Disney has introduced that Magic Key Annual Move gross sales will as soon as once more resume for Disneyland and California Journey in November 2024! This put up covers the beginning date & time, pricing particulars, digital queue information, previous precedent, and all the things else you may wish to know.
As a fast recap, Disneyland Resort has resumed gross sales of Magic Keys a number of occasions in the previous couple of years. They appear to be using the “Disney Vault” technique at this level, trying to generate FOMO and synthetic shortage. To date in 2024, Magic Key gross sales have resumed twice–in January and March. Since then, all tiers of Magic Keys have been offered out and “accessible for renewal solely.”
That is noteworthy as a result of each time there’s been an extended hole between Magic Key gross sales or they resume earlier than or throughout the vacation season, there’s an astronomical quantity of pent-up demand. We point out this as a result of each of these variables can be in play this time.
The final time there have been related circumstances, gross sales have been extremely short-lived. After solely a pair days of gross sales–full with a digital queue to entry the gross sales web page with a wait time of 8 to 10 hours–Disneyland suspended all Magic Key gross sales as soon as once more, and didn’t resume till the next January. (For reference, waits have been 3-4 hours then.)
Quick-forward to the lead-up to Christmas 2024, and Disneyland is as soon as once more going to renew gross sales of Magic Keys on Wednesday, November 6, 2024!
All 4 go sorts can be accessible for buy whereas provides final. The net queue opens no sooner than 8:45 AM Pacific Time, and gross sales start no sooner than 9:00 AM Pacific Time.
Right here’s a breakdown of present vs. previous costs:
- Encourage Magic Key: $1,749 (was $1,649)
- Imagine Magic Key: $1,374 (was $1,249)
- Enchant Magic Key: $974 (was $849)
- Think about Magic Key: $599 (was $499)
Word that Disneyland Elevated Costs on Park Tickets, Annual Passes & Lightning Lanes only a few weeks in the past, in early October. This was regardless of Magic Keys not being accessible for buy. Costs will possible go up once more in October 2025, simply as they did in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
For all the things else you might want to learn about Disneyland’s Annual Passholder program earlier than you buy, see our complete Information to Disneyland Magic Key Annual Move: 2024 Costs, Perks, Blockout Dates & Reductions.
As at all times, Magic Keys are topic to promoting out and there’s prone to be a prolonged digital queue when AP gross sales resume.
Given the prolonged digital queue and the way rapidly gross sales have been paused the previous couple of occasions they went on sale, you need to completely be a part of the digital queue ASAP as soon as it goes stay. All the predictions and hypothesis above are enjoyable in principle, however that’s what I’d really do if I didn’t have already got a Magic Key.
In actuality, how lengthy Magic Key gross sales will proceed is anybody’s guess. The draw back of attempting to purchase on November 6, 2024 is that you just is likely to be in a digital queue for 8-10 hours versus ~quarter-hour should you as a substitute wait till the next morning at 6 am. The draw back of ready till then is that gross sales could have already concluded.
The excellent news is that Disneyland goes to as soon as once more use the ‘notify me’ function for the digital queue, so that you don’t have to have your eyes glued to a display all day lengthy, ready in your flip to come back up. Right here’s how that’ll work, in keeping with Disneyland…
You Can Be Notified by Electronic mail When It’s Your Flip for an Alternative to Buy (Non-compulsory) – For those who select to submit your electronic mail tackle and choose in to being notified by electronic mail when it’s your flip, you’ll obtain 2 separate emails containing a singular hyperlink. Make sure you verify the receipt of the primary electronic mail earlier than closing your browser window. For those who don’t obtain that first electronic mail, examine your spam folder for it. For those who nonetheless don’t see it, re-enter your electronic mail tackle once more from the ready room web page.
- First electronic mail – Deciding on the hyperlink within the first electronic mail will help you examine your house within the queue till it’s your flip. You should utilize the hyperlink a number of occasions to examine your standing within the queue earlier than it’s your flip.
- Second electronic mail – You’ll obtain a second electronic mail notifying you that your flip for a chance to buy a Magic Key go is approaching.
From the time your flip begins, you’ll have 10 minutes to make use of the hyperlink to return to the positioning otherwise you’ll lose your house in line and might want to rejoin the queue. When it’s your flip, you’ll solely be capable of use your distinctive hyperlink as soon as. The hyperlink will now not work after you utilize it, whether or not you buy a go or not. So, please be ready to pick out your Magic Key go and take a look at when you open the hyperlink. For those who miss your flip, you’ll have to rejoin the queue.
Editorializing, I’ve examined out this technique for different particular occasion tickets and it really works as marketed. Nonetheless, the massive difficulty, a minimum of from my perspective, is that I don’t at all times get instantaneous electronic mail notifications on my cellphone after I obtain an electronic mail. Maybe it is a private drawback, however this technique could be way more helpful for me if it provided a text-message notification.
Listed below are different tricks to put together for Magic Key gross sales, courtesy of Disneyland…
- Chances are you’ll wish to add and save a most well-liked bank card in your MyDisney account. For those who’re a California resident, ensure the bank card has a California billing tackle to be able to use it for month-to-month funds.
- A restrict of $1,000 from a Disney Reward Card will also be used as a way of cost on-line once you pay in full for a brand new go. Just one Disney Reward Card can be utilized per transaction, so when you’ve got a number of present playing cards, mix them prematurely. Disney Reward Playing cards can’t be used to buy renewals at the moment.
Put together Required Social gathering Data – Every Magic Key go have to be assigned to a person on the time of buy (most of 10 passes). Passes might not be reassigned after buy. You have to to supply the next info for every particular person in your occasion:
- First and final title
- Date of delivery
- Tackle
- Cellphone quantity (Company 18 years of age and older)
- Electronic mail (Company 18 years of age and older)
Ticket Upgrades – Eligible Disneyland Resort theme park tickets could also be upgraded to an accessible Magic Key go whereas passes can be found on the market, topic to restrictions.
Move Upgrades – A present Magic Key go could also be upgraded to an accessible greater go sort for the rest of its go yr. The distinction in buy worth between the two passes have to be paid in full on the time of improve. The expiration date of the Magic Key go is not going to change. Passes could also be upgraded on the Disneyland Resort ticket sales space solely, whereas passes can be found on the market. Please observe that you just may encounter a wait on the ticket sales space.
Signal In – Check in to your MyDisney account earlier than visiting the Magic Key web page.
- For those who have been beforehand signed in to your MyDisney account, it might assist to signal out after which sign up once more earlier than trying to buy.
- California residents who’re signed in will be capable of view month-to-month cost choices.
Enter the Ready Room to Buy on November 6, 2024, No Earlier Than 8:45 AM Pacific Time
- Enter the ready room to buy a Magic Key go by way of the “Buy Magic Key Passes” hyperlink on the Magic Key web page.
- Once you arrive within the ready room for the sale, no sooner than 8:45 AM Pacific Time, you’ll be routinely added to the queue. Gross sales will start no sooner than 9:00 AM Pacific Time.
- The amount of passes and go sorts accessible for improve or buy could also be restricted or unavailable on occasion or at any given time, and updates to go availability can be displayed on the ready room web page.
- Estimated wait occasions could fluctuate all through the gross sales occasion. You will notice an estimated wait time within the ready room.
- Whilst you’re within the ready room, you could possibly signal as much as obtain an electronic mail notification when it’s your flip to buy. Extra particulars on this selection can be shared on the ready room display.
- Entry to the ready room doesn’t assure the chance to buy a go.
Preserve Your Ready Room Browser Tab Open – Operating a number of browser tabs or manually refreshing the web page could take away you from the ready room. If you’re eliminated, you’ll have to re-enter the queue behind the road.
It’s additionally clever to repeat your distinctive queue ID (it’s within the URL). This URL/ID will be transferred to different browsers or units, permitting you to keep up your house in line. This may be particularly useful if the digital queue is a number of hours lengthy, and also you begin out in your work pc however then wish to switch to your cellular system or no matter. (Been there, performed that!)
Finally, it’ll be fascinating to see what occurs with Magic Key go purchases going ahead. Will there be one other digital queue lasting nicely into the night and even the next day? Will APs promote out in 1-2 days? Or, have many locals lastly gotten their Disney “repair” (or have been most capable of buy APs once they have been on sale final yr)? Will the upper costs lead to a big variety of individuals being priced out, or is there an insatiable want for all issues Disney amongst locals? Will former Magic Key Passholders take a wait and see method, or will the ‘Disney Vault’ perceived shortage technique spike gross sales even additional?
As we’ve mentioned in numerous posts, it’s nonetheless our perception that issues aren’t too removed from normalizing. (You may name it wishful–or delusional–considering!) After studying from the drop-off in demand at Walt Disney World final yr after revenge journey ran its course, Disney has performed a great job of avoiding a repeat of that very same situation at Disneyland in 2024. (For those who’re questioning in regards to the yr discrepancy, it’s because of pent-up demand lagging at Disneyland by a few yr as in comparison with Walt Disney World. That’s in flip because of California “reopening” later than Florida. That is all in keeping with Disney’s incomes calls, not hypothesis by us.)
That is in all probability exactly why Disneyland is proactively providing the 2025 youngsters ticket deal, is bringing again Paint the Night time parade in 2025, and pulling different “levers” to maintain packing the parks. Once more, we’re nonetheless anticipating a return to regular (or nearer to it) sooner or later, however actually, that won’t occur with the subsequent yr. Between Paint the Night time and Disneyland’s seventieth Anniversary, it might be an enormous yr for the California parks–and we’d count on Magic Key demand and gross sales to mirror that.
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Your Ideas
Stunned that Disneyland is resuming Magic Key gross sales proper earlier than the busy Christmas season? Will you shopping for an Annual Move or not? In that case, which one? If not, why not? For those who’re an current Magic Keyholder, have you ever had problem making Disneyland park reservations? Do you agree or disagree with our evaluation? Any questions? Listening to your suggestions–even once you disagree with us–is each fascinating to us and useful to different readers, so please share your ideas beneath within the feedback!
