Upon reopening, Disney World implemented their Park Pass system where guests must make a reservation (and have a valid ticket) in order to enter a theme park.
The parks are getting busier and Park Pass reservations have been filling up quickly. Disney has provided an update to the new system for guests who purchase multi-day tickets and are unable to receive Park Passes during their stay.
Guests purchasing date-based, multi-day theme park tickets select their days of admission between a specific date range. Disney also calls this the “validity window.”
Disney has recently updated ticket systems to allow guests to order multi-day tickets, even if Park Pass reservations are unavailable for select days during the guest’s validity window.
As an example, guests can make theme park reservations on days within the ticket’s validity window (based on theme park availability), although they will not be able to make a reservation or visit a park on a day when reservations are unavailable.
Disney has given the following situation as an example.
- You request a 3-day theme park base ticket. The last day of the validity window is 4 days after the selected start date.
- You select a start date of March 1. In this example, let’s assume that there are no Disney Park Pass reservations available for March 3 but Disney Park Pass reservations are available for all of the other days during the validity window.
- Here, you will be unable to visit the theme parks on March 3, but may use their 3-day ticket to obtain a Disney Park Pass on three of the other four days within their validity window:
- March 1
- March 2
- March 4
- March 5
Disney expects that multi-day, date-based tickets may be unavailable for purchase if there are too many days within the validity window that are booked solid. For example, a guest may not be able to buy a 3-day ticket if all 3 Park Pass days are full.
To sum up, Disney is informing guests that as long as there are enough available park days within your validity window, you can buy tickets and book your vacation.
You cannot go into the park if reservations are full, but you can attend on another day that isn’t fully booked within your validity window. This update is essentially informing guests on the policies and how the system is handling Park Passes for multi-day, date-based tickets as of now.
We’ll keep you updated with any further changes!
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Seems to me if you are staying at a Disney resort and spending lots of money to do so, they should give you first crack at the reservations during your stay. Much as you can make fast pass selections and dining reservations before others can if you stay on property. If you are looking to make reservations at a resort, you should be able to view not only room availability but also park availability on the same screen.
That’s ridiculous. Outside of Floridians, vacationers don’t have the kind of flexibility that Disney suggests. I’m sitting on thousands of dollars worth of tickets that I can’t/won’t use until some semblance of normalcy returns. I need to know before I make travel plans whether or not I will be able to enjoy the parks as I choose.