Reservation expansion

[Figgy1]

The simple answer would be to call back and speak to someone else.

^^^^THIS

 

[ToTBellHop]

I don’t believe this is accurate. They plan to move away from park hopping restrictions, not exaggerate them, last I’d heard.

 

[monothingie]

The only thing I can figure is they are having trouble managing capacity at MK and HS. Honestly if you are going to have a reservation system at all, allowing park hopping doesn't make much sense.

At one point the reservation system was used to manage capacity. Now it’s about labor and resource allocation to minimize expense.

 

[ChuckFromCanada]

cant be bothered, it fits their latest MO and have no doubt it is true. He did explain that on site guests will have priority so dont think he just made it all up on a whim.

 

[Prince-1]

We are almost in July and this is supposed to start in August???? Sorry, not buying it at all.

Now, if this rumor came from a bus driver then I would be on board with it but at this time I'm calling BS.

 

[James J]

cant be bothered, it fits their latest MO and have no doubt it is true. He did explain that on site guests will have priority so dont think he just made it all up on a whim.

Not necessarily made up, but it sounds like he's massively confused things at the very least.

 

[G00fyDad]

I wonder if the Cast Member took their eyes off the road or a hand off the wheel when telling them this.

 

[Brian]

I wonder if the Cast Member took their eyes off the road or a hand off the wheel when telling them this.

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OH, because it was a bus driver!

 

[ToTBellHop]

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OH, because it was a bus driver!

No. He’s a clown from cirque.

 

[monothingie]

cant be bothered, it fits their latest MO and have no doubt it is true. He did explain that on site guests will have priority so dont think he just made it all up on a whim.

Well then respectfully if you can’t bother to go through the effort to verify this, it’s no better than clickbait. It sounds like you’re dealing with a single mis-trained CM.

 

[networkpro]

Waistline expansion yes, park-hopping reservations unlikely.

 

[mattpeto]

I can't see this being true for resort guests, it would greatly devalue park hopper.

I could see it being true for AP at some point.

 

[GhostHost1000]

It’s a sign of the times when we determine what rumors are likely TRUE based on how bad it sounds.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I don’t believe this is accurate. They plan to move away from park hopping restrictions, not exaggerate them, last I’d heard.

That would actually be smart. Surely their data is telling them that guests are resenting the amount of planning and general hassle a WDW vacation requires?

 

[ToTBellHop]

That would actually be smart. Surely their data is telling them that guests are resenting the amount of planning and general hassle a WDW vacation requires?

Yes.

 

[peter11435]

cant be bothered, it fits their latest MO and have no doubt it is true. He did explain that on site guests will have priority so dont think he just made it all up on a whim.

Again, if this was actually happening and has been communicated to call center cast; they would not be allowed to discuss it with guests until it was made public. And there would be no way for them to tell you there isn’t availability for a system that doesn’t exist yet

 

[RSoxNo1]

This rumor is so ridiculous and is so bad for the guest experience, it must be true...

It wouldn't surprise me.

They know it's a problem so they're going to make it worse.

Mark it down, they'll sell tickets soon enough that won't require a park reservation... for a premium.

 

[castlecake2.0]

I’m by no means an insider but I do hear things from time to time, and this is definitely not something I’ve heard even a whisper about

 

[marni1971]

This has merit.

 

[Disney Glimpses]

Of all the wild things I've heard about potential Park Pass changes, this is certainly a new one.

I'll look into it but it would be a bit surprising to me considering you can't make reservations directly in the app. More surprising to implement this when it's really no longer needed (August is expected to be slow).

I will say, be cautious of anything any CM tells you, even those supposedly in the know. They are often, by design, given very incomplete information that will lead to wildly inaccurate conclusions. It would also be incredibly odd for a call center CM to have access to such information and even more odd for them to freely offer it up to guests.

Finally, last I heard about park hopping, they were aiming to remove the restrictions, not make it more restrictive.