Navigating the My Disney Experience system can be confusing, so today we have info on the best way to use it to get the FastPass+ reservations you want, and how to modify them later if you'd like.
You must have park tickets purchased and linked in your My Disney Experience account before you can make FastPass+ reservations.
Browser functionality for My Disney Experience (whether it's on desktop, mobile, or tablet) works much better than the My Disney Experience app, so, if you are having trouble getting the app to work (especially if you are in the parks) try using the browser version of My Disney Experience instead.
Some FastPass+ reservations are challenging to get. Make sure you identify which ones of yours are so you can have a strategy in place to maximize your chances of snagging them. Check out our post on How to Get Difficult FastPass+ Reservations for help.
These are the steps to use when using a browser on a desktop, mobile, or tablet.
Or, you can click My Disney Experience (in the menu in the top right) and then Get FastPass+.
3. Select the names of all of the people in your group and then click Next.
4. Choose the park and date you want.
5. Select the first FastPass+ you want and the click Next. If you plan to get different FP+ for members of your party later, choose the more difficult FP+ now.
If you're getting FP+ at Epcot or Hollywood Studios, you'll be asked to choose 1 from the top tier, and 2 from a lower tier. If you are selecting FastPasses for Animal Kingdom, you'll be allowed to choose 1 from the attractions in Pandora and 2 from the other areas of the park.
6. All of the open and available options will be at the top. Attractions without FastPasses available will be at the bottom. You can adjust the time frame you are looking for at the top. Choose the best option for your touring plans and select confirm.
7. Once you hit "confirm" you'll be able to continue selecting FastPasses.
8. When you are done you can review your FastPass+ reservations.
After you make your FastPass+ reservations, you might want to change your selections to a new experience or time.
In fact, we recommend doing that if you're in the parks and show up for a FastPass+ that has a short standby line, in which case we suggest getting in the standby line, then getting out your phone and changing the FP+ to something else later in the day.
Once again, we suggest doing these through a browser as it's much easier that way and you are much less likely to encounter any "glitches" like you may have in the app.
1. Make sure you're logged in to My Disney Experience.
2. Once there, in the Plans section select View or Update under FastPass+.
You can also click on My Disney Experience (in the menu at the top right) and then Get FastPass+.
3. Select the FastPass+ reservation you'd like to change and then click View Details.
4. Select the Modify button. You'll be asked which members of the party you'll like to modify.
One good trick for getting difficult FastPass+ reservations if you can't get them for your whole group is to try to get a FP+ for 1 person in your group and then try to copy it over to others by using the "Add Guest" function.
5. Select the person from your Friends and Family list that you'd like to try to add to your reservation.
6. If there is availability, you'll be asked to confirm the selection. If the exact time isn't available but there are other times that are, it will show you those.
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Hi! We’ve got a party of 8 and I had our fast passes split where 4 people were riding roller coasters and 4 people were riding kiddie rides. One of the people on the coasters wants to join the kiddie ride people. It says I have to remove them from the original fast pass party before I can add them to the new one. I’m scared I will remove them and then they won’t be able to join new one because that fast pass is no longer available. But can you always add one person to a fast pass party even if it’s already sold out?
When modifying the time of a fastpass, does it “delete” that time for you to change–meaning you lose that time. Or does it stay the same until you hit “save changes” on the new time?
Do you know if there is any way to do this on the new fast pass + reservations? I was only about to book FP for one when I need it for two.
Hi, i was wondering how do i print my fast passes?
Hi! If you are linked with another family but you are not their “plan manager” can you still book everyone’s fastpasses?
We are a party of 11 on 2 different reservations, and my brother’s family is actually arriving the morning after us (driving & we are flying in late the evning before). So, our FP+ opens the day before theirs. We have everything linked on My Disney Experience, as we did dining reservations together, have the new photopass option, etc. Is it possible for me to do the FP+ for all of us, or does my brother’s family need to wait til the next day?
I have a question about fastpass+. We haven’t been to WDW for some years when my youngest had a 3-9 non expiring ticket. now she is 13 I will go to change the ticket for a 10+ when I get to Orlando. However will any fastpass+ reservations that I make with the 3-9 child ticket on MDE 30 days out be carried over to the new 10+ ticket when I exchange them or will they be lost?
We are planning our Disney trip and I was wondering how close together can your fast passes be? Can we get them 60 minutes apart?
There are 4 adults going with two children, can the adults share their fast passes with the kids if we have cards and not the bands?
I believe that you would stay up late the night of the 26th so that at midnight (27th) you would begin making your fast pass selections. But keep in mind that’ WDW works on Eastern time. So, I’m in Texas and will technically get on at 11:00 pm my time (central).
(Shannon and Heather, please confirm/ correct me if I’m wrong).
Hi – we are Disney first timers and are staying in a Disney hotel on site – this was booked as ‘Room Only’.
Our tickets have been purchased separately.
Both were booked through a holiday dealer on our behalf.
My question is are we able to get our FastPass bookings 60 days or 30 days in advance?
My Disney experience account has the hotel booking linked but doesn’t know we have tickets purchased.
We are traveling w/ ten people, three are small children who must meet A&E….no pressure. Is it best to try and book fast pass for 4 (three kids and 1 adult) or just go for the full group? Wondering if it’s similar to dining in that small groups seem easier to book.
We have breakfast reservations nearly everyday of our trip and I was wondering what time should I try to get my first fast pass of the day? Most of the breakfast are 9:40am reservations, one is 8:40am.
I canceled one of my Fastpasses leaving me with only 2 for the day. How can I book another? I want to keep the two I have already scheduled.
I also have this same question. Were you able to select another?
If you have to cancel an existing package for which you made fastpass reservations and then rebook a package over some of the same dates, will the Fastpass reservations remain and be to link to the new reservation? Or, would they automatically cancel?
For a package, they will be canceled because tickets are required for FP+ reservations and you’re effectively canceling your tickets. However, dining reservations won’t be affected, and you can cancel a room-only reservation without any problem.
No, they don’t need FastPass+ reservations because they won’t have park tickets. They’ll be allowed to enter with you on any FP+ that you have.
Looking through some other sites for FastPass+ information, I stumbled upon something scary that I don’t remember reading anywhere else… is it true that fast pass times can’t overlap? For example, can I make a reservation for Kilimanjaro Safaris at 9:40 and one for Expedition Everest at 10:30, or would it not allow me to choose those times because they are within the same hour? I usually come back here to fact check things like this, but couldn’t find the answer. Thanks for all the great info!
That’s correct. No overlapping of FP+ reservations.
Our first “day” at WDW will actually be MNSSHP…are we able to do FP+ reservations for that day? Since those tickets were purchased outside of the regular ticket package, I wasn’t sure how that would work. Thanks!
If you only have MNSSHP tickets you can still book FPs for the 3 hours (4-7) before the party starts that you are allowed in the party (I did this last night as a matter of fact). So you can book 3 FPs for 3:30-4:30, 4:30-5:30, 5:30-6:30.
This is exactly what I needed! Thanks. My fast pass has not opened yet. When I press on it though, if only comes up with my name, saying valid park admission required. It doesn’t show my husband or children. Is this normal? When we can book, will they show up too?
My tickets (bought as a part of a package) weren’t showing up as linked to my reservation when it was time for me to set up FastPass+. I had to call Guest Services to link them. The woman I talked with said it happens every now and then. It was a simple fix, but I still spent 19 minutes on the phone, so be prepared. If you can manage to fix the problem before your FP+ reservation window opens up, it will save you some panic. That said, I was still able to get the FP I wanted even though I had a late start.
Thanks! Today is the day, so I will wait and hope…..
Did the other people show up when it was time? I am having the same issue right now!
Is there a way to check out FP availability in another park without cancelling your current FPs? I’m thinking of switching parks but won’t if I can’t get the FPs I want.
I have a tip for those who wish to get a “difficult” fast pass. When I booked mine in a group of three, the “difficult” fp would make all of the passes come at a late time. For example, I booked Seven Dwarts, Peter Pan, and Dumbo during my first attempt. It gave me all of the rides rather late because that was the first time that Seven Dwarfs was available. However, I accepted the time that the system gave me, and then I immediately changed my time it was able to move the Peter Pan and Dumbo times to an earlier part of the day. Of course my fast passes were spread out, so it was harder to get the fourth pass, but I was going with a large group, so I thought it was worth it. So to recap: the tip is to accept the first times that you are offered, and then go back and change them if you wish to visit those rides earlier in the day. The system is going to give you times with all of them close together.
This reminded me… it may be a detailed process… is there a way to “link” two separate Disney reservations? I’m traveling with my boyfriend (so my MyDisneyExperience account has the both of us on it) and we’re meeting family (4 other people under their own MyDisneyExperience account). We have one dinner booked for 6 people under my MyDisneyExperience account. Is there a way to get that same reservation under the rest of my family’s account as well?
What does “opens for my dates” mean? We are going to WDW sept. 14-18. Will the whole week open 60 days before the 14th or will each day open one at a time as they reach the 60 day mark?
Yeah, it means 60 days before your trip begins. Your whole trip will open up on that day.
Looking at the Dibbs site, (most of which are not items I would fast pass except for Toy Story Mania) it seems fastpasses are available well past the 60 day mark and many after the 30 day mark (and this is during summer with peak crowds). Staying off site in a nicer but less expensive hotel is starting to look much more attractive and feasible. Has anyone found it too much a burden to get fastpasses scheduled in 30 days or less before arrival??? Is this stay on site to book 30 days prior just a “scare tactic” (I meant to say marketing ploy, I promise) to encourage us all to stay onsite? I keep hearing about the bubble… but what is wrong with coming and going from the bubble as one pleases? Is there something I am missing?
I would say that if you want a FP+ for Anna/Elsa and Seven Dwarfs Mine Train that staying on-site is the best way to get those. Otherwise, you’ll be fine. Another perk for on-site guests is that they can make all FP+ reservations in 1 sitting, whereas off-site guests have to get online 30 days before each day of their trip to get their reservations.
This may be a fluke, but…we had our trip booked for December and decided on a whim to change to July. We booked the July trip on May 29- well past the 180 day and 60 day marks. We were able to get EVERY ADR we wanted, including BOG and Chef Mickey’s at great times and also got a FP+ for Anna and Elsa the first MK day of our trip. Again, this may be a fluke, but it seemed extremely easy to get everything we wanted even though we weren’t online at midnight at 180 and 60 days.
Thank you for doing this. As a first timer, I was getting nervous at not knowing how any of this would play out when I log in that night. Got to make sure we get Ana and Elsa!!
So I’m not following how to “practice”. When I log on to MDE, even though we have a package, it doesn’t show anybody else in my party except me to “choose names ” and it also says I don’t have any tickets. I called WDW tech support, and they told me that I won’t see the option to add Fastpass until 60 days out. Any ideas? Suggestions?
People who book packages can’t practice. Your FP+ will open up 60 days out.