ToTBellHop
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But there’s so much more magic, now! A rat and crepes ain’t cheap!
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News Walt Disney World to resume sales of Annual Passes (New sales resume April 20, 2023)
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Chip Chipperson
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What a steep increase to couple with no more PhotoPass. And I'm betting that they'll add that $99 to each pass if renewing as a family (maybe $85 if they'rediscounting it on renewals at the same 15% discount). As A DVC member, the cost of renewing our Gold Passes just went up by nearly $500 combined for my wife and I if we want PhotoPass. I wish they'd let DVC members pick from any of the FL-only passes - but I'm sure they know how that would end up.
Thanksgiving is also now blocked out.
scoobygirl39541
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Really sad about losing photo pass... AND no Genie+ bonuses. As an AP DVC resort guest, its kind of a slap in the face to not get ANY Genie+ perks in my opinion.
ToTBellHop
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In general, I would be displeased, but they removed the Spring Break blockout for Sorcerer so, in my particular situation, this will be a savings. Sometimes you win, I guess.
Zummi Gummi
Pioneering the Universe Within!
But on Sorcerer (which seems to most similar to the current gold), you now get the spring break/Easter week that you didn't have before, which seems strange to me. Easter week always felt significantly more busy than Thanksgiving weekend.
ToTBellHop
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Maybe crowd patterns look different this year. Easter is pretty late, which tends to spread out Spring Break crowds.
Gringrinngghost
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Epcot After 4, Weekday Select, Theme Park Select -> Pixie Dust Pass
Silver -> Pirate Pass
Gold, Platinum -> Sorcerer Pass
Platinum Plus -> Incredi-pass
Silver -> Pirate Pass
Gold, Platinum -> Sorcerer Pass
Platinum Plus -> Incredi-pass
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JohnD
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I was beginning to like it until I saw the blockout dates. I'm currently on Silver which is good through March (thank goodness). The only blockouts for Silver are around Easter and Christmas and mostly June-July, which has always been fine by me. The closest in price is the Pixie Dust and there are blockouts throughout the year. Um. I guess I better look carefully at Pirate instead.
castlecake2.0
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Can you expand on this?
Or it hasn’t been populated yet for 2022.
ToTBellHop
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How did The Incredibles get top billing over the Mouse?
Tony the Tigger
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Sweet! The price of our Weekday Select pass went DOWN from $450ish to $399.
ToTBellHop
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The other calendars are populated.
Disstevefan1
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Here is the DPB announcement -
New Walt Disney World Annual Passes Available Sept. 8, Just in Time for 50th Anniversary Celebration
At Walt Disney World Resort, being an Annual Passholder brings a special kind of magic – the kind that lets you visit our theme parks again and again so you can revisit the spots where your favorite memories were made. And as the countdown to ourdisneyparks.disney.go.com
Unless I am reading this wrong, it looks like all passes include free parking.
Chip Chipperson
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Personally, the blackout dates never mattered to me because we never visit during those times anyway. I can see how it's an improvement for some people to have the blackout dates switched and the local APs now have more park reservations available at one time, but that doesn't justify these increases while removing the PhotoPass perk - especially when it's not even included in Genie+, either, and we can all see that they at least got that included over at Disneyland with their Genie+.
durangojim
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Where are you all finding the specifics on the passes? I can't find them on the Disney World site.