News Disneyland Magic Key Program

[Sailor310]

"Pass types may be limited in quantity, and may not be available for purchase or renewal at any time"??

I wonder how many they'll sell?

Also, does this mean CMs will now call them "keyholes" behind their backs?

Even though I'm pretty burned out on DL, even with the year off, I still might buy the $399 pass in a few months.

 

[Disney Irish]

Eh, not what I expected, but its ok. Could have been worse, could have been better.

I predict the complaints of crowding due to low priced/monthly payment APs will continue....

 

[el_super]

 

[Jefro]

Anyone see language on upgrading existing tickets?

 

[mickEblu]

Eh, not what I expected, but its ok. Could have been worse, could have been better.

I predict the complaints of crowding due to low priced/monthly payment APs will continue....

One day it’ll happen. One day you will be right and I’ll be wrong. Lol

 

[el_super]

Anyone see language on upgrading existing tickets?

UPGRADES: A Guest wishing to upgrade to a Pass from another form of eligible Disneyland® Resort theme park admission media must upgrade on the same day in which the original form of theme park admission media is valid, and must choose a Pass of equal or greater value than the retail price of the original theme park admission media when it was purchased. The difference in prices must be paid in full at the time of the upgrade.

From here: https://disneyland.disney.go.com/magic-key-terms-conditions/

 

[networkpro]

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The horror, we demand a cupcake!

 

[flynnibus]

The blackout calendars are pretty tough... it really is all about the top two tiers.

Problem is those blackout calendars are just the STARTING point, add in 'availability' on top of that...

Plus you got stuck with the ridiculous 1pm parkhopper restriction... that POS needs to die.

 

[Snoballego]

Am I an awful person for wanting to start a rumor tomorrow that after higher than initial demand, some of these tiers may sell out by Friday?

 

[Stevek]

They could still keep attendance low, but that's where these passes end up in the sort of ... questionable grey area. They could go back to selling a million passes, but still make the reservations so hard to obtain that only a few of those million can go in the same pattern that they did before.

OR it could be an actual abandonment of the new strategy, and they will go back to filling up the park to capacity, stop building new attractions and make all their money on $27 popcorn buckets.

Yep, this is about crowd control if you take Potrock at his word.

 

[mickEblu]

Are we going back to the early 2010s when Saturday might be less busy than Sundays and maybe even some weekdays?

 

[Newtwo]

UPGRADES: A Guest wishing to upgrade to a Pass from another form of eligible Disneyland® Resort theme park admission media must upgrade on the same day in which the original form of theme park admission media is valid, and must choose a Pass of equal or greater value than the retail price of the original theme park admission media when it was purchased. The difference in prices must be paid in full at the time of the upgrade.

From here: https://disneyland.disney.go.com/magic-key-terms-conditions/

Anyone know if military tickets are "eligible Disneyland® Resort theme park admission"?

I sort of doubt it.

 

[flynnibus]

Disney basically gave you the old pass back... except withholding the right to block you out based on calendar and capacities.... and getting parking fees from people.. and the stupid 1pm parkhopper restriction.

 

[WDWTrojan]

The million dollar question is how hard reservations are to get. Is it going to become like dining and FP+ in Florida where they fill up the day they become available?

 

[SSG]

So this is basically the same pass levels as before, but reservations added.

 

[Stevek]

Are we going back to the early 2010s when Saturday might be less busy than Sundays and maybe even some weekdays?

Maybe...really just depends on if all available reservations are used every day. If so, and the cap is the same every day, then all days should be equal. But that's a lot of if's and unknowns.

 

[CaptinEO]

100% confirms that Disney made a huge mistake by canceling AP's and opening the park with just single day tickets.

? No. The parks have been packed since they opened and also allowed Disney to scale their operation back up.

 

[CaptinEO]

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Wow. Paper not even plastic and it costs 20 bucks.

Hate the phone . What if your phone is out of battery?

 

[Californian Elitist]

Looks like people will still be allowed to show up when they want, as long as it’s before closing.

 

[CaptinEO]

Are we going back to the early 2010s when Saturday might be less busy than Sundays and maybe even some weekdays?

This is what things were like even until March 2020.