? Florida Resident season pass/annual pass

[jmcdonald13]

Hi,

We are planning a trip to Disney world during spring break of this year. My family of 4 has already purchased our 4 day Magic our Way passes, as have several other people traveling with us.

Last minute, my in laws have decided to join us. They are Florida residents and have an annual pass. We are trying to coordinate our tickets to synch up our fastpasses

Here are the questons:

My MIL told me the dates are blacked out for their Florida season pass. Isn't the Annual pass free of blackouts? This leads me to believe they have the seasonal pass for FL resident, not annual....although they insist it is the Annual.

They also insist they need to upgrade their pass to use them for the blackout dates, and the only way they can do this is go to the gate day of. Does this seem correct? Also, according to them they will need to pick fastpasses day of at the park, no sooner. Which means all of our fastpass selections will potentially be for different times.

Does this make sense? Isn't there a way to "upgrade" ahead of time and then synch their tickets to ours via Disney experience prior to the trip?

It's just frustrating that we have been panning this vacation or so long. We have several other family members going with us and we all have our tickets, synched online, etc. My kids are 4 and 6, having things go smoothly is pretty important.

Thanks!

 

[HotMama]

 

[lovetoscrap]

Moved to the Theme Parks Forum

 

[erionm]

My MIL told me the dates are blacked out for their Florida season pass. Isn't the Annual pass free of blackouts? This leads me to believe they have the seasonal pass for FL resident, not annual....although they insist it is the Annual.

Correct, Seasonal Passes have blackout dates, while Annual Passes do not.

Do they already have an MDE account and have their passes linked? If their passes are linked to MDE, the 'My Reservations & Tickets' page will let you know which type of pass they have (Annual or Seasonal).

They also insist they need to upgrade their pass to use them for the blackout dates, and the only way they can do this is go to the gate day of. Does this seem correct?

If they truly have a Season Pass, they would need to upgrade to an Annual Pass or purchase separate daily admission (MYW ticket) to enter a park on a blackout date.

Also, according to them they will need to pick fastpasses day of at the park, no sooner. Which means all of our fastpass selections will potentially be for different times.

All passholders can make FP+ selections up to 30 days prior to day of use. If staying at a Disney Resort, that window expands to 60 days prior to check-in.

https://disneyworld.disney.go.com/plan/my-disney-experience/passholder/

Does this make sense? Isn't there a way to "upgrade" ahead of time and then synch their tickets to ours via Disney experience prior to the trip?

Upgrades can only be done in person at WDW.

 

[mrzrich]

All passholders can make FP+ selections up to 30 days prior to day of use. If staying at a Disney Resort, that window expands to 60 days prior to check-in.

No ALL passholders can not make FP+ reservations up to 30 days in advance. If you are blacked out, MDE will not let you make a FP+ on that day. I am an SAP holder, I wanted to check FP availability the week of christmas just for fun, and I could not look at days when I was blacked out.