News Round Up 2020

[shoreward]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1281198658860572673

 

[OSUZorba]

So if you buy 7-day tickets, can you reserve 7 park days?

Just found it on their website. Man, they really hate their AP holders don't they.

 

[Ambehnke]

So if you buy 7-day tickets, can you reserve 7 park days?

Just found it on their website. Man, they really hate their AP holders don't they.

Also looks like they put out a resort discount for pass holders up to 40% off which is the best it’s been in YEARS. So that’s pretty nice. Also would give them the chance to book more resort stays.

 

[Tiki Birdland]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...-american-stores-coronavirus-outbreak-1284815

 

[Hummingbird]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...-american-stores-coronavirus-outbreak-1284815

This is from March.

 

[Tiki Birdland]

This is from March.

First I had heard of it. Many were expecting them to open back up...

 

[BorderTenny]

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/n...-american-stores-coronavirus-outbreak-1284815

This article is from March, talking about the initial COVID closings.

 

[OSUZorba]

Also looks like they put out a resort discount for pass holders up to 40% off which is the best it’s been in YEARS. So that’s pretty nice. Also would give them the chance to book more resort stays.

I can't currently get the website to actually offer the discount. But 40% off $200/nt at POP? Yay, that gets it in line with pricing last year. Having to book an overpriced resort to use my $1000 AP, while I could use much cheaper multi-day tickets with no resort is ridiculous.

I understand that you can't let APs book unlimited days, but letting regular ticket holders book more days than APs is nothing but pure greed while flipping the bird to their most loyal customers.

 

[skeeter31]

First I had heard of it. Many were expecting them to open back up...

They are opening back up. That article was from when the stores all closed in March and Disney also closed the parks and DS. This is quite misleading to be posting now.

 

[Ambehnke]

I can't currently get the website to actually offer the discount. But 40% off $200/nt at POP? Yay, that gets it in line with pricing last year. Having to book an overpriced resort to use my $1000 AP, while I could use much cheaper multi-day tickets with no resort is ridiculous.

I understand that you can't let APs book unlimited days, but letting require ticket holders book more days than APs is nothing but pure greed while flipping the bird to their most loyal customers.

I’m just saying that it’s nice for some people. It was enough for me to buy an AP when they had 35% off a year and a half ago so the discount is pretty nice. We stay at deluxe if we stay on property though. Otherwise I’d rather just stay at a Quality Inn for 100s (Or 1000s) less.

 

[jpeterson]

FYI - I know it was a bit inconsistent in the past but appears with the new updates that went through last night (including opening up tickets and resort booking for 2020) Disney officially changed to for AP holders they can book days for their resort stays AND 3 other days

https://www.wdwinfo.com/news-storie...tions-for-resort-stays-in-addition-to-3-days/

That's a good change and a fair policy. IMHO

 

[Ambehnke]

So if you buy 7-day tickets, can you reserve 7 park days?

Just found it on their website. Man, they really hate their AP holders don't they.

Also I think the 3 day limit is more about pass holders booking the days just in case vs a planned trip which would cost disney $$$$$ when they don’t show up. Regular ticket holders aren’t likely to do this. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a pass holder and I think it sucks. Especially for a family when only one buys the pass and the rest get regular tickets, like ours. But I see the reasoning.

 

[OSUZorba]

Also I think the 3 day limit is more about pass holders booking the days just in case vs a planned trip which would cost disney $$$$$ when they don’t show up. Regular ticket holders aren’t likely to do this. Don’t get me wrong, I’m a pass holder and I think it sucks. Especially for a family when only one buys the pass and the rest get regular tickets, like ours. But I see the reasoning.

This likely wouldn't be an issue with Platinum Passes. They could also have a strike system where if you miss a couple of days you can reserve more for a couple months, this is how Six Flags is doing it.

 

[WiredForFlight]

Just got this email from Disney. Looks like the AP refunds are now being processed.

Just an update, took 2 days. Was credited to my CC over night.

 

[Tiki Birdland]

I understand that you can't let APs book unlimited days, but letting regular ticket holders book more days than APs is nothing but pure greed while flipping the bird to their most loyal customers.

maybe the question is naive... But, why shouldn't you be able to book unlimited days? isn't that the purpose of an AP, to go to the parks an unlimited number of days if you wanted?

 

[skeeter31]

maybe the question is naive... But, why shouldn't you be able to book unlimited days? isn't that the purpose of an AP, to go to the parks an unlimited number of days if you wanted?

It is the point during normal circumstances, but unfortunately nothing about now is normal. If they let APs book unlimited days, we’d see the AP calendar completely booked through at least December if not even longer. While no one likes the 3 day rule, at least it’s only keeping the booked solid calendar for a month or 2 at a time.

 

[Tiki Birdland]

It is the point during normal circumstances, but unfortunately nothing about now is normal. If they let APs book unlimited days, we’d see the AP calendar completely booked through at least December if not even longer. While no one likes the 3 day rule, at least it’s only keeping the booked solid calendar for a month or 2 at a time.

OK. Set the calendar at 3 months out for APs and then let them do as their tickets allow. Seems the 3-day limit is silly and inconsistent with the purpose of an AP.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

maybe the question is naive... But, why shouldn't you be able to book unlimited days? isn't that the purpose of an AP, to go to the parks an unlimited number of days if you wanted?

They need to manage the capacity for the parks so they would cap each day and if AP holders book every day and then don't show up that is capacity space they are taking up but not being used. Ad we saw how quickly the Passholder "bucket" of slots got filled and that is with limiting them to 3 days. If it was 7 or 19 or whatever it would have been even more extreme

Not sure what the best solution is (maybe some system that they keep track of unused reservations, or maybe 3 per month and a few extra per year you can reserve so that you can lock in some dates for an upcioming trip you have later in the year but still have some to use for more upcoming days?) ... they need something though just for capacity tracking

 

[tlmadden73]

OK. Set the calendar at 3 months out for APs and then let them do as their tickets allow. Seems the 3-day limit is silly and inconsistent with the purpose of an AP.

The problem I am having with a 3-day rule is even though I have tickets .. I can't reserve the same number of park days (without a resort reservation). I have a 5-day ticket . my daughter has AP voucher. So . .unless I book a Disney resort stay, I can't reserve 5 days for us both.

Though, at this point, if I am going to be coming down in 2020, it will be way in November and probably just the wife and I.

 

[chicagoshannon]

OK. Set the calendar at 3 months out for APs and then let them do as their tickets allow. Seems the 3-day limit is silly and inconsistent with the purpose of an AP.

IMO it should be at least 7 days like FP+ was. The 3 day rule is REALLY hard for us out of state people.