Disney World temporarily suspends sales of new annual passes

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Walt Disney World temporarily has stopped selling most new annual passes. The change was posted on its website Sunday night.

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Walt Disney World has stopped selling most new annual passes to its theme parks. The temporary change was posted on the company’s website late Sunday night.

Sales of its three most expensive annual passes — Disney Pirate Pass, Disney Sorcerer Pass and Disney Incredi-Pass — are “currently paused,” the website says. Only the Disney Pixie Dust Pass, designed for Florida residents and valid only on weekdays, remains available for new sales at this time.

The three paused passes are still listed on the site but with notations that read “currently unavailable.”

The change occurs as Thanksgiving week begins, the December holidays approach and travel restrictions into the United States have been eased.

Current annual passholders can still renew their passes within 30 days of their expiration, the site says.

No end date was given for the pause. “We will continue to evaluate the return of new sales for these passes,” the site says.

Disney World suspended sales of new annual passes during its four-month shutdown for the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. At the time, some experts told the Sentinel that pass sales might not return until early ‘22.

But Disney resumed the sales in September 2021 with new prices, restrictions and names, ditching the previous silver-gold-platinum names for annual pass levels. The new sales were in place before the beginning of the resort’s 50th anniversary celebration on Oct. 1.

In August, when the new passes were announced, the official Disney Park Blog posted that passes might be made unavailable again “as we continue to manage attendance to provide a great experience for everyone.”

Another pandemic-prompted change, which requires date-specific, park-specific reservations, remains in effect.

Dewayne Bevil

Orlando Sentinel