APs are coming

[NoTime42]

One thing's for sure. If I do buy APs in the future, I certainly won't be adding PP to but one pass. My family can wear my band when I'm not there and use it for PP. That should be a 'family' option anyway. It always has been.

Before, as long as you were linked as family and friends in MDE, you could see and download others’ photopass photos, even if you and your bands weren’t in the park.

 

[erionm]

I guess if I still want to go at Thanksgiving like we have for 20 years, I have until Sept 8 to renew my currents APs already in their 30 day window. I would think they would have to honor the current no blackout dates on Thanksgiving if I renew them to the current Gold passes.

As long as you renew on or before 9/7, you can renew at the existing Gold Pass level and be subject to current Gold Pass benefits and block out dates.

 

[Jiminy76]

So the impact seems to be an extra $179 for the Gold equivalent Sorcerer Pass (who makes these names up??). If you really need the Photo pass then the difference will be $278 from the old Gold pass to the Sorcerer Pass with the Photo Pass add on.

If you take multiple small trips a year under 5 days it looks to still save some money, but for a longer single year trip and staggering to use between two trips the savings are becoming much smaller.

Disney is trying to eliminate the crowds by charging more and it is working on me at the moment. Its not that I cannot afford it, but rather I do not want to pay it and will pay a bit more to have other options now offsite and not Disney related.

Personally going forward I will be buying tickets for each trip instead of getting annual passes. So instead of going to Disney for all 7 days of my trip I will only be buying 3 -4 days of tickets and the other days will be buying tickets to Universal and other parks. In this case I do not need a Annual pass, as I am a Blue Card and already receive the same merch and for the most part food discounts that the Annual pass provides. In the past I bought an Annual Pass and typically it kept me in Disney as I had a hard time justifying spending additional on daily tickets to Universal and would just go to a Disney park. Not any more, as this will now give me more flexibility and I can now go to other parks without feeling guilty spending extra now. This coupled with the Magic Express going away and I will now be renting cars when I am in Disney makes this much easier for me to get off site.

Thank you Disney for making making my vacations more flexible due to your cost cutting measures and cost increases. It has opened up a lot of other vacation options I never considered in the past.

 

[Sandisw]

One thing's for sure. If I do buy APs in the future, I certainly won't be adding PP to but one pass. My family can wear my band when I'm not there and use it for PP. That should be a 'family' option anyway. It always has been.

I have not seen anything that leads me to believe that it will work any different than before.

So, only one person needs it.

 

[NoTime42]

Anyone remember when the annual pass was just the parks (or parks +) and no photopass?
We had a standard AP that we “upgraded/downgraded” to Gold for about $10 so we could get that trip’s photopass photos.

 

[heynowirv]

They couldn’t even quote the full price due to the sticker shock. They had to add the “plus $205” down payment.
ALL the money upfront.

 

[quandrea]

So the impact seems to be an extra $179 for the Gold equivalent Sorcerer Pass (who makes these names up??). If you really need the Photo pass then the difference will be $278 from the old Gold pass to the Sorcerer Pass with the Photo Pass add on.

If you take multiple small trips a year under 5 days it looks to still save some money, but for a longer single year trip and staggering to use between two trips the savings are becoming much smaller.

Disney is trying to eliminate the crowds by charging more and it is working on me at the moment. Its not that I cannot afford it, but rather I do not want to pay it and will pay a bit more to have other options now offite and not Disney related.

Personally going forward I will be buying tickets for each trip instead of getting annual passes. So instead of going to Disney for all 7 days of my trip I will only be buying 3 -4 days of tickets and the other days will be buying tickets to Universal and other parks. In this case I do not need a Annual pass, as I am a Blue Card and already receive the same merch and for the most part food discounts that the Annual pass provides. In the past I bought an Annual Pass and typically it kept me in Disney as I had a hard time justifying spending additional on daily tickets to Universal and would just go to a Disney park. Not any more, as this will now give me more flexibility and I can now go to other parks without feeling guilty spending extra now. This coupled with the Magic Express going away and I will now be renting cars when I am in Disney makes this much easier for me to get off site.

Thank you Disney for making making my vacations more flexible due to your cost cutting measures and cost increases. It has opened up a lot of other vacation options I never considered in the past.

You should tell them this. They need to hear the negative feedback.

 

[quandrea]

As long as you renew on or before 9/7, you can renew at the existing Gold Pass level and be subject to current Gold Pass benefits and block out dates.

Any idea what the gold apcosts?

 

[WilsonFlyer]

I have not seen anything that leads me to believe that it will work any different than before.

So, only one person needs it.

In today's Disney, that's an assumption I'm not willing to concede.

 

[RoseGold]

I must be the only one thrilled. Pixie Dust Pass is perfect for me. We only need one photopass. Maybe we add on water parks. I don't like the crowded times and weekends anyway.

 

[wnielsen1]

I must be the only one thrilled. Pixie Dust Pass is perfect for me. We only need one photopass. Maybe we add on water parks. I don't like the crowded times and weekends anyway.

I'd be all over this pass, but I am not a FL resident

 

[erionm]

Any idea what the gold apcosts?

The Gold Renewal rate back in June was $650.72 (tax included).

 

[heynowirv]

In today's Disney, that's an assumption I'm not willing to concede.

where can I see annual passes?

 

[erionm]

where can I see annual passes?

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/passholder-program/benefits-of-becoming-a-passholder/

 

[jo-jo]

I must be the only one thrilled. Pixie Dust Pass is perfect for me. We only need one photopass. Maybe we add on water parks. I don't like the crowded times and weekends anyway.

I'd love this pass too if it was offered to DVC.

 

[RoseGold]

HAHAHA, no discount on the Incredipass at all? Really loving that Blue Card, eh? Couldn't kick in $100? It's like they're trying to get you to go to Universal.

 

[Tyler's Dad]

I'm confused by something. I see everyone saying there is a 40% price increase, but wasn't the Gold Pass $899 before and the Platinum was $1199? This looks like a $100 price increase, which is definitely not 40%?

 

[quandrea]

I'd love this pass too if it was offered to DVC.

Write them and ask. The more of us who do, who know? Maybe we’ll get it. I’d love it too. We avoid all weekends.

 

[Jiminy76]

I'm confused by something. I see everyone saying there is a 40% price increase, but wasn't the Gold Pass $899 before and the Platinum was $1199? This looks like a $100 price increase, which is definitely not 40%?

From what I gathered the cost of a new Gold Pass prior to the suspension of sales was $720. So it would be about 25% if you did not add the Photo Pass add on to it and would be about 39% higher if you add the Photo Pass addon. But technically not everybody would need the Photo Pass add just one person in the traveling party I would think would be enough.

 

[JETSDAD]

I'm confused by something. I see everyone saying there is a 40% price increase, but wasn't the Gold Pass $899 before and the Platinum was $1199? This looks like a $100 price increase, which is definitely not 40%?

The $899 was the Platinum with DVC discount. Gold was $719.