Disney World has been looking very different since it closed for some time during the pandemic. Among the modifications that included dropping Fastpasss into parks, making changes to annual passes and introducing Genie+, Disney World also introduced a new park reservation system during this time period, to initially deal with capacity issues. This system has had its critics, and now there is a new rumor that the park reservation system could add other restrictions in the future. However, if this restriction is correct, it is also likely to solve a problem with the reservations system.
How does the Disney World park reservation system work?
Here’s the gist, when you and your family book a trip to Walt Disney World, you can either pay for single park tickets or Park Hopper tickets. The latter entitles you and your family to use more than one park during a given day, making it possible in theory to start your day in the Magic Kingdom and end it with a reservation at Tiffins in Animal Kingdom, or something else.
However, since the pandemic reopened, some restrictions have been put in place with the Disney World parks reservation system. First, families must make park reservations separately from purchasing tickets when making their trip. If you don’t make a reservation in time and all reservations are filled, you may not be able to book the park you were hoping to enjoy on a particular day. Second, if you have the park pass, you won’t actually be able to park until 2pm, so now are gone the days when you could set out in the morning at the Magic Kingdom and make it to Epcot’s Flower and Garden Festival in time for lunch.
This obviously made those who enjoyed navigating the park in the past less enthused.
What is the rumor mill whispering about changing other reservations
Basically, recent rumors are that Disney World mayo She plays with the idea of asking people with Park Hopper tickets to choose which park they’d like to hop into after their first park of the day. For Disney, this would give parks a greater understanding of their guests’ movements during the day and could help park staff accordingly. However, this may also give guests less flexibility in their journey than they currently have.
To be perfectly clear, the source of this rumor is Walt Disney World News today He doesn’t say where the ado is coming from, which is definitely not something that Disney Parks is specifically promoting at this point. However, if it does move forward, there is likely to be one positive aspect of this whole thing: an early park movement of park hoppers. (And this time around, you won’t even need a bunch of extra cash to do it at Disney World.)
How adding another constraint on reservations could actually solve one problem
According to these rumors, if guests have to choose a second park early on, it looks like Disney might be willing to allow more freedom when it comes to the schedule. So, you remember back when I mentioned that it’s currently very annoying if you want to spend a morning in one park and then go to lunch at Epcot or somewhere else, but are restricted to 2pm instead? According to the report, if this new reservation system becomes a reality, a guest may be able to park before then. This is something I can honestly join in.
However, it leads to more questions. For example, if you park your second park at 11 a.m. and want to head somewhere else in the evening, can you? Or does having to declare your second park on a particular day mean that a family can’t go to just two parks in one day with a Park Hopper Card? Can you go back to the first park after going to the second park? Lots of questions…
I honestly don’t mind announcing which park I will go to first on a given day, but I take the time for flexibility just to go where the day takes me in the parks next. I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see if this is the way for Disney World and its four theme parks – Epcot, Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, and Hollywood Studios – to go forward.
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