My FP saga:
It started with waking up from a nightmare at 5:40 am about not being able to get
MDE to work! I decided to stay up and have time for coffee and any last minute thoughts about my plan.
I got on my phone to log into MDE at 6:58. Wrong password? My nightmare was coming true! Tried again, no match. I looked it up in my notes, just to be sure and I tried again, verrrryyy slowwwwly. It worked. Panic abated. I went to the calendar and my dates were greyed out until suddenly they were not! (around 7:02) I went immediately to my last day, Oct. 21, and secured 4 FoP FPs for 11:45. I continued through my list which was set up in order of what I thought would be hardest to get. (we are doing MK rides during party, EMH, and same days, plus no one in my group is interested in FEA- my DD misses Maelstrom!- so we don't have as many popular ones to secure) Anyhow, I was rolling along, got Soarin' for 2 different days, and then around 7:15 I noticed that the confirm button was staying greyed out for longer periods of time. I had 2 more days to do and it got stuck on RnRC! Tried my iPad and that was worse- went immediately to headless Olaf. Went upstairs to my desktop, signed in to MDE through the Disney website and all went smoothly from there on out!
I couldn't line up all my times, but there are no big gaps. I had trouble fitting in Finding Nemo, which I have never seen- we just never get to it because FotLK is always our priority!- but I stuck it into a day a little earlier than we had planned on getting to AK. (following a free morning of pool time or water park)
Anyhow, I can't help but wonder if I would have been better off starting on my desktop. I guess the bottom line is, be prepared to use more than 1 device. And if you are trying for FoP, plan it for your last day if you can, and book that first. Have your FPs written out in order of booking, not in order of your trip. Keep your ADR list nearby so you can leave yourself enough time. This trip we have very few ADRs because we are planning on eating at Food and Wine and counter services.
Good luck!!