Annual Pass Purchase

[Abigail Broughton]

Why is DIsney allowing Annual Pass renewal but not allowing a new purchase?

Abby

 

[ConnMan]

I wish I knew the answer to this, too. I'm wanting to buy a new AP!

 

[Abigail Broughton]

I wish I knew the answer to this, too. I'm wanting to buy a new AP!

Ugh.. I have friends that renewed today!!

 

[AmishGuy91]

It's a good question

 

[DisneyMaMa1625]

I let mine lapse and need to renew as well but let too much time pass so a new pass is needed.

 

[Hadley's Mom]

We are going on a 14 day trip at the end of May and I was told I could buy a 10 day ticket and a 4 day ticket but I want an AP! Here's hoping they come back in the next 2 months.

 

[Abigail Broughton]

Ugh.. I have friends that renewed today!!

I let mine lapse and need to renew as well but let too much time pass so a new pa
Ours expired in January of 2020 but

Visiting the parks 10 or more days most certainly would be an AP purchase before all of this!! Have a wonderful trip.

 

[mistysue]

Because they hate some of us personally.
Obviously not really, but it sure feels like it. We lapsed at the end of 2019 and had three trips planned this year. For the five of us, our tickets will cost around $5,400 more than if we got an AP.

 

[Abigail Broughton]

I feel that way too! We were regular passholders my daughter and I. We would visit staying at a Disney resort at least 4 trips a year minimum. We also did not renew after our last trip but went in August and November of 2020 and enjoyed resort only stays. I too feel a little bugged by this! Especially when I have friends whi just renewed!!

 

[Lesley Wake]

Just an FYI - they will make case by case exceptions to the no-new-AP rule. You need to call, be polite and don't assume or feel entitled to anything, and cross your fingers. They will take your information and call you back later (it can be several weeks later). It doesn't hurt and I had a friend whose pass had expired well before the lockdown and she was able to get a new one in this way last fall. You can also try going in person to Guest Services at Disney Springs. But again, nothing is definite, and if you are a jerk about it, they have no reason to break the rules for you...

 

[Abigail Broughton]

I LOVE this advice!! Should I call or try in person st Disney Springs in July. We are moving to Florida in 11 months. I can't imagine the thought of living less than an hour from Disney and not being an AP holder.

 

[mitsukoshi samurai]

I LOVE this advice!! Should I call or try in person st Disney Springs in July. We are moving to Florida in 11 months. I can't imagine the thought of living less than an hour from Disney and not being an AP holder.

You will be out of luck

 

[Upatnoon]

Why is DIsney allowing Annual Pass renewal but not allowing a new purchase?

Abby

Likely because with limited attendance, they would rather sell tickets. They don't want annual passholders filling the parks and squeezing out ticketbuyers.

I would speculate that the bulk of annual passholders are Florida residents who don't spend as much, stay offsite more often, ect.

Annual passes will eventually return as park capacity increases.

 

[mistysue]

I LOVE this advice!! Should I call or try in person st Disney Springs in July. We are moving to Florida in 11 months. I can't imagine the thought of living less than an hour from Disney and not being an AP holder.

I wouldn't get your hopes up- we called, emailed, dropped (twice) and were kind, polite, did everything right but nothing. (I even dropped in on my actual 40th birthday as it was the day we happened to be there)

For a bit people were also saying that you could sometimes convince them to let you have a gold pass if you were a newer DVC member, which we are, and no luck. It's for people who turned 3 or whose pass expired March 2020 or later. Most of the reports on these boards from people who say they got to buy a new one- upon questioning it's figured out that they actually expired during COVID and no exception was made.

 

[AJollyHoliday]

If my passes expired in December of 2019, do you think they would make an exception?

 

[DeeBee3]

I bought one just before covid closure, got a refund, and they just told me no to buying another one.

 

[starry_solo]

I bought one just before covid closure, got a refund, and they just told me no to buying another one.

Was it activated?

 

[starry_solo]

If my passes expired in December of 2019, do you think they would make an exception?

Nope. There are people who said theirs expired in January 2020 that got denied

 

[DeeBee3]

Was it activated?

It was not as it was right before closure. I assume that is why.

 

[starry_solo]

It was not as it was right before closure. I assume that is why.

Yup. If it had been activated then canceled, you would have qualified for a recovery offer