Park Pass Reservations and AP Holders
Unintended consequences.
Did you guys know that Walt Disney World modified park access for AP holders? I didn't. I knew that you had to get a Park Pass Reservation to enter a park, and that you can do that as far as out you need to, but did you know that AP holders can only get three Park Pass Reservations at a time?
So, say, if you have a Walt Disney World vacation planned for a group of 16 people, and those people all have 7 day passes, including your kids, and you're not staying on property, everyone else can get PP ressies for the entire week, but you and your spouse who have APs cannot. You can only get three ressies.
I get the policy, kind of. They don't want AP holders to book a ton of park pass ressies that they may not use and take up available slots. And since we're not staying on property, they have no way of knowing when our vacation will be, nor how long.
Or do they? I mean, OUR CHILDREN have 7-day tickets with Park Pass Reservations, and our accounts are all linked. You would think that they could go in and say, "Hey, this is a family and they're clearly going to be at these parks on these days. Let's allow the parents to make reservations for those days."
Nope. We have to travel to Florida and use those first three days. Then, at midnight after the first three have been used, we can attempt to get a Park Pass reservation for that very morning. If there are none, then we can't go to the park with our kids and other family members. Even though we have ANNUAL PASSES.
This might be the most frustrated I've ever been with Walt Disney World. To be fair, i'm on the phone with the AP Help Desk right now, and they're trying to see what they can do. It might all work out. But just the idea that we might not be able to get into a park with APs when we've tried to follow all of the rules and plan ahead, etc, etc, infuriates me.
