Disneyland Flex pass

[jewel]

Anyone have it yet? Any feedback?

The price is good, but I’m mostly worried about the 2 day limitations on reservations during the busy times. Like during the summer, is it just a risk to go down and hope you can get more than your 2 days?? Anyone know if there’s info on how often reservations are filling and closing?

Thanks 😊

[alleinesein]

I do not have it (I've got Signature) but I have a few friends who have it and love it.

The Flex pass is still too new to really see how the reservation system is going to work. I would strongly recommend checking out the reservation calendar to get an idea of what dates people are choosing. Currently, there are no reservations for a "both parks" reservation on Oct 12, 13, 19, 20 and Nov 8 but the individual parks do have some availability on some of those days. So basically weekends are being snatched up but if you plan out your visits, you shouldn't have any issues getting the days you want in advance; it would only be an issue if you want to make spur of the moment weekend day trips.

If you are grandfathered into anything on your current pass, you will lose it when you change passes.

Dont forget to factor in the cost of parking if you drive to the parks. If you visit the parks at least 2x a month, you will be spending $50 a month for parking. When you add that up over 12 months, it is actually cheaper to buy the Signature pass ($1149) that includes parking instead of the Flex Pass ($599) plus $600 ($50 x 12 months) on parking.

If you get the Flex pass and hate it, you can always pay the difference and upgrade. If you are on the monthly payment plan, you would need to pay the difference in a lump sum and then your monthly payments would remain the same.

RE: the 2 day thing. You can have 2 active reservations in a 30 day period. As soon as you use your first day, you can book another day. So if you go next weekend and book Sat and Sun, as soon as you scan in on Saturday, you can then reserve a new day. You don't have to use your 2 days up in order to book a new day. So for summer, you can book a weekend trip in June and then book one in July, August, etc. If you are familiar with the FP system, think of it like that. As soon as you use/scan a day, you can grab your next day.

[jewel]

Thank you!

We’re coming from Northern Ca, so any visits are coming from a hotel, no parking. Very good point though!

For the 2 day thing - my main issue is wanting to plan a 2+ day trip during the summer. I guess the only way to do that is just to get 2 days and hope the other days work out once we get there and scan the first?

[alleinesein]

Oct 11, 2019 22:00:51 GMT -5 jewel said:

Thank you!

We’re coming from Northern Ca, so any visits are coming from a hotel, no parking. Very good point though!

For the 2 day thing - my main issue is wanting to plan a 2+ day trip during the summer. I guess the only way to do that is just to get 2 days and hope the other days work out once we get there and scan the first?

If your kids school doesn't start until the end of August or beginning of September, go during the weeks in August when there are no Flex pass blackouts on weekdays; you can reserve the weekend days at the 30 day mark and then use your AP like normal on the Mon-Thurs that follow (August 17-20 are good to go/no blockout so you reserve the 15th and 16th and can get a 2-6 day visit with your pass).