I found this article on Magictrips, another Disney theme park website with forums like WDWMagic.
News Release from the AFP wire:
(AFP) -- Anaheim, California -- The Walt Disney Company is expected to unveil a new marketing campaign this spring that will feature a limited time offer of a lifetime pass good at all Disney-branded amusement parks worldwide. The campaign is part of Disney's "Year of One Million Dreams" promotion. Only one thousand of the passes will be available. Propective purchasers must submit an application and may request from one to four passes, which will be priced at $5000 each. The passes will be valid for admission to any amusement park operated by Disney or under a license from Disney anywhere in the world.
"We've offered annual passes to our California and Florida parks for many years," noted Disney spokesperson Aprile Sciocco, "but the concept of a lifetime pass goes back even further." Sciocco noted that the first to guests to the Disneyland themepark in Anahiem, Kristine Vess and her cousin Michael Schwartner, ages 5 and 7, received lifetime passes to that park. Similar promotion passes ahve been given out at Disneyland's sister park California Adventure, and that the Walt Diseny World Resort themeparks when they opened. "Economically, it wouldn't be feasible to offer the life time passes to the public, at least not at this price," Sciocco added.
With themeparks on both coasts and in France, Japan, and Hong Kong, a passholder would log a lot of miles visiting all the parks at which the pass will be valid. According to Sciocco, lifetime passholders will be entitled to special discounts at Disney resorts and inside the parks as well, just as annual pass holders are now. There will be no blackout dates for the lifetime passes, as there are for some annual passes, but passholders will be required to purchase separate admissions for certain "hard ticket" events such as special events at Halloween and Christmas.
Disney estimates that demand for the passes will be very low. It's not the price that will keep demand low, but the fact that this press release comes from the April Fool's Press. Aprile Sciocco, by the way, is Italian (sort of) for APRIL FOOLS!!!!! :ROFLOL:
Sorry to get your hopes up! Anyway, Happy April Fools Day, and enjoy the Travel Channel marathon today!
:animwink:
News Release from the AFP wire:
(AFP) -- Anaheim, California -- The Walt Disney Company is expected to unveil a new marketing campaign this spring that will feature a limited time offer of a lifetime pass good at all Disney-branded amusement parks worldwide. The campaign is part of Disney's "Year of One Million Dreams" promotion. Only one thousand of the passes will be available. Propective purchasers must submit an application and may request from one to four passes, which will be priced at $5000 each. The passes will be valid for admission to any amusement park operated by Disney or under a license from Disney anywhere in the world.
"We've offered annual passes to our California and Florida parks for many years," noted Disney spokesperson Aprile Sciocco, "but the concept of a lifetime pass goes back even further." Sciocco noted that the first to guests to the Disneyland themepark in Anahiem, Kristine Vess and her cousin Michael Schwartner, ages 5 and 7, received lifetime passes to that park. Similar promotion passes ahve been given out at Disneyland's sister park California Adventure, and that the Walt Diseny World Resort themeparks when they opened. "Economically, it wouldn't be feasible to offer the life time passes to the public, at least not at this price," Sciocco added.
With themeparks on both coasts and in France, Japan, and Hong Kong, a passholder would log a lot of miles visiting all the parks at which the pass will be valid. According to Sciocco, lifetime passholders will be entitled to special discounts at Disney resorts and inside the parks as well, just as annual pass holders are now. There will be no blackout dates for the lifetime passes, as there are for some annual passes, but passholders will be required to purchase separate admissions for certain "hard ticket" events such as special events at Halloween and Christmas.
Disney estimates that demand for the passes will be very low. It's not the price that will keep demand low, but the fact that this press release comes from the April Fool's Press. Aprile Sciocco, by the way, is Italian (sort of) for APRIL FOOLS!!!!! :ROFLOL:
Sorry to get your hopes up! Anyway, Happy April Fools Day, and enjoy the Travel Channel marathon today!
:animwink:
