You know, stuff like this didn't happen in the past (or at least we never knew about it). Sending merch to the wrong location? It's just astounding...
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News Disney Park Pass System announced for Walt Disney World theme park reservations
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You know, stuff like this didn't happen in the past (or at least we never knew about it). Sending merch to the wrong location? It's just astounding...
CaptainAmerica
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I got a kick out of the fact that all of the Aulani MagicBand launch SKUs ended up in Orlando.
ToTBellHop
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CaptainAmerica
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So that cast members can buy it at 35% off and then sell it on Mecari?
MagicHappens1971
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I don’t think it’s an accident. I think it’s genuinely supply chain issues and they are just shipping whatever they can get of whatever wherever
ToTBellHop
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Almost as if the entire system is pointless for managing crowd levels…
ToTBellHop
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…nice for managing staffing, though.
But Bob told us how much they care about the guest experience!
matt9112
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The whole thing is rediculous to keep around. They keep leaning on this crutch of not enough workers.....pay more....offer more benefits etc there what the largest single site employer in the country? Must be tough to increase compensation to attract new workers...
Diamond Dot
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I couldn't tell you why they have this revervation system anymore. My own experience, which I have written about elsewhere, is that it is not thought out at all. For a start the 2pm start for park hopping is ridiculous, if they need to keep it then it should be no later than noon. As for guest numbers, well, I found out that this is a nonsense, again, I say why in other posts. As for staffing, I didn't find CM numbers, apart from custodial staff, to be noticably less and the number of CMs with the 'earning my ears' badges was very high.
When the parks first opened after Covid then the reservation system made sense to keep numbers wanting to enter to a safe level. Now, it's just another way of controlling and if you have the Genie+ and can't find a LL time for the park you are in then you have to wait until the day is near enough half way through to try and find a LL time slot elsewhere and good luck with that one, so another reason not to buy it.
Talking of Genie+ and LL, it would be interesting to know how many of the free LL reservations you got in one day for your $16. The FP+ record I have seen is 22 in a day (unverified) and even in September/October 2019 my last FP+ trip I got 15 or 16 in, including walking onto FoP, someone must have cancelled theirs and I got lucky. Won't happen now.
When the parks first opened after Covid then the reservation system made sense to keep numbers wanting to enter to a safe level. Now, it's just another way of controlling and if you have the Genie+ and can't find a LL time for the park you are in then you have to wait until the day is near enough half way through to try and find a LL time slot elsewhere and good luck with that one, so another reason not to buy it.
Talking of Genie+ and LL, it would be interesting to know how many of the free LL reservations you got in one day for your $16. The FP+ record I have seen is 22 in a day (unverified) and even in September/October 2019 my last FP+ trip I got 15 or 16 in, including walking onto FoP, someone must have cancelled theirs and I got lucky. Won't happen now.
Gran Fiesta
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I know this question has been probably answered before but I can't find it and I would really appreciate the answer. If we have a dining reservation in Epcot for supper at 6:00 pm and we have the park hopper tickets along with a park reservation at Magic Kingdom for that morning, then can we go to the magic kingdom that morning and then park hop over to Epcot after 2:00 and go to our dining reservation? Even without a park pass to Epcot? The park reservation/park hopping only after 2:00 has me screwed up a little bit. Thanks in advance!
Yes, that isn't an issue as long as you tap into Magic Kingdom before you want to park hop to Epcot after 2pm.
Rich Brownn
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Years ago while dining in a sit down restaurant (Might have been Tony's I'm not sure), we got nice plates.... that said Disneyland
Almost as if they created a buzz with the "sudden unavailability" of at least one park, so when they "refreshed" things, AP holders went out and snapped up reservations because of the perceived scarcity. I can absolutely see AP holders not grabbing park reservations too far in advance right now due to almost every park having availability for the rest of the year, but once there was some scarcity, real or not, things changed. Particularly that week. It's human nature.
CntrlFlPete
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are you and @DCBaker looking in different places? I swear I checked yesterday (via looking at availability and I saw a lot blocked (my screen looked like yours) -- just now I tried via 'book a park pass' and there was more available to book than what showed when seeing what was available (kind of glad I now know to try to book a park as opposed to looking at what is open).
CntrlFlPete
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the newer button downs are $125
Have you cleared your cache/cookie in awhile? Here's what is shows for me (it also matches what I see if I try to book a reservation) -