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

[KatiebugFan]

Except there is no money involved when making park reservations so there would be no cut for Apple.

Like anything Apple will uh, find a way.

 

[dmw]

How old is the ticket? If prior to 2016, it can be used as-is but yes you will need theme park reservations. If the ticket is after 2016, most likely it expired and will need to be upgraded to a current ticket which does not require theme park reservations.

It's an old ticket (prior to 2016), but converted to new media in 2019

 

[Brian]

This duster has always been complaining about Disney's tech. The UX sux. Once they moved away from Google's material design, which tried to get all app developers to adopt the same style, and instead, put in a completely unintuitive configuration of features, it has continually sucked.

Maybe someone A.I.-vibe-coded the solution.

The WDW and DLR apps blow the Universal Orlando app out of the water. Talk about unintuitive.

 

[SamusAranX]

The WDW and DLR apps blow the Universal Orlando app out of the water. Talk about unintuitive.

I ironically had fewer issues with the DLR app than I ever did with WDW. Granted, much lower sample size, but still. Also never had much issues with USO

 

[JD80]

Except there is no money involved when making park reservations so there would be no cut for Apple.

But there are credit card holds and some credit card processing in some of the experiences. Probably wasn't worth partitioning those out to the app? I have not idea how their system works.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

I agree, and that’s likely why we saw it integrated at this point, but I don’t think it’s outside the realm of possibility that Disney lawyers were hesitant

The original park pass system was hastily thrown together on the bones of the fastpass+ system when the parks reopened after the Covid closure (literally, people looked at the code). As the original fastpass+ system was bootable/modifiable on both the web and in the app, it’s always been a mystery why the PP system was website only for so long.

 

[SamusAranX]

But there are credit card holds and some credit card processing in some of the experiences. Probably wasn't worth partitioning those out to the app? I have not idea how their system works.

Also, coming from a background in affiliate, companies sometimes pay or get cuts from just clicks / brand awareness, as “transactions” . If Apple viewed those reservations as monetizable traffic that could affect it

 

[DCBaker]

New Annual Passholder good-to-go days have been added to the park reservation calendar: June 25, 28 and 29.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

New Annual Passholder good-to-go days have been added to the park reservation calendar: June 25, 28 and 29.

I mean…. Isn’t everyday a good to go day? Just with a tap of your phone?

 

[ManicMillennial]

I mean…. Isn’t everyday a good to go day? Just with a tap of your phone?
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Yes, but for some reason a lot of people around here really hate having g to tap their phone.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Yes, but for some reason a lot of people around here really hate having g to tap their phone.

Because it's been a pointless and needless exercise for 3 years and counting.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Yes, but for some reason a lot of people around here really hate having g to tap their phone.

I mean it’s pretty silly to have to tap my phone when I’m at the gate of the park and there are reservations available- not sure why they can’t fix that.

But it’s also pretty painless unless you get a CM who judges you when the light turns blue and you have to do the walk of shame out of line to make a reservation. Oh the shame!!!!!

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

I mean it’s pretty silly to have to tap my phone when I’m at the gate of the park and there are reservations available- not sure why they can’t fix that.

But it’s also pretty painless unless you get a CM who judges you when the light turns blue and you have to do the walk of shame out of line to make a reservation. Oh the shame!!!!!

Not being a passholder, i am curious here. Without a reservation system, or even with one, if you don't tap your phone at the gate, is there another way that WDW tracks that you are entering the park?

Data on number of bodies in the park, who are AP holders and who are ticket holders. What park you are visiting on a given day, what months have more AP visitors vs others, ect., seems like pretty important data to collect, especially if all it takes to collect it is a simple tap of your phone at the gate.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Not being a passholder, i am curious here. Without a reservation system, or even with one, if you don't tap your phone at the gate, is there another way that WDW tracks that you are entering the park?

2 different kinds of taps. I use the physical pass so I’m tapping my pass at the gate.

“Tap my phone” - was being used for slang as in get on my phone and make a park reservation.

 

[ManicMillennial]

I mean it’s pretty silly to have to tap my phone when I’m at the gate of the park and there are reservations available- not sure why they can’t fix that.

But it’s also pretty painless unless you get a CM who judges you when the light turns blue and you have to do the walk of shame out of line to make a reservation. Oh the shame!!!!!

I don’t mean this in a rude way but I am curious why you don’t do it before heading to the park?

When I lived down there I would get my park reservation while heading out the door and then drive to whatever park I just booked.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I don’t mean this in a rude way but I am curious why you don’t do it before heading to the park?

When I lived down there I would get my park reservation while heading out the door and then drive to whatever park I just booked.

I often play bus roulette and don’t know which park I’m headed to. Sometimes I remember to make the reservation on the bus / transportation. Sometimes I forget.

 

[JMcMahonEsq]

2 different kinds of taps. I use the physical pass so I’m tapping my pass at the gate.

“Tap my phone” - was being used for slang as in get on my phone and make a park reservation.

Ah so each provides separate information, one as to who plans on going to a particularly park, and then the other tap on who actually shows up.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Ah so each provides separate information, one as to who plans on going to a particularly park, and then the other tap on who actually shows up.

I think they are keeping it so they can close off a park if it’s going to see unusual demand.

On my last trip, the only day a park reservation was full was the Saturday that Tony Baxter was signing at Epcot. Being able to limit the number of guests in a park when a special event is happening could be handy, I get that.

 

[wdwmagic]

Walt Disney World Adds More Summer 2026 Good to Go Days Including First July Dates​

Three new Good to Go Days have been added for summer 2026 — June 30, July 8, and July 9. Annual Passholders with existing reservations on those dates will have them removed automatically, though they'll remain visible in My Disney Experience.

Walt Disney World Adds More Summer 2026 Good to Go Days Including First July Dates

Three new Good to Go Days have been added for summer 2026 — June 30, July 8, and July 9 — marking the first July dates on the Annual Passholder reservation-free calendar.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[Brian]

Walt Disney World Adds More Summer 2026 Good to Go Days Including First July Dates​

Three new Good to Go Days have been added for summer 2026 — June 30, July 8, and July 9. Annual Passholders with existing reservations on those dates will have them removed automatically, though they'll remain visible in My Disney Experience.

Walt Disney World Adds More Summer 2026 Good to Go Days Including First July Dates

Three new Good to Go Days have been added for summer 2026 — June 30, July 8, and July 9 — marking the first July dates on the Annual Passholder reservation-free calendar.

www.wdwmagic.com

[Insert comment about how good to go days are ridiculous, as is the reservation system in general, here]