Disneyland in Southern California is poised to open this spring after a yearlong closure due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On Wednesday, Disneyland Resort announced an April 30 reopening date for Disneyland Park and Disney California Adventure Park. Earlier this month, California officials said amusement parks can open beginning April 1 if they meet requirements to enter the red tier of the state s reopening plan.
As of March 14, Orange County, where Disneyland is located, moved into the red tier, meaning the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19 is substantial, which is down from widespread.
But there s a catch: Only California residents will be permitted to get tickets through the parks new online reservation system.
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The recent announcement that Disneyland Resort had made the decision to end the Annual Passport program sent something of a shockwave through the Disneyland fandom. While the exact number of pass holders is unknown, it s estimated that the number in the six, or possibly even seven figures. As such, thatâs a lot of people who just lost their golden ticket to get through the gates of the happiest place on earth.
As a former Annual Passport holder myself who was always looking for an excuse to renew, the loss of the program is somewhat bittersweet. There was a lot to love about the Annual Passport program, though that s not to say it was in any way perfect. Here are the things Iâll miss most about the end of annual passes, and a couple things I really wonât.
Sorry, Disneyland: Making me a legacy passholder won t make up for ending annual passes
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When Disneyland announced the company would be ending the annual passholder program, a collective scream went out across all of passholderdom. With just a simple send of an email, anyone who d bought an annual pass regardless if you were a new passholder or had been renewing since it started in 1984 lost their ultimate badge of Disney fandom.
Including me.
And then, a little more than a week later, another email came: Annual passholders are now “legacy passholders,” as in, former passholders who have been put out to pasture, with a few parting gifts to take with us when we go.
By Liz Holbrook
Jan 27, 2021 5:27 PM
Flyer for the 19th Annual Passport to Paradise event put on by the Boys & Girls Club of Portage County and the Stevens Point Area YMCA. (Photo courtesy of the Boys & Girls Club of Portage County)
STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) â An annual fundraiser to benefit youth programs in Portage County will be going virtual this year.
Friday evening the Boys & Girls Club of Portage County and the Stevens Point Area YMCA will be hosting a virtual murder mystery for their 19th Annual Passport to Paradise fundraising event. The event will be held on Zoom from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday evening.
By Rachel Damelio
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The Disneyland Resort just announced that the guests who held a valid annual Passport when the parks closed will now be called Legacy Passholders.
If you were an Annual Passport holder, the 30% merchandise discounts previously announced are in place until February 25th. The standard passholder discounts on food and merchandise will still be available at Downtown Disney and Buena Vista Street locations. We are still unsure of what other perks will come for the Legacy Passholders or when they will be made available. Thank you for your loyalty and for having been a Disneyland Resort Annual Passholder during this unprecedented time of our Parks’ closure. To show our appreciation until new membership offerings are announced, we thought a couple perks, and a new title was in order Passholders who held active Passports as of March 14, 2020 are now Disneyland Resort Legacy Passholders.