In this part of my WDW 101 Series, I'm going to walk you through Fastpass+ and touch briefly on My Disney Experience. If you've never been to Disney World, you may be wondering exactly what My Disney Experience and Fastpass+ are. My Disney Experience is the absolutely vital website/app that contains all of your vacation information, including your resort confirmation, dining reservations and Fastpass+ reservations. It's the very first website that I ask my clients to visit so that they can set up their accounts and link their resort reservations. It is also where you will customize your Magic Bands and complete Online Check-In for your stay. I will go into details on all of the available features, why it's important and how to set up an account in a future post, but for now we'll focus on Fastpass+.
Fastpass+ an electronic pass that is booked through your My Disney Experience account that allows you to skip long lines on the most popular attractions at the four theme parks. Fastpass+ can be booked up to 60 days in advance for Walt Disney World Resort Hotel guests and up to 30 days in advance for guests who are staying off site. You can book up to three selections in advance per day and all of your choices must be in the same park each day. After you have used up your initial three, you can book one at a time throughout your day as you ride the rides from your My Disney Experience app, or at a Fastpass+ Kiosk, which can be found in several locations throughout the parks and are always manned by friendly cast members who are ready to assist you with your choices.
Attractions that are available for Fastpass+ reservations include:
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Avatar: Flight of Passage****
Na'avi River Journey****
Expedition Everest
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Dinosaur
Primeval Whirl
Kali River Rapids
Festival of the Lion King
Finding Nemo- The Musical
It's Tough to Be a Bug
Meet Favorite Disney Pals at Adventurers Outpost
****These rides will be operating on a tiered system with the other attractions at Animal Kingdom. You may choose from one of the new Pandora: The World of Avatar attractions and then can choose your other two Fastpasses as you normally would.
Disney's Hollywood Studios (On a Tiered System, so Only 1 Choice can be made from Tier 1 and 2 Choices from Tier 2)
Tier 1
Slinky Dog Dash
Alien Swirling Saucers
Toy Story Mania
Tier 2
Rockin' Rollercoaster
Star Tours
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Fantasmic
Beauty and the Beast- Live on Stage
For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing Along Celebration
Muppet Vision 3D
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Disney Junior- Live on Stage!
Epcot (Also tiered. Choose 1 from Tier 1 and 2 from Tier 2.)
Tier 1
Soarin'
Test Track
Frozen Ever After
Illuminations: Reflections of Earth
Tier 2
Spaceship Earth
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
Turtle Talk with Crush
Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival
Mission Space
Meet Disney Pals at the Epcot Character Spot
Living with the Land
Journey Into Imagination with Figment
Magic Kingdom
Ariel's Grotto
The Barnstormer
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Disney's Festival of Fantasy Parade
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Enchanted Tales with Belle
The Haunted Mansion
"it's a small world"
Jungle Cruise
Mad Tea Party
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Mickey's Philharmagic
Monsters Inc Laugh Floor
Peter Pan's Flight
Pirates of the Caribbean
Princess Fairytale Hall (Two Options available- One for Cinderella and a Visiting Princess and the other for Rapunzel and a Visiting Princess)
Seven Dwarfs' Mine Train
Space Mountain
Splash Mountain
Tomorrowland Speedway
Meet Mickey at Town Square Theatre
Meet Tinkerbell at Town Square Theatre
Under the Sea- Journey of the Little Mermaid
*Items in RED are the attractions that I recommend booking in advance and the ones in BLUE are the ones that you absolutely need to book in advance to avoid the longest waits. That being said, if, for some reason, you have to book after your 60 day or 30 day mark and those rides are unavailable, one of the perks of booking your vacation with me is that I can come up with a strategy to help you tour the parks more efficiently and help you get to those rides during the times that crowds are lighter.
Valid Theme Park admission is required in order to book Fastpass+, so your tickets must be linked to your My Disney Experience account before you can make your selections. If you have booked a room and ticket package or a room, ticket and dining package, your tickets will be automatically linked as soon as you link your reservation, but if you have purchased your tickets separately, you'll have to link the tickets manually.
To do this from a computer, you would log in to My Disney Experience and in the upper right hand corner, hover your mouse over the logo. A box will drop down with several link options to click on. Select "My Reservations and Tickets" and when the page loads, scroll down to "Tickets and Passes." There will be an option to link your tickets, which you would click, and then follow the instructions. To do this from the My Disney Experience app, you would tap the menu button on the upper left hand corner of your screen, then scroll down to "My Reservations", scroll across to "Tickets and Passes" and tap on "Manage Tickets and Passes." You would then click on "Link Tickets & Passes" and scan in your tickets via the barcode on the back or put in your ticket confirmation number manually.
After linking your tickets, you can make your Fastpass+ reservations once you hit your 60 or 30 day mark by clicking the "Make Selections" option on your My Disney Experience dashboard. You would select your preferred date and park, and then it would give you a list to choose from. After you are finished with each one, it will give you the option to select another Fastpass for the same day until you've made all three selections or make Fastpass reservations for a different day.
Need to know more about how Fastpass+ or My Disney Experience works? I'm here to help! Send me a message and I'll be happy to answer any questions that you may have!
Fastpass+ an electronic pass that is booked through your My Disney Experience account that allows you to skip long lines on the most popular attractions at the four theme parks. Fastpass+ can be booked up to 60 days in advance for Walt Disney World Resort Hotel guests and up to 30 days in advance for guests who are staying off site. You can book up to three selections in advance per day and all of your choices must be in the same park each day. After you have used up your initial three, you can book one at a time throughout your day as you ride the rides from your My Disney Experience app, or at a Fastpass+ Kiosk, which can be found in several locations throughout the parks and are always manned by friendly cast members who are ready to assist you with your choices.
Attractions that are available for Fastpass+ reservations include:
Disney's Animal Kingdom
Avatar: Flight of Passage****
Na'avi River Journey****
Expedition Everest
Kilimanjaro Safaris
Dinosaur
Primeval Whirl
Kali River Rapids
Festival of the Lion King
Finding Nemo- The Musical
It's Tough to Be a Bug
Meet Favorite Disney Pals at Adventurers Outpost
****These rides will be operating on a tiered system with the other attractions at Animal Kingdom. You may choose from one of the new Pandora: The World of Avatar attractions and then can choose your other two Fastpasses as you normally would.
Disney's Hollywood Studios (On a Tiered System, so Only 1 Choice can be made from Tier 1 and 2 Choices from Tier 2)
Tier 1
Slinky Dog Dash
Alien Swirling Saucers
Toy Story Mania
Tier 2
Rockin' Rollercoaster
Star Tours
Twilight Zone Tower of Terror
Fantasmic
Beauty and the Beast- Live on Stage
For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing Along Celebration
Muppet Vision 3D
Voyage of the Little Mermaid
Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular
Disney Junior- Live on Stage!
Epcot (Also tiered. Choose 1 from Tier 1 and 2 from Tier 2.)
Tier 1
Soarin'
Test Track
Frozen Ever After
Illuminations: Reflections of Earth
Tier 2
Spaceship Earth
The Seas with Nemo and Friends
Turtle Talk with Crush
Disney and Pixar Short Film Festival
Mission Space
Meet Disney Pals at the Epcot Character Spot
Living with the Land
Journey Into Imagination with Figment
Magic Kingdom
Ariel's Grotto
The Barnstormer
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad
Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin
Disney's Festival of Fantasy Parade
Dumbo the Flying Elephant
Enchanted Tales with Belle
The Haunted Mansion
"it's a small world"
Jungle Cruise
Mad Tea Party
The Magic Carpets of Aladdin
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh
Mickey's Philharmagic
Monsters Inc Laugh Floor
Peter Pan's Flight
Pirates of the Caribbean
Princess Fairytale Hall (Two Options available- One for Cinderella and a Visiting Princess and the other for Rapunzel and a Visiting Princess)
Seven Dwarfs' Mine Train
Space Mountain
Splash Mountain
Tomorrowland Speedway
Meet Mickey at Town Square Theatre
Meet Tinkerbell at Town Square Theatre
Under the Sea- Journey of the Little Mermaid
*Items in RED are the attractions that I recommend booking in advance and the ones in BLUE are the ones that you absolutely need to book in advance to avoid the longest waits. That being said, if, for some reason, you have to book after your 60 day or 30 day mark and those rides are unavailable, one of the perks of booking your vacation with me is that I can come up with a strategy to help you tour the parks more efficiently and help you get to those rides during the times that crowds are lighter.
Valid Theme Park admission is required in order to book Fastpass+, so your tickets must be linked to your My Disney Experience account before you can make your selections. If you have booked a room and ticket package or a room, ticket and dining package, your tickets will be automatically linked as soon as you link your reservation, but if you have purchased your tickets separately, you'll have to link the tickets manually.
To do this from a computer, you would log in to My Disney Experience and in the upper right hand corner, hover your mouse over the logo. A box will drop down with several link options to click on. Select "My Reservations and Tickets" and when the page loads, scroll down to "Tickets and Passes." There will be an option to link your tickets, which you would click, and then follow the instructions. To do this from the My Disney Experience app, you would tap the menu button on the upper left hand corner of your screen, then scroll down to "My Reservations", scroll across to "Tickets and Passes" and tap on "Manage Tickets and Passes." You would then click on "Link Tickets & Passes" and scan in your tickets via the barcode on the back or put in your ticket confirmation number manually.
After linking your tickets, you can make your Fastpass+ reservations once you hit your 60 or 30 day mark by clicking the "Make Selections" option on your My Disney Experience dashboard. You would select your preferred date and park, and then it would give you a list to choose from. After you are finished with each one, it will give you the option to select another Fastpass for the same day until you've made all three selections or make Fastpass reservations for a different day.
Need to know more about how Fastpass+ or My Disney Experience works? I'm here to help! Send me a message and I'll be happy to answer any questions that you may have!