Walt Disney World has introduced the return of Annual Passholder appreciation days in Summer season 2024. This put up shares the V.I.PASSHOLDER particulars that had been teased within the newest AP Buzz e-newsletter kinda factor within the My Disney Expertise app, plus our commentary about why that is taking place.
For many who missed out on the enjoyable final 12 months, V.I.PASSHOLDER Days provide limited-time choices only for Passholders coming to Walt Disney World Resort. It’s the corporate’s approach of claiming ‘thanks’ to essentially the most valued visitors for being a Walt Disney World Annual Passholder!
V.I.PASSHOLDER Days will run from Might 1 by means of June 26, 2024 and have particular perks only for APs who go to the parks throughout this shoulder season and summer season dates. Extra particulars are to return quickly, however right here’s a primary take a look at what’s coming…
Additional Reductions – Specifics on the reductions for 2024 have NOT but been revealed. Final 12 months throughout V.I.PASSHOLDER Days, the low cost at choose Disney-owned and operated merchandise areas throughout Walt Disney World Resort briefly elevated from 20% to 30%.
As at all times, reductions are for private use solely and is probably not used to buy merchandise with the intent to resell the merchandise. (Phrase to the clever, eBay pirates!) Reductions will not be legitimate on sure gadgets and is probably not mixed with another low cost, provide, or promotion. Yada yada yada.
Additionally final 12 months, Annual Passholders might take pleasure in a rise from 10% to twenty% on reductions for meals and nonalcoholic drinks at choose areas all through Walt Disney World Resort. This 20% low cost utilized to the common worth of meals and nonalcoholic drinks, excluding relevant tax and gratuity.
Annual Passholders additionally acquired 20% off at choose Outside Kitchens when utilizing a cashless type of fee throughout final 12 months’s V.I.PASSHOLDER Days. It stays to be seen which reductions are provided in 2024, however our guess is a repeat of all three, with the final solely being provided in the course of the tail finish of Flower & Backyard, and never in the course of the summer season pageant…if there’s a summer season pageant.
Unique Lounge – Whereas the placement has not but been revealed, it’s protected to anticipate that it is a reprise of the Sunshine Seasons V.I.PASSHOLDER Days Lounge. This was open from park open to shut within the Land pavilion final 12 months, providing up mild refreshments plus an unique shake and tart for APs to buy at Sunshine Seasons.
For no matter purpose, folks cherished this. I assume it’s simply the aura of exclusivity, as a result of it was actually simply the facet seating space of Sunshine Seasons, roped off for APs. This space usually sits empty exterior of peak dates, however was jam-packed throughout final 12 months’s V.I.PASSHOLDER Days. To every their very own, I suppose. I’m completely satisfied about something that will get extra folks to Sunshine Seasons!
Free Magnet – The ‘fundamental occasion’ throughout V.I.PASSHOLDER Days is the free magnet! Disney hasn’t revealed the character for the 2024 providing, however final 12 months it was Figment. I might see it being Figment once more, particularly if the magnet is out there at EPCOT (like ordinary). Different potentialities are characters from the summer season advertising blitz–Mirabel, Bruno, Tiana, Louis, Simba, Timon/Pumba, and many others. My hope is that they go together with Pawpaw the Bobcat, a legend already.
My guess could be that it’ll as soon as once more be out there on the Creations Store in EPCOT, as that’s the go-to location. However I might additionally see Animal Kingdom being the pickup spot as attendance has improved at EPCOT and DAK is now the park most in want of an attendance reallocation.
…And Extra – That is in all probability PhotoPass picture ops, which was the case final 12 months. Perhaps just a few different, largely inconsequential, choices that might fall underneath this umbrella. What we don’t anticipate to see is a reprise of the Free V.I.Passholder Nights that had been held at Walt Disney World “approach again within the day.”
Despite the fact that that was truly solely in 2019, it appears like an eternity in the past. It notably did happen in the course of the Star Wars Hunch, when crowds had been decrease main as much as the opening of that late as folks postponed journeys. So maybe if historical past repeats itself there…possibly as counterprogramming to Epic Universe in Summer season 2025?
Tiana’s Bayou Journey previews is one other chance throughout V.I.PASSHOLDER Days. I’m skeptical of this one. Not that it’ll occur–I believe that it’s going to. However relatively, that it’ll be tied into V.I.PASSHOLDER Days. Affiliation previews for Tiana’s Bayou Journey are prone to be extra restricted in dates than previous previews, which means fewer APs will doubtless have the ability to attend. In all probability not so savvy to market one thing for all APs, however then solely <5% can take part as a result of capability constraints. Guess we will see!
Finally, V.I.Passholder Days is an fascinating initiative for enhancing attendance at EPCOT and Animal Kingdom throughout shoulder season and summer season, making an attempt to win again alienated ex-Annual Passholders, and extra. After just a few years of Walt Disney World having the ability to ‘get away’ with just about something and nonetheless see document visitor spending and insatiable demand, customers now seem to as soon as once more have extra leverage.
This ought to be an fascinating saga to comply with, and it’s virtually sure that we haven’t seen the top of Walt Disney World’s efforts to woo again former followers and pull “levers” to incentivize extra demand and visitor spending, particularly if Might and June 2024 show to be as sluggish as the identical months final 12 months. Even when the lounge is laughable, V.I.PASSHOLDER Days ought to be nice for Annual Passholders. Extra broadly talking, this normalization is clearly good factor for followers–however it’s additionally more healthy for Walt Disney World within the long-term!
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YOUR THOUGHTS
Will you be profiting from V.I.PASSHOLDER Days from Might 1 by means of June 26, 2024? Are you an Annual Passholder? Ideas on the V.I.PASSHOLDER Days, or the most recent merchandise and resort reductions? Will you be profiting from any of this? In case you cancelled your Walt Disney World AP, have any of the current adjustments made you revisit that call? Hopeful that extra perks, reductions, and many others. are on the horizon as pent-up demand exhausts itself and there’s a slowdown at Walt Disney World? Do you agree or disagree with our commentary? Any questions we may help you reply? Listening to your suggestions–even if you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas beneath within the feedback!
