no refunds or cancellations of APs

[mitsukoshi samurai]

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/bus...0200323-qebf2drro5e2xpw3wnr3imgsie-story.html
sorry, no refunds

 

[Aimeedyan]

I feel for anyone struggling right now, and do think Disney could use this opportunity to offer some goodwill, BUT... these FL annual passes are not a monthly subscription like a cable bill. They just allow you to either pay in full or pay it out without interest.

Lots of the local passholders go multiple times a week - if someone visited 100 times in the first 6 months, we can all agree they got more than their monies worth of the value of the pass. So why would they all of a sudden expect to only pay a fraction of the cost for those 100 visits because their situation changed?

This is a good example of why you should think twice before you commit (with a contract) to pay something out instead of paying in full at the time of purchase. You have to be ready and willing to keep that commitment even if things change. Hindsight, I know. I do know quite a few local passholders that choose to pay in full so they don't have to worry about a monthly payment, even though it's interest free.

(maybe Disney could take into account how many times a passholder visited in that pass before saying "nope" but that could open up a trend they don't want to deal with... )

 

[Gentry2004]

He is a local and will get an extension on his AP. The pass was purchased and paid for the day he bought it. Disney simply gave him a loan. Its not remotely the same as a cable bill.

 

[starry_solo]

What’s going to happen is that if enough negative feedback occurs, Disney will either no longer allow monthly payments or maybe cancel this individual ’s AP and no longer let him have it again....

 

[mitsukoshi samurai]

Or start allowing aps to cancel with no problem. Same problem people are having with gym memberships, etc.

 

[Gentry2004]

Or start allowing aps to cancel with no problem. Same problem people are having with gym memberships, etc.

Gyms charge by the month. They do not charge by the year with a convenient monthly payment plan.

P.S. - This is only an issue for locals. Us out-of-staters have no option but to pay for the pass in full.

 

[mitsukoshi samurai]

That’s the thing they are changing while the place is closed for an entire month

 

[Gentry2004]

That’s the thing they are changing while the place is closed for an entire month

Its a payment plan. Not a monthly charge. A meaningful difference.

 

[subtchr]

That’s the thing they are changing while the place is closed for an entire month

So it's not at all the same.

Disney will be giving the AP holder the time they are paying for. It will just be at the end of their year. You will pay 12 payments, and get 12 months of use out of the pass.

 

[Robo]

That’s the thing they are changing while the place is closed for an entire month

Do you get to stop owing monthly car payments if you slide off the road and the car gets banged up and is in the repair and body shop for a month or more?

 

[DisneyCowgirl]

That’s the thing they are changing while the place is closed for an entire month

It's a payment plan. After 12 monthly payments, it's paid for. Disney is adding time to the end for any time the park is closed, so the AP-Holder will have 12 full months of AP. And there will be no payment due on that added on period.

Maybe it would be considerate for Disney to suspend payments on the plan while the park is closed, but that would not change how much the AP-Holder will pay in total anyway.

 

[Sandiz08]

I agree, its basically a contract for an entire year, not a monthly usage fee.

 

[disneydentist]

My take on this is that if you're 34 years old, making $90,000+/year, and have little or no saving in case of emergency (which this is), then you shouldn't have a Disney annual pass to begin with.