Theme Park Reservation Woes: Walt Disney World Passholders hit with three-day dry spell

Jan 04, 2024 in "MyMagic+"

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Posted: Thursday January 4, 2024 8:52am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World Annual Passholders are facing a rough start to 2024 with three consecutive days of no available theme park reservations at any of the parks.

According to the official Walt Disney World reservations calendar, all four parks are at capacity for Annual Passholders from January 5 through January 7, 2024. In addition, Magic Kingdom is fully booked for passholders on January 4.

All four Walt Disney World theme parks are unavailable to Annual Passholders from January 5 - 7, 2024

Currently, Disney is continuing to offer day tickets on these days, and the period remains available to guests staying at Walt Disney World hotels.

Note that on days when reservations are at capacity, Annual Passholders may still visit the theme parks after 2:00 pm without a theme park reservation, except on Saturdays and Sundays at Magic Kingdom. You should also keep watching the park pass reservation calendar as more capacity may be added.

This weekend's lack of theme park reservations is due to the runDisney Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. The event brings in many Walt Disney World regulars, who are also typically Annual Passholders.

The Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend will be held January 3 - 7, 2024

Disney plans to introduce new "Good-To-Go Days" for Walt Disney World Annual Passholders starting January 11, where Annual Passholders may enter the theme parks without needing a reservation. However, it would seem likely that even with the new system in place, busy periods like this weekend would not be included, and reservations would still be required.

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Tuvalu3 days ago

Agree.

Dr.GrantSeeker3 days ago

Definitely agree about onsite APs. But at this point it needs to just be 100% completely dropped for all remaining ticket types that require reservations. There is absolutely no need and I can't imagine that the number of APs going into the parks with reservations on a daily basis is really helping Disney staff accordingly compared to the number of other ticket types going in and out of the parks without reservations.

Tuvalu3 days ago

Those using military or group tickets also have to make park reservations. I am in 100% agreement that APs staying on sight should not need to make park reservations. It annoys me to no end….

Disstevefan13 days ago

Well if they see a large enough drop in per capita spending in the parks, maybe they will drop the PPRs for APs

Vacationeer3 days ago

At absolute minimum, park reservations for APs staying onsite should be removed. After spending crazy money on multi-day tickets the past several years (25 month span - individual cost breakdown over $3.5k for ticket, hopper, share of memory maker), to finally finding a good opportunity to buy APs again, but now getting smacked with being the only group left needing park reservations, when every trip we stay onsite too. There’s gotta be a better way to make it feel less done dirty 😆 I prefer happily parting with money. They used to have much greater finesse in that department.

DCBaker3 days ago

3 more Annual Passholder good-to-go days have been added to the calendar: August 6, 7, 11.

Brian10 days ago

The MEP holders are the ultimate undesirables. They're also included in the GTG days.

Jrb197910 days ago

It's more like we can't fill the parks those days so the unfavorables can come visit

Brian10 days ago

Insert 'requisite rant about reservations and the way it used to be' here.

Fido Chuckwagon10 days ago

Huzzah!

DCBaker10 days ago

Disney has added more Annual Passholder good-to-go days in July and August: July: 22, 27, 31 August: 4

Fido Chuckwagon21 days ago

Incredipass can only hold 5 at a time when staying offsite.

Fido Chuckwagon21 days ago

I say this as someone who travels to WDW during Christmas & Easter: Just scrap park reservations except for Thanksgiving Week, Christmas Week, and Easter Week. They are clearly not needed at any other time now since they're always available and they're just an added annoyance with no benefit to anyone, including Disney at this point. Or, if you **must** use park reservations because you want to have an idea of where your AP's who don't buy LL will be (even though they can easily change their mind at the last minute anyway), then still require park reservations, but just don't cap the number than an AP can make.