IMPORTANT!! Book Park Reservations ASAP!

[CheshKAT]

I am so aggravated. I have not been to Disney since Covid and don't plan to go till 2023. I have a friend who is asking me questions about how to get tickets as they are staying offsite. I think I understand but by the time I explain to her all the steps to get tickets, reserve dates, maybe get magic bands or use your phone, etc. I'mexhausted. I'm not sure if I'm coming or going. Nevermind trying to explain Rise of the Resistance process. This is so crazy

Suggest to your friends to give Dreams Unlimited Travel a call. They will be able to explain it to them.

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

Yeah - and I'm an out of state passholder whose pass expires on Sept. 2nd and have been told 3 times so far that I cannot renew early which means I can't book any park reservations. Knowing me, I will keep trying but it's frustrating how much time I've wasted (and once in person during my trip last month).

I've got trips in early September, at the end of September and in early December this year plus another one in April 2022 and I have to wait till 60 days prior to annual pass expiration to renew. I'm also staying at Disney resorts for all the trips.

So I went ahead and just got a 2 day ticket for the Oct 1st and 2nd dates so I can be sure to get in the parks I wanted at least those 2 days.

And now all I can do is wait and keep my fingers crossed that I will be able to make reservations when I can finally renew my annual pass for all the other dates I'll be there.

 

[DisneyDar]

I am so aggravated. I have not been to Disney since Covid and don't plan to go till 2023. I have a friend who is asking me questions about how to get tickets as they are staying offsite. I think I understand but by the time I explain to her all the steps to get tickets, reserve dates, maybe get magic bands or use your phone, etc. I'mexhausted. I'm not sure if I'm coming or going. Nevermind trying to explain Rise of the Resistance process. This is so crazy

Why don't you save your time and have a Disney Authorized Travel Planner handle everything?

 

[DisneyDar]

Exactly. I generally prefer to hold on to my money as long as possible. If park passes stick around, I will probably spend much less time in the parks. We are a family of five who spends roughly 45 d per year in the parks.

All you have to do is book a Disney package with Disney hotel, choose your tickets, put down a $200 deposit, and the reservation automatically attaches to MDE using the email address you signed up with. Balance isn't due until 30 days out. A good reason to stay on site. If youndon'tbstay on site, then yes, you have to link tickets to make a park ressie.

 

[quandrea]

All you have to do is book a Disney package with Disney hotel, choose your tickets, put down a $200 deposit, and the reservation automatically attaches to MDE using the email address you signed up with. Balance isn't due until 30 days out. A good reason to stay on site. If youndon'tbstay on site, then yes, you have to link tickets to make a park ressie.

I’m dvc. No packages.

 

[CheshKAT]

The problem with this though is if you cancel your onsite reservations then your park reservations will automatically be cancelled as well.

Thank you for this information. I thought this was so and now you confirmed it. And is it true that if we book a package, (resort and tickets), we only have to put down $200 for deposit? This would save us from having to purchase 4 lots of tickets up front.

 

[Akck]

Yeah - and I'm an out of state passholder whose pass expires on Sept. 2nd and have been told 3 times so far that I cannot renew early which means I can't book any park reservations. Knowing me, I will keep trying but it's frustrating how much time I've wasted (and once in person during my trip last month).

I've got trips in early September, at the end of September and in early December this year plus another one in April 2022 and I have to wait till 60 days prior to annual pass expiration to renew. I'm also staying at Disney resorts for all the trips.

So I went ahead and just got a 2 day ticket for the Oct 1st and 2nd dates so I can be sure to get in the parks I wanted at least those 2 days.

And now all I can do is wait and keep my fingers crossed that I will be able to make reservations when I can finally renew my annual pass for all the other dates I'll be there.

What you were told is completely incorrect. We were there in April and were able to get Gold AP renewal vouchers at the DS ticket office. They currently reside on our MDE accounts. Keep calling until you find a CM who knows how to do it. I believe you’ll be able to apply the ticket cost to your APs.

 

[Rick195275]

I’m dvc. No packages.

But you could book a package with tix for your whole party thats fully refundable. Better than buying a bunch of unnecessary tix as a temporary workaround. As long as you have active tix that cover the dates by the time you cancel the package you should be fine.

 

[quandrea]

But you could book a package with tix for your whole party thats fully refundable. Better than buying a bunch of unnecessary tix as a temporary workaround. As long as you have active tix that cover the dates by the time you cancel the package you should be fine.

I see what you’re saying. You’re right. It’s a crazy workaround and sad we have to do it, but you’re right.

 

[MomOTwins]

I see what you’re saying. You’re right. It’s a crazy workaround and sad we have to do it, but you’re right.

We are DVC too and I would maybe do that but I am worried that dropping the package might cause them to purge the park passes and then we wouldn’t be able to get them back. I know they shouldn’t delete the park passes if we have another ticket on file bit we all know disney IT is not the greatest.

 

[Rick195275]

We are DVC too and I would maybe do that but I am worried that dropping the package might cause them to purge the park passes and then we wouldn’t be able to get them back. I know they shouldn’t delete the park passes if we have another ticket on file bit we all know disney IT is not the greatest.

So true! Last month when we were there we experienced the odd issue where annual pass reservation were full but resort reservations weren’t, but we still couldn’t switch parks with a valid resort reservation. My understanding is they send a warning email about no reservation being linked before canceling and give you time to correct it. I would think you could call and have them fix it but with 2 hour wait times and Disney IT being what it is I can still understand not wanting to chance it.

 

[Accidental Disney Fan]

One thing to keep in mind is that your ticket might expire - but the value you paid for the ticket does not go away as long as the ticket is not partially used. If you buy a ticket for certain dates, and then end up not traveling for another year, five years, whatever, the amount you actually paid for those tickets can be applied toward the purchase of a new ticket.

For example, if you buy an 8 day ticket that is set to start on June 1 for $600 and never use it at all, that ticket expires on June 13 and cannot be used for park entry after that date. However, because you never used it at all, you could book a trip in September 2021, June 2023, March 2025, etc. and that $600 you paid previously can be credited toward the cost of a new ticket.

However, if you buy that 8 day ticket and go to the parks even 1 day, then the ticket expires on June 13, and you cannot apply the remaining 7 days worth toward a new ticket. Once used, at all, a ticket and its value expires at the end of the stated time period.

Thanks, that explanation was very helpful! We are fairly confident that our May '22 trip will go forth as planned. Going to try getting our first choice DVC rental in a week or so and are likely to buy tickets shortly after.

 

[FRANKTSJR]

Yeah - and I'm an out of state passholder whose pass expires on Sept. 2nd and have been told 3 times so far that I cannot renew early which means I can't book any park reservations. Knowing me, I will keep trying but it's frustrating how much time I've wasted (and once in person during my trip last month).

I've got trips in early September, at the end of September and in early December this year plus another one in April 2022 and I have to wait till 60 days prior to annual pass expiration to renew. I'm also staying at Disney resorts for all the trips.

So I went ahead and just got a 2 day ticket for the Oct 1st and 2nd dates so I can be sure to get in the parks I wanted at least those 2 days.

And now all I can do is wait and keep my fingers crossed that I will be able to make reservations when I can finally renew my annual pass for all the other dates I'll be there.

I was able to renew early. My AP expires 9/01 but I have already renewed on 4/28. The CM on the phone could see that we had resort reservations and allowed it. Try calling again would be my recommendation.

 

[CalSea12]

Just booked our park days for Christmas week... makes me wonder if park reservations will still even be a thing then.. if there will even be a capacity. I know no one knows but just makes me wonder.

 

[mamaofsix]

Disney has been sending out a survey asking people if, once COVID protocals are in the past:

Would they 1)want the reservation system to continue 2) want things to go back to how they were pre-COVID, where your tickets are date based but no reservation required.

Sounds promising that the reservation system won't be around forever! Or at least Disney is considering nixing it...

 

[tigger2002]

Disney has been sending out a survey asking people if, once COVID protocals are in the past:

Would they 1)want the reservation system to continue 2) want things to go back to how they were pre-COVID, where your tickets are date based but no reservation required.

Sounds promising that the reservation system won't be around forever! Or at least Disney is considering nixing it...

Good!

 

[GaSleepingBeautyFan]

I was there April 19 through 26 and most wait times were accurate. I did not do FOP or SDMT since I couldn't bend my knee that far but the rest I found were accurate.

Except within the last hour of park close - then I found them to be inflated.

I also had the bad luck of being the only person in an area and then suddenly 50 people would show up and I literally couldn't move (I was in a scooter). It was weird.

What you were told is completely incorrect. We were there in April and were able to get Gold AP renewal vouchers at the DS ticket office. They currently reside on our MDE accounts. Keep calling until you find a CM who knows how to do it. I believe you’ll be able to apply the ticket cost to your APs.

I tried again yesterday. Waited an hour on hold and then was told by the person on the phone that they cannot renew my AP early. Sigh.

 

[studiojmm]

The problem with this though is if you cancel your onsite reservations then your park reservations will automatically be cancelled as well.

Thank you for this information. I thought this was so and now you confirmed it. And is it true that if we book a package, (resort and tickets), we only have to put down $200 for deposit? This would save us from having to purchase 4 lots of tickets up front.

Is that true and how fast? Only for packages? I'm an annual passholder and I cancelled room-only reservations a bunch of times last fall as plans changed and had to manually cancel my park reservations. I wonder if the system would eventually catch up and cancel all but 3, but I've always done it myself. I just switched our planned November trip to December and the room reservation went away but the park reservations did not.

 

[Akck]

I tried again yesterday. Waited an hour on hold and then was told by the person on the phone that they cannot renew my AP early. Sigh.

Do you have a resort reservation associated with your MDE? Two things the CM mentioned were that it wasn’t an AP renewal, it was a renewal voucher and we’d be able to make park reservations for a future trip. I assume she saw we had one on our MDE account. I would call again and ask for a renewal voucher for a resort stay beyond your AP’s expiration date. If the answer is still no, I’d ask to speak to a supervisor.

 

[AnnaKristoff2013]

We are DVC too and I would maybe do that but I am worried that dropping the package might cause them to purge the park passes and then we wouldn’t be able to get them back. I know they shouldn’t delete the park passes if we have another ticket on file bit we all know disney IT is not the greatest.

I've got a vacation that I've modified a million times including at one point going from a park package to a dvc stay with tickets I purchased and rented/transferred points. I made sure everything overlapped before I cancelled the previous iteration of my plans. At no point did they purge my park reservations.