Fastpass Help...any bright ideas? ;)

[amykissangel]

So we're going in August (family of 5 and my boyfriend) and my brother will be arriving a day later than all of us. I just found out today through the Mousesaver's Newsletter that Toy Story Mania will be closed for nearly every day we're there - except for the first day - Sunday the 15th.

I know that in order to get a Fastpass, a ticket has to be used to get into the park. But we would try to get Fastpasses early in the day and my brother won't meet us at the parks until much later. Is there any way we can ask the CMs to admit his ticket without him for the day - until he gets there? That way we could get him a FP so he would at least be able to ride it once?
(I realize that there's almost 0 possibility of this, but wondered if anyone else could come up with any better ideas.) :hammer:

I just know how long the line is and we're spending most of the day at MK so I was looking for any alternatives. Thanks in advance!

 

[mp2bill]

How about this.
Get there at park opening. Everyone get fastpasses for TSMM.

As soon as you are allowed to get another fastpass, use one of your tickets to get one.

Wait for him to arrive and all ride together.

Does that work?

That sounds pretty good. I see two problems though. 1) You'd have to time it so that the FP doesn't expire before he gets there, and 2) FP's for TSMM go pretty quickly, so if the brother doesn't get there until later in the day (like, anytime past 3PM), then you're SOL.

 

[amykissangel]

That sounds pretty good. I see two problems though. 1) You'd have to time it so that the FP doesn't expire before he gets there, and 2) FP's for TSMM go pretty quickly, so if the brother doesn't get there until later in the day (like, anytime past 3PM), then you're SOL.

We've never, ever had a problem with using FPs after they expire. We had Splash Mountain FPs for 11 AM and we used them at 9 PM that day - no one batted an eye. From what I gather on the boards, this is a regular practice. But thanks!