The class action lawsuit was filed in November 2021. Disneyland resumed Magic Key sales in August 2022 with the $1,599 Inspire Key effectively replacing the $1,399 Dream Key.
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PUBLISHED: September 11, 2023 at 3:32 p.m. | UPDATED: September 12, 2023 at 9:56 a.m. The on-again and off-again sale of Disneyland annual passes is once again on hold following a $9.5 million settlement in a class action lawsuit over “deceptive” Magic Key blockout dates.
As intimated above, the straightforward explanation remains that AP sales are suspended due to internal concerns about Disney's ability to meet demand for regular tickets once Annual Passes are available again.
Walt Disney World Annual Pass Types And Prices. Passes will resume sales on April 20, 2023, and will be available for a limited time. There are four levels of annual passes that offer four levels of access and perks. And each level comes with its own price tag.
Sales had been suspended since 2021– For the first time in nearly a year and a half, the wait is finally over for Disney fans. Walt Disney World is once again selling annual passes to its theme parks.
Disneyland Resort Magic Key passes are a limited license to enter the Disneyland Resort theme parks. To enter a Disneyland Resort theme park, each Magic Key holder is required to have both a theme park reservation and Magic Key pass valid for admission to the same park on the same date they plan to visit.
The federal lawsuit filed in California alleged that some of Disneyland's “Magic Key” annual pass-holders were unable to make park reservations on certain days in 2021, despite being promised “no blockout dates” for entry at the Anaheim, California parks.
The top-end Dream Key is no more, and has been replaced by the Inspire Key, which costs $1,600 per year in comparison to the Dream Key's $1,400 pricing last year.
UPDATE 9:09am ET: Sales of Walt Disney World Annual Passes have resumed as of 9:09am, April 20, 2023, with guests now being admitted into the virtual queue with estimated wait times of over an hour.
Disney World first suspended sales of new annual passes during its four-month shutdown for the pandemic in 2020. It resumed sales in September 2021 with new prices, restrictions, and names, only to suspend sales again two months later.
Walt Disney World in Orlando is raising prices on its annual passes and parking, and also rolling back a park hopper rule that was put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Annual pass prices are increasing by $30 to $50, a nearly 10% jump, it was announced Wednesday.
The tip of the Imagination Key has a metallic silver castle on its end and has an abundance of gold flower like gems sprinkled all over it. The Disney Store Opening Vine collectable key is one of the rarest keys around.
The Five Keys—Safety, Courtesy, Inclusion, Show and Efficiency—serve as the basis on which all Cast Members make decisions to provide the greatest hospitality to Guests. The Five Keys are also the most valued standard for Oriental Land Co., Ltd.