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As Halloween activities have taken over Disney World, the parks have been getting busier and busier.
Halloween at Magic Kingdom
And that means that Halloween park passes have also been going fast for pretty much everyone!
Can you believe Halloween is just a couple of weeks away? As holidays and weekends approach (and luckily for us, Halloween is on a Saturday this year!), Disney’s Park Pass Reservation System tends to fill up.
Halloween Decor at Magic Kingdom
Currently, Disney Park Pass Reservations are available for booking through January of 2022. For now, a Park Pass Reservation is required in addition to your valid theme park admission to be able to enter the parks. We previously shared that Halloween was completely booked for Magic Kingdom across all of the ticket types, but it looks like some availability has opened up once again!
Earlier this year, Annual Passholders were given the opportunity to extend or cancel their passes.
Tinker Bell Magnet
If you are an Annual Passholder on a monthly payment plan, you may have already received or may soon be receiving some important information from Disney regarding extensions to your pass.
When you’re planning your next Disney vacation, choosing which park you’re going to visit is an entirely different ball game than it was previously.
Main Street, U.S.A.
Since guests are required to make Disney Park Pass reservations ahead of their visit to Disney World, it’s important to check which days the parks you want to visit are available. Plus, guests who have theme park tickets, Disney Resort reservations, or Annual Passes may all have varying availability, depending on the week!
After Disney World’s reopening, we slowly began to see weekend park pass availability beginning to fill up for Annual Passholders on a regular basis, particularly with Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge is still a HUGE draw.)
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
And most recently, we noticed that weekends in October were beginning to fill up for Annual Passholders.
It seems like Disney World is getting a lot busier on weekends. We expected it on holiday weekends like Labor Day for example, but it looks like that’s extended into the rest of the year, too.
Hollywood Studios
Since the theme parks reopened, Annual Passholders (and other guests) have had to snag a Disney Park Pass reservations before entering the park. Reservations, especially for Disney’s Hollywood Studios have been filling up FAST. Thus meaning APs are having to book weeks, and sometimes months in advance if they’re looking to visit Hollywood Studios.
Walt Disney World is a pretty terrific place to spend Halloween, don’t you think?
Mickey’s Happy Halloween Cavalcade in Magic Kingdom
If so, there are plenty of other people that agree with you, as evidenced by the fact that the required Disney Park Pass reservations for guests to enter a park continue to fill up on Halloween for one group of ticket holders: Annual Passholders. Magic Kingdom was completely booked for October 31st for Annual Passholders by mid-August, with Disney’s Hollywood Studios following suit later in the month. And now, three out of the four Walt Disney World theme parks are booked for Passholders. [Read more…]
If you’re headed to Disney World soon, one of the things that could potentially derail your trip is the availability of Park Pass reservations.
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge
We’ve seen Park Pass reservations filling up for holidays like Halloween, and it looks like reservations for Thanksgiving time are starting to fill up as well. Well, if you wanted to spend Thanksgiving day in Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in Disney’s Hollywood Studios and you don’t already have a Park Pass reservation, you may be in a tough spot.
Got plans to visit Disney World this year? Maybe you’re looking to join in on all the Halloween fun?
Magic Kingdom Halloween
Or, perhaps you’re looking forward to some Christmastime entertainment. Well, if you’re planning to visit the Most Magical Place on Earth this year, there’s one BIG thing that could derail your whole trip.
The Disney World water parks closed alongside most of the resort back in March. Until today, they remain closed with no news of reopening.
Typhoon Lagoon
Now, Disney has announced that Blizzard Beach and Typhoon Lagoon will not reopen until at least March 7th — almost a full year of closure. Due to this fact, some Disney World Annual Passholders will be receiving partial refunds.
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