Yesterday I set out to do a 1st day test for the new adaptations that allow for a 4th Fastpass using your mobile device. Here’s what I found.
I was travelling solo, so I thought it might be easier to find some decent 4th Fastpass+ on my phone. At 11:50am I had completed my 3 Fastpass+ choices for the day and found almost nothing available.
Pros and Cons of the new 4th Fastpass+ from your mobile device
Pros
- You can book a 4th Fastpass right after tapping your MagicBand or ticket at the touch point for your 3rd FP+ attraction. Just pull out your device and click away.
- You can book your 4th Fastpass for any ride in any park that is currently available. You aren’t limited to the park you’re in or any specific “tiers.”
Cons
- You’re allowed to book only 1 or 2 Fastpass+ per day, if you desire, but it has ZERO benefit doing that. You’re still limited to completing your “tiers” in Hollywood Studios and Epcot and there were no E-ticket attractions available at 9:30am.
- While I’m excited to know that Olaf will appear soon in Hollywood Studios, I wasn’t happy to see him crashing My Disney Experince over and over and over and over and over.
- 4th Fastpass on day 1 test was almost a total waste.
If you find a FP for anything in a park you’d like for that 4th FP+, take it. Even if you don’t like it. You might be able to click update about 6123 times until it shows something you’d actually like. If not, you’ve killed your phone and you’ll have a legimate excuse when your boss calls from Schenectady.
11:52am search for single 4th FP
Animal Kingdom
- It’s tough to be a bug 12:30pm
- Primeval Whirl 3:35pm
Epcot
- Living with the Land 11:55pm and after
- Disney & Pixar Short Film Festival 1:05pm and after
- Seas with Nemo 2:45pm and after
- Crush 1:50pm and after
Hollywood Studios
- Fantasmic 7:55pm
Magic Kingdom
- it’s a small world 10:40pm
- Dumbo 6:40pm and after
- Haunted Mansion 5:20pm and after
- Jungle Cruise 9:30pm
- Mad tea party 7:35pm and after
- Mickey’s Philharmagic 1:40pm and after
- Monsters Inc Laugh Floor 7:45pm
My advice: Book your 3 Fastpass+ offerings the moment they come available, which is 60 days for onsite guests (for length of stay) and 30 days for all offsite guests including Annual Passholders. Cast Members have even fewer options with a limit of 7 days out. Find the best Fastpass+ options and build your touring plan on Character Locator, then stick to it. Not many options as you’re touring the parks. Early planner gets the Fastpass!
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Heather
Monday 8th of July 2019
If this was true 2 years ago, it is no longer. Tips: -Refresh! New stuff continually becomes available as people change or cancel their plans, and Disney even dumps extra FPs into the system thru the day. -Close the app and re-open. Sometimes something gets frozen, especially when your MDE account has 4 ppl simultaneously on their phones poking around in it searching and changing stuff. -Do get confused. People mistake the message "no more FPs available". They think they've hit their limit, or can't get another Tier 1, or FP for everything has already been distributed for the day. But none of this is true! If you can't find anything, go back to the first tip- Refresh!
Thank you for letting me help you have a magical day :D
Kevin
Monday 11th of April 2016
I haven't had a ton better luck with a 4th FP+, but it has been better than those selections! (Except once, when we got TSMM as a 4th FP+. Someone must have just cancelled.)
Stacy
Monday 11th of April 2016
I continue to be discouraged with every new piece of WDW FP+ roll out.
Terry
Monday 11th of April 2016
looking at MDE at 3:30 on 4/11 I am seeing better attraction availability today. Very disapointed yesterday, but hopeful that it will not be as bleak going forward. However, it is clear that more guests will prusue a 4th FPP from their phone than when being forced to visiting a kiosk, which made you "work for it a bit" just like the old paper FP.
kennythepirate
Tuesday 12th of April 2016
Most probably won't know to try their phone. Disney hasn't given out any information on it yet.
Susan P
Monday 11th of April 2016
I was able to book my FP's from 12-1am last night, but system kept crashing, saying, "Oops, unable to process, try again layer". It took awhile, but persistence paid off. Do not give up! Love the feature under the title of each attraction saying ng view details. using this, you can pick any available time that doesn't overlap with other FP times.
I know booking a FP+ for parades isn't always recommended, but I book ed one for us for the afternoon parade. It is such a great parade, and not having to fight the crowds is worth it for us.
Good luck, plan early, and don't give up! You CAN do this!
Counting down to our June 10th trip. :)