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Question about Annual Passes
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DVCakaCarlF
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More so, when will the preview dates for AP come out!!!???
donsullivan
Premium Member
I went in to look at renewing mine (expires in August) earlier today and while I didn't finish it yet, the functionality seems to be available.
donsullivan
Premium Member
The original statement was that once they re-opened, the payments would resume on your next scheduled payment date after the re-opening. For example, if your normal payment date was the 20th of the month, they would resume on July 20. I have seen nothing to indicate that has changed at all.
I'm kind of curious how that will play out for me since my payment date is the 10th and my current Platinum expires on AUG 10. If that plays out, my next payment would be AUG 10 but that pass will then be expired. I just renewed my AP tonight on the site to get that out of the way now that the functionality has re-opened on the website.
ELG13
Well-Known Member
That's what I thought as well but the DL that opened in Shanghai? (I can't remember which one already opened) their annual pass payments did not resume on that day since it wasn't guaranteed that AP holders would have access to the park. So paying for a ticket you can't use wouldn't be appropriate in this situation. Those payments may have been restarted since I last read about it but I'm not sure.
donsullivan
Premium Member
So far we have seen no indications from those whose dates have already been reset for WDW AP's that they are being extended for anything longer than the number of days the parks are closed.
ELG13
Well-Known Member
Luckily mine aren't activated yet!!
1HAPPYGHOSTHOST
Well-Known Member
Sorry but Disney is cutting off that service.you will not be able to buy an annual pass until 2022
ELG13
Well-Known Member
Mine are purchased already. Just not activated. They were going to be activated in May but that trip was cancelled.
nickys
Premium Member
Correct. You can book an AP rate if you have a pass linked in MDE even if you haven’t activated it.
When you check in you will be asked to show your AP at the front desk at some point or you will be charged the full rate.
TheGuyThatMakesSwords
Well-Known Member
Welllll - we asked for a partial refund, on our AP that was due to expire 5-27-2020.
It currently shows an extension to 9-2020.... and we could care less. Holding out for the refund, as we are not going until 4-2021.
We also just bought two NEW Gold Passes. More expensive than a renewal, but it gives us 1) Tickets and 2) SPACE. If 4-2021 looks like dog food? We don't activate. Cancel, rent out our DVC points, and wait for dog food PLUS
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It currently shows an extension to 9-2020.... and we could care less. Holding out for the refund, as we are not going until 4-2021.
We also just bought two NEW Gold Passes. More expensive than a renewal, but it gives us 1) Tickets and 2) SPACE. If 4-2021 looks like dog food? We don't activate. Cancel, rent out our DVC points, and wait for dog food PLUS
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ELG13
Well-Known Member
Yes this is correct. We purchased our APs before our room and we weren't activating them until that trip. I actually purchased my AP and booked the room the next day. Oddly enough, at the time, the Florida resident rate for the room was cheaper. A couple of months later the AP rate was cheaper. Didn't matter in the end though lol
ELG13
Well-Known Member
Yeah I feel lucky we hadn't activated our passes yet because you definitely aren't getting anything close to a gold pass for the rest of the year . I'm hoping that by 5-2021 things are back to normal. Hopefully they refund you because I think they will be getting a lot of backlash from a lot of AP holders that kind of got jipped out of a significant amount of time (depending bon your expiration date). This was our first year for our passes. I was super excited to get them and activate them but like I said, I'm glad we hadn't.Welllll - we asked for a partial refund, on our AP that was due to expire 5-27-2020.
It currently shows an extension to 9-2020.... and we could care less. Holding out for the refund, as we are not going until 4-2021.
We also just bought two NEW Gold Passes. More expensive than a renewal, but it gives us 1) Tickets and 2) SPACE. If 4-2021 looks like dog food? We don't activate. Cancel, rent out our DVC points, and wait for dog food PLUS
Hcalvert
Well-Known Member
Question regarding renewal: I called the VIP number and requested a paritial refund since the Platinum passes expire July 8. I then paid in full for renewal passes. When I linked the passes to my DME account, they were all under my name and I had to contact tickets and internet support to get it sorted out. I have never renewed before, so I don't know the normal protocol after renewal. Should those passes already be activated from July 9 or do I have to wait until I get on Disney property to activate them? I am concerned as they are showing in my account as unactivated and expiring in 2030 and since they are unactivated, the app will think I do not have tickets to make park reservations during my upcoming resort stay. The app currently is telling me to renew still, but is also showing that I have unactivated renewed passes.
1HAPPYGHOSTHOST
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Oh you should be fine then once you activate.
AkiraRaptor
Meega, nala kwishta!
Our APs ran out end last October. I renewed with 30 days, and the renewal is showing until 2030. So my question is does this all apply the same to the renewals as it does a new AP?
We were not returning now until this October, so would my 1 year start from the activation date when we get to a ticket booth at the parks and go for 1 year? Or would it start retroactively from the end of the AP its renewing and then end at the end of October? (Or date + parks closed time).
Or, will we be able to cancel our trip this year, and activate them next year and get the full year when we return then?
We were not returning now until this October, so would my 1 year start from the activation date when we get to a ticket booth at the parks and go for 1 year? Or would it start retroactively from the end of the AP its renewing and then end at the end of October? (Or date + parks closed time).
Or, will we be able to cancel our trip this year, and activate them next year and get the full year when we return then?
Hcalvert
Well-Known Member
I am in the same boat. However, I am leaving in 20 days. I am concerned that I will not be able to make park reservations.
I renewed before my pass was up, so I have no idea why I was issued a renewal certificaiton instead of an extension on the one we currently have and does not expire until July 8.