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Well today marks 60 days (May 12 check in) out for me so at 6:30 am I was logged in and getting ready to do my FP selections. Well let me tell you it was less that stella. Here is why..for my very 1st day (Monday May 13) into MK I couldn't get anything I wanted. So how can that be? So I called and asked about why the Parade wasn't available (one example) and the CM tells me that they only allow a small number of FP's for the parade as it is a small viewing area. So I said ok I was trying to do this at 6:30 am on 60 days out and can't do it any sooner so should I have got up at 1 am to do this? Of course no answer. Guess I just needed to vent. Now when I got to Thursday May 15 my 1/2 day at Animal Kingdom I could not get It's Tough to Be a Bug until 12:45 pm...no AM available at all. And of course we will not be there at 12:45 pm because we will be on our way to Epcot.
Wow, it is crazy to me that you are going in mid-May (usually a not-so-busy time) and are having such trouble with FP selections. One more reason I am not at all a fan of FP+!
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Ashli and CinderAbby that is what I thought that it is not the 'busy' time so I should get what I wanted but that didn't happen. It is very frustrating waiting till you are 60 days out and not getting what you want.
Ashli and CinderAbby that is what I thought that it is not the 'busy' time so I should get what I wanted but that didn't happen. It is very frustrating waiting till you are 60 days out and not getting what you want.
I understand the frustration but my point was with a 5 minute wait time even in a busy time, you shouldn't need a FP period.
I understand the frustration but my point was with a 5 minute wait time even in a busy time, you shouldn't need a FP period.
I know I get that but if it isn't busy I should have been able to get it, right? And you have to select 3 when you do this and i didn't have anything else to select because my girlfriend won't do wet rides or Mt Everest and she didn't want Nemo so that was my third pick and I failed.
I just think that if they (Disney) are going to do this they need to come up with a better plan..either allow us to big up to 3 (hopefully they will move this to 4) or allow you to big your 3 from whatever park you are going to be in. That would be the best option for me as we always get the park hopper.
Sorry I do understand what you are saying but am still very, very frustrated..with this and not being able to get the FP for the new parade at MK.
OP, I'm sorry for your experience and I, too, really hope Disney gets their poop together and sorts all this out. I'm due to schedule FP this weekend and already not so looking forward to it (sadly I'm just reading so many poor experiences that I'm already soured, not to mention I hate the new system anyway.....).
I'm arriving May 14th. I think if I can't get what I want for FP's online, I may well skip them entirely and just go without it (not suggesting you do the same, just saying that's where my frustration level is!).
Well LegoMom I wish you lots of luck this weekend and maybe you will do much better than I did. I will say the rest of my days FP selections went great...got everything I want and the times. So again I wish you lots of luck and let us know how you make out. Last October all my FP selection went wonderfully so I wasn't expecting any problems...guess I was wrong.
I'm really surprised - we are going Easter week (which is crazy busy) and I was able to get pretty much what I wanted at 60 days out - keep trying. Move your choices around when you set their priority and then see what is available. Also select times for the 3 FP+'s and then go change one and see what comes up. You'll be surprised. I did that several times as I was working around an ADR time. It's kind of like playing roulette which is annoying but keep trying. Let us know what happens.
Yesterday, I did my 60 days out FP's for all 13 days of our trip with no real availability problems, expect no Crush FP's until 9:40 (which is no big deal since before then you really would not need one).
I do find the process a bit cumbersome on the web-site (I had to do a lot of editing, but I got wanted). I wish they allowed some park hopping and would eliminate the "tiers."
That must have been very frustrating. I'm hoping I have luck when it's time to make my selections for my June trip. I know it will take lot of time and patience.
Keep trying, don't give up. Good luck!
I read on another forum that the MK parades and Wishes FP+ aren't available until a few days before the actual date. I was just coming on here to see if anyone here knows that to be true. I just booked my FP+ and had pretty good luck but was wondering about those parades. I did find that after I booked something and then went back in to edit it, I had much better times to choose from. Hope it all works out for you in the end.
Hi Sherry
Thanks I hope you are right about the parade but that is not what th CM told me today...so I will have to wait and see. Keeping my toes and fingers crossed.
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