Disney News, Discussion & an Element of Fun - 2023 Edition

[kylenne]

I actually told them it would be nice of them to just mail the AP magnets to everyone when they sent me an AP survey earlier this year, as there are a lot of us who are out of state passholders.

It's funny, I got a survey almost immediately after upgrading my ticket when they went on sale and I mentioned this as well.

 

[Smugpugmug]

I actually told them it would be nice of them to just mail the AP magnets to everyone when they sent me an AP survey earlier this year, as there are a lot of us who are out of state passholders.

I am getting less and less surveys from Disney lately and I'm wondering if it's because they're sick of me harassing them about returning parking lot trams back to all parks.

I would love the option to have magnets shipped as well. Universal also doesn't ship AP magnets and would like it there too. Their magnets have cool designs.

 

[HokieRaven5]

NEW: Walt Disney World just announced a new 4-Park Magic Ticket summer offer for $99/day +tax. Details:

4-day: One visit to each park
Park reservations NOT required
On sale May 23. Valid June 1 - Sept. 29 (blockouts July 1-4, Sept. 1-4)
Ticket good for 7 days after first use

Scott Gustin

 

[Jrb1979]

NEW: Walt Disney World just announced a new 4-Park Magic Ticket summer offer for $99/day +tax. Details:

4-day: One visit to each park
Park reservations NOT required
On sale May 23. Valid June 1 - Sept. 29 (blockouts July 1-4, Sept. 1-4)
Ticket good for 7 days after first use

Scott Gustin

Good deal. Just more signs they are looking at a soft summer

 

[disney-inspired]

NEW: Walt Disney World just announced a new 4-Park Magic Ticket summer offer for $99/day +tax. Details:

4-day: One visit to each park
Park reservations NOT required
On sale May 23. Valid June 1 - Sept. 29 (blockouts July 1-4, Sept. 1-4)
Ticket good for 7 days after first use

Scott Gustin

Someone is struggling to get summertime visitors

 

[HokieRaven5]

NEW: Disney World revealed a new Florida resident Summer Magic Ticket:

3-day: $209 ($70/day) 4-day: $229 ($58/day) +tax
Park reservations required
Valid May 16 - Sept. 29 (Blockouts: May 26-29, July 1-4, Sept. 1-4)
Usage not consecutive
Park Hopper $40, Water Parks $35, PH+ $55

Scott Gustin

 

[kylenne]

Man summer bookings must be really soft...feeling really good about crowds the first week of June!

 

[HokieRaven5]

Man summer bookings must be really soft...feeling really good about crowds the first week of June!

Seems that way, plus it’s bringing back more of what was offered pre-Covid.

New ticket offer $25 more per day than what was offered in Summer 2019 for non-Florida Residents, and only $3 more per day for Florida Residents.

 

[Smugpugmug]

I guess Tron isn't making people want to book trips....

 

[Gary Stocker]

NEW: Walt Disney World just announced a new 4-Park Magic Ticket summer offer for $99/day +tax. Details:

4-day: One visit to each park
Park reservations NOT required
On sale May 23. Valid June 1 - Sept. 29 (blockouts July 1-4, Sept. 1-4)
Ticket good for 7 days after first use

Scott Gustin

How do they guarantee one day to each park? Automatically selected park passes? Does this mean I can't use it to book the same park 4 times?
Edit: oops...read the line that says "Reservations not required". Move along....

 

[Gary Stocker]

Also wonder if you could upgrade these tickets to hoppers at Guest Services..I purchased my tickets and got a pretty decent deal via Boardwalk Tickets but this blows that deal out of the water.

 

[Gary Stocker]

Man summer bookings must be really soft...feeling really good about crowds the first week of June!

Hooray for a potential soft summer. I see that DVC availability is pretty scarce most of the month. I wonder if Members are travelling for resort-only trips to save a few $.

 

[Gary Stocker]

Patiently waiting for Touring Plans to update their crowd projections...still mostly 6s and 7s overall with mostly 8s in Hollywood Studios my late June trip.

 

[Bibbidi_Boo]

Man summer bookings must be really soft...feeling really good about crowds the first week of June!

There is quite a bit of availability to book DVC with points this summer also.

We also put points up for rent 4 months ago , riveria and bay lake and not a single bite . We use ti be able to rent out within in a week or so tops. So beyond summer is looking light too.

 

[jpeterson]

There is quite a bit of availability to book DVC with points this summer also.

We also put points up for rent 4 months ago , riveria and bay lake and not a single bite . We use ti be able to rent out within in a week or so tops. So beyond summer is looking light too.

My daughter and I are taking a trip in August to celebrate her 10th birthday. She was told we would book our home resort (Copper Creek) at 11 months out and then I would try to get any DVC resort she wanted at the 7 month window. She wanted the Riviera. I really didn't think I would be able to get a studio at 7 months out, but I told her I would try. I had no problem getting it. Which greatly surprised me. Fingers crossed for what that might mean for our trip.

 

[gerilyne]

Man summer bookings must be really soft...feeling really good about crowds the first week of June!

I selfishly hope so. We head out 4 weeks from today for our honeymoon and wouldn't mind crowds that aren't insane.

 

[kylenne]

I selfishly hope so. We head out 4 weeks from today for our honeymoon and wouldn't mind crowds that aren't insane.

We go in 2 weeks and I've been hoping the post-Memorial Day dip is the way it's been the last few years. It's really looking like it might be. (And congrats!)

 

[HokieRaven5]

New Disney World Cast Member Nametags Debut Tomorrow

 

[OKW Lover]

Lots of comments about summer bookings being soft. Perhaps the staffing issues have been resolved and they feel they can handle more guests now.

 

[Aela]

We waited to book out summer tickets, and just bought them a couple weeks ago. Our TA said they are hearing that they will not be allowed to swap out the tickets. We’ll see. We booked 3 days, one park per day. This new deal is cheaper.