We now know when Disney World will begin selling its full annual pass lineup again!
Happily Ever After is back in Magic Kingdom!
That day is coming on April 20th! Disney has said it expects the passes to be in high demand, and that means they could sell out.
Because of that, you’re going to want to have your decisions made ahead of time and be prepared to jump online to get your pass. (Be prepared to see an online waiting room, too!) We’re taking a look at the pricing for the four types of annual passes available, as well as the details of the passes, and who can buy each one.
We should note here that Disney says the prices will be remaining the same when they go back on sale. They were raised a bit in December 2022, but they will be staying at that level. (Yay for no price increases!)
Disney confirmed that “as always, during your renewal window, you may choose to renew into any available pass type with a special renewal benefit.” However, if you want to upgrade your pass outside of your renewal window, you will be able to do that starting on April 20th. Disney sent a message to Annual Passholders stating that “existing Passholders will have the option to upgrade their Annual Pass, outside of their renewal window, online. The difference in prices must be paid in full at the time of the upgrade and the new Pass will have the same expiration date as the original pass.”
Disney Incredi-Pass
This is the only Disney annual pass that anyone can buy. All of the other passes are exclusive to Florida residents (and in one case, to Disney Vacation Club members). The Disney Incredi-Pass is also the only annual pass with no blockout dates — which means you can go any and every day that Disney World is open (as long as you have a Park Pass reservation).
Cinderella Castle
You can hold up to 5 Park Pass reservations at one time with the Incredi-Pass, and if you are staying at a Disney Resort, you can hold Park Pass reservations for the length of your stay. The cost for the Disney Incredi-Pass is $1,399 plus tax. You can pay for it all at once, or — if you are a Florida resident ONLY — make a $205 downpayment and then pay 12 monthly payments of $108 per month.
Disney Sorcerer Pass
This pass can only be purchased by Florida Residents and Disney Vacation Club Members (even those who do not live in Florida). It has some blockout dates during certain holiday periods. In the case of the Sorcerer Pass, those blockout dates are Thanksgiving weekend, and about a 2-week period at Christmas and New Year’s.
EPCOT
You can hold up to 5 Park Pass reservations at one time with the Sorcerer Pass, and if you are staying at a Disney Resort, you can hold Park Pass reservations for the length of your stay. The price of the Disney Sorcerer Pass is $969 plus tax. You can pay this all at once, or — if you are a Florida resident only — make a downpayment of $205 and then pay 12 monthly payments of $69 each.
One more important note for DVC members! You don’t have to wait until April 20th to buy this pass. You will get early access starting April 13th.
Disney Pirate Pass
This pass is only available for Florida residents. It has more blockout dates than the Sorcerer Pass. The blockout dates include about 10 days around Easter, holiday weekends including Memorial Day, July 4th, and Labor Day, and more of the days around Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day.
Hollywood Studios
You can hold up to 4 Park Pass reservations at one time with the Pirate Pass, and if you are staying at a Disney Resort, you can hold Park Pass reservations for the length of your stay. The price of the Disney Pirate Pass is $749 plus tax. You can pay this all at once, or make a downpayment of $205 and then pay 12 monthly payments of $50 each.
Disney Pixie Dust Pass
This pass is currently available — you don’t have to wait until April 20th for it to go on sale. It is only for Florida residents. This pass is the cheapest annual pass by far, but also has the least access to the park. In addition to the holiday blockout dates of the Pirate Pass, the Pixie Dust Pass blocks out every weekend — it is a weekday pass only.
Animal Kingdom
You can hold up to 3 Park Pass reservations at one time with the Pixie Dust Pass, and if you are staying at a Disney Resort, you can hold Park Pass reservations for the length of your stay. The price of the Pixie Dust Pass is $399 plus tax. You can pay this all at once, or make a downpayment of $205 and then pay 12 monthly payments of $19 each.
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Which annual pass is best for you — and your budget? We recommend making your choice in advance and being online early on April 20th to buy your pass before they sell out!
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Thank you for keeping us all informed. Do we know yet what time on April 20th they will open online sales?
Do you know when the APs will activate? We just *finished* our WDW trip, sadly.
Which annual pass includes parking for the disabled?
Do these annual passes still include parking?
Will they go on sale at 6am? Are there any news on that?
When it says 20 April, what time does that mean?
I live in Central Time Zone, does that mean 11pm on 19th I can start trying to get in, or will it be early in the morning of the 20th?
An open letter to my fellow DFB members:
I’m writing this to express my feelings about the policies and procedures brought about by the reemergence of the of sale of WDW annual passes. I have been required to be engaged in an enormous amount of monotonous refreshing of the “Passes Page” link on my “My Disney Experience” site, since precisely 6:00 am EDT, this morning. This effort was all in vain for almost and hour. Personally, I found it humiliating, being made to work this hard, just to be given the “privilege” of spending over $1700.00 with the Disney company.
After some additional waiting, I’m pleased to be able to report about a potentially optimistic turn of events which took place At 6:53 am. Miraculously, I’ve was able to reach a new page, advising me that the site has deigned to admit me to what is referred to as a “virtual queue”. I think in more popular Disney parlance it’s referred to a “waiting room”. There I was also informed that I should not refresh or “back” off this page, so as not to lose my place in the queue completely. I was further notified that the estimated additional wait time would be “more than an hour”, at which time I would have a 10 minute “window” to complete my transaction.
This is such an arduous and tedious process, made necessary by Disney’s decision to pause the sale of most tiers of annual passes 18 months ago. When Bob Chapek, better known as “Pay Check” to his critics, stated that “Annual passholders do not bring as much value to the company, in terms of revenue.”. I knew we former annual passholders were in trouble. He was comparing us to long stay out of staters and international guests that stay in Disney resorts. While that may be true, I don’t believe that is any way to think about and treat millions of us who have shown tremendous loyalty to Disney, and who have more than made up for short term loss, by long time gains through repeated visits. I’m very gratified Chapek is gone. It remains to be seen if the other Bob, Iger will be an improvement. The fact that annual passes are being offered again, I take as a good sign.
The progress indicator on the site seems to be showing that I may have a wait of several hours. This is outrageous and extremely inconvenient. There is also another notice of this page that warns that, as supplies of annual passes are limited, the fact that one has established a “place online”, does not guarantee a successful completion of this transaction. Yeah! That sure is nice way to treat a lifelong Disney Fan of over 70 years and the millions of others who are in the same situation.. I guess I’ll finish up by saying that “my Disney experience” thus far, has been frustrating, exhausting, infuriating and anything but “magical”. You may have built the “better mouse trap” ladies and gents, but if you continue to overplay your hand and bank on thinking that your brand is impervious to ruin from arrogant and rapacious policy making, you may find that your trap has been sprung, the cheese is gone, and there are no mice anywhere in sight. I respectfully suggest that you be wise to take heed of this warning. because, for instance, there are many other superior theme park options available in Orlando, Los Angelus and around the world for us to “vote with our feet” and move on to. Speaking for myself, we still love you, but there’s just so much abuse we are willing to take before we break off the relationship and move on the greener fields
Hope you have a “magical” day. I’m certainly not.
A thoroughly disillusioned, but still hopeful Disney fan