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So, I'm supposed to be able to make FP+ ressies tomorrow, like in a few hours. I bought tickets through UT and have them linked to MDE. Yet, the FP calendar indicates that I can only make ressies through May 3, which is only 30 days from now, not 60.
Ideas?? Will it show my 60-day window after the date change to April 4?
Never mind about the original question, but I do have a new one.
Yes, our 60-day window opened as soon as midnight hit, but I had one minor disappointment. I wanted to book Frozen Ever After, but it wasn't available. That is, it wasn't on the list at all. Isn't it supposedly scheduled to open around May 1? I would have thought it would be on the FP list by now. I just told DS Joel we would keep checking and change if possible.
At MK, the princess hall was not available...neither side...at 12:05 on my opening day. Both had a message that all FP+ were issued for the selected day. I find that hard to believe, especially for Cinderella and Rapunzel, which is what we really wanted. We did the Frozen girls last time.
Anyone have any idea what is the plan for Frozen Ever After FP and why the princesses show all booked?
The princesses might be all booked for VIP tours or a large group tour wanting to send half to one side, half to the other.
The Itinerary Planning Office can book ADR's before a guest's 180, so I bet they have an edge on booking FP's in advance for Club Level guests. That might explain part of those FP's.
I agree, though, that it is odd that there were none open for Cinderella-Rapunzel. That does seem weird. That's why I wonder if Disney is accommodating some large group or VIP demanding completely private access.
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I would check again for Fairytale Hall - there could have been a glitch. As far as Norway goes, I read the other day the Stave Church is closing for a refurb until May 27th then reopening on May 28th. The site speculated that this may be the day the new m&g and the ride will open too.
Since you were trying to book A&E for the first day of your trip it is possible that the unavailability is due to folks beginning their trip before you booking them for a day later in their trip. You may want to try to get yours for the second day that you are at MK if that is possible.
I would check again for Fairytale Hall - there could have been a glitch. As far as Norway goes, I read the other day the Stave Church is closing for a refurb until May 27th then reopening on May 28th. The site speculated that this may be the day the new m&g and the ride will open too.
I should've known you'd be read up on everything, Darlene! I'll keep checking to see if they open up FP+ before we leave. We'll be at Epcot on June 6, so we should be able to do Frozen, which is good news.
As for the MK princesses, they still aren't available. I guess we'll see when we get there, and I'll keep looking on the website until we leave here on Memorial Day. We don't tend to do multiple days at individual parks, so June 4 is our only day at MK. I'd like to do the princesses for Joel, but we'll survive if we don't see them.
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Well, here's a strange turn of events. I had pretty much written off the princess m&g for Joel, so I hadn't looked lately. Just now on a whim, I thought I'd poke around the FP+ selections again. Not only were Cinderella and Rapunzel available (the greeting he wanted) at the exact time we had Space Mountain booked (the one I intended to drop), but Anna and Elsa, too! I booked C & R, and I know he'll be thrilled.
By the way, there were all kinds of times available, too, in case any of you are interested. It's as if they just opened them up. Hmm.
Well, here's a strange turn of events. I had pretty much written off the princess m&g for Joel, so I hadn't looked lately. Just now on a whim, I thought I'd poke around the FP+ selections again. Not only were Cinderella and Rapunzel available (the greeting he wanted) at the exact time we had Space Mountain booked (the one I intended to drop), but Anna and Elsa, too! I booked C & R, and I know he'll be thrilled.
By the way, there were all kinds of times available, too, in case any of you are interested. It's as if they just opened them up. Hmm.
Glad you were able to get what you wanted! I also noticed that there seemed to be a lot of new FP availability today when I was looking. I had a few FPs that I wanted to modify for our trip and I've been checking every few days to see if the times we wanted were available and didn't have any luck until today. I was able to move our FP for Peter Pan (for 2 groups of 4) to an earlier time and there was a lot of availability throughout the day (prior to today there was virtually nothing available - just some random times throughout the day). I was also trying to move our 7DMT FP to an earlier time and while there was no availability, there was a lot of availability (for a party of 8) for late afternoon through closing. Also noticed that there is now a ton of availability for TSMM at DHS (probably due to them bringing the 3rd track online later this month) and was able to move our FP for that to an earlier time.
Thanks for posting this! I was certain that we wouldn't get to meet Anna & Elsa (we are going the first week of June) and my granddaughter would be crushed. I rushed right over to FP+ and was able to secure a M&G with them for the exact time on the exact day that we want.
On the down side, I suppose this means that Norway won't be ready by that time...
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