2023-07-12 17:38:01
Par Julia Gualtieri
Published on 12 Jul 23 at 19:38 See my news Follow La Marne The announcement of the new range of Disneyland Paris Annual Pass on Tuesday July 11, 2023 aroused the anger of an artie of fans and subscribers. ©Julia GUALTIERI
On Tuesday July 11, Disneyland Paris unveiled its new range of Annual Passes, renamed the “Disneyland Pass”. Highly anticipated by subscribers and fans, it is clear that this novelty is not unanimous.
Since March 30, 2023, Disneyland Paris had suspended the sale of Annual Passes pending the new range. For more than a year, the company has conducted various studies, quantitative and qualitative, to define new Pass offers. And while the latest changes had generated a lot of dissatisfaction, even sparking protests and a movement of anger that was humorously called “yellow ears”, these new “Disneyland Passes” do not seem able to appease the resentment.
The disappointment of Disneyland Paris fans and subscribers
More expensive, considered less advantageous, the new Passes have disappointed some aficionados. Proof, a petition was quickly put online and the furious comments quickly multiplied.
“All the fans are shocked. And they dare to start their press release by saying: we have listened to your requests”, chokes Gerome, youtuber, amusement park specialist and Pass customer since he was 18 years old. “It’s official, everything is done to reduce the number of annual Passes”, reacts Frédéric, influencer for 5 years. “A lot of influencers are going to quit. We do this voluntarily, even if we are passionate… at this price, we should not abuse it”.
This will be the case for this Insidears influencer (official community of Disney influencers) who has been a subscriber for almost 15 years:
Gradually the advantages diminish. I already thought it was going from bad to worse, now I think it’s not worth it anymore.
Insiders Influencer
Most of all, other times Wonder_Hook, one of the largest influencers with a community of over 150,000, will remain on the program. It’s his job. “But I think of my community. Many will not be able to pay this price”.
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More expensive Disney Passes, with fewer benefits
In concrete terms, what changes with these “Disneyland Passes”? The offer is de facto simplified with three formulas, Bronze, at €289, Silver at €499 and Gold at €699. Against four Passes ranging from €229 to €499 so far. Gerome did his calculations:
Today I can take a Disney Pass or for the same price, 7 passes in the biggest parks in France.
Gerome, youtuber, amusement park specialist
Many have pointed to the rise in prices and the disappearance of certain advantages such as free rental of strollers, wheelchairs, access to luggage storage, areas reserved for the fireworks. Some advantages are also less attractive: thus, the discount in shops goes from -20 to -15% for Gold cards. The “privilege tickets” which made it possible to invite relatives at a lower cost will also be replaced.
Although he believes that the price, even the highest, is “not maddening”, because it pays for itself in 7 passages, Maxime believes that the disappearance of the advantages makes the magic disappear.
It’s full of little things that make each visit, in addition to the cost of the Pass, more expensive.
Maxime, aka Wonder_Hook, influencer
“Annual Passes spend a lot. We really want to have the latest goodies, to taste the latest dessert… there the increase is prohibitive”, estimates the influencer Insidears.
Overall, all would have accepted a simple increase in prices, but they are not recovering from the disappearance of the advantages. They remain convinced that a new card will soon be unveiled, even more “top of the range” at an even higher price.
The end of reservations for Pass holders?
For its part, Disneyland Paris is asserting its desire to have “a new program accessible to all, with different options from €289” which retains the advantages that “visitors appreciate the most, such as free parking now included in each pass”. Previously, with a Discovery pass at 229€, you had to add 60€ to have access to the car park (30€ per day) for a total of… 289€, the price of Bronze with 20 days of additional access.
Among its arguments, the destination also highlights the end of the reservation system which had inflamed the world of fans.
Our program aims to provide a better experience with unlimited access to the parks (depending on the validity schedule of the Disneyland Pass chosen, until the maximum capacity of the park is reached, and subject to a maximum of 3 simultaneous reservations).
Disneyland Paris
It was indeed one of the most recurring requests. But subscribers remain skeptical. “The schedule disappears, but it will be within the capacity of the park. However, there is no longer any transparency on this, it all depends on what they call a complete fleet”, retorts Frédéric. “It’s a smokescreen,” says Maxime. In any case, they will control the number of reservations since the number of Passes is limited”.
For now, the sale of new Passes is reserved for holders of Annual Passes from July 19th. And the number of Disneyland Passes will indeed be limited.
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