"I don’t think that they’re going to offer the traditional 365 days-a-year, open-access to the parks unless it’s at a very high price, or it’s a very, very, very restrictive."

Richard Howard wants to attend all the festivities for Disney World’s 50th-anniversary celebration, a must-see event for theme park die-hards.

He seems to be out of luck, at least for now.

The Orlando man can’t buy a new annual pass since Walt Disney World stopped selling them after the parks shut down during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. Six months into the reopening, Disney said new passes will eventually go on sale at a later date but declined to provide a more detailed timeline.

Disney World is renewing current passholders as their plans expire.

Read more at the Orlando Sentinel