New park reservation system

[Airb330]

We have 3 park reservations in October. They are tied to non-expiring park hoppers.

We have an inactivated gold AP certificate. We know it’ll be converted to Sorcerer. We plan on activating it for our first park day. I can make park reservations using the new system as a resort guest using that gold AP. I’d hate to activate at guest services and there’s no park reversions. Sounds dumb but who knows what they’d tell us.

Should we make “backups” with the new system tied to the AP? Disney has made this all quite a mess.

 

[gharter]

Our APs expired earlier this year. We renewed as a Gold Pass (same as we had). It is in MDE, but not activated. Once it was in MDE, had no issues using it to get park passes.
Understand, if you are staying onsite ,then you can do park passes for length of stay. If staying off site, then 3 days is all you can do with the AP. Then as you use 1 day, you can get another park pass for another day.

 

[Airb330]

Right, I’m having no issues making them with the unactivated AP. Issue was I already had park passes from our non expiring tickets (that we won’t be using now since we have the AP).

 

[lanejudy]

Right, I’m having no issues making them with the unactivated AP. Issue was I already had park passes from our non expiring tickets (that we won’t be using now since we have the AP). View attachment 603702

The app/website has had that wording (or similar) since re-opening last summer, and yet experience has shown that the theme park reservations are not tied directly to any specific ticket. People have changed tickets, made reservations with a non-expiring but entered with a newer ticket, upgraded tickets, etc. for the past year with no problems. I'm still uncertain whether this supposedly "new" AP reservation system truly works any differently.

 

[Airb330]

The app/website has had that wording (or similar) since re-opening last summer, and yet experience has shown that the theme park reservations are not tied directly to any specific ticket. People have changed tickets, made reservations with a non-expiring but entered with a newer ticket, upgraded tickets, etc. for the past year with no problems. I'm still uncertain whether this supposedly "new" AP reservation system truly works any differently.

I guess we just don’t know. Agreed—I made reservations on my old gold AP and went into the park in September on a non expiring, no issues. It’s the talk of people telling them that CM are saying cancellations will happen with park reservations with the new APs that has me worried.

For now, I have reservations for 3 people (non-expiring x2, 1 regular ticket) and 2 people (gold AP which will replace the non expiring) and just hope it all works out. Worst case is something is canceled but I’ll have the screenshots and the one regular ticket should be fine regardless.

Since we’re going the week of 10/1 I don’t want to mess around with availability—we booked before the 50th was announced thinking low crowds in early October

 

[lanejudy]

You mentioned being a resort guest so you should have no problems. While largely speculated to be the same bucket of reservations, your reservations presumably came out of the Resort Guest bucket which shouldn't be impacted by AP - new or old.

And if they truly are cancelling existing theme park reservations for people who have an existing legacy AP voucher -- that is a problem they don't want to create.

 

[Airb330]

^ agree should’ve came from resort bucket no matter what.

Some people with ticket reservations (non resort I guess?) are being told their park pass will be canceled when they activate an AP. If there are no AP park reservations they may be out of luck. Lots of hearsay and I think some CM misinformation as well. For now I have both