Anyone know the blackout dates for the 2017 Gold AP?

[jeanneg]

The only ones I can find listed are January 1st and 2nd. What about spring break and the rest of the year?
Any input would be appreciated.

 

[erionm]

The blackouts dates so far seem to be roughly the week before & after Easter and the last half of December.

 

[girli565]

ive also been wondering this. We renew in June and would like to get the gold pass since we never go during spring break/Easter or Xmas week. It'd def save us some money over the platinum pass.

 

[drusba]

Disney has not yet released further dates. However, the belief is that it will continue to be the two Easter weeks and two weeks in late December to early January and no others. When the new AP's were announced in October, Disney provided the dates you see on the site now (the 2015 Christmas weeks, the 2016 Easter weeks and the 2016 Christmas weeks). It also said the Gold pass would exclude the high demand Christmas and "spring break" period. The assumption is that the Easter weeks is what it meant by "spring break."

That seems also supported by the fact that Florida residents can also buy the Gold and they have available to them a cheaper Silver pass which excludes the Easter and Christmas weeks and the summer period. That summer period typically has larger crowds than any of the weeks from Feb through April other than the two Easter weeks, and if that cheaper pass does not exclude any of those other weeks from Feb to April, I doubt the Gold Pass will.