Based on my experience, it’s best to make sure that the tickets you want to use are linked to your park reservations correctly. I’ve had several occasions where the wrong ticket was used, so I got into the habit of confirming with guest services. Had at least two occasions where a non-expiring old ticket was taken instead of my AP (even when just park hopping later in the day when the AP was used for the first park). It was a real pain to get days restored. The new system where you put in the tickets in with your park reservation is supposed to take care of that problem, but, if I were you, I would confirm that your AP wasn’t used.
I think it's the demand wasn't as much as anticipated. IMO means that summer is going to be really soft for bookings.
I agree.... Hopefully it means crowds won't be too big!
Most are generally well known, but if you're not a local and you have a pass, we take extra care to watch for the freebies that appear in parks (most often in EPCOT in our experience). Special pieces of artwork, magnets and so on. They'll have signage in the park on where to go to get the swag. But the worst feeling is to get home from a trip, see stuff on social, and then be down because you were just there and missed it. We got into the habit of checking in advance of each trip for any potential AP benefits happening while we're there. Also, don't forget to take advantage of the AP line at the gate if it's shorter than the standard.
This is exactly why I rebooked all my daughters when I upgraded her ticket to an AP. I was afraid this would happen and she wouldn’t get the parks we wanted .
When I added a day to a park ticket a couple months ago the emails cancelling all my park reservations were a couple days delayed. I caught it at the time and remade the park reservations so I freaked when the cancellations came in thinking they’d cancelled the new ones I’d made. They didn’t. Stupid system was just late telling me they cancelled the old ones.
In my experience... typically the same length. The only advantage I've seen, is if (if!) the people in line are actual AP holders, the line can move quicker.
They've always been much shorter for us. In fact in March, there was literally no one in them most of the time. Never have I seen an AP line longer than the regular lines. Could be just lucky for us, but we've been AP holders for around 10 years now. We visit for three weeks each year (not locals).
This is great to hear! Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing! Now I'm a little more excited to head back to WDW as AP holders!
I'm sure it varies, but I can only speak to our experience
For us the AP line has virtually always been shorter (even before pandemic). It's a great option to have no matter how you look at it. Just another small benefit.
