Walt Disney World will remove theme park reservation requirements for date-based tickets

May 08, 2023 in "MyMagic+"

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Posted: Monday May 8, 2023 2:03pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has today announced that it will be removing theme park reservation requirements for date-based tickets in 2024.

Starting with park visits on Jan. 9, 2024, theme park reservations will no longer be required for date-based tickets. When getting your ticket, you will simply select a start date for Jan. 9, 2024 or later, complete your purchase and then you will be all set.

For reference, date-based tickets are the standard ticket option offered to guests. For other admission types, including non-dated tickets, theme park reservations may be required to help continue managing attendance. You can check which admission types require park reservations by visiting DisneyWorld.com/ThemeParkReservations before you purchase.

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Royal Purple Pigment1 day ago

It takes me just as much time and effort to log on and see it is good to go. This reservation system was one of the big differentiators in the AP tiers aside from blackout dates. We rarely even use our reservations and have 5 of 5 available. I understand everyone is different but this whole thing is lame. It is so annoying that they never could incorporate it into the app and you had to launch a different website and log in again. They need to dump this lame system or add something as a tier level replacement to the AP program (free Photopass, etc.)

wdisney90001 day ago

People have simply said its annoying, exactly like you yourself just stated in your post. I don't see anybody making mountains. Individually, the requirements you need to be on your phone for are not that frustrating, but when combined, it just gets ridiculous.

bmr15911 day ago

I mean, do you though? Unless you’re coming on a peak week, reservations are always available to make day of. Heck, my wife and I change ours the morning of often. I don’t disagree that making reservations is annoying, but some of y’all make mountains out of things that aren’t actually issues. It makes sense though, doesn’t it? CPs came from all over to work at Disney because they love Disney. Most don’t care to do anything on their off day except go enjoy the parks. With that said, man, what a scheme. “Come work for us! With the little you make, you’ll give us a portion back in rent. We also know you’ll spend a lot of what you make back with us in the parks.” It’s almost voluntary slave labor.

GhostHost10001 day ago

interesting I would also suspect they spend on average way less than annual passholders

wdwmagic1 day ago

It is way way more than that. CPers alone make up a good number on a daily basis.

Bullseye19671 day ago

The fact that CMs have to make a reservation is absolutely insane!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! How many CMs are in a park on any given day? 50 or 100?. This is nuts but at least they can go again.

Disstevefan11 day ago

May the force NOT be with APers.

Rich Brownn1 day ago

Star Wars day ("May the Fourth be with you") :D

hopemax1 day ago

So far the good to go days for CMs have matched the AP days. CMs can see them on the calendar when they go to make a reservation.

SingleRider1 day ago

Do good to go days apply to CMs as well? I thought it was only APs.

hopemax1 day ago

This one was surprising. I saw the news about the merchandise VQ on May 1st and my Dad wanted a reservation, but none were available (Main Entrance Pass). Then an hour later, it's a good to go day. Whatever, Disney. Why make this so annoying!

Brian1 day ago

Notable. They must not be expecting a big crowd for DHS's 35th anniversary day.

Fido Chuckwagon1 day ago

Wow, May 4th unavailable for AP reservations at HS. I know it's May 4th, but it can't possibly be that busy given how slow it is this time of year. They just want to push AP's to other parks and/or don't want to staff HS enough to cover the demand. Shameful.