Getting a brand new AP (sorcerer) before it's expired

[4luv2cdisney]

We were planning family vacations in January 2022 and Christmas 2022. I know the Sorcerer pass is blocked out for Christmas and was not going to buy any APs in January - just reg tix. The plan was for us to buy reg tix again in Dec 2022 but then upgrade to Sorcerer AP on Jan 1st 2023 before coming home on January 2 (assuming everything still works the way it has in the past).

My DD was just accepted to the DCP with a start date in January 2022. So, I am now likely going to buy one annual pass for just me in January 2022 as I will probably come to visit a few times between January and August while DD is in DCP. (Any free tix she gets can then be used for other friends / family.)

If I have an AP good from Jan 1 2022 - Jan 1 2023, would I be able to upgrade the park tix I still need to buy in Dec 2022 to an AP on Jan 1 (like the rest of the family) or would it not work since technically my existing AP would still be valid? I'd expect to have to pay for a new pass, not a renewal, but I'm not sure I can do either....?

Does this make sense to anyone or am I horribly confused / confusing? lol

 

[starry_solo]

Your AP will be backdated to the first day of use, assuming Disney allows you to upgrade to a Sorcerer AP that isn't valid during the blackout dates.... No one knows yet but there has been chatter that an AP upgrade from tickets has to be to an AP that would have been valid on the date the tickets were first used.

I don't believe you can have two active APs

 

[4luv2cdisney]

Ok, so I guess I will find out before we get there in January if they're closing the upgrade loophole altogether. (I'm sure others will try it for Christmas 2021.)

But, if I can't have 2 active APs, it won't work for me even if the loophole still exists.

Thanks.

 

[CarolynFH]

Ok, so I guess I will find out before we get there in January if they're closing the upgrade loophole altogether. (I'm sure others will try it for Christmas 2021.)

But, if I can't have 2 active APs, it won't work for me even if the loophole still exists.

Thanks.

It’s been pretty well confirmed on the Ticket sticky that the loophole has been closed. When upgrading from a regular ticket to an AP, if that ticket was used during blockout dates, the AP purchased has to be one that was not blocked out on those dates.

 

[Sandisw]

Ok, so I guess I will find out before we get there in January if they're closing the upgrade loophole altogether. (I'm sure others will try it for Christmas 2021.)

But, if I can't have 2 active APs, it won't work for me even if the loophole still exists.

Thanks.

What you could do is buy the AP in January. Then, upgrade next December to the Incredi pass when you go in Dec 2022. In January, 2023, just renew the pass, but downgrade it back to Sorcerer pass