Disney really is encouraging me to go again in May/June as well as October.
I mean .. if I am going to activate my one and only AP in January, might as well use it a lot, right? Good for them .. hope things are continuing to move towards normal by then.
Don’t know if this is true or not, but a while back I took a survey where several of the questions were about perks. One specifically asked about extra time in the parks. One of the choices was opening every park everyday 30 minutes early for resort guests. So, who knows, maybe it is true.
At this point, the current booking I have is Apr 10-17, and to switch to a bit later like we really wanted in the first place (after rebooking 4 times over the last year!) would be less for the room, but the difference in air fare exceeds the savings.... unless they have other stuff opening up, we'll stay put.
30 minutes doesn't seem like it would be enough time .. feels like it would still cause a traffic jam of resort guests trying to get in 30 minutes early and regular guests who are just there 30 minutes early to be first in line at normal rope drop. But .. you can probably get on one ride and be in line for another before the regular guests come in. So .. nothing really to complain about.
Comparing the price I was going to pay in mid-June 2020:
Or .. they could just be waiting to announce them AFTER a price hike (which they normally drop in Feb). Unlike previous years where people can buy APs at the "old" price before the new prices take effect (like I did last year) .. now people who want APs have no choice but to pay the new price (whatever that may be).
There were multiple choices and I had to rank the ideas they had. I ranked this one first because I believe like you say that it will spread the crowds around. Depending what park you are in, a person could easily get a couple of rides in before the regular guests were let in. Also, quite a few people still don’t go to the parks until later, so it would still be relatively low crowd for a while.
