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In order to enter the newly reopened Disney World parks, all guests must have a Disney Park Pass reservation, in addition to valid park admission.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios entrance
There are separate reservation calendars for Disney World Resort guests, regular ticket holders, and Annual Passholders. We have noticed that while the reservations can go quickly, occasionally additional availability has opened up.
When the Disney World parks reopen later this month, guests will need to make a reservation in order to enter.
Disney’s Hollywood Studios entrance
This will be managed using the new Disney Park Pass reservation system, which allows guests to select a reservation for one theme park per day. There is a set amount of availability each day for Disney Resort guests, guests with regular theme park tickets, and Annual Passholders.
A few days before Disney Park Pass went live, Disney World released the dates of its Annual Passholder previews.
Walt Disney World
And while we knew Disney World APs would have early access to the parks BEFORE they reopened to the general public on July 11th and 15th, we learned AP previews would only be happening at Magic Kingdom and Disney’s Animal Kingdom on July 9th and 10th!
Since the Disney Resorts have re-opened and Disney World will be opening for guests soon, there has been plenty of preparation on Disney’s side. Things are being completely changed to ensure guest and cast member safety, and that includes limited theme park capacity!
Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort
Although Disney has sent out surveys to guests who have recently stayed at the Disney Resorts, many guests and readers have given us their own thoughts on the Disney Park Pass reservation system. And, if you happened to book a visit to the parks when they re-open, Disney is looking for your opinion on how well Disney Park Pass works too!
The Disney World parks are currently set to reopen in mid-July.
Magic Kingdom
And, while we are now able to book vacation packages for 2021, guests still can’t purchase tickets or hotel reservations for dates in the remainder of 2020.
We’re getting hundreds of direct messages on instagram and loads of emails from you asking why — if you have a hotel booked and most of the people in your party have tickets for a 2020 vacation — you can’t buy one more ticket! There are a lot of people who have their whole trip booked — including hotel and transportation — for Disney World this year. They just need tickets. So, what’s the deal?
Just last Monday, Disney launched the all-new Disney Park Pass theme park reservations system to help manage capacity in the parks during the reopening.
Magic Kingdom
The first round of the Disney Park Pass opened to guests with existing resort reservations on June 22nd with the second round opening up for Annual Passholders on June 26th. Now, Disney Park Passes are available for ALL guests with existing park tickets!
Like the rest of the Walt Disney World hotels, Shades of Green, a Disney World resort for military members and their families, temporarily closed in March.
©Shades of Green Resort
But now that Disney World theme parks are set to begin a phased reopening starting on July 11th, several Disney World resorts have also released their resumptive dates.
Ever since Disney’s Park Pass reservation system went live on Monday, we’ve been watching reservations for Disney World’s theme parks fly out the door!
Animal Kingdom
And now we’ve just seen ANOTHER date fill up for Disney’s Animal Kingdom!
We know you guys have been experiencing a crazy time the last few days trying to figure out how the new Disney Park Pass reservation system works!
Big Thunder Mountain in Disney World
We’ve been trying to answer all your questions about Disney Park Pass since before it went live and we’ve even shared a step-by-step tutorial of how to use it, none of us were prepared for how glitchy it would be!
The new Disney Park Pass System — which is an online tool that allows guests to make a required reservation to visit one of the four Walt Disney World theme parks when they start to reopen in July — made its debut earlier this week.
Entrance to Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Currently, the system has rolled out to guests with Walt Disney World Resort hotel reservations (who also have valid theme park admission) before it opens to Walt Disney World Annual Passholders on June 26th and existing ticket holders on June 28th. [Read more…]
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