Theme Park Reservation Woes: Walt Disney World Passholders hit with three-day dry spell

Posted: Thursday January 4, 2024 8:52am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Walt Disney World Annual Passholders are facing a rough start to 2024 with three consecutive days of no available theme park reservations at any of the parks.

According to the official Walt Disney World reservations calendar, all four parks are at capacity for Annual Passholders from January 5 through January 7, 2024. In addition, Magic Kingdom is fully booked for passholders on January 4.

All four Walt Disney World theme parks are unavailable to Annual Passholders from January 5 - 7, 2024

Currently, Disney is continuing to offer day tickets on these days, and the period remains available to guests staying at Walt Disney World hotels.

Note that on days when reservations are at capacity, Annual Passholders may still visit the theme parks after 2:00 pm without a theme park reservation, except on Saturdays and Sundays at Magic Kingdom. You should also keep watching the park pass reservation calendar as more capacity may be added.

This weekend's lack of theme park reservations is due to the runDisney Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. The event brings in many Walt Disney World regulars, who are also typically Annual Passholders.

The Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend will be held January 3 - 7, 2024

Disney plans to introduce new "Good-To-Go Days" for Walt Disney World Annual Passholders starting January 11, where Annual Passholders may enter the theme parks without needing a reservation. However, it would seem likely that even with the new system in place, busy periods like this weekend would not be included, and reservations would still be required.

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Jrb19792 days ago

Can this farce end now.

DCBaker2 days ago

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

JohnD8 days ago

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

monothingie8 days ago

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DCBaker18 days ago

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

surfsupdon23 days ago

WDW still calls this a perk?

Gillyanne23 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"

SingleRider23 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.

wdwmagic23 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.

Gillyanne23 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.

Tuvalu23 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.

monothingie23 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.