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News Walt Disney World to resume sales of Annual Passes (New sales resume April 20, 2023)
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You know bEcaUse Of tHE SUPpLy chaNgE SHortaGeNo, they'd never do that...
ETA: I'll be shocked if the top two passes aren't bumped up to at least $1300 and $1000, respectively. "Unprecedented demand!"
Someone should go look at the park reservations availability calendar and then tell us how booked up the parks are right now. Every day is currently green for all options (Theme Park Tickets, Certain Resort Guests, Annual Passes) from now until the end of the year. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. No need for AP's anymore, regular ol' park guests are packing the parks like never before! It's fairly obvious (to those of us who have become quite jaded by TDO and TWDC in general) they are waiting to increase ticket prices before "MAGICALLY!!! re-introducing" annual passes.
It's fairly obvious (to those of us who have become quite jaded by TDO and TWDC in general) they are waiting to increase ticket prices before "MAGICALLY!!! re-introducing" annual passes.
ToTBellHop
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More like capacity is just really high. Park passes are largely unnecessary now.Someone should go look at the park reservations availability calendar and then tell us how booked up the parks are right now. Every day is currently green for all options (Theme Park Tickets, Certain Resort Guests, Annual Passes) from now until the end of the year. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. No need for AP's anymore, regular ol' park guests are packing the parks like never before!
So why even have the system? Get rid of it and open up park hopping while they're at it. Oh wait, that's not possible, because then they wouldn't be able to control staffing levels based on park reservations.
ToTBellHop
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At this point, it’s entirely for their benefit (scheduling) and has nothing to do with providing a pleasant guest experience.So why even have the system? Get rid of it and open up park hopping while they're at it. Oh wait, that's not possible, because then they wouldn't be able to control staffing levels based on park reservations.
Gives "Disney After Dark" a whole new connotation, doesn't it?I hope that doesn't mean what some people could think it means...
mattpeto
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So why even have the system? Get rid of it and open up park hopping while they're at it. Oh wait, that's not possible, because then they wouldn't be able to control staffing levels based on park reservations.
Pre-pandemic, generally people made park reservations at 60 days with their FP selections. Obviously it was more fluid for the guest, but it at least helped Disney plan with staffing.
As it stands, I can't see it coming back them ditching park reservations, ever.
threvester
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i just renewed mine with the photopass and waterpark add-on and it came to over 1300 after tax...that was with the renewal discountNo, they'd never do that...
ETA: I'll be shocked if the top two passes aren't bumped up to at least $1300 and $1000, respectively. "Unprecedented demand!"
With the DVC discount being removed, I can't see myself buying another AP, or even visiting, for the foreseeable future.
pdude81
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Thankfully the Sorcerer pass removes the only gold blockout that mattered to me (Easter weeks), so the Gold/Sorcerer aspect of DVC is still useful. I'm stunned they aren't discounting the platinum pass at all though. I wonder what kind of ransom in funny money they have to pay for the deluxe after hours offering.
Someone should go look at the park reservations availability calendar and then tell us how booked up the parks are right now. Every day is currently green for all options (Theme Park Tickets, Certain Resort Guests, Annual Passes) from now until the end of the year. EVERY. SINGLE. DAY. No need for AP's anymore, regular ol' park guests are packing the parks like never before!
Coincidence?
(I am not involved in any way with BlogMickey, FWIW)
correcaminos
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Outside of their planning uses I agree. Though reality is the 2pm park hopping at this point drives me batty. No need and no one else I know does that.
I wish they'd allow slightly early renewals like before as I'm annoyed with having it done mid stay.
danv3
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Nothing modern Disney does has anything to do with providing a pleasant guest experience.
...except for making it easy to pay for your experiences.
MickeyLuv'r
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But they aren't even getting THAT right.
- Phone holds that last an hour or longer- like Starcruiser
- hard to use gift cards to pay w/ mobile order, Genie+, online for hotels/packages
- When hotel discounts were recently released, people couldn't even look at room rates. Just to look on the webpage was a bizarre hour long hold time for - I think- 2 days.
to name a few examples off the top of my head.
Diamond Dot
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I tend to visit WDW twice a year from the UK and was an AP holder until 2019, but, I'm not so sure if I will be again. I take the cost of two 14 day passes and compare them to the cost of the AP, I then factor in discounts on food and merch and it's not the bargain it was. It's not worth it if Disney do an offer like the ones I got this year, both trips I have $504 in dining credits and a $200 gift card, which you got for booking a room /ticket package. I did enjoy the AP perks, like the freebies at events, but, I doubt if they'll continue with those for a while.
a) I said nothing about reserving, just paying
b) Once you buy the gift card, they have your money - it's in their best interests to make it hard for you to spend that balance
c) Discounts do not equal full price, hence the difficulty in reserving them
Diamond Dot
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They are catering to the social media brigade who go to the parks, not for a vacation, but, to solely make content for their channels or whatever.
These vloggers tend to be locals who never use things like DME so Disney wont get the free advertising for that service so why pay to keep it going for real guests.
Indeed. Never forget that Bob Chapek was the creator of the “Disney Vault” strategy for creating artificial scarcity around home video (VHS, DVD, etc.) sales.
Not surprising to see the same technique used for APs.