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

[SoFloMagic]

What's insane is people go along with it...

I think a lot of us are hanging out hoping things will change back

 

[ToTBellHop]

I think a lot of us are hanging out hoping things will change back

Whispers: it’s ridiculous that I paid $6k for IncrediPasses for my family and need park reservations except when I don’t need them but still need them for Lightning Lane. Unless I don’t. But, do I?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Sure it is. There are a multitude of times when they are saying APs don't need park reservations. Except they do for Lightning Lane? Nonsense.

Just make a park reservation whenever you want to go, whether you need to or not. It takes 30 seconds.

 

[SoFloMagic]

Just make a park reservation whenever you want to go, whether you need to or not. It takes 30 seconds.

That's an unnecessary pain in the . I mean maybe if it would just keep me logged in...

 

[Liloandstitch3]

But by making lightning lanes I am effectively saying I’m entering this one park, so why is it even necessary to make a park pass on a different tab etc etc etc? Answer: it makes zero sense, they are trying to hang on to this park pass the same way they hung on to genie plus for way too long.

 

[mattpeto]

Just make a park reservation whenever you want to go, whether you need to or not. It takes 30 seconds.

I mean I agree it's not a huge deal, but the bigger question is why aren't more days GTG? This doesn't seem that complicated.

 

[Unbanshee]

I doubt that is the case.

That's exactly the case

 

[CaptainAmerica]

But by making lightning lanes I am effectively saying I’m entering this one park, so why is it even necessary to make a park pass on a different tab etc etc etc? Answer: it makes zero sense, they are trying to hang on to this park pass the same way they hung on to genie plus for way too long.

You have cause and effect backwards.

You can't book a lightning lane for a give date and park unless the system recognizes that you have valid admission for that date and park. The system doesn't recognize that you have valid admission for that date and park until you tell it you're coming.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

That's an unnecessary pain in the . I mean maybe if it would just keep me logged in...

I'm going to time this from a cold start. I do not have a reservation for August 21 and I'm going to make one.

Aaaaaand, it took 53.3 seconds.

 

[Liloandstitch3]

You have cause and effect backwards.

You can't book a lightning lane for a give date and park unless the system recognizes that you have valid admission for that date and park. The system doesn't recognize that you have valid admission for that date and park until you tell it you're coming.

But if you have an annual pass as long as it doesn’t block out that/those date/s then it shouldn’t matter. An annual pass is in fact valid admission.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Right but that would be changing the rules yet again for AP holders. It’s pointless, and I don’t think it’ll happen.
They could, and should, just get rid of them altogether.

I say this as someone who travels to WDW during Christmas & Easter: Just scrap park reservations except for Thanksgiving Week, Christmas Week, and Easter Week. They are clearly not needed at any other time now since they're always available and they're just an added annoyance with no benefit to anyone, including Disney at this point. Or, if you **must** use park reservations because you want to have an idea of where your AP's who don't buy LL will be (even though they can easily change their mind at the last minute anyway), then still require park reservations, but just don't cap the number than an AP can make.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Just make a park reservation whenever you want to go, whether you need to or not. It takes 30 seconds.

Incredipass can only hold 5 at a time when staying offsite.

 

[DCBaker]

Disney has added more Annual Passholder good-to-go days in July and August:

July: 22, 27, 31
August: 4

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Disney has added more Annual Passholder good-to-go days in July and August:

July: 22, 27, 31
August: 4

Huzzah!

 

[Brian]

Disney has added more Annual Passholder good-to-go days in July and August:

July: 22, 27, 31
August: 4

Insert 'requisite rant about reservations and the way it used to be' here.

 

[Jrb1979]

Insert 'requisite rant about reservations and the way it used to be' here.

It's more like we can't fill the parks those days so the unfavorables can come visit

 

[Brian]

It's more like we can't fill the parks those days so the unfavorables can come visit

The MEP holders are the ultimate undesirables. They're also included in the GTG days.

 

[DCBaker]

3 more Annual Passholder good-to-go days have been added to the calendar: August 6, 7, 11.

 

[Vacationeer]

At absolute minimum, park reservations for APs staying onsite should be removed.

After spending crazy money on multi-day tickets the past several years (25 month span - individual cost breakdown over $3.5k for ticket, hopper, share of memory maker), to finally finding a good opportunity to buy APs again, but now getting smacked with being the only group left needing park reservations, when every trip we stay onsite too.

There’s gotta be a better way to make it feel less done dirty I prefer happily parting with money. They used to have much greater finesse in that department.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Well if they see a large enough drop in per capita spending in the parks, maybe they will drop the PPRs for APs