Fantasy Springs is opening June 6th 2024

[Kwami]

We got it!

I got back in, I logged in *first*, went through the process, and it let me through.

Then the credit card page. It rejected my "saved card" but I tried reentering it as a new card (same actual card) and the second time it went through!

Got email confirmation, and since the card errored, DH called Chase and it went through while they were looking things up, and were able to confirm the charge!

Tokyo here we come!

That's what I did, too. Once you get through the queue, log in, and then select your package and go through the process.

I had my World Elite MC denied twice, even after going through the ID check and entering the OTP. My World Debit MC was denied twice. My partner's Debit MC was denied. Her Visa was denied. Finally, the Debit MC card that I got from my credit union worked for some reason.

What a terrible system. Can't wait to do it all again for USJ!

 

[Disneyhanna]

That's what I did, too. Once you get through the queue, log in, and then select your package and go through the process.

I had my World Elite MC denied twice, even after going through the ID check and entering the OTP. My World Debit MC was denied twice. My partner's Debit MC was denied. Her Visa was denied. Finally, the Debit MC card that I got from my credit union worked for some reason.

What a terrible system. Can't wait to do it all again for USJ!

I wonder if browser makes a big difference! I was buying Shibuya Sky tickets on Safari as a trial run today (you can purchase and change the date for sunset times to save headache with purchase issues) and couldn't get any of my cards to work. I switched to Chrome (which is how I got Tokyo Disney to work) and then suddenly it worked. So weird! The Shibuya Sky website did suggest using Chrome/Edge so maybe not too surprising.

 

[soniam]

I think the new Disney one sign-on has messed up the TDR login.

When I booked for June, it wasn’t ideal, but it was way better than any D23 booking experience I have had, barring the CC issues which are not just a TDR problem in Japan.

 

[Lewdannie]

Use a mobile phone?

I've had nothing but website errors for the last three hours on my desktop PC, but the site works OK on my phone. I'd imagine that going through the process on a phone takes longer, though.

I totally agree.
I had a Safari and Chrome browser windows open on my iMac and refreshed at 3pm Tokyo time, followed by my iPhone. Both desktop browsers showed a 1 hour wait to log-in while the iPhone went straight into the reservation page.
However, I didn't log in first and it hung after I selected the attractions.
I refreshed all three browsers and once again the iPhone loaded the Reservation page well before the desktop browsers.
I eventually got my Toy Story Fantasy Springs package on the second attempt.

Here are my tips, keen to hear any others.

• Tip #1 Use your phone, it's actually not that difficult.
• Tip #2 Log in before searching for a package or hotel
• Tip #3 When searching for a hotel. Copy the URL from yesterday's search, paste it into a text editor (Word etc), change the date to next day and paste it back into address bar dead on 11am Tokyo time.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

Easiest improvement they could make to their process would be to force anyone going in to select and book a package to log in before starting. If you start making a reservation, the login screen should come up. Currently, you can get pretty far without being logged into an account. Shoulda, coulda, woulda. But this would save some folks a lot of time and frustration if they didn't know you can't log on at the end of all the selections. At least we couldn't. And based on posts, others couldn't either.

 

[Disneyhanna]

I released it since two back to back packages is a bit much, but just had a Venice Room at MC for June 6th in my cart. I wonder if we'll start seeing lots of cancelled packages for June in the upcoming weeks!

 

[cinnamoroll]

How strict are they with breakfast reservations? I lucked out yesterday and was able to switch my sister's TS VP to a FSH VP to match ours on Jun 20 (I almost cried!!). Their reservation is at 8:40am though which is kinda awkward since they'd be in FS for less than 30min before having to come back for breakfast. It's not too bad since the hotel is right there but there's a chance they'll be late if they're just coming off a ride. The FAQ section says "If the designated Priority Seating time has passed, the booking will be canceled." - wondering if this applies to VP breakfast slots?

 

[aleh021]

So I couldn't get a Fantasy Springs Hotel reservation for my stay in July (not shocking though). However, I did snag 3 nights at Miracosta, followed by 3 nights at Toy Story Hotel (6 nights all together)

With early entry, what will be the best method to get either DPA or Standby Passes for Fantasy Springs. We're going to Disneysea 3 days all together, with only 2 of those visits using Happy 15.

I don't think DPA & Standby Pass be booked at the same time, I am assuming each one has to be done separately? I truly don't know since I didn't really try to do that on my last trip.

However I appreciate any tips or suggestions

My goal is to ride all 4 attractions & eat at one of the places. That's the goal at least lol.

 

[cinnamoroll]

So I couldn't get a Fantasy Springs Hotel reservation for my stay in July (not shocking though). However, I did snag 3 nights at Miracosta, followed by 3 nights at Toy Story Hotel (6 nights all together)

With early entry, what will be the best method to get either DPA or Standby Passes for Fantasy Springs. We're going to Disneysea 3 days all together, with only 2 of those visits using Happy 15.

I don't think DPA & Standby Pass be booked at the same time, I am assuming each one has to be done separately? I truly don't know since I didn't really try to do that on my last trip.

However I appreciate any tips or suggestions

My goal is to ride all 4 attractions & eat at one of the places. That's the goal at least lol.

You can request a Standby Pass even if you have purchased DPA. Probably try to grab a standby pass for Tink as soon as you can since there's no DPA line for that, and a DPA for one of the other three rides. And then repeat on your second day- standby pass for one of the remaining 2 rides and DPA for the other.

 

[soniam]

How strict are they with breakfast reservations? I lucked out yesterday and was able to switch my sister's TS VP to a FSH VP to match ours on Jun 20 (I almost cried!!). Their reservation is at 8:40am though which is kinda awkward since they'd be in FS for less than 30min before having to come back for breakfast. It's not too bad since the hotel is right there but there's a chance they'll be late if they're just coming off a ride. The FAQ section says "If the designated Priority Seating time has passed, the booking will be canceled." - wondering if this applies to VP breakfast slots?

I don’t know for sure, but they seem kind of strict. However, I have heard of people having to wait 10-15 minutes for TDR hotel breakfast buffet.

So I couldn't get a Fantasy Springs Hotel reservation for my stay in July (not shocking though). However, I did snag 3 nights at Miracosta, followed by 3 nights at Toy Story Hotel (6 nights all together)

With early entry, what will be the best method to get either DPA or Standby Passes for Fantasy Springs. We're going to Disneysea 3 days all together, with only 2 of those visits using Happy 15.

I don't think DPA & Standby Pass be booked at the same time, I am assuming each one has to be done separately? I truly don't know since I didn't really try to do that on my last trip.

However I appreciate any tips or suggestions

My goal is to ride all 4 attractions & eat at one of the places. That's the goal at least lol.

You can get DPA and Standby Passes at the same time. You can get all the pass types at the same time. However, we don’t know what the Standby Pass rules will be for these attractions. They have been using it for stores mostly as of late. You can’t get more than 1 pass of a specific type at a time, unless a time limit has expired.

 

[twinstar2]

I lucked out yesterday and was able to switch my sister's TS VP to a FSH VP to match ours on Jun 20 (I almost cried!!).

Score!!!!

 

[Disneyhanna]

(No spoilers here, just some interesting information)

Saw some comments in another group from someone who went to a CM preview, Frozen had the longest wait (and she mentioned it breaks down the most). DPA line did get up to an hour for Frozen even with what I imagine was limited capacity. She mentioned Tink was only around 30 minutes which is good. I guess I will be booking it to Frozen first! Sounds like she did everything in the land in about 2.5 hours. I imagine it'll take even longer once it actually opens, since I can't imagine CM previews are at full capacity. But it would be great if I could do Fantasy Springs in a half day or 2/3 day, since I will only have one more day at DisneySea.

I only have one full day for Disneyland and I think I will get a weeknight ticket (or just a regular ticket, since they're so cheap compared to US parks) for my arrival day to at least try and do a couple smaller rides and the Electrical Parade. Or just do shopping