Has anyone tried going to a ticket booth and buying tickets for the next day when the calendar shows no availability? Since this is a self imposed capacity limit, I thought it might be a possibility. We have park passes for one day in late May and we are undecided on another day.
When I was in the Ticket Center at Springs a few weeks ago (4/23 a friday), people were coming in to try and buy tickets for that day, and Sat or Sun. I heard the CM say the parks were sold out through the weekend. Not sure if it would be different if you were actually AT that park though (at least at DS they can prevent you from going over by saying it's SO)
You can still renew active APs.
This and the theory on purchasing vs. renewing seems to be
A) If you had a pass that expired AFTER the closure
B) If you have a child who is now 3 (therefore now requiring an AP) but once they turn 4 it's a no go.
I let my pass expire Jan this year, took a chance. Things weren't/aren't looking good for new ones yet and we have a family trip planned for the Fall, so I went in to try to get one. B/C the expiration was after the closure (even though it happened while the parks were open) they let me buy a new one. The one "catch" was that it's active date was that date (unlike a Certificate that would be first use date). There was a couple at the CM next to me trying to also purchase new ones. I overheard theirs expired Dec 2019 (so pre closure) so they were not allowing them to purchase new ones.
I also inquired about the kids', my nephew turned 3 last year (after APs were stopped) and seems like he'll be with the family more this year. I was told as long as we call/go in to purchase it BEFORE he turns 4 (so while he's still 3) we should be able to get him one. Once he turns 4, it's off the table. Not sure what kind of date that one is gonna have (certificate or active purchase date) as we have yet to get it.
When I asked what would happen if we bought one but then he didn't end up coming to live with us, I was told it can only be transferred to someone of the same situation (so another turned 3 while APs weren't being sold, and still 3 at the time)