Renewing AP from SoCal to Signature

[ashley0139]

Has anyone done this before? Or something similar? I am looking at renewing my pass this year as a Signature instead of SoCal. Since you can renew your pass up to 40 days before expiration, when do the new blackout dates go into effect? If my expiration date is 9/2 and I renew 8/12 (for example), from 8/12-9/2 would I have the Signature or SoCal blackout dates?

 

[Skyegirl1999]

Your upgrade won't go into effect until the old pass expires, so 9/2 in your example.

If you downgrade, it takes effect immediately. I moved from Premium to Deluxe this May and lost a month (pass expired mid-June). I didn't realize that was the case, so when my parking got denied, I went in and complained. They refunded it, but that's a hassle (and I lost the discount, too). The employee who refunded my parking mentioned that she basically thinks it's a racket that downgrades take place immediately but upgrades don't (she said so in a much more tactful way). It honestly really irritates me because I paid for a full year of a Premium pass!

Anyway, sorry for the OT part, but upgrades are delayed until expiration, downgrades aren't.

 

[tarheelalum]

Has anyone done this before? Or something similar? I am looking at renewing my pass this year as a Signature instead of SoCal. Since you can renew your pass up to 40 days before expiration, when do the new blackout dates go into effect? If my expiration date is 9/2 and I renew 8/12 (for example), from 8/12-9/2 would I have the Signature or SoCal blackout dates?

Has Disney offered you a discount to renew your pass? I heard they didn't do that with the new signature passes?

 

[ashley0139]

Has Disney offered you a discount to renew your pass? I heard they didn't do that with the new signature passes?

I'm not in my renewal period yet.

 

[ashley0139]

Your upgrade won't go into effect until the old pass expires, so 9/2 in your example.

If you downgrade, it takes effect immediately. I moved from Premium to Deluxe this May and lost a month (pass expired mid-June). I didn't realize that was the case, so when my parking got denied, I went in and complained. They refunded it, but that's a hassle (and I lost the discount, too). The employee who refunded my parking mentioned that she basically thinks it's a racket that downgrades take place immediately but upgrades don't (she said so in a much more tactful way). It honestly really irritates me because I paid for a full year of a Premium pass!

Anyway, sorry for the OT part, but upgrades are delayed until expiration, downgrades aren't.

Thanks for the info. That is absolutely ridiculous. That makes just no sense whatsoever.

 

[Kender]

Has Disney offered you a discount to renew your pass? I heard they didn't do that with the new signature passes?

They offered me one last year to renew to a Sig or Sig+ and several others have posted about getting renewal discounts as well. You get a higher discount renewing to a Sig+ than a Sig.

I did not take advantage, though, because I let my Premium expire and used a Premium voucher to get my pass back (they issue Sig+ passes for those vouchers if the voucher isn't expired).