Disney World is constantly making changes.
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We’ve seen changes made recently to Disney’s face mask policy. We’ve also seen refurbishments announced for rides and locations all over the parks, plexiglass added to more rides, and changes made to ride seating arrangements. Today we spotted another change — but this time the change is related to Disney World’s Park Pass Theme Park Reservation system.
Earlier today, we were looking at Park Pass availability for Disney World’s 50th Anniversary, and this is what the availability calendar looked like. You can see that there were previously 3 groups of individuals with differing Park Pass availability. The groups were listed as “Theme Park Tickets Guests,” “Disney Resort Guests,” and “Annual Passholders.”
Park Pass Availability from Earlier Today | ©Disney
But, if you look at the Park Pass availability calendar now, it has slightly different labels for those three groups. The three groups are now identified as “Theme Park Tickets,” “Select Resort Hotels,” and “Annual Passes.”
Screenshot of Disney Park Pass Availability Page | ©Disney
The top of the page now also shows a link that you can click to see what hotels qualify as “Select Resort Hotels.”
Park Pass Availability Page | ©Disney
So, of course, we clicked the link and it took us to another Disney World webpage. This page notes that if you’ve booked an upcoming stay at one of the listed hotels, you can review the Park Pass availability for the “Select Resort Hotels” group. Screenshots showing the full list of Disney Resort Hotels included in this “Select Resort Hotels” group is below.
Select Resort Hotels Identified by Disney for Park Pass | ©Disney
The list continues with more of Disney’s Resort Hotels.
Select Resort Hotels Identified by Disney for Park Pass | ©Disney
A number of other Walt Disney World Resort Area Hotels are also listed.
Other Disney Resort Area Hotels That are Considered to Be “Select Resort Hotels” | ©Disney
We’re not sure exactly what prompted Disney to make these slight name changes. It’s possible that the previous listing of “Disney Resort Guests” was causing some confusion as to which resort hotels fell into that category. By specifying that the group is now “Select Resort Hotels” and identifying what hotels fall in that category — it appears Disney is able to provide more clarification on the issue.
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We’ll definitely keep an eye out for more changes affecting the Park Pass availability calendar and let you know what we find. Stay tuned for the latest updates.
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So confusing I have been trying to call different numbers all day for vacation club members and Disney it answers makes you listen and hit your numbers then drops off and gives a busy signal I am trying to see if rooms are available and match with when MK is open but cant get through Is there a problem.
Staying at Boardwalk Villas in June. What if I book DHS in order to get on Rise of the Resistance, but aren’t able to get a boarding group, so would rather spend the day at MK. Can you modify/change your reservation from one to the other easily that morning?
Jose, as long as you have not tapped into Hollywood Studios, you could drop your Disney Park Pass for that park and try for a Magic Kingdom one. It would entirely depend on availability.