Rumor Annual passes change ?

[Freshee61]

So don’t know if this is new or old news.
I was at Epcot by spaceship earth store Yesterday and clerk was informing customer AP passes will no longer have block out dates but will have a certain amount of entries.
Is this true? 16 entries.

 

[Nemo14]

https://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/passholder-benefits-shifting.943980/page-2#post-8241285

 

[larryz]

So don’t know if this is new or old news.
I was at Epcot by spaceship earth store Yesterday and clerk was informing customer AP passes will no longer have block out dates but will have a certain amount of entries.
Is this true?

While I can't find any official verbiage restricting APs to a limited number of entries, the terms and conditions on the official WDW annual pass page start with this sentence: "Passes do not guarantee theme park admission, especially during high attendance periods."

So they can cut off AP holders any time they feel like it...

 

[Bender123]

While I can't find any official verbiage restricting APs to a limited number of entries, the terms and conditions on the official WDW annual pass page start with this sentence: "Passes do not guarantee theme park admission, especially during high attendance periods."

So they can cut off AP holders any time they feel like it...

All passes say that...Its due to capacity issues at any of the parks. If the gates close, due to crowds, then an AP is just like any other ticket and you can be turned away.

 

[dreamfinder]

That's basically just a multi day ticket, with a 365 expiration window. They have done tickets like this for FL Res in the past, so it's not unheard of. Maybe trying a mini AP for FL Res? I can't see it lasting long though, they would specifically want to be able to black out DHS one SWL opens.

 

[Freshee61]

That's basically just a multi day ticket, with a 365 expiration window. They have done tickets like this for FL Res in the past, so it's not unheard of. Maybe trying a mini AP for FL Res? I can't see it lasting long though, they would specifically want to be able to black out DHS one SWL opens.

Thats it! 100% correct.

 

[NearTheEars]

I would be interested in a pass that would let us go for two days each month with free parking and no blackouts. That's about what we average right now and we have gold level.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I would be interested in a pass that would let us go for two days each month with free parking and no blackouts. That's about what we average right now and we have gold level.

I have a feeling that free parking with an AP will cost extra in the not-too-distant future.

At this point, almost nothing they do with APs would surprise me.

 

[Rteetz]

I have a feeling that free parking with an AP will cost extra in the not-too-distant future.

At this point, almost nothing they do with APs would surprise me.

As a note a friend sent me a message that at Epcot they are giving everyone who parks a receipt. So even APs have to get a receipt saying parking is comped and total $0.

 

[HauntedPirate]

As a note a friend sent me a message that at Epcot they are giving everyone who parks a receipt. So even APs have to get a receipt saying parking is comped and total $0.

Sounds like a way to track AP usage for free parking, which means they are looking at it, most likely for "cost containment" purposes. *sigh*

 

[jakeman]

Time to get pre-mad!

 

[fgmnt]

As a note a friend sent me a message that at Epcot they are giving everyone who parks a receipt. So even APs have to get a receipt saying parking is comped and total $0.

Didn't get a receipt anywhere last week, but they almost always tapped us in on an iPhone. They are collecting data on parking but that does not seem too surprising?

I don't see this kind of ticket overtaking APs, but probably introduced as another alternative that will be coupled with another price hike. Something like this would come in at the Weekday Select rate, then everything else gets brought up in price.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Time to get pre-mad!

Those pitchforks don't sharpen themselves, you know.

 

[Castle Cake Apologist]

Time to get pre-mad!

If limited entries, and only 16 at that, do indeed become the norm for APs, I would say the anger is justified. Talk about a decrease in value.

 

[GhostHost1000]

I would not be surprised to see AP holders who aren't staying at a resort on property get discounted but charged parking down the road.

 

[DryerLintFan]

If limited entries, and only 16 at that, do indeed become the norm for APs, I would say the anger is justified. Talk about a decrease in value.

IF being the operative word there. No sense in getting mad on account of an IF...

 

[disneygeek90]

As a note a friend sent me a message that at Epcot they are giving everyone who parks a receipt. So even APs have to get a receipt saying parking is comped and total $0.

I've never gotten a receipt and I was there as recently as June 16. However, Universal does this.

 

[disneygeek90]

I would not be surprised to see AP holders who aren't staying at a resort on property get discounted but charged parking down the road.

That discourages lots of locals to go often and spend money on food + drinks.

 

[Rteetz]

Didn't get a receipt anywhere last week, but they almost always tapped us in on an iPhone. They are collecting data on parking but that does not seem too surprising?

I don't see this kind of ticket overtaking APs, but probably introduced as another alternative that will be coupled with another price hike. Something like this would come in at the Weekday Select rate, then everything else gets brought up in price.

Yeah it seems to have just started today at Epcot.

 

[GhostHost1000]

That discourages lots of locals to go often and spend money on food + drinks.

I agree... it's stupid... but if it controls the crowds some and they make more off the longer term vacationers...