favorited attractions will already be fully booked.
HOW MANY FASTPASSES CAN I GET?
Everyone is allowed to make up to 3 FP selections per day at one park per day in advance.
So if you are going to spend the day at Magic Kingdom, you would pick 3 attractions at Magic Kingdom for which you want to book FastPasses.
You may have a Park Hopper ticket and be planning to start your day at Magic Kingdom and then head over to Animal Kingdom. In this case, you need to pick at which park you want to book FastPasses this day. You are only able to book up to 3 FastPasses at 1 park per day. You can not book 2 FastPasses at Magic Kingdom and then 1 FP later at Animal Kingdom.
ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS WITH BOOKING FASTPASSES?
Yes!
One FastPass Per Hour
Besides what’s already been mentioned, you can also only have one FP per hour.
So if you book a FP for 9:30am, the earliest your next FP could be is at 10:30am.
Only book a specific attraction once per day
Also, you can not book in advance one attraction more than once per day.
However, once you ride the ride and use all 3 of your FastPasses for the day, you can try to book one of those rides again, as many times as you’d like.
Tiered System
Finally, some parks use a tiered system that limits you to one attraction from tier one, and your other 2 must be from tier 2.
To check out the current tiering for each park, go HERE.
MY 0-2 YEAR OLD DOESN’T HAVE A TICKET! CAN HE/SHE COME WITH US ON THE RIDES?
Yes! As long as your 0-2 year old meets the requirements for riding, you will still be able to bring your little one on the attraction with you in the FastPass line, as long as you have a FP.
To grab our Disney Planning Packet with height guides included, go HERE.
How do I make FastPass selections?
You can make your FastPass selections either on the Disney website or on the My Disney Experience app.
Here is a video showing you how to make your FastPass selections 👇🏼
Can I make FastPass selections for my entire family?
Yes, but first you need to make sure your accounts are linked and they have given you permission to manage their plans.
I recommend all the adults give each other permission to manage plans so you can tag team FastPass selections.
However, you may be the head honcho of your group and plan to book everyone’s selections. If that’s the case, everyone needs to give you and only you permission to manage their plans.
Go into your My Disney Experience App to verify you can manage their plans 👇🏼
CAN I CHANGE MY FASTPASS SELECTIONS?
Absolutely! If you decide you’d rather have a reservation at a different time or for a different attraction, you can modify your FastPasses.
Go into My Disney Experience online or on your phone and “modify” your reservation. Do NOT “cancel” your FP in case you can’t find anything else you want!
WHAT DO I DO ONCE I’VE USED MY 3 FASTPASSES FOR THE DAY?
Once you have used all of your 3 FastPasses you reserved for the day, you can book another for any park you want! And once you use that one, you can book another for any park, and so on and so on until the day is done or until they run out of FastPasses!
I hope this helps some of you!
Don’t forget, if you are looking for more specifics on FastPass strategies, go to this post over here 🙂
And if you’re looking for my personal recommendations for each park, check out the posts below.
