Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
…did that come with a “special dessert”?
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News Walt Disney World to resume sales of Annual Passes (New sales resume April 20, 2023)
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Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
Correct…it’s been the somewhat useless “magical blockout” pass since November of 2021…I believe?
A truly awful period of lack of loyalty to the customers - no matter the excuses - that I hope we won’t see again. But I have doubts
Fido Chuckwagon
Well-Known Member
Correct…it’s been the somewhat useless “magical blockout” pass since November of 2021…I believe?
Counterpoint: Genie+ is $35 and only going higher, and waiting in 2 hour lines for attractions with children without genie+ is miserable.
Sirwalterraleigh
Premium Member
…that ain’t promising either
NO
This is going to make the system worse for everyone. G+ is overused as is, that would make it worse.
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
The premier pass included Maxpass at Disneyland. It was nice.
Iger is leaving money on the table - there needs to be something in between Incredipass and Club 33.
It's no longer the good deal it used to be. Every year they jack up the prices so much that when they give you the 25% discount, it's still more than last year. Or sometimes even last month.
Hcalvert
Well-Known Member
I think you are thinking of Disneyland. I believe all their APs have some type of blackouts. Every pass has to make park reservations (until whatever date WDW said an annual passholder can enter after 2pm without one). I think I am allowed up to 5 without a resort reservation. I only used the ones without a resort reservation once (3 days worth) when I visited in December for an AVID convention. Other than that, we stay on site, so no problems booking our park reservations. They don't bother me.
So DL has resort specific reservations like WDW?
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
All Disneyland Magic Keys have blackout dates. The most expensive one still blacks out Christmas / New Years.
Since it’s only 2 parks, it’s more frequent to see no reservations available as well, although new reservations do open up just like in Florida.
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
It’s interesting Disney implemented blackout dates at all levels of their Disneyland APs and did not do this for the WDW AP’s. Great to hear. Let’s hope it stays that way.
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
Has there been any time in recent history that all 4 WDW parks were filled to capacity?
Even during spring break you could still get a reservation for epcot!
Disstevefan1
Well-Known Member
It probably has never happened.
I personally thought the addition of blackouts at all levels of the Disneyland APs had nothing to do with capacity.
I had thought Disney put blackouts at every tier of their Disneyland APs merely to eliminate the confusion about “no blackouts” that the lawsuits stemmed from and they would simply add blackouts to all levels of WDW APs too.
Glad I am wrong.
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
Well I meant Disney’s new definition of capacity. It happened as the parks reopened after covid but recently you can always get a day-of ticket at one of the 4 parks at wdw (I think… I haven’t been watching everyday.)
At Disneyland, it’s frequent that both parks fill up to capacity. Again, Disneys new definition of capacity.
Naplesgolfer
Well-Known Member
A pass with G+ and no park Res or black out would be 3500.
Think it would be that low? I’m sure they have aggregate data on how many days an AP holder visits per year (locals bring that number up, I’d guess). They’d extrapolate the average number of days x the lowest Genie- pricing and add that to the cost of the AP. Add in the no park reservations and I’d see this at $5-6k a head easily.
TrainsOfDisney
Well-Known Member
That’s still way cheaper than Club33!
If they were really generous they could throw in a Tables in Wonderland card! (It still annoys me that wasn’t included with the premier passport! Lol)
Dayma
Well-Known Member
Hello all. Not sure if this has been asked yet. I went through a lot of the history and did not see it.
We are considering an annual pass, but also have a trip fully booked in September 2023. If we get the annual pass , can we get credited for the future September purchase? We did the whole package deal so it's hard to tell how that would work. Thanks!
We are considering an annual pass, but also have a trip fully booked in September 2023. If we get the annual pass , can we get credited for the future September purchase? We did the whole package deal so it's hard to tell how that would work. Thanks!
The short answer is: It depends.
If your package price was dependent on purchasing a room and tickets, you'd no longer qualify for that package price and your new price would be subject to whatever current room rates are. This new room rate may or may not be cheaper than what you originally paid.
If your package price was simply the prevailing room rate at the time you booked plus tickets, you should be able to modify the reservation and remove the tickets.