Walt Disney World theme parks now sold out for Thanksgiving week

Nov 19, 2021 in "MyMagic+"

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Disney Park Pass for Thanksgiving week 2021

Posted: Friday November 19, 2021 1:30pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World's theme parks are now effectively sold out for most ticket options during the upcoming Thanksgiving week.

Magic Kingdom will be a busy place during the upcoming Thanksgiving week

The latest Disney Park Pass availability calendar shows all parks unavailable from Saturday, November 20 through Friday, November 26 2021.

Disney Park Pass for Thanksgiving week 2021 - Theme Park Tickets

The lack of Disney Park Pass availability applies to regular day tickets and guests staying at Walt Disney World Resort hotels.

Disney Park Pass for Thanksgiving week 2021 - Resort hotel guests

Annual Passholders have some availability during the week, but that is rapidly diminishing with nothing available on November 22 and 23.

Although Disney has moved beyond any form of social distancing at the Walt Disney World parks, there are still capacity restrictions imposed by operational conditions, including staffing levels. So although the parks are at current capacity limits, attendance will not reach pre-pandemic levels.

Before COVID-19, the parks routinely hit capacity during holiday periods; specifically, Magic Kingdom would often close due to maximum attendance on July 4 and New Year's Eve.

Disney's Hollywood Studios continues to be a popular park with its recent new ride additions

With the arrival of the Park Pass system, Disney can manage attendance ahead of time, so the days of park phased closing due to capacity appear gone, except for park hopping.

Since park hopping was re-introduced, it has only been possible to hop to another park after tapping into the first park and moving to the second park after 2pm if available. So far, October 1 has been the only time that park hopping has been restricted. It remains to be seen if we will see restrictions on park hopping during Thanksgiving.

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Disstevefan112 hours ago

Disney does not think their passholders are stupid..... They just hate them.

Fido Chuckwagon12 hours ago

I’m waiting for the other shoe to drop on how ****ed AP holders are going to get when they move to allowing people to pay for prebooked Genie+ attractions, likely as part of vacation packages that AP holders might not necessarily be eligible for because we don’t need tickets. I hope they don’t do this and allow anyone staying at a Disney hotel to purchase, but I could see it. Back when Genie+ first launched AP holders could not buy it in advance for length of trip but regular ticket media could.

NelleBelle17 hours ago

I think what Disney charges for the Incredi-pass, which I bought, I'm in the same boat as having to make reservations despited staying on property! Meanwhile, my mom, can buy dicounted tickets and not worry about it! I definitely left a long comment when I got the AP survey several weeks ago (not that it'll do any good). Along with the fact that I never get these so-called AP newsletters, have never been able to get a PH magnet (why can't they mail these??), etc.

SamusAranX2 days ago

Unfortunately, this is the result Disney wants. They hate AP holders

Disstevefan12 days ago

I really hate the PPRs. Oh boy, if you are booking a stay on property, your should not need a PPR no matter what entry ticket you use, their systems are smart enough to figure that out. Pre pandemic our family held 3 platinum passes for many many years. The good ol' days are over.

CJ22 days ago

Thanks Disney! Disney Incredi-Pass $1,449 +tax and I have to have a reservation to come even if I book a stay on property. I am taking my nephews to Disney and because they don't have AP, I could only book a stay with AP discount. No deal on tickets for them and I had to make reservations for my family but not my nephews. How much harder do you want to make it on people with AP. I will not be renewing the AP once it's up. Disney has made it clear to me that they want you to buy a package to visit.

Fido Chuckwagon3 days ago

Lol. I can't imagine these "good to go" days on days when any passholder can easily get a day of reservation at any park have any impact on guest behavior whatsoever. They are really stupid, and it’s a bad look for Disney because it makes it look like they think that their passholders are really stupid.

DCBaker3 days ago

Walt Disney World has added two Annual Passholder good-to-go days on April 22 and 23.

SingleRider5 days ago

The park hopping phone number also said MK was closed to hopping.

MisterPenguin5 days ago

It was intentional. They also stopped selling day-tickets to MK on that day.

nickys5 days ago

There was a recent pause in park hopping to MK. Whether it was a glitch in the app or not was debated but certainly there were notifications that hopping to Mk was paused. It didn’t last very long. I think the only other time was the day of the 50th, again at MK.

Patcheslee5 days ago

With park reservations dropped for some, have they reimplement phased capacity closures? We'll be arriving July 4th, and would like to grab a TS dinner in Epcot. Tickets for us is part of a package.

MisterPenguin15 days ago

The point being that MK has reached it max (the much reduced max from Christmases long ago), and that they're keeping people out -- APers who want to hop, and people buying tickets for MK for today.