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  1. Matthew Doherty

    If they enacted a change where passholders could not go for 2 months after a new attraction opens I would stop getting my annual pass. I already have blackout dates for all of summer as well as part of Christmas and Spring Break. Honestly the summer doesn’t bother me since I don’t want to stand in line in the Florida sun from June-August anyway. And if all the new attractions opened in the summer again I would have no problem. But I am not going to pay for a pass and have January-March blacked out just because a new ride or show opened. Getting half a year or less on an ‘annual’ pass seems like a bad deal.

  2. Rebekah

    We used to have APs for our family of 6. Then this past year we decided to not get APs for the kids- just 2 of us since we were doing some runDisney events. We bought military tickets instead and only took the kids once. Next year, we may not buy APs at all. With attendance down, you’d think they’d be encouraging AP holders but seems like Disney only appreciates AP holders on the west coast.

  3. Claire

    If they block block the passholders for 2 months are they not just extending the high crowds? once the 2 months are up everyone will go and you have the exact same problem you would have had anyway

  4. Celia

    We buy 5 annual passes every year to be able to go to More frequently and not just once a year! If Disney does this we will no longer purchase annual passes and only attend once a year maybe! With school and sports schedules it is getting harder and harder to go.

  5. Joe

    Could this change being put into effect now? I could not pay for my Gold AP online (error message), and now that I purchased our APs through member services, I can’t access the AP website. Anyone else experiencing this? Could this be Disney updating website with new restrictions?

  6. Sue

    What is Disney thinking? Do they think they’re losing money on people who are passholders. We have Florida Resident seasonal passes and don’t mind the current blackout date, so when Frozen opened while we were blocked out, no problem. Since we have a pass even for a new ride we won’t wait longer than 1 hour, so if the line is longer than that we just try another day, leaving room in line for those who paid the one day price to get in and they can wait 2-5 hours if they wish. We only live 1 1/2 hours away, so visit the park frequently and love the buffets, so usually spend $100 for a great meal since we didn’t have to pay the one day park admission. But if you figure we have at least 12 or more great Disney meals a year, they can do the math and realize they’re still making money off of us. If they don’t want passholders in the line for at least 2 months, maybe they should offer a few days where only passholders can ride before the grand opening of any ride opening. But either way why should their passholders be penalized and not treated like any other guest at Disney for the day?

  7. Paul Wojtysiak

    I find this unacceptable. We buy the annual pass when we are planning to go to WDW and w go twice in that year. We have little, if any, flexibility in dates. This could mean we arrive at the perfect time for a new attraction to find we are not allowed to go to it. It may be years before we get back. We shouldn’t have to wait because of the type of ticket we purchased. If it is valid for that park it should let us visit all attractions.

  8. TOM

    I Love Disney but cannot afford anymore. It seems that when times are slow Disney raises the prices and when times are good Disney raises the prices!

  9. Wayne

    The passes are great we live 20 minutes away. But the prices are getting way to high. They are adding rides but it will take a couple years to enjoy and they are taking out rides to make room. We probably will not get a pass this year will wait till the new ridesign open. WI’ll get a unversal pass this year. Also email Iger and let him know . I did and got a call from didney asking me questions.

    Let Iger no your feedback

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  10. Crazyaboutdisney

    Go back to the paper fast passes where you get the pass the day you are in the park. If you can’t get a pass one day you get it the next if you are there multiple days. Now even staying on property and being able to schedule 60 days out doesn’t guarantee you getting a decent restaurant or a fast pass for the ride you want. After being a loyal AP holder for many years we won’t be renewing this time.

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