I am not...
I’m telling you the semantics changes and how they fundamentally altered there products to cover a huge base price increase.
If you block the spring break and Christmas weeks, it limits the usefulness of Americans with children (might be what your demographics should be) greatly...and forces them into limiting potential repeat Visits or higher cost passes.
An “annual” pass prior to gold and silver (sooo shiny!!
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) had no blackouts. Making it by definition not an annual pass. The limited passes prior where labeled as such. Line Epcot after 4, seasonal, etc.
I’m saying the gold, silver, platinum is a tactic...calling attention away from the blackouts because I’m 99.995% sure their research didn’t sent to have people think of “blackouts” when they buy thousands of dollars in tickets.
Apparently - it works too as demonstrated by this tangent Q&A