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Disneyland ends all annual pass options and will offer refunds

By Brian Miller

Feb 27, 2020; Anaheim, CA, USA; Micky Mouse leads the Disneyland “Magic Happens” parade down Main Street, U.S.A. The daytime parade features nine newly designed floats two original songs and over 90 performers with more than two dozen Disney and Pixar characters. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY
Feb 27, 2020; Anaheim, CA, USA; Micky Mouse leads the Disneyland “Magic Happens” parade down Main Street, U.S.A. The daytime parade features nine newly designed floats two original songs and over 90 performers with more than two dozen Disney and Pixar characters. Mandatory Credit: Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY /
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Disneyland will start issuing refunds for your annual pass.

In California, theme parks have been hit exceptionally hard by government COVID closures and now, Disneyland is taking away annual passes.

According to multiple reports and an official announcement by the folks at Disneyland, the annual pass program has been terminated after four decades. Those who currently have annual passes and are within the eligible window, will receive refunds.

Disneyland has not been open since March of 2020 due to the COVID situation in California.

"“Due to the continued uncertainty of the pandemic and limitations around the reopening of our California theme parks, we will be issuing appropriate refunds for eligible Disneyland Resort Annual Passports and sunsetting the current program,” Ken Potrock, President Disneyland Resorts"

What the future will hold is not certain at this moment but Potrock did say that their executive team will spend some of this downtime to examine new ways to bring park options to their guests. Could we see passes that are not necessarily all-year but instead maybe a set number of days of use? That may be a cheaper option for guests.

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I live in North Carolina and have been a pass holder at Disney World in Orlando. I tend to get to the parks about two weeks out of the year and maybe a day or two here and there but if an option existed for say a 14-day pass that could be used throughout the year, that would be something of benefit to my family and I.

As for Disneyland, the news of ending the AP program isn’t good but then again, no one is able to go to the parks right now anyways and when they can, capacity will be limited. In the end, this may be a far better situation for AP owners on the West Coast.

While it’s easy to look at what could be a potential positive, it is still something guests and AP owners really didn’t want to see happen. Now, they are in limbo until Potrock and his staff can figure out a program that will work in the future, but they have to open first.

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