Been on hold for 33min so far...I'll post back. I saw one poster who said he spent 3 hours and still came away without new APs...
So wish me luck....
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I would call. Online chat told me I couldn't renew my Premier to a Platinum AP but when I called MS, I was able to do so.
Ah, I misunderstood. I thought they wouldn't let her upgrade when she was renewing.
on hold for 45 minutes before getting a CM. Listened to the Canada Circlevision music (I think?) many times. Also there's Raiders of the Lost Ark music? Which made me think I was delicately substituting a bag of sand for the golden AP in the opening scene of the move.
Actual time was 10-15 minutes, and as @nickg420 said, after they checked that we were eligible to get new passes, I was put on a list and told to expect a call back in ~72 hours.
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Also: our youngest's AP was about 6 months offset from the rest of the family because she turned 3 in the middle of our cycle. So a silver lining in all this is that we will now all be on the same cycle.
Anything and everything is on the table, and the more time goes on, the more desperate Disney parks will become. I think there's a good chance you'll see all sorts of ideas being thrown on the wall to see what sticks.
Checks for 3 out of 4 APs (all 4 canceled on 8/10 or 11) came in the mail on Saturday. The 4yo had an AP bought off cycle when she turned 3, and only had a month or so left on it when Covid happened, so we are not expecting much from that one, which is the only one missing. The other 3 were renewals and we got almost $550 back for each one. Even though we only got 1 trip out of those passes, it was an 11 day park hopping extravaganza over Christmas and New Years, which ended up costing about $300 per person for the park admissions.
Also, update: when I called last week to get "qualified" (my term), they said to expect a call back within 48 hours. Which didn't happen, so I first called the DVC line to ask about the AP and DVC discount, and was told they're still not selling APs, and to call the Passholder line. So, here we are, on hold again...
(Has anyone gotten the callback, and what do they do on that call?)
Canadaaaaaa, my Canadaaaaa... You're a lifeline of wonder on this Planet Earth ....
(I'm not Canadian, but sometimes I pretend I am...)
This is me, thinking about anything related to the pandemic!
I was told 72 Hours and that was only M-F so since I called on Friday, I am going to give them until the end of the week before I call back. Besides, I really don't think the CM on the AP Hotline will be able to do anything other than note your account that you called back and have not received a call yet. My understanding is they do not have the authority, nor the ability, to sell an AP at this time. However, that being said, I wish you luck, and let us know how it turns out
Both. Do you think it will return at all? And if so, is there any reason they would no longer have it as a direct perk? Seems like that would pretty much take away a big chunk of the incentive to buy direct.
The one thing the CM on the phone said today was that the FL resident AP discount was still going forward, so if they're selling that, then it seems easy enough to sell the Gold Pass as well.
