So I'm in the same situation with a Gold Pass Exchange. I've tested it out on the park reservations page and it allows me to make a reservation for Thanksgiving. I'm also showing the ability to reserve in April when it was blocked under the old Gold Pass. Xmas is still blocked though as it should be with either the Gold or Sorcerer. It appears that Gold Pass Exchanges have Thanksgiving and Easter open.
I am seeing the same thing, but we were told by two different Disney phone reps yesterday that we would definitely be blocked out for Thanksgiving. I’m not sure Disney knows what is actually going to happen yet…
It's my understanding that people are being given conflicting information about this from Disney. We might not know for sure until someone with a Gold Pass Exchange activates it and then tries to make a reservation during Thanksgiving. My question is, why would both Thanksgiving and Easter be open for the Gold Pass Exchangers right now? It could be a situation where the Disney computer system doesn't recognize the old GPE as being Sorcerer until you actually activate. Having both time frames open could be a temporary quirk. Then you get hit with the Thanksgiving block when you activate the GPE.
That's what I have read as well.
What did you find out? We're in a similar situation -- I have a Gold AP renewal voucher, and DW's Gold AP is within its renewal window. We have a trip scheduled for next month's Gold AP blockout dates, which are not blocked out for the Sorcerer's AP. (I tried calling V.I.PASSHOLDER this morning, but the "more than 90 minutes" wait put me off
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That's what tripped me up. I made the park reservations months ago, and then realized yesterday that they were during the blockout dates. Apparently the system only checks to see that you have a pass, but doesn't check what type of pass or what the blockout dates are. Back when I was an IT director, that sort of sloppy programming was totally unacceptable.
when we activated our AP renewal, it was converted to a Sorcerer's pass with free Photo pass. I don't recall what happened with the blackout dates as we weren't affected by them, so didn't pay attention. We went to guest services at the IG and was smooth and painless, about 5 minutes for both of us.What did you find out? We're in a similar situation -- I have a Gold AP renewal voucher, and DW's Gold AP is within its renewal window. We have a trip scheduled for next month's Gold AP blockout dates, which are not blocked out for the Sorcerer's AP. (I tried calling V.I.PASSHOLDER this morning, but the "more than 90 minutes" wait put me off
When we renew next time, photopass will be an add-on option. But it was part of the Gold Pass, so it was included free as it should have been.
