I have the Disney seasonal pass which has the blackout dates but I also have the Universal preferred pass and the Busch Gardens/Sea World platinum passes both of which have no blackout dates.I live in South Florida about 4 hours away and this works fine for me right now,if I lived closer I would probably get the full Disney annual pass along with a Disney waterpark annual pass.My trips that I have done or scheduled for this year are the second week of January for the marathon spending the entire trip at Disney,this past weekend I did a Busch Gardens/Sea World/Universal trip for Bands,Brew and BBQ at the Busch and Sea World parks and for Mardi Gras at Universal,although I did squeeze in a night at Epcot and DTD.The third week of April the plan is for a F&G at Epcot and a day at Universal for Mardi Gras.In the summer I'll do Universal and Sea World for their two new rides and a waterpark since my Disney seasonal pass might be in blackout,it's possible I might do a second summer trip but in reality I avoid the summer like the plague,probably will do another day at my closest waterpark instead of doing a second Orlando trip.In October I always do two trips for the F&W festival,Halloween Horror Nights at Universal and I also plan to do the ToT 10 mile race at Disney.In early December I'll do my Christmas trip doing all the major Holiday events at Disney,Universal and I can usually squeeze in a night at Sea World,then comes January and do it all again,the only period in the year where I'll only have 1 or 2 trips in a 4 month period is summer,the rest of the year I'm at the parks pretty frequently.