Mynamewastaken
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I cannot thank you enough for this information. I wish I had known this back in February!! A HUGE thank you!!
Just got back from another great trip. I was nervous going into this one because I rely heavily on refreshing for FP's night before and day of but normally for only 3 people....this trip was 7 people so I didn't know what to expect. Here are some pointers from my trip.
Absolutely break it up into groups of 3 & 4 when refreshing and go for overlapping times when looking for anything popular. Stuff like Dumbo just look for 7, it will be fine. I usually work on the group of 4 first as it will be a bit more difficult and then do the group of 3 to match/overlap.
Will this work for rides such as FOP & SDD? YES! I had the start of the days all nicely laid out with FP's selected and AK planned for 2 days near the end of the trip. After 2 days everyone decided they wanted to do AK the next day! My heart kind of sank a bit knowing that FOP would be the highlight and assuming the odds would be low. That night I was able to get overlapping FP's for the 7 of us for an AM time slot for FOP. One of the things I personally wanted to do this trip was ride SDD at night but of course I was not willing to hold up an entire day of refreshing for 1 evening FP. During the rain one afternoon I managed to get SDD for that night for the 7 of us. The only ride that I didn't look to add day of was 7DMT because we did it once standby right before our MVMCP night and everyone preferred other rides. All other rides we were able to add with reasonably short waits (sometimes we would just go watch a show or grab a snack to fill some time).
It does take more patience and more flexibility than refreshing for a smaller group but it does work.
Now to the Hollywood Studios FP drops. I posted about it a few weeks ago but kind of tucked it away into another thread....didn't want to jinx it for my trip. It is something I watched for weeks leading up to my trip and now can say that for at least 5+ weeks it has worked including during my trip. Every day that I have checked I have noticed 2 FP drops for HS for all of the TSL rides. Same times every day. At 9:31AM it opens up a lot of FP times for all TSL rides including SDD for FP's between 11-12 (start times). At 2:31PM it drops FP's for TSL for 4-5. We used these drops both times one day for SDD. Again we broke it up into 3/4 because I didn't want to risk it not working on a larger group so I do not know how well it works for groups larger than 4. I watched again this morning at 9:31 and it worked. To note, if SDD is down in the morning there is a chance it might not be included in the FP drop (noticed this 1 time a couple of weeks ago). I also do not guarantee this will continue to work but it has been consistent and it did work for us.
I just wanted to post because I do tend to promote refreshing as a great way to plan a trip but also know that many groups are larger than my normal group.[/
Help. Here now and I can not figure out a quick way to ‘refresh’ in the MDE app. I swear I’m not technically challenged.
I keep changing the time I’m searching for then I have to search thru the list of available fp+ . Am I able to refresh for just the ride I’m interested?
Help. Here now and I can not figure out a quick way to ‘refresh’ in the MDE app. I swear I’m not technically challenged.
I keep changing the time I’m searching for then I have to search thru the list of available fp+ . Am I able to refresh for just the ride I’m interested?
So I had read a little bit @JETSDAD had posted about FOP earlier in this post. Kept in the back of my mind, but forgot about it today. I coincidentally happened to be refreshing for FP’s at 3.01 today, and low and behold lots of FOP FP’s showed up for between 4 and 5pm!
We rope dropped FOP in the morning, then were able to ride FP again later in the day. Thanks so much for this thread, some very important info!!
So I had read a little bit @JETSDAD had posted about FOP earlier in this post. Kept in the back of my mind, but forgot about it today. I coincidentally happened to be refreshing for FP’s at 3.01 today, and low and behold lots of FOP FP’s showed up for between 4 and 5pm!
We rope dropped FOP in the morning, then were able to ride FP again later in the day. Thanks so much for this thread, some very important info!!
I agree with the other poster, I had very limited luck with the refresh. Especially at Magic Kingdom. In the early morning it worked some at EPCOT, but that was it. I am just saying don't count on it.
I’ve been keeping an eye on this one and looks to be pretty reliable! I wish there was an AM drop as well like at HS, but it’s still pretty rad for those who book later than 60 days (we often book last-minute getaways, so will be using this approach for our weekend trip in 2 weeks).So there definitely is something to this one as suspected. I haven't followed it enough yet on a daily basis to know how reliable it is but they definitely are drops worth keeping an eye on!!
Just got back from another great trip. I was nervous going into this one because I rely heavily on refreshing for FP's night before and day of but normally for only 3 people....this trip was 7 people so I didn't know what to expect. Here are some pointers from my trip.
Absolutely break it up into groups of 3 & 4 when refreshing and go for overlapping times when looking for anything popular. Stuff like Dumbo just look for 7, it will be fine. I usually work on the group of 4 first as it will be a bit more difficult and then do the group of 3 to match/overlap.
Will this work for rides such as FOP & SDD? YES! I had the start of the days all nicely laid out with FP's selected and AK planned for 2 days near the end of the trip. After 2 days everyone decided they wanted to do AK the next day! My heart kind of sank a bit knowing that FOP would be the highlight and assuming the odds would be low. That night I was able to get overlapping FP's for the 7 of us for an AM time slot for FOP. One of the things I personally wanted to do this trip was ride SDD at night but of course I was not willing to hold up an entire day of refreshing for 1 evening FP. During the rain one afternoon I managed to get SDD for that night for the 7 of us. The only ride that I didn't look to add day of was 7DMT because we did it once standby right before our MVMCP night and everyone preferred other rides. All other rides we were able to add with reasonably short waits (sometimes we would just go watch a show or grab a snack to fill some time).
It does take more patience and more flexibility than refreshing for a smaller group but it does work.
Now to the Hollywood Studios FP drops. I posted about it a few weeks ago but kind of tucked it away into another thread....didn't want to jinx it for my trip. It is something I watched for weeks leading up to my trip and now can say that for at least 5+ weeks it has worked including during my trip. Every day that I have checked I have noticed 2 FP drops for HS for all of the TSL rides. Same times every day. At 9:31AM it opens up a lot of FP times for all TSL rides including SDD for FP's between 11-12 (start times). At 2:31PM it drops FP's for TSL for 4-5. We used these drops both times one day for SDD. Again we broke it up into 3/4 because I didn't want to risk it not working on a larger group so I do not know how well it works for groups larger than 4. I watched again this morning at 9:31 and it worked. To note, if SDD is down in the morning there is a chance it might not be included in the FP drop (noticed this 1 time a couple of weeks ago). I also do not guarantee this will continue to work but it has been consistent and it did work for us.
I just wanted to post because I do tend to promote refreshing as a great way to plan a trip but also know that many groups are larger than my normal group.
Will confirm... had a 1:25 SDD FP. Got off the ride at 2:30, about a minute later I refreshed twice and got another SDD for an hour and a half later. It was awesome. This was Jan 10th
I love SDD!! lol I'm like a little kid on that ride more than any other and getting extra same day FP's for it is a lot of fun! Glad you were able to catch one of the drops!!
Man I was so close. I got 20 in one day on a solo trip last May with all 4 parks in one day. Probably could have easily gotten one or two more if I had tried.The unofficial record is 21 FPs in one day. The most we’ve ever done is 13, but we rarely arrive in the parks much before noon.