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fast Pass + Question [available for everyone? + where are they once selected?]
Sorry is this has been asked and answered already, does everyone get to make the advanced Fast Pass requests online or is that only for people who will get the bands. I ask because I was not able to make any Fast Pass selections and then all of sudden today I can. We arrive in about 4 weeks, so I am trying to figure out where my fass passes will be, will they be on my WTW card when I check in?
I have been wondering how this works too. How many fast pass selections were you able to make per park? My understanding was that the fast pass would be on your band or rfid included key to the world card so that there is no need for the printed ticket anymore.
Keep in mind that FastPass+ is only in the testing phases right now.
Those who are invited to take part in the test have been able to make 3 FP's ahead of time per park, per day. (They can always use the FP system on an ad hoc basis, like we all used to do.)
With the testing, those with wristbands just had to place their wristband against the RFID reader when entering the FP line at an attraction.
Sorry is this has been asked and answered already, does everyone get to make the advanced Fast Pass requests online or is that only for people who will get the bands. I ask because I was not able to make any Fast Pass selections and then all of sudden today I can. We arrive in about 4 weeks, so I am trying to figure out where my fass passes will be, will they be on my WTW card when I check in?
Same thing happened to me - yesterday I was able to make FP arrangements online. But no word of Magic Bands yet. When I asked about others experiences, several said when that happened to them, they were able to customize their Magic Bands several days later. So, I'm hoping that option will appear for me soon!
Same thing happened to me - yesterday I was able to make FP arrangements online. But no word of Magic Bands yet. When I asked about others experiences, several said when that happened to them, they were able to customize their Magic Bands several days later. So, I'm hoping that option will appear for me soon!
This happened to me the other day.
We have a split stay with a cruise in the middle, starting Sept 9.
One morning, I was suddenly able to select FP+ beginning with the first day of our second stay and ending almost a month later. No magicbands, though. Then, that evening, I was able to personalize magic bands for that same stay (the second stay) and they are supposed to being mailed to us in a few days.
If MDE does not let us do magicbands and FP+ for our first stay, we are going to ask when we check in at that resort if they are able to activate the magicbands for that stay, too. No idea what the answer will be, and either is fine, but I figure it can't hurt to ask :-)
I was able to make three fast pass selects for one park each of our eight days, I have yet to see any info regarding the bands for us hopefully that happens soon.
From what it sounds like the fastpass + system is further along in testing then the magic bands so they may be allowing anyone who has their tickets registered to the My Disney Experience site to book them.
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