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The saga of the sale of Disney World Annual Passes continues. What do you think of the latest update?
Annual Passes
When both Disney World and Disneyland closed in March 2020, many changes took place. Among those were their annual pass programs. At one point, you could not purchase new passes for either coast for several months.
In August 2021, Disney finally announced new/modified programs at both Disneyland and Disney World. There are now more tiers, higher prices, and different park pass allotments.
However, that was short-lived as many of the tiers sold out. They have been unavailable for months. Most Guests who want to purchase new passes or let their passes expire are out of luck.
Sales Resume!
Sales of Annual Passes finally resumed today, April 20, 2023. Many guests were expecting sales to resume promptly at 6:00 a.m. this morning. However, guests trying to purchase an Annual Pass were met with a virtual queue and extremely long wait times.
It was not much longer until sales of Annual Passes became paused for a short period of time. Thankfully, this was only a short amount of time and sales have since resumed.
A New Update
Disney has provided yet another update regarding the sale of Annual Passes. The following message is currently on the website and it reads as follows:
Message last updated: 2:28 PM ET
We thank you and all our fans for the incredible enthusiasm for the Passholder program. Due to high popularity of our Annual Passes, please know wait times may exceed several hours. We anticipate a pass or select passes may become unavailable for purchase later today. Continue to check here for updates.
At the time of writing, the estimated wait time is around one hour. Disney did not provide any details regarding which passes could become unavailable.
Are you trying to purchase an Annual Pass today? Have you encountered any long wait times trying to purchase one? Tell us in the comments below or share this post with a friend.
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Melanie
Thursday 20th of April 2023
Entered virtual queue about 6:47am (EST) and was able to purchase an AP for my daughter (I already have one) about 11am. Stressful morning. I was with a student when I was able to purchase. That was awkward.
Michelle
Thursday 20th of April 2023
Had to give up originally as I had to go to sleep as I had to work in 5 hrs time (Australian time), so joined again when I got up. It said more than an hour, it’s been 4, still doesn’t look like the bar has reached halfway :(
Jennifer Rivers
Thursday 20th of April 2023
Oh if you can get thru just be aware that if you are upgrading you have to pay in full not prorated based upon when your “agreement” ends and you go month to month. He’s a greedy little mouse…oh an annual passes above pixie went up just for this!!
Norman Milsap
Thursday 20th of April 2023
Waited about 3 hours in the virtual queue, but was able to snag one