Disney Provides New Update regarding Sale of Annual Passes

The saga of the sale of Disney World Annual Passes continues. What do you think of the latest update?

Annual Passes

When both Disney World and Disneyland closed in March 2020, many changes took place. Among those were their annual pass programs. At one point, you could not purchase new passes for either coast for several months.

In August 2021, Disney finally announced new/modified programs at both Disneyland and Disney World. There are now more tiers, higher prices, and different park pass allotments.

However, that was short-lived as many of the tiers sold out. They have been unavailable for months. Most Guests who want to purchase new passes or let their passes expire are out of luck.

Sales Resume!

Sales of Annual Passes finally resumed today, April 20, 2023. Many guests were expecting sales to resume promptly at 6:00 a.m. this morning. However, guests trying to purchase an Annual Pass were met with a virtual queue and extremely long wait times.

It was not much longer until sales of Annual Passes became paused for a short period of time. Thankfully, this was only a short amount of time and sales have since resumed.

A New Update

Disney has provided yet another update regarding the sale of Annual Passes. The following message is currently on the website and it reads as follows:

Message last updated: 2:28 PM ET

We thank you and all our fans for the incredible enthusiasm for the Passholder program. Due to high popularity of our Annual Passes, please know wait times may exceed several hours. We anticipate a pass or select passes may become unavailable for purchase later today. Continue to check here for updates.

At the time of writing, the estimated wait time is around one hour. Disney did not provide any details regarding which passes could become unavailable.

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