Walt Disney World will remove theme park reservation requirements for date-based tickets

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Posted: Monday May 8, 2023 2:03pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has today announced that it will be removing theme park reservation requirements for date-based tickets in 2024.

Starting with park visits on Jan. 9, 2024, theme park reservations will no longer be required for date-based tickets. When getting your ticket, you will simply select a start date for Jan. 9, 2024 or later, complete your purchase and then you will be all set.

For reference, date-based tickets are the standard ticket option offered to guests. For other admission types, including non-dated tickets, theme park reservations may be required to help continue managing attendance. You can check which admission types require park reservations by visiting DisneyWorld.com/ThemeParkReservations before you purchase.

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wdwmagic9 hours ago

Good-to-Go Days Return for Disney World Annual Passholders Beginning November 19 2024 https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/ticket-annual-pass---disney-incredi-pass/news/13nov2024-good-to-go-days-return-for-disney-world-annual-passholders-beginning-november-19-2024.htm

Sirwalterraleigh14 days ago

Right…prior to the last couple of years that week grew in magnitude by leaps and bounds. Literal foul on my part

Brian14 days ago

Should be very quiet with the initial battles of the second civil war and whatnot. ;)

threvester14 days ago

Didnt you just say the parks havent been busy for 2 years? According to you, you are 100% wrong about the parks being busy for Jersey week...respectfully

Sirwalterraleigh15 days ago

Jersey week. Been a thing for about 20 years… It falls on an election week often…it’s not slow People stay home for elections now?

SoFloMagic15 days ago

Election day and the day after. Should be slow

Sirwalterraleigh15 days ago

lol…jersey week? 🤪

SingleRider15 days ago

“Oh, welcome back, unfavorables! We have a few less busy days, so please come to our parks!”

DCBaker15 days ago

November 5 and 6 have been added to the calendar as Annual Passholder good-to-go days. The last good-to-go days were September 29 and October 1.

Sirwalterraleigh19 days ago

The hubris is what is shocking. I get that people were caged and Americans aren’t geared for that…so there was an artificial demand created…but that will subside and the cost will look insane. Disneyland has a totally different landscape. There is ZERO reason to have reservations for APs at wdw. They’re just trying to hold on to their desire to make you go where they want. I know of what I speak: those parks are NOT crowded and haven’t been for 2 years. Every “the parks are mobbed” is 100% wrong. You don’t know what you’re looking at and what to gauge. Respectfully 😎

SoFloMagic19 days ago

That sucks. For sure. But they clearly advertise that it's subject to bookings. Now they don't make it known that 100k locals want to get in each weekend, but.... I don't think I'll even understand disneyland culture.

Sirwalterraleigh19 days ago

Double layer of restrictions Blackout windows up front and a first come, first serve (so they say) on top of that stretches the bonds of logic

IanDLBZF19 days ago

DLR does not do that at this time.

SoFloMagic19 days ago

They're sold as requiring reservations. We just don't like it. Although it's not bad at WDW as we can enter after 2 with no reservations. Not sure if DL does that.