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  1. Sarina

    If passes come to an end for Fl residents they will lose a lot of business. No one can afford Disney prices. We will just move on to bush gardens and universal. It’s sad. Walt would turn over in his grave if he knew what they’ve done to the park. He wanted it to be profitable but a park for families. Now it’s all about the money and if families can’t afford it oh well their bonuses and profit is more important. That’s ok. This is Florida. There’s other places to go more affordable if they take away our passes. Good luck

    1. Gina

      Honestly I don’t think they need the Florida passholders for profit anymore. They could free the space for more profitable guests.

      1. Steve

        What happens when Tue entitled tourists don’t come?

  2. Teressa

    They need to bring back the shows also. Those helped cut down on some of the lines. When I went it was just rides. Crazy long. The magic was not there. You need some other types of entertainment along with the rides. Reservations for dining is insane. Plus I used to love spending the day in one park and easily moving to another for dinner. 😥. Bring back the magic.

    1. DisneyLocal

      You can still go to another park for dinner. Park hopping starts at 2pm each day.

  3. Patty

    It should be like it was years ago, if I want to go to Animal Kingdom during the day and then later go to epcot to explore the countries. I prefer to plan on mood and kids moods as to what park we should visit

  4. Lisa

    YES! Undo everything chapek did that makes time in the parks seem stressful! Disney vacay is supposed to be a form of spontaneous fun, complete escapism. All the rules and nickle and diming chapek implemented have brought a bad MOJO and removed the magic completely. We’re planning a 2023 trip now and are stoked for Iger to restore the fun and morale for us, the customer. Bring back free fast passes, Disney dining plans, dining reservations 90 days in advance for resort guests, 1 hour extra magic hours, NOT 30 minutes, FULL character dining at all the usual places,cut the park pass reservation crap, restore free bus transportation to/from the airport, restore room service at ALL deluxe hotels (we pay enough for it!!), make magic bands free again for resort guests, geez I could go on for days! We’re counting on you Iger!! Glad you’re back!!!

  5. Tricia

    I have been a Passholder for 20years. I go 3-4 times a year. I don’t think the problem is with the Passholder, it’s the local Passholder who were going every weekend and flooding the parks, taking up all the fast passes and working the system. I don’t mind following the rules and paying for the passes if I get my monies worth because I live in Florida and plan to go a few times a year, but I have a life outside of Disney. I wish they would control the adults who are Disney obsessed and bring back the Family atmosphere.

    1. Sara

      Exactly! They should bring back free fast passes but not for annual passholders who can just come back the next week. Just block their pass from getting them.

      1. Steve

        That is already what they did. If you are too stupid to budget for the paid fast passes, that is your problem.

        Tourists.

        1. Cece

          Every post I see from you you’re pissed at out of state guests and pass holders. You do know that’s where Disney dollars come from mostly right? Do you think if only FL residents and passholders went Disney could survive? You live in a tourist state. Get over it.

          1. Steve

            I am tired of the entitled tourists who jam up Tue state and don’t know how to behave, but demand more.

            You are a guest. Behave like one.

  6. Jenn

    With the now park passes and raising prices. Barely having characters meet and greet. The lines are ridiculous 2 hr wait for 3 min ride. No parent swap. Im done with disney

  7. Anthony

    We have been annual pass holders for many years but the restrictive policy’s enacted during COVID IMHO are unnecessary and should be relaxed. The reservations system will block you from going during popular dates because you are forced to plan far in advance or the dates you want will be unavailable thus imposing black out dates on premium Annual passes that do not have black out dates. Also eliminating the trams is just plain cruelty and should be reinstated many AP and others have begun referring to Epcot visits as “Epcot Death March”. Stop creating inconvinces that make zgoing to Disney World not fun anymore!

  8. Debra

    It has become such a chore to go to Disney that we don’t even bother anymore. It’s supposed to be fun and spontaneous. Planning every minute of everyday isn’t fun, it’s stressful. Something so great shouldn’t be so complicated.

  9. Tacocat

    Why is it, Universal Studios and SeaWorld can operate suscessfully without reservations, but Disney can’t?

    1. Steve

      Those two aren’t cutting every penny they can so that creative accounting can shift revenue from the park to The Agenda.

  10. Chuck S

    Disneyland Paris is using this type of park pass. If you have a dated ticket (i.e. with a hotel reservation) you don’t need to pick a park, you’re set. If you have an open ticket/season pass, you need to reserve your park.

    1. Jayne1955

      And it’s an amazing park. I’ve been twice and had a great time both times.

  11. Jayne1955

    Fair compromise. I’m all for it.

    1. Steve

      Because you are a worthless tourist.

  12. L

    As a dvc owner of multiple resorts without a pass it makes it extremely hard to be able to go to our resorts that we paid good money for
    Buying single day passes for a 10 day pass cost more then a pass bring back the pass asap
    not happy dvc owner regarding this

  13. Cooki

    At this point, I’m not sure that Iger and/or Disney could do anything to lure us back to the parks. As another person said; Disney has lost the magic. I don’t want to be tied to my phone for everything. That’s not anywhere near relaxing. If Iger were to revert everything to 2018 practices, we may think about returning, but I don’t see that happening.

  14. Peter Toscano

    I have been going to Disney World and stayed at the Grand Floridan 25 Xmas and New Years in a row .from 1988 when it opened until 2007 when we moved to Celebration .. Was always a annual pass holder the whole time as also my family we have always enjoyed and have enduring memories..
    sadly the place we used to call our home 🏠 away from home is now nothing more than a money 💰 grabbing concern.. No longer have our annual passes even though we live only 5 minutes away from the magic kingdom.. Sad they place is no longer the house that Walt built .. Thankfully we have our memories…

  15. Mike

    Ever since covid hit Disney world has gone downhill it’s a good thing I went and took my son in 2018 we had a great time now the money is not even worth going

  16. Monte

    If we can’t get into Disney at the spur of the moment after dinner then we just to to Universal. Free Valet parking, FREE fast passes. Wake up Bob and look at your competition.

  17. Mikey

    Well if you’ve traveled outside the U.S. there is no pass system especially in Tokyo where there are two parks. Tickets are controlled to capacity at Disneyland Tokyo. There are days where they stop selling tickets because they’ve reached capacity for that day. It makes sense when you think about it. Who would want to walk through an overcrowded park. It takes away from the enjoyment.

  18. Sue

    Park Passes? When are the reservations called Park Passes? Was this term used in this article to make it seem extra complicated?

    1. Local

      Disney calls them Park Passes. That’s the official name for the reservation system.

  19. We have been loyal passholders since 1982. We have not been back since the pandemic hit. Disney you just want to control your loyal people. When this stops and you end the xtra reservations which is impossible to get thru that line. We would go 10- 20 times a year. We are 2 people that no longer go until you end the xtra reservation. When this happen we will re-consider. Please understand what your doing to us here. Let it go!! Just do it !! End this!! Thank you.

  20. Pam

    I have a pass but it looks like it will be taken away. I originally purchased it so I would be able to make a race reservation. Without the pass, I would have to be on line at 12 noon on a Tuesday and many times in less than 10 minute I was bumped and was unable to register.
    I hardly used the pass so Disney made good money on me.
    They recently changed passes and no more early registrations for races, decreased most weekend with a with Monday day off. They had also ended holiday time completely, yet prices did not go down.
    I work so I enjoy the long weekends. Believe me Disney made a lot of money on me.

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