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Disneyland Magic Key class-action settlement gets delayed

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Disneyland guests walk next to a Mickey Mouse statue along Main Street in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle on April 11, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif.

Disneyland guests walk next to a Mickey Mouse statue along Main Street in front of the Sleeping Beauty Castle on April 11, 2023, in Anaheim, Calif.

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Disneyland Magic Key holders will have to wait a bit longer before the details of a class-action settlement are finalized in court.

On Thursday, a district court judge in California’s Central District agreed to extend the deadline for Disney Parks and plaintiff Jenale Nielsen to file a motion for a class-action settlement. They now have until Sept. 7 to file the preliminary motion for the court’s approval. 

In July, Disney Parks agreed to settle with Nielsen, a Bay Area woman who filed a class-action suit on behalf of Magic Key holders. Magic Key, which is Disneyland’s annual pass program, allows individuals to purchase year-long admission with differing blockout dates depending on how much the pass costs. According to the lawsuit, Nielsen, who lives in Santa Clara County, said Disney made “misleading” statements about the “nature, benefits, and restrictions of the Dream Key Passes.”

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Nielsen said she purchased the highest-tier Dream Key for $1,399 in part because Disneyland’s advertising claimed it had “no blockout dates.” Two other tiers, Enchant and Believe, were advertised with the line “blockout dates apply.” Upon trying to make park reservations, however, Nielsen said she was “disappointed to learn that Disney had already blocked out many days, including all weekend days in the month of November 2021.”

When Nielsen checked to see if the park was at capacity, she alleged Disneyland was still selling single-day tickets for all days in November 2021. “It was misleading and fraudulent for Disney to sell passes that were advertised as having no blockout dates and not inform Ms. Nielsen and other consumers that Disney was reserving the right to make park reservations ‘unavailable’ whenever it wanted and even when park reservations are and were actually available,” the complaint said.

The lawsuit is seeking damages for Nielsen and other individuals who purchased the Dream Key. SFGATE’s request for more information about the details of the settlement was not returned by Nielsen’s lawyers. If the settlement is approved, affected parties will be contacted per California law.

The Dream Key no longer exists as an option in Disneyland’s Magic Key program. It was replaced by the Inspire Key, which currently costs $1,599 a year and warns some “pass blockout dates” apply. 

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