The Disney Park Pass reservation system — Disney’s new way to book a reservation for theme parks while Disney maintains limited capacity in the parks — went live on June 22nd for guests who currently have hotel reservations and park tickets.
2020 Annual Passholder Magnet
While guests with upcoming resort stays and valid ticket media were able to book their park passes yesterday, Annual Passholders without a hotel reservation will be able to take advantage of their booking window starting June 26th.
Since this is a turbulent time with IT glitches and changing information, a lot of our DFB readers have had questions about their Annual Passes. And we are here to give you all the details you need to know before using your Annual Pass to book your next visit to the parks with the Disney Park Pass system!
Will you be able to make another reservation after the first day using your Annual Pass? Or, will you have to wait until after the initial days are entirely used up?
Since the Disney Park Passes are an entirely new ballgame, the Annual Passes are going to have to be used in a different way. Now, Annual Passholders are only able to book a select number of park reservations at a time without a resort stay.
Annual Passholder Information
However, Passholders don’t have to wait until the end of the three initial days to book another reservation. The three day limit kind of works like the FastPass system! Guests can book an additional reservation for another day after using up one of their three allotted reservations.
Annual Passholder Information
So, as an Annual Passholder, you can hold three park pass reservations at a time, but as soon as you use one up, you can book another. Let’s say you booked July 11th, 12th, and 13th. Once you use your park pass on the 11th, you can then log into My Disney Experience and book a park pass for another date. After you use your park pass for the 12th, you can book another date. And so on, and so forth!
Read a FULL tutorial on how to use the Disney Park Pass system here!
Are Annual Passholders and regular ticket holders able to make reservations together?
Disney has stated that all guests must have valid park tickets when they are booking reservations through the Disney Park Pass system. However, different admission types have different block-out dates and limitations, so if the people in your travel party don’t have the same type of admission, you may need to make separate park pass reservations.
Passholder Magnet
For example, you may need to make two different park reservations if you have both Annual Passholders and regular ticket holders in your party.
Disney’s Beach Club Resort
This means that, even if your group is synced in My Disney Experience, members of your party may need to book their reservations separately.
Here are all the details on booking reservations for your entire party!
Can you book a Disney Park Pass reservation past your original expiration date?
Since Disney is offering Annual Passholders the ability to have their passes extended or refunded, the original expiration dates on many guests’ passes are receiving extra days that correlate to the number of days the parks were closed. Although the passes may receive a new expiration date, Disney has stated that you can only book reservations through the Disney Park Pass system if you have an active ticket, or a voucher for a new annual pass or renewed annual pass.
Annual Passholder Information
Even if an Annual Passholder chooses to update their passes with extended dates, the system requires that the reservations are made with a purchased and unexpired Annual Pass. If your pass expires before your booking window and your expiration dates aren’t updated on your pass, booking will not be available through Disney Park Pass.
Annual Passholder Information
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Will you be able to use the Disney Park Pass even if you haven’t activated your Annual Pass?
We’re glad to say that, YES, you’ll be able to use your unactivated Annual Pass to make reservations!
Animal Kingdom Entrance
If you have a hotel reservation, you’ll can use your annual pass voucher to make reservations now. And if you are just visiting with your pass and do not have a hotel reservation, you’ll be able to make reservations for the parks on June 26th.
Read everything you need to know about unactivated Annual Passes and the Disney Park Pass here!
Does this mean it’s the end of spontaneous trips to Disney?
We know that things can be really confusing since Disney World vacations will be changing as we know them. Disney has put its guidelines in place currently as a way to limit the amount of guests in the parks as a health and safety precaution. Since there is a reduced amount of people able to enter Disney World, that means there will be less availability to visit.
Walt Disney World’s Epcot
While this will require everyone to plan their trips in a new way, it doesn’t necessarily mean the end to your spontaneous trips. Annual Passholders can still take a quick trip to Disney World if they’re able to snag reservations on the Disney Park Pass system.
Rise of the Resistance
However, it is important to note that Annual Passholders who live out of state will probably need to change their idea of a “spontaneous trip” when they come to the parks. Since there is a limit of three reservations at a time, guests won’t be able to book an extended vacation unless they are staying in a Disney World resort. (Annual Passholders who have a hotel reservation are able to book park passes for their “length of stay.”)
Cars Building at Disney’s Art of Animation Resort
Still, Annual Passholders can have a great time with all the new entertainment (Character Cavalcades galore) that will be featured in Disney World when it re-opens!
Check out the full list of CONFIRMED Disney Resort re-opening dates!
Since this is an ever-changing situation, we will continue to update you as things evolve! Although this is the most up-to-date information, Disney has been adding more details and news to their re-opening plans that we will continue to add.
Here’s everything you should know about the Disney Park Pass system!
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Hi,
My boyfriend & I have a trip on July 17th with a hotel reservation & park pass reservation. However, my parents are coming to, but I didn’t add them on the hotel reservation. Do you think there will be some availability on the 17th to book a park pass for those who don’t have a hotel reservation?
So my annual pass has now become a three day pass with no park hopping. So much for being a valued member of the Disney family!
Stephanie, if they have tickets in their Disney account, they can start trying to book DPP on the 28th. So far we’ve only seen a handful of dates “sold out” at specific Parks — DHS is the most affected Park so far. July is going to be tricky for folks who have to wait a few days to book their Park Passes, but hopefully it’ll work out for you!
My big question is, an I book the 3 days without a resort stay ON TOP of what I have booked with a resort stay? After two days of trying, I was finally able to book most of my resort days, but since we’ve had 4 trips cancelled in the last 3 months, we were trying to go for a few days before schools starts. Obviously we can’t book a Disney hotel and my Disney Springs hotel
For Christmas still won’t show up in MDE, so I can’t make a resort reservation there before Friday.
First world problem, but clearly calling to ask is out of the question.
I just want to know before Friday
I was supposed to upgrade my 10 day hopper to an AP during a cancelled April trip. Any word if this is still an option? The ability to upgrade tickets.
I have an AP and a Disney hotel reservation for December. I was able to get reservations for each day of that stay. Will I be able to still reserve 3 other days without a hotel reservation on the 26th?
Robert, we don’t know this yet. It’s on our list of things to find out, but it might not be possible to confirm until the 26th.
Danielle, I’m not sure that I’ve heard that specifically. I suspect you’ll still be able to do that, but we just don’t know yet.
Jodi, unfortunately we don’t know that yet. I think we are stuck waiting to find out on the 26th when APs without Resort stays are able to book DPP. We will update as soon as we know either way!
My AP expire dates have been extended in the MDE app, but isn’t showing the extended dates when I log on to Disneyworld.com. (I’ve read of this happening to others). I contacted Disney through chat today and was told by the CM that the other side will catch up in time for me to book, but I’m nervous about being able to book past my Oct. 29 original expire date. Have you heard anything or can you offer any advice?
Lisa, sorry, I don’t think I’ve heard anything specific on this. Good luck!
If I am an AP and I have a vacation booked for January with park reservations already made, am I able to still have three “non-resort stay” days available to me tomorrow when the system opens to AP’s?
I am an annual passholder. Will I be able to make a new Disney hotel reservation for this year, say December? If so, when?
Jessica, I believe that will be “later this summer”. Here’s the language that I think applies. I can’t find any language that would be more relevant than this, but it’s possible you could call Disney and find out differently. Here’s the text: “Later this summer, we will resume sales of 2020 tickets and Disney Resort hotel arrivals, based on availability of park reservations, while we continue to provide Guests with existing tickets and Annual Passholders the opportunity to make park reservations for 2020 dates.”
Kristi, that’s the million dollar question right now. We were told no by Disney, but I think we need to wait until the reservations go live tomorrow and see what happens.
I am a passholder & my pass was originally going to expire in April & now will expire in August. I have read that passholders will receive an extra month that will show up on their account in October. Do you know if I will be eligible for that extra month? Thanks.
Adrienne, I think so, but you can double-check the language here on Disney’s official page for APs.
I’m a pass holder, yet my girlfriend is from out of state. Obviously park reservations differ from regular ticket
holders and resort gusta from day to day, and park to park (post-covid era).
So my question is… If for example, I have the opportunity to reserve for June 25 to Magic Kingdom as a pass holder, but she isn’t able to… Could I still go with her on that same day I am going? Just risk it, and try to buy her regular ticket at front ticket park Booth?
K., you could risk it if you don’t mind taking that risk, but it’s a big one. I would suggest continuing to check for Disney Park Pass reservation openings and grabbing one for her if it opens up.