Everything Park Reservations - Please Read Post 1

[jpmom]

I'm planning a weekend in WDW. Staying at the BW. We only want to go to Epcot; but would like to go early in the AM then come back to the resort and then go back to Epcot that evening. Can we do this?

 

[Marionnette]

I'm planning a weekend in WDW. Staying at the BW. We only want to go to Epcot; but would like to go early in the AM then come back to the resort and then go back to Epcot that evening. Can we do this?

Yes. Just make sure that you have an Epcot park reservation for the day. And check the hours of operation. Epcot doesn't always open early in the morning.

 

[jpmom]

Thank you!

 

[Disneyonthe5]

After making park reservations for multiple days, can you change your days at the parks you picked? Do you have to cancel all the days or just the ones you want to change? Of course the park you want has to be available.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Each day has its own reservation that you can cancel independently of the others.

 

[DWillowBay]

In this order:
1) Check to see if the park you want to NOW go to indeed has reservations available for your whole party.
2) Cancel your current park reservation
3) IMMEDIATELY reserve the new park while there is still availability.
4) Breathe...and smile!

 

[Disneyonthe5]

Thank you! So hard to coordinate dinner reservations with park reservations!

 

[PurplePigment]

Is anyone else having issues with making park reservations? I accidentally made two two days earlier than I wanted, but I can't change them because when I go to make new ones it just loads a screen with the little generic links and the copyright that's supposed to be on the bottom and nothing else.

 

[Eblues93]

Does anyone have any experience in adding people to your party/reservation? I have a trip booked in a couple of weeks and have a park reservation for HS on a Monday. Now there's 3 more people that want to go with us and there are no park reservations left. Anyone been able to get guest services to add them manually? Any thoughts about Disney opening up more capacity as it gets closer to the date? Thanks.

 

[scrappinginontario]

Does anyone have any experience in adding people to your party/reservation? I have a trip booked in a couple of weeks and have a park reservation for HS on a Monday. Now there's 3 more people that want to go with us and there are no park reservations left. Anyone been able to get guest services to add them manually? Any thoughts about Disney opening up more capacity as it gets closer to the date? Thanks.

Disney will not be able to add them but I recommend you keep trying to add them. Disney may add attendance but there is no guarantee if will happen. You’re more likely to pick up a cancellation as opposed to counting on more reservations being added. Three weeks from now is still prime Spring break time and leading up to Easter so there is a possibility that max reservations have already been added.

 

[ella18nm]

I am not sure if this has been answered or not, I have an AP but my friend does not. She has a single day ticket and a park pass reservation at a park thats now full. If we were to modify her ticket and add a day on (the day before) would she lose her current park pass or would it stay and we could just make the second reservation like normal? TIA

 

[scrappinginontario]

I am not sure if this has been answered or not, I have an AP but my friend does not. She has a single day ticket and a park pass reservation at a park thats now full. If we were to modify her ticket and add a day on (the day before) would she lose her current park pass or would it stay and we could just make the second reservation like normal? TIA

If any of the days she has a ticket for are fully booked at all parks for reservations, she will not be allowed to adjust her ticket. If she has a 1 day ticket and wants to add a second day in the parks and there is availability, I would recommend purchasing a second one day ticket. The cost is almost the same and this will be allowed.

If she's allowed to add a day to her existing ticket it would not affect her current park reservation.

 

[cadd10]

Do anyone know why July 6th has no reservations for Annual Passholders? We have Platinum Pass.

 

[abbyandangel]

There is much discussion re: Park Reservations. Please use this thread to ask questions and discuss. New threads covering this topic will be merged here.

What we know:

1. Link to Theme Park Reservation Availability Calendar. Note, this calendar is not updated real-time. If you are looking for a park reservation on a date that shows as not available, you may still want to try to book a reservation to determine actual reservation availability.

2. A Park Reservation grants you access to that park from open to close. You may leave and reenter.

3. Guests who will be cancelling park reservations are making this information available here. Please DO NOT post any requests on that thread. Requests will be deleted.

4. 'Changing' a park reservation is not available at this time. To change a reservation from one park to another, the first reservation must be cancelled and a new reservation made for a different park. Note that cancelling a reservation makes it available for other guests to book. There is no guarantee you will be able to get the first reservation back once it is cancelled.

5. If a park is full, calling WDW will not grant the ability for them to locate space for you. A full park is a full park. It is recommended if you are looking for a reservation at a park that is full that you keep trying many times each day. As people change their plans they will cancel reservations which will open them to other guests. Calling WDW is generally not recommended as many people are looking for reservations in full parks.

6. Guests cancel park reservations up until the day of. Please continue checking often, even up to the date you want to go to a park.

7. Disney is updating their policies. If a park reservation was made due to a guest having tickets attached to their MyDisneyExperience (MDE) app, if that ticket is removed but park reservations not removed by the guest, an email will be sent to guests advising them that a valid park admission is required in order to retain the park reservation. It appears guests will have a couple of days to link a new ticket to their MDE account or their park reservation(s) will automatically be cancelled. This has potential to open more availability as until now it was a guest's responsibility to go in to MDE and cancel their reservations if they cancelled their trip.

8. Historically when all parks were full for park reservations, Disney was not allowing guests to add the Park Hopper option to existing tickets.

9. If a guest has a park reservation and leaves the park, they will always be allowed to re-enter that park later in the day. A park reservation guarantees entrance to that park from open to close.

This thread will be updated as updates/changes are required.

If there are topics you feel would be beneficial to be addressed in this first post, please add a comment below. Thank you

I just want to make sure I understand. If we have reservations for AK with park hoppers and my DD (over 18) decides morning of that she would rather sleep in and meet up at Epcot later, all I need to do is cancel her AK reservation that morning and make one for Epcot?

 

[CarolynFH]

I just want to make sure I understand. If we have reservations for AK with park hoppers and my DD (over 18) decides morning of that she would rather sleep in and meet up at Epcot later, all I need to do is cancel her AK reservation that morning and make one for Epcot?

Yes, that’s all you have to do! And she’ll be able to enter Epcot at whatever time she wishes, won’t have to wait until 2 PM.

 

[Miffy]

My sister and I both have APs. We're planning on a trip in December and will probably book it next month . . . but . . . our APs won't be eligible to be renewed until sometime (a month in my case and two months for my sister) after we make the resort reservation.

Will we be able to make park reservations for December even though at the time we book our resort our APs won't cover December?

I hope I made that clear. Thanks if you know the answer!

 

[scrappinginontario]

I just want to make sure I understand. If we have reservations for AK with park hoppers and my DD (over 18) decides morning of that she would rather sleep in and meet up at Epcot later, all I need to do is cancel her AK reservation that morning and make one for Epcot?

Yes, as long as reservations are available at Epcot she can do this. If Epcot is full for park reservations then she will need to visit AK first.

 

[scrappinginontario]

My sister and I both have APs. We're planning on a trip in December and will probably book it next month . . . but . . . our APs won't be eligible to be renewed until sometime (a month in my case and two months for my sister) after we make the resort reservation.

Will we be able to make park reservations for December even though at the time we book our resort our APs won't cover December?

I hope I made that clear. Thanks if you know the answer!

Hopefully someone here who is familiar with APs will be able to assist you. If not, you may wish to ask this question in a separate post or, see if a similar question has been asked. There are many AP threads on the board. APs are unique from other tickets and have their own set of rules that many (including me) are not skilled to answer.

I’m sure someone will be able to help you out but it may be outside this thread.

 

[DL1WDW2]

Hi I am AP and just renewed .
I think this is new system but I notice when I try to make park pass
and I am using AP bucket … it will give me the choice to use the older one just few days left and the newer AP .
So yes the new system is very specific about the date on the AP and you must check a box to designate your choice.
The old was Platinum , the new is an IncrediPass

 

[CarolynFH]

My sister and I both have APs. We're planning on a trip in December and will probably book it next month . . . but . . . our APs won't be eligible to be renewed until sometime (a month in my case and two months for my sister) after we make the resort reservation.

Will we be able to make park reservations for December even though at the time we book our resort our APs won't cover December?

I hope I made that clear. Thanks if you know the answer!

No, you’ll have to wait until you renew (60 days before expiration of your current AP, at the earliest). I ran into this trying to make park reservations for our July trip. It would let me book for myself from the resort reservation AP bucket, but it wouldn’t let me book for DH because we hadn’t renewed his AP yet. As soon as his renewal was linked to him in MDE, we were good to book park ressies.