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

[marni1971]

I don't see park reservations going away.

Direct reservations will go away for most - day tickets will instead be date and park based at purchase. APs will potentially stay reserved initially. Hopping permission will gradually become more lenient for most too. Assuming new old Bob doesn’t alter things.

 

[mattpeto]

Direct reservations will go away for most - day tickets will instead be date and park based at purchase. APs will potentially stay reserved initially. Hopping permission will gradually become more lenient for most too. Assuming new old Bob doesn’t alter things.

This is what I’ve heard as well.

 

[wdwfan_pm]

Direct reservations will go away for most - day tickets will instead be date and park based at purchase. APs will potentially stay reserved initially. Hopping permission will gradually become more lenient for most too. Assuming new old Bob doesn’t alter things.

How about AP’s that have a Resort Reservation-will they still have to reserve?

 

[twilight mitsuk]

How about AP’s that have a Resort Reservation-will they still have to reserve?

Yes they will

 

[wdwfan_pm]

Yes they will

Disappointing, but thanks for the info

 

[wdwmagic]

Major overhaul of Disney Park Pass reservations and Park Hopping coming to Walt Disney World in the new year​

Major overhaul of Disney Park Pass reservations and Park Hopping coming to Walt Disney World in the new year

Much of the existing Disney Park Pass system will be removed and simplified, providing guests with an experience closer to pre-pandemic conditions.

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[G&CsMom]

Major overhaul of Disney Park Pass reservations and Park Hopping coming to Walt Disney World in the new year​

Major overhaul of Disney Park Pass reservations and Park Hopping coming to Walt Disney World in the new year

Much of the existing Disney Park Pass system will be removed and simplified, providing guests with an experience closer to pre-pandemic conditions.

www.wdwmagic.com

please, Please, PLEASE......let these changes take affect before my trip starting Jan 26!!! I really despise both the park reservations and the hopping after 2pm.

 

[Vinnie Mac]

Major overhaul ain't enough I need him DEAD

 

[cmarten]

This was already a planned change correct? And not brought about by the return of The Savior of Disney(tm)

 

[nickys]

This was already a planned change correct? And not brought about by the return of The Savior of Disney(tm)

Yes, that’s what the article says.

 

[Vinnie Mac]

This was already a planned change correct? And not brought about by the return of The Savior of Disney(tm)

I take it you just didn't read the article at all?

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Smart change too long in the making. Reservations make sense for pass holders but never should have been in place for resort guests or date-based tickets.

I won't hold my breath waiting for apologies from all of the people who chewed me out insisting that ressies would never go away.

 

[monothingie]

Major overhaul of Disney Park Pass reservations and Park Hopping coming to Walt Disney World in the new year​

Major overhaul of Disney Park Pass reservations and Park Hopping coming to Walt Disney World in the new year

Much of the existing Disney Park Pass system will be removed and simplified, providing guests with an experience closer to pre-pandemic conditions.

www.wdwmagic.com

So if the new model shifts "capacity" restrictions to ticket sales and not park pass, then for example if the MK is "full" for single park tickets, the alternative is to pay more for a park hopper and you can then get in?

This seems like a backdoor price hike for peak times. It would give them every incentive to keep single park ticket inventory very low.

 

[drew81]

So nice to see the other site “break” this news 24 minutes after it was posted by @marni1971 and @wdwmagic.

I’m sure the family from Denver will be broken by this news. Their park reservation made their visit “magical”.

 

[Vinnie Mac]

So nice to see the other site “break” this news 24 minutes after it was posted by @marni1971 and @wdwmagic.

I’m sure the family from Denver will be broken by this news. Their park reservation made their visit “magical”.

Saw this info from Disney Glimpses first but glad to see it reported here too.

 

[JohnD]

This was already a planned change correct? And not brought about by the return of The Savior of Disney(tm)

Read the article.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

I won't hold my breath waiting for apologies from all of the people who chewed me out insisting that ressies would never go away.

Isn’t it funny how the “experts” said reservations would NEVER go away!? Haha.

 

[twilight mitsuk]

So if the new model shifts "capacity" restrictions to ticket sales and not park pass, then for example if the MK is "full" for single park tickets, the alternative is to pay more for a park hopper and you can then get in?

This seems like a backdoor price hike for peak times. It would give them every incentive to keep single park ticket inventory very low.

Park reservations will stay, but will automatically made at ticket purchase

 

[JohnD]

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I take it you just didn't read the article at all?

Don't you know we don't have time for that? We need others to do the work for us and we'll ask the same question over and over again. Sheesh.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Isn’t it funny how the “experts” said reservations would NEVER go away!? Haha.

It's incredible how little data they think Disney has available to them. They know what crowds are going to be like to an alarming level of precision based on ticket sales, resort occupancy, historical trends, and various other inputs. They never needed Park Pass to "predict crowd levels" so they could "optimize labor." They were already predicting crowd levels and optimizing labor.