While yes WDW is purging "orphaned" park reservations, it is not immediate with cancellation and as long as another valid ticket is linked the park reservations won't cancel. It is fine to link an AP and cancel package tickets. I recommend linking the new ticket first and then canceling the package, but supposedly one has a couple of days to do so. It is not really a "loophole" because WDW apparently does not care what kind of ticket is used for park entry versus from which bucket the theme park reservation was made. The purpose of the new rule is to purge "orphaned" park reservations from accounts with no valid ticket to allow another guest with a ticket to use that slot. Most people canceling packages did not realize the had left park reservations behind. This simply sweeps them up and replenishes the available pool.
When I booked last Wednesday, all but one part available...couldn't make immediate reservations bc Swan resort takes a couple of days...well, 3 days later when everything showed up...ALL parks are gone but one, and I can't get to MK until the day we leave...at non. They need to clean up the reservation system - I don't mind it, but it needs adjustment when you are trying to do the right thing. I have dining reservations twice for that week...but unless I can park hop over....(can't change trip dates, our school changes to year round this year and we have half of a summer!)
The problem is TA's won't help you unless you are buying a onsite package. They don't make enough money off of just tickets.
We just booked our park reservations today. We purchased 5 day park hoppers and we reserved two DHS, two MK, and one AK. We didn't book Epcot, as that will be our park on the afternoons of DHS/AK--post 2 pm. We have four chances to score Rise of the Resistance. Right now August is showing all green on the availability calendar. Although this thread is about park reservations, hotels are filling up at warp speed, so plan accordingly
Yes, but if you don’t get a BG at 7 AM on your DHS day, you can try again at 1PM. So you have two chances to try each day you have a DHS park pass. If you have two DHS days, you have 4 chances. It doesn’t matter what your plans are for park hopping away from DHS or not after 2 PM. Someone who is hopping to DHS doesn’t have any chances at all, that day.
Each day you're in DHS you have two chances, 7 am and 1 pm. That's four chances--two per day and we'll be there two days.
No worries - I’ve done the same, many times!Yeah it’s late and totally forgot that, which is silly that I did considering what I said in my post. I’ve had a long day, please forgive my moment of silliness. Now I’m embarrassed
I know, read my above comment, I was having a moment and am completely embarrassed
No it doesn't. I've cancelled 3 trips and months later have gone on mydisneyexperience, noticed my park reservations are still there, and had to cancel them one by one. I just cancelled some today.
