For many locals around a Disney theme park or for someone that visits the parks often enough, an annual pass is quite appealing, although a pretty expensive luxury now a days. On the west coast in Disneyland their annual pass was renamed to Magic Key a few years ago that left some fans with contradicting feelings about the program.

As I mentioned the cost is very high, they limited the number of “Keys” available, the number of days you can reserve to enter the park, as well as penalties should you book a day to visit and not show up. All of these things seem to make it harder for fans to visit.

It hasn’t been all bad news, I mean you still get plenty of access to the parks, overall the price per visit would be much less than buying individual tickets and you can also visit a special lounge.

Inside the Disney California Adventure park you can visit the Magic Key Terrace with some nice covered areas to sit and relax, grab some food or just get out of the sun for a bit.

Plus now it was just announced by the Disney Parks Blog that starting October 27th, 2023 you can get a special set of collectible medallions just for Magic Key holders. The new machine is available at the terrace during regular operating hours. Key holders must be dining at the lounge to access the machine and they do recommend a dining reservation. There is no mention of how long these will be available, or if there is a limit on how many can be purchased.

The set includes coin designs of the Disneyland Flag Sign, the Partner Statue with Walt and Mickey, Sleeping Beauty Castle, and the Pixar Pal-A-Round wheel. All coins have the same reverse image of the Magic Key Logo in the center, and Disneyland along the bottom.

This is something I’ve been hoping Disney would do for a long time, albeit preferably here in the Florida parks. But this is a start and hopefully we will see more of these Passholder er.. I mean Magic Key holder coins in the future.

Keep on Collecting!