3. Work around the tier system as best as you can

As of April 2016, this only applies to Disney’s Hollywood Studios and Epcot, although it may apply to Disney’s Animal Kingdom sometime in the near future.

Though you can make any FastPass+ reservation you want at the Magic Kingdom and continue “rolling” through additional reservations throughout the day with no limit, if you go to a park where a tiered system is in place, you’ll need to be very aware of how you make your FastPass+ selections as you’ll only be able to pick one "Tier one" attraction choice for the entire day. 

So, let’s say for example, you are planning to spend the day at Epcot. You want to experience The Seas With Nemo and Friends, Journey Into Imagination With Figment, and Test Track. However, you see that while there is plenty of morning availability for your first two options, Test Track doesn’t have availability until 8PM that night. 

Fortunately, because you aren't forced to make a tier 1 attraction selection right when you make your initial FastPass+ selection, you can simply select a handful of Tier 2 attractions and continue to "roll" through these selections while keeping an eye on Test Track, refreshing the app periodically to check for availability. Often, small windows for these "E-Ticket" attractions will open sporadically throughout the day, and even if you can’t get the early morning FastPass+ reservation for Test Track that you might have initially wanted, if something opens up, you can make your reservation as soon as you see it becomes available. 

However, even though the fact that Disney no longer forces you to choose a tier 1 attraction with your inital batch of FastPass+ reservations makes it easy to keep an eye on what's available, once you select and redeem a single tier 1 FastPass+, that's it for the day. Even though you might see tons of availability for Mission: Space or Livin' With the Land, because you already redeemed your Test Track FastPass+, you can no longer make any other tier 1 reservations period until the next day, which means you have to be careful about how and when you make tier 1 FastPass+ reservations. 

While the tier system does limit the efficiency of the newest iteration of My Disney Experience at Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios, there are still ways to make the latest version of FastPass+ work harder for you. Do you have any FastPass+ tips you'd like to share?