The argument that nothing will cause Disney fans to stop Disneying is so tired and so blatantly false. There was a 7 hour line because they released APs after 18 months of not offering them. If Disney treats their customers like crap they will stop having customers. Raising prices is not treating your customers like crap, but refusing to let them into the parks on days they’re not blocked out from is.
Are you all staying onsite? If so you should all be able to book from the resort guest pool, but it might be that you still need to book in two groups.
We are all staying onsite and we have to book separately.
Exactly. This is one of the primary reasons we didn’t renew. How frustrating was it to be down there (8 hour drive for us) and not be able to go into a park even though we’ve paid thousands of dollars for 4 passes. We watched HEA for one of the last times from the Contemporary bc we got down there in time, but didn’t want to “waste” one of our 3 precious reservations on a holiday weekend just to go in to watch fireworks. We’ve had APs and stayed off property for years. I’m sort of glad Disney keeps making these crappy changes bc it makes me feel better about not renewing my APs!
I have no idea why anyone wants to be anywhere near MK on 10/1. It's not like there are things that you can do on 10/1 that won't be there 11/1. I've always said the same about the other insanely crowded days like NYE.
I think if you have an MK reservation you are good unless they reach a closure phase, which shouldn't be possible given park reservations.
Closure is theoretically possible if enough park-hop, but that has not yet happened.
They are definitely going to want to keep capacity at least at whatever point it's crowded enough to sell a ton of lightning lane. I imagine their projections will most of the time be good enough opening availability won't be necessary.
That’s true! Now there is incentive for them to overcrowd the parks to sell more Genie + and pay per ride Lighting Lane tickets!
Yes, and yes. Stop by GS and ask for a physical card, you have to show that (and usually photo ID) to get any AP promotions or discounts.
Hmm, I've gotten shop discounts and dining discounts by showing the pass on the MDE app along with a photo id.
Nice! We’ve never been able to show the app, for whatever reason, we’ve always had to show our card. I’ll have to try that… if I visit a park before my AP expires.
I have had mixed results. It all depends on the CM. I even one time had a CM not give me a discount because the card had the previous year on it even though I had it in the app as current. I really think the app is better since it has your last name that they can actually verify with your id, where the card just has your first name written on it with a sharpie.
They accept digital DVC cards but for whatever reason they get cranky about the AP from time to time. That's the only thing I'm sure is correct in their system for MB and can be verified with a photo ID.
In the MDE, under tickets and passes, it should have your name, pass type and then the expiration date. The pass type will let them know that it is an AP and that it is valid until the expiration data.
