{"id":489262,"date":"2026-10-08T14:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/489262\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T14:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T14:24:26","slug":"disneyland-ends-magic-key-no-show-policy-that-frustrated-passholders-orange-county-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/489262\/","title":{"rendered":"Disneyland ends Magic Key no-show policy that frustrated passholders \u2013 Orange County Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Disneyland will no longer put Magic Key annual passholders in \u201ctime out\u201d if they have too many unexcused absences with a new policy change made in response to feedback by the Anaheim theme park\u2019s most loyal customers.<\/p>\n<p>Disneyland will remove the Magic Key no-show penalty starting on Wednesday, Oct. 7, according to an email to passholders by Disneyland Resort President Jill Estorino.<\/p>\n<p>ALSO SEE: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ocregister.com\/2026\/10\/06\/disneyland-raises-ticket-prices-with-the-smallest-increase-in-years\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Disneyland raises ticket prices with the smallest increase in years<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disneyland understands the no-show policy created some angst when plans changed at the last minute and felt the frustration around the policy needed improvement, according to Disneyland officials.<\/p>\n<p>Magic Key passholders will still be required to make advance reservations to visit Disneyland and Disney California Adventure.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Jill Estorino, president of Disneyland Resort, hangs out with Miguel, from Coco, during Disney's &quot;Happiest Day in Anaheim&quot; at Center Greens Park in Anaheim on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Disney celebrated 70 years by inviting more than 3,000 Anaheim residents to, &quot;Happiest Day in Anaheim Main Street on Your Street - with Disney characters, performances, games and treats. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\" width=\"4000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791469466_706_OCR-L-DISNEYMAINST-0829-JG-16.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12046655\" \/>Jill Estorino, president of Disneyland Resort, hangs out with Miguel, from Coco, during Disney\u2019s \u201cHappiest Day in Anaheim\u201d at Center Greens Park in Anaheim on Thursday, August 27, 2026. Disney celebrated 70 years by inviting more than 3,000 Anaheim residents to, \u201cHappiest Day in Anaheim \u2014 Main Street on Your Street \u2013 with Disney characters, performances, games and treats. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)<\/p>\n<p>Passholders will be able to modify or cancel reservations up to 11:59 p.m. on the day of their reservation date.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe ask that you please modify or cancel your reservation if your plans change so we can offer that availability to other guests,\u201d Estorino wrote in the email.<\/p>\n<p>Passholders are no longer required to cancel their reservations, but Disneyland \u201ckindly asks\u201d they do so out of courtesy to other visitors.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" lazyautosizes lazyload\" alt=\"Space Mountain in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim on Monday, August 17, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)\" width=\"4000\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791469466_241_OCR-L-TOMORROWLAND-JG-13.jpg\" data-attachment-id=\"12128959\" \/>Space Mountain in Tomorrowland at Disneyland in Anaheim on Monday, August 17, 2026. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register\/SCNG)<\/p>\n<p>Passholders are currently required to cancel or modify their reservations by 11:59 p.m. on the day before their reservation date or receive a no-show on their account.<\/p>\n<p>The current Magic Key policy limits passholders to three no-shows in 90 days. Violators with three no-shows are prohibited from making or modifying reservations for 30 days.<\/p>\n<p>Under the revised policy, any Magic Keyholders who currently have three no-shows will have their blocked status removed on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disneyland will no longer put Magic Key annual passholders in \u201ctime out\u201d if they have too many unexcused&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489263,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[2223,163,165,164,7,2222,1341,611,420],"class_list":["post-489262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-anaheim","tag-amusement-parks","tag-anaheim","tag-anaheim-headlines","tag-anaheim-news","tag-california","tag-disney-california-adventure","tag-disneyland","tag-orange-county","tag-things-to-do"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}