They already ended this hack. If you try to upgrade you don't get the value of a used ticket during a blackout date applied to a pass that would be no good on those blackout dates. This pause is not a way for them to fix this problem as it has already been fixed.
Because the tickets would cost more than the pass, Im not paying that upfront with no guarantee that I'll be able to get AP in the future.
Just reading this but they waited until D23 was over to announce ..
There’s 8 rides currently with 60 minute waits or longer…..it’s not “substantially lower” Fast Pass+ isn’t gumming up the works and adoption of gene+ is not over 60% yet. I’ve been there 3x this year and know people who actually know what they’re doing. They’re not going to broadcast daily what their atrendnece is and you’re not going to have the capacity announcement overhead anymore because they have to honor all park reservations whether they are in the park or notand simply turn off hopping so the actual thing to watch is if they turn off hoping after 2 because that’s a fire Marshall issue potentionally but I think they’ve found an area where they can allow it most of the time so they don’t need to refund hopper tickets
Wow. Well, I guess I understand why Disney limits APs if one trip is more than an annual pass
Again, the touringplans data doesn't lie. There are days where park passes are sold out and those days are nowhere near crowd level '10' days. Even adjusting for the idea that lightning lanes slow the standby lines less then fastpasses (which I find to be a dubious claim), they are still nowhere near a level 4 capacity closing from the before times. Attendance is still definitely being limited to a level far below what their "cap" was in the before covid times.
Thanks, we will try! I would have upgraded already over the phone but when my mom called to upgrade last week there was an issue getting her pass. The money was taken off the gift card, but they didn't know where it went and she spent almost 10 hours on the phone over 3 days trying to square it up. She did get her pass and all was well. I just figured I'd save the headache and do it when I get there. Now we might just be out of luck.
I’m kinda in the same position. Was waiting till we got closer to our vacation to purchase my youngest the AP. Question is since I hold three other passes now, will I be able to ad my daughter in the same level as we are even if they aren’t technically selling the level of passes we have now.
Any chance you are starting your trip while she is still 2? The old rule was that there isn't an age change for a child for ticket and dining purposes during WDW trip. My youngest is 25 so things may have changed since I had to worry about child tickets.
I can't say for sure, but over the past year while APs weren't available they did allow for newly-turned 3-yr-olds to purchase an AP when the rest of the party had them. Hopefully that will continue.
It was like that last night....click the link in the pic and it brings you to a page that shows Pixie as still being available.
