News Walt Disney World to resume sales of Annual Passes (New sales resume April 20, 2023)

[CaptainAmerica]

I'm not defending the crappy IT, but why is everyone in a mad scramble to do this right when it opens? Wouldn't it be way less stressful to just wait a couple of days (or even a few hours) until the rush dies down?

 

[Unbanshee]

Its back open, without the virtual queue

Walt Disney World Resort

disneyworld.disney.go.com

VQ for me

 

[wdwmagic]

I'm still getting straight in, using Private Mode. No VQ

 

[Bandit03]

Was able to refresh my checkout page and it let me through the entire process! Three Pirates purchased

 

[willf]

I'm not defending the crappy IT, but why is everyone in a mad scramble to do this right when it opens? Wouldn't it be way less stressful to just wait a couple of days (or even a few hours) until the rush dies down?

Won't speak for everyone else, but I'm doing it because they said availability's limited. Who knows if that's actually true, but the PS5 experience is still fresh in my memory.

 

[Satans Hockey]

I'm not defending the crappy IT, but why is everyone in a mad scramble to do this right when it opens? Wouldn't it be way less stressful to just wait a couple of days (or even a few hours) until the rush dies down?

Probably because it says...

"Annual Pass availability is limited and being in the queue does not guarantee the ability to purchase any Annual Pass."

 

[Disstevefan1]

they probably underestimated how many people wanted AP's

This implies that they actually would have spent the money to scale up their infrastructure to handle the anticipated load.
Ah, NO, IF their infrastructure is actually scalable, they don't want to spend the money to scale up.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

I'm not defending the crappy IT, but why is everyone in a mad scramble to do this right when it opens? Wouldn't it be way less stressful to just wait a couple of days (or even a few hours) until the rush dies down?

Because many believe they may sell out. I remain skeptical that they will, but people don't want to risk it.

 

[willf]

I'm still getting straight in, using Private Mode. No VQ

What browser/OS?

 

[Mireille]

I'm not defending the crappy IT, but why is everyone in a mad scramble to do this right when it opens? Wouldn't it be way less stressful to just wait a couple of days (or even a few hours) until the rush dies down?

Honestly, for me, I just had no idea how limited they meant when they say they could discontinue sales "at any time". And I know Incredi-Pass was least likely to sell out due to price, but... I just wanted to make sure I got it. But I was lucky and got in relatively quick, about a half hour from VQ opening to purchase.

 

[wdwmagic]

I'm seeing this right away

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

I'm still getting straight in, using Private Mode. No VQ

What do you mean by "private mode" I just opened the link in a chrome incognito window and got dumped into the queue.

 

[wdwmagic]

What browser/OS?

MacOS Safari

 

[willsdad01]

I'm not defending the crappy IT, but why is everyone in a mad scramble to do this right when it opens? Wouldn't it be way less stressful to just wait a couple of days (or even a few hours) until the rush dies down?

Concern they will sell out

 

[diminnie]

Exact repeat of last week. Don't give up.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

What do you mean by "private mode" I just opened the link in a chrome incognito window and got dumped into the queue.

And same with Microsoft Edge "inprivate" mode.

 

[wdwmagic]

Looks like there is some variance here depending on session. I'm trying multiple machines (all MacOS Safari, Private Incognito mode), two I can get right into the order screen, the others are hitting the VQ.

 

[bmr1591]

What browser?

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Looks like there is some variance here depending on session. I'm trying multiple machines (all MacOS Safari, Private Incognito mode), two I can get right into the order screen, the others are hitting the VQ.

Must be a mac thing. I even tried on ios devices in safari private mode and am hitting the VQ

 

[willf]

Looks like there is some variance here depending on session. I'm trying multiple machines (all MacOS Safari, Private Incognito mode), two I can get right into the order screen, the others are hitting the VQ.

Yeah probably. I'm a web developer by trade and while I find this whole thing incredibly annoying, it's at least tempered by the knowledge that this stuff's incredibly hard to get right and prone to weird behavior.