Liquidice
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While I agree I don't see Disney offering new APs at either park anytime soon, I do think its feasible for them to do so at one park and not the other. It wouldn't be a PR problem if they came out and simply said that WDW is a larger park with more capacity and therefore has the ability to support more APs.
I also could see them doing away with APs / Magic Keys all together at Disneyland and letting everyone expire and perhaps replace them at some point with a much more limited program - so there are less people with an AP overall at DLR. But they really screwed up because their opportunity to do that was when Magic Key was first offered - not sure how they could have screwed it up so bad that they are now stuck with an unfavorable guest mix. Nobody to blame there but Disney themselves.
At WDW though they seem happy with the current guest mix and could continue to allow renewals while maybe offering new APs once a year for a limited time with limited quantities (assuming some amount of APs drop out every year) -- think about how crazy the demand would be - Disney seems to love "shows" with long lines and craziness around Limited Edition Merch and events, they could do the same with APs. Maybe they could even run a lottery or contest for the right to buy an AP lol.
If they ever build more capacity into WDW with a 5th gate they could then of course open things up a bit again.
I also could see them doing away with APs / Magic Keys all together at Disneyland and letting everyone expire and perhaps replace them at some point with a much more limited program - so there are less people with an AP overall at DLR. But they really screwed up because their opportunity to do that was when Magic Key was first offered - not sure how they could have screwed it up so bad that they are now stuck with an unfavorable guest mix. Nobody to blame there but Disney themselves.
At WDW though they seem happy with the current guest mix and could continue to allow renewals while maybe offering new APs once a year for a limited time with limited quantities (assuming some amount of APs drop out every year) -- think about how crazy the demand would be - Disney seems to love "shows" with long lines and craziness around Limited Edition Merch and events, they could do the same with APs. Maybe they could even run a lottery or contest for the right to buy an AP lol.
If they ever build more capacity into WDW with a 5th gate they could then of course open things up a bit again.
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