Greetings ~
Holy information overload yesterday from Disney!! With that said I want to break it down for you and make it as simple as I can!! Sooooo here we goooooooooooo
🏰 Important Dates 🏰
🌟 June 22nd Disney Park Pass System opens @ 7am for resort guests with a resort reservation AND tickets
🌟 June 24th 2021 is now available to book and park hopping tickets will be an option as a ticket
🌟 June 26th Disney Park Pass system opens to annual passholders
🌟 Disney Park Pass system opens to other existing passholders
🌟 Based on availability, sales of 2020 tickets and Disney hotel arrivals will resume
🌟 Annual Passholder preview will be July 9th or 10th for MK and AK. You will be able to select one or the other it will be based on availability and 1st come 1st serve once the emails come out soon. ALL passholders are eligilbe with the exception of EPCOT after 4 passholders
🏰 Annual Passholder Options 🏰
🌟 If you have paid in full for your pass you may either call and cancel your AP and will receive a partial refund. The amount cannot be determined until you start the process. Once you start the process it cannot be undone. If you choose not to cancel an additional free month will be added to your pass in Oct as compensation for the inability to park hop.
🌟 If you pay monthly you may choose to cancel their annual pass and waive their monthly payments due AFTER Aug 11th. Any payments made between July 11th and August 11th will be retroactively refunded for those who select to cancel. If you choose not to cancel an additional free month will be added to your pass in Oct as compensation for the inability to park hop.
🏰 Resorts 🏰
🌟 June 22nd the following resorts will open.
Bay Lake Tower at Disney’s Contemporary Resort
Boulder Ridge Villas at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
Copper Creek Villas & Cabins at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Villas – Kidani Village
Disney’s Beach Club Villas
Disney’s BoardWalk Villas
Disney’s Old Key West Resort
Disney’s Polynesian Villas & Bungalows
Disney’s Riviera Resort
Disney’s Saratoga Springs Resort
The Villas at Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort
🌟 If you have a reservation somewhere OTHER than these resorts in the coming months hang tight. Disney is working week by week to move existing reservations to the resorts that are open. They are currently up to July 11th.
🌟 You will check in on the app and receive a push notification when your room is ready. Your phone will act as the key to the room
🌟 Need front desk help? You will be able to chat with a cast member in the app so no need to go stand in line @ the front desk.
🌟 In order to enter a resort you MUST have a confirmed overnight reservation OR a confirmed dining reservation
🏰 What is currently NOT going to be happening 🏰
🌟 Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party
🌟 Parades
🌟 Fireworks
🌟 Character meet n greets
🌟 Character dining with the exception of a modified Character Dining experience at Topolino's Terrace – Flavors of the Riviera.
🌟 Dinner Shows
🌟 Private dining and in room dining
🌟 Dessert Parties
🌟 Bippity Boppity Boutique
🌟 Fireworks cruises
🌟 Dining with an imagineer
🌟 Cake decorating classes @ Amoretti's
🌟 Complimentary resort magic bands are going AWAY Jan 1st 2021. There will be added enhancements to the app that will allow you to utilize that. Magics Bands will be still available for purchase and at a discounted price when purchased with your resort reservation or you may continue to use your existing ones. Key to the world cards will also be available
🌟 FastPass+ system is currently suspended
🏰 Park Pass System 🏰
🌟 When the park pass system launches on June 22nd you will be able to make park reservations through Sept 26th 2021 (strategically done as the following week begins the 50th anniversary celebration)
🌟 You MUST have a valid park ticket linked to your My Disney Experience account in order to make a reservation in the park pass system. As an annual passholder you will be able to hold 3 dates at a time. Once one is used you can go in and add another. IF you are staying at a Walt Disney World Resort you will be able to make reservations for the length of your stay.
🌟 Initially you will want to use a computer to access the Park Pass System as the mobile option is NOT fully configured yet.
🌟 You will be able to make reservations for everyone in your party as long as they are linked in My Disney Experience to you and your settings are set to allow making plans for everyone.
🏰 Parks 🏰
🌟 Most attractions will be available at each park - they have NOT said what may not be
🌟 Characters will appear in new and different ways
From special cavalcades down the Magic Kingdom Park parade route and friends sailing the waterways of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, to processions along the World Showcase promenade at EPCOT and motorcades on Disney’s Hollywood Studios’ Hollywood Boulevard
🌟 Several musical groups will also return. You can look forward to seeing Main Street Philharmonic at Magic Kingdom Park, plus the Mariachi Cobre and everyone’s favorite funky drumming crew the JAMMitors at EPCOT, just to name a few.
🌟 Disney has cooked up a creative, modified festival experience, it will also be our longest festival yet – giving you plenty of time to enjoy “A Taste of EPCOT International Food & Wine Festival!” This new take on the foodie festival will debut July 15 and continue through the fall, offering over 20 signature global marketplaces like Hawaii, Hops & Barley, and Islands of the Caribbean, spaced out around the park. And, if you’ve ever imagined a world where the floral fun of Flower & Garden is sprinkled in with the global goodies of Food & Wine, here’s your chance – you will be able to see our newest topiary, Remy, in the France pavilion and find Flower & Garden merchandise. For scavenger hunt fans, Remy’s Ratatouille Hide and Squeak scavenger hunt returns.
🌟 Decisions on Candlelight Processional, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party, Holidays around the World have NOT been determined yet
🌟 If you or someone in your party uses a DAS pass those will remain intact and unchanged.
WHEW if you read this far I sincerely hope it was worth your time!! If you have ANY questions I am always available and happy to help!!
Don't forget your mask if you are heading to the most MAGICAL place on earth as Orange County has now signed an executive order making them mandatory!
I will be down @ the parks 4th of July weekend checking it all out with lots of fun dining and I plan to hit up the passholder previews to see 1st hand how this is all working!