Can I renew Gold AP at park guest relations?

[Louis morrell]

We have DVC Gold passes that expire in June. We will be at Disney the 2nd week of April. With the MS phone line wait times I thought it would be easier to just renew in person. Can I renew at guest relations in one of the parks or DS?

 

[Evita_W]

I believe you can at Disney Springs....park guest relations lines are extremely long outside the park and you would be better off on hold with member services. Of course my phone now has an option where it will hold for you and notify you when someone is on the line, so hold times aren't as much of an issue.

 

[Sandisw]

Yes. I renewed mine in January at Epcot

 

[PrincessGenie]

Yes, Just did it on March 2 at Customer Service at Epcot. No wait. You will need old AP and picture ID for each renewal.

 

[CarolynFH]

Can I renew at guest relations in one of the parks or DS?

As long as you are 60 days or less from expiration, go to the Disney Ticket Center at DS, diagonally across from GR. We just renewed ours there earlier this month. It was a Monday, early afternoon, and not at all busy. All you need is your ID and your blue DVC Member card. And, of course, $$$!

 

[Louis morrell]

Yep, we expire 6/8 and will arrive on 4/11 SO we should be good to go. Thanks for the reminder about the $$$,

 

[Sandisw]

As long as you are 60 days or less from expiration, go to the Disney Ticket Center at DS, diagonally across from GR. We just renewed ours there earlier this month. It was a Monday, early afternoon, and not at all busy. All you need is your ID and your blue DVC Member card. And, of course, $$$!

If you have a room reservation beyond your expiration date, they will renew you more than 60 days out so you can book park reservations.

 

[MushuHill]

Question: I have golf pass and it expires in July. We will be there at the end of April and are planning a trip in October with family. I called and renewed my pass so I could make park reservations for my October trip. When I logged into my DVC I noticed it was a renewal certificate expiring 2099. This is my fist time renewing a pass. I was thinking it would just renew for the next year. If I wait until October to renew it in person will that pass be from Oct 2021-22 or will it revert back to July 2021-22? Is there a benefit of waiting until July or should I just wait until
I have a free moment in April and do it to get it over with even though it won’t expire for a few months?

 

[Sandisw]

Question: I have golf pass and it expires in July. We will be there at the end of April and are planning a trip in October with family. I called and renewed my pass so I could make park reservations for my October trip. When I logged into my DVC I noticed it was a renewal certificate expiring 2099. This is my fist time renewing a pass. I was thinking it would just renew for the next year. If I wait until October to renew it in person will that pass be from Oct 2021-22 or will it revert back to July 2021-22? Is there a benefit of waiting until July or should I just wait until
I have a free moment in April and do it to get it over with even though it won’t expire for a few months?

The certificates all have a date like that when you renew. When you activate the pass, it will be from the renewal of the old pass, so July.

I don’t know if they will let you activate the certificate as early as April as it is more than 60 days out. They let you buy early but not sure how it works,

If it was me, since the start date won’t change, I would stop at a guest relations in April and see. It will save you time in October.

 

[Louis morrell]

If you have a room reservation beyond your expiration date, they will renew you more than 60 days out so you can book park reservations.

We do. We return Dec. 11th. I really wanted to get a new pass as we do not return again until after June 2022 ( that's when we have more points avaliable ) but an AP renewal is slightly less than day tickets for Dec. We don't want to wait much longer to purchase because of the park reservation system. Rock and a hard place situation.

 

[MushuHill]

The certificates all have a date like that when you renew. When you activate the pass, it will be from the renewal of the old pass, so July.

I don’t know if they will let you activate the certificate as early as April as it is more than 60 days out. They let you buy early but not sure how it works,

If it was me, since the start date won’t change, I would stop at a guest relations in April and see. It will save you time in October.
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Thank you!

 

[Evita_W]

We do. We return Dec. 11th. I really wanted to get a new pass as we do not return again until after June 2022 ( that's when we have more points avaliable ) but an AP renewal is slightly less than day tickets for Dec. We don't want to wait much longer to purchase because of the park reservation system. Rock and a hard place situation.

Well, if you don't renew, you won't be able to purchase a new pass as far as I understand at this time from what I understand.

 

[CarolynFH]

an AP renewal is slightly less than day tickets for Dec.

That’s what made us renew as well! We didn’t think we’d be back until November or December and maybe not for a while after that, but when we looked at the cost of regular tickets we decided to renew instead. And then booked an RCI exchange into SSR in June using our other timeshares!