News Disney Park Pass System announced for Walt Disney World theme park reservations

[Sirwalterraleigh]

This continues to be ridiculous on a borderline embarrassing level

 

[lentesta]

This continues to be ridiculous on a borderline embarrassing level

The speed with which they kick APs to the curb is like dating a bipolar squirrel.

 

[Brian]

I'm in no way trying to excuse the reservation system, but should point out for context we're going into the spring break season, so the thresholds they use to determine if a day can be deemed 'Good to Go' are likely being exceeded.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

The speed with which they kick APs to the curb is like dating a bipolar squirrel.

The whole place is wrecked

They’re making strategic moves based on who they gauge will tolerate the most amount of inconvenience

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I'm in no way trying to excuse the reservation system, but should point out for context we're going into the spring break season, so the thresholds they use to determine if a day can be deemed 'Good to Go' are likely being exceeded.

Yeah…that goes without saying…

But explain to me how they were able to fit APs for 40ish years and then all of a sudden in 2020 it hit the wall?

 

[Brian]

Yeah…that goes without saying…

But explain to me how they were able to fit APs for 40ish years and then all of a sudden in 2020 it hit the wall?

Exactly right. If they were asked about it (and bothered to answer), they would give some PR gobbledygook about how demand is high in March due to spring break and they want to ensure everyone has the best experience possible blah blah blah.

The whole thing is a farce.

 

[JD80]

The speed with which they kick APs to the curb is like dating a bipolar squirrel.

Goldfish is more like it. lol

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Annual Passholders face a pause in 'Good-to-Go Days' at Walt Disney World​

Annual Passholders face a pause in 'Good-to-Go Days' at Walt Disney World

Annual Passholders face a pause in 'Good-to-Go Days' at Walt Disney World

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Yeah, I’ve had enough. We were back and forth on purchasing Universal AP’s (we are not locals but we visit Orlando around 6 times a year and have incredipasses) and this seals the deal. I can’t wait till they get sued and have to settle again.

 

[JohnD]

Annual Passholders face a pause in 'Good-to-Go Days' at Walt Disney World​

Annual Passholders face a pause in 'Good-to-Go Days' at Walt Disney World

Annual Passholders face a pause in 'Good-to-Go Days' at Walt Disney World

www.wdwmagic.com

Unless you're a local, GTG days are a joke. I'm going to WDW in little more than a week and never planned on relying on GTG days because I needed to make park reservations way ahead of time anyway. So, unless you're planning on a spur-of-the-moment trip, they're meaningless.

 

[nickys]

Unless you're a local, GTG days are a joke. I'm going to WDW in little more than a week and never planned on relying on GTG days because I needed to make park reservations way ahead of time anyway. So, unless you're planning on a spur-of-the-moment trip, they're meaningless.

Or you have a longer stay planned, staying offsite. So you can books park reservations for more days than you otherwise could.

 

[JohnD]

Or you have a longer stay planned, staying offsite. So you can books park reservations for more days than you otherwise could.

Fortunately, for me, my upcoming trip is three days in the parks. My friends bought FR Disney Thrills 3-Day tix, the same max number of days I get with my Pixie Dust pass staying off-site, which we are.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Exactly right. If they were asked about it (and bothered to answer), they would give some PR gobbledygook about how demand is high in March due to spring break and they want to ensure everyone has the best experience possible blah blah blah.

The whole thing is a farce.

Demand is lower for spring break now than it has been in a dozen “normal years”

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Fortunately, for me, my upcoming trip is three days in the parks. My friends bought FR Disney Thrills 3-Day tix, the same max number of days I get with my Pixie Dust pass staying off-site, which we are.

Yuck

I mean…admission rationing? While they’re losing attendance

And the revenues are gonna fall

Watch.::it’s why Bob is so desperate to make it past April to the point he’s kissing Disney kids on the business end

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Yeah, I’ve had enough. We were back and forth on purchasing Universal AP’s (we are not locals but we visit Orlando around 6 times a year and have incredipasses) and this seals the deal. I can’t wait till they get sued and have to settle again.

Why on earth would they get sued for selling a product they have no intention of honoring?

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Unless you're a local, GTG days are a joke. I'm going to WDW in little more than a week and never planned on relying on GTG days because I needed to make park reservations way ahead of time anyway. So, unless you're planning on a spur-of-the-moment trip, they're meaningless.

They're useful if you're not a local, are planning on staying offsite, and plan on visiting for more than 5 days. The GTG days mean I only need to use my 5 allotted reservations for the non GTG days ensuring I can visit the parks every day of my trip.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Demand is lower for spring break now than it has been in a dozen “normal years”

Yeah, but they want to make sure to funnel the AP's to parks like AK to ensure balanced attendance. So no GTG days to make sure AP's need to make a reservation, and oops, only AK has availability today!

 

[JohnD]

They're useful if you're not a local, are planning on staying offsite, and plan on visiting for more than 5 days. The GTG days mean I only need to use my 5 allotted reservations for the non GTG days ensuring I can visit the parks every day of my trip.

Obviously, you have an IncrediPass. I've been planning my trip for weeks. I only get 3 reservations (as opposed to your 5) with my Pixie Dust pass and WDW isn't releasing any more GTG days at this point. Even if they were, how could I possibly plan a trip for more than 3 days if staying off-site? Sure, I could use each of my three days, and each day following, reserve as I go but still wouldn't know about GTG days until they were right on top of me.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Yeah, but they want to make sure to funnel the AP's to parks like AK to ensure balanced attendance. So no GTG days to make sure AP's need to make a reservation, and oops, only AK has availability today!

…I mean…it’s not like it’s “clever”

There are two types of people:

1. Those that know exactly what the issues are with crowds, revenues, ops and problems…

2. Stupid people

 

[Vegas Disney Fan]

Yeah…that goes without saying…

But explain to me how they were able to fit APs for 40ish years and then all of a sudden in 2020 it hit the wall?

The only thing I can come up with is Disney discovered the scarcity of reservations created FOMO so the system initially designed to decrease crowds is now being exploited to increase crowds.

 

[tanc]

I miss when you could just roll up at any given moment, I can't imagine spending $1500 and basically having to watch a calendar like a hawk. Wouldn't be surprised if APs are eventually phased out or only become DVC at one point.