Disneyland Paris' next AP party doesn't sell out immediately... and the ticketing tool worked...
Yeah, bit of a strange thing happening. Only 6 weeks in advance DLP announced the next AP party on the 30th of November, 9pm to 2am, 55 euro p.p and you can bring 2 guests.
Weird thing 1. Only 6 weeks before the event. Normally it is longer.
Weird thing 2. It is on a Thursday
Weird thing 3. November usually has many cold and rainy days.
Temps will be low 30s normally this time of year.
But apparently they are planning AP parties to kick off a season, right before the Halloween season was the previous party.
Weird thing 4. Two parties very close after each other.
They have learned and announced the sales date & time in advance.
Weird thing 5. They announced the program.
Normally they release the program a day in advance via the fansites.
Today was the day to buy tickets and in contrast to previous parties, the ticketing tool worked! Yes, they used a waiting room, but where we had to wait hours with previous parties, I had tickets within 15 minutes. And on social media basically no complaints about a glitchy system.
Weird thing 6. Disney IT worked!
So, the event has been on sale for a few hours and tickets can still be bought. Why doesn't it sell out immediately? Possibilities:
- weather
- weekday
- program (?), see below.
As mentioned normally they do not announce the program in advance, so people buy blindly.
They have learned not to do character m&gs anymore at AP events. So only selfie spots.
- previous AP events were very crowded.
- previous AP events were French centric
Communication about the event is in 2 languages and almost everything in the park is normally in 2 languages, but at the parties itself they switch to French only.
- less AP holders?
After the renewal and price increase of the program there was a lot of backlash and plenty of AP holders decided not to renew.
The announced program:
The program for the AP/Disneyland Pass Party "Christmas Night" has been unveiled!
You'll find several characters in various selfie spots, and discover 5 new shows:
- 9:15pm, Enchanted Christmas Opening (Central Plaza)
- 9:45pm/10:45pm/00:30am/1:30am, Mickey's Dazzling Christmas Parade on stage! (Videopolis)
- 11pm/ 00:15am, Beauty and the Beast: Tale as old as time (Central Plaza)
- 10pm/11:30pm/1am, Mickey's Winter Wonderland: Magical Memories (Castle Stage)
- 2am, Enchanted Christmas Ball (Central Plaza)