New theme park reservation policy goes into effect today at Walt Disney World

Apr 18, 2023 in "MyMagic+"

Posted: Tuesday April 18, 2023 7:00am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World Annual Passholders can now visit the theme parks after 2pm without needing a park reservation, except on Saturdays and Sundays at Magic Kingdom.

The new policy, announced by Disney in January 2023, is a response to guests' criticism, particularly from frequent annual pass visitors, that previous reservation requirements were too restrictive and inflexible.

Disney said in a statement during the initial announcement, "While the theme park reservation system remains important to manage attendance in our parks, especially on busier days, we realize our Passholders enjoy more spontaneous visits – and this change will make that possible."

The changes to Park Pass reservations effective April 18 2023 come just ahead of Disney resuming Annual Pass sales on March 20 for Walt Disney World.

Also new this week, starting March 20, Passholders will receive access to Disney PhotoPass lenses and one complimentary Cinderella Castle Mural of Memories experience.

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    wdwmagic3 days ago

    EPCOT at Capacity for Passholders on Feb 21-22: Festival of the Arts and Princess Half Marathon Impact Availability https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/mymagicplus/news/21feb2025-epcot-at-capacity-for-feb-21-22-festival-of-the-arts-and-princess-half-marathon-impact-availability.htm

    Jrb19795 days ago

    Can this farce end now.

    DCBaker5 days ago

    2 new Annual Passholder good-to-go days have been added to the calendar - March 4 and 6.

    JohnD11 days ago

    A lot of proposals planned. ❤️💘♥️💓😍🩷💕💗💝🥰

    monothingie11 days ago

    DCBaker21 days ago

    2 more Annual Passholder good-to-go dates have been added to the calendar - February 25 and 26.

    surfsupdon26 days ago

    WDW still calls this a perk?

    Gillyanne26 days ago

    Thank you! I've only done LLMP 1 other trip for just 2 days and just did them for where we were reserved for. I'm not sure I clicked on different parks to see if it would let me do it. I did see you can pick any 4 when I looked at it recently for this trip; but then it yelled that I was too early etc, so I wasn't sure if I'd get to that point and then it be like "oops sorry can't do it for here"

    SingleRider26 days ago

    Even without good to go days, a reservation for any park allows you to buy LLMP for any of the 4 and select return times at any time, it doesn’t have to be at your reserved park since you can hop any time after scanning into your reserved park.

    wdwmagic26 days ago

    Yes the system ignores existing reservations on Good to Go Days. Eg. On a Good to Go Day, you can have a reservation for MK, and enter DAK first, without issue.

    Gillyanne26 days ago

    It no longer gives me the option to cancel, the links for the cancel or modify are no longer on those "reservations" though they are released b/c I had 3/4 available again (I had 1/4 before the good to go opened them up). Confirmation numbers are also gone. That's why I'm curious how it will act since my profile will show MK that I can't get rid of it. Hopefully it'll just see it as nothing and I can book for wherever come the 9th.

    Tuvalu26 days ago

    Just cancel your reservations on the 11th and 12th. You can purchase LLMP 3 days in advance (7 if you are an AP with a resort reservation) for whatever park you like. You can make up to 3 LLs in advance in the same park. As soon as you use that first LLMP, you are free to book another LL in any park you choose.

    monothingie26 days ago

    What Are ‘Good-to-Go Days’? The ‘Good-to-Go’ perk was introduced in January 2024 as a way to offer Annual Passholders more flexibility, reducing the need to book visits far in advance—especially on lower-attendance days. Since the park reservation system was implemented in 2020, Passholders have had to plan alongside regular ticket holders, making spontaneous visits more challenging. I think it's fantastic that what was once included standard, is now a "perk". Meanwhile the people green lighting 40% AP Discounts to salvage the Summer Season wonder why no one is going to their Resort.