Hey Howdy Hey Dakotah and welcome to planDisney!
We are so excited that you will be able to come back to visit the Most Magical Place on Earth real soon! I love that you will be visiting for one of my favorite festivals over at EPOCT with the
EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival. This festival has grown to be one of my favorites for so many reasons. To your question about
annual passes, you are right, most annual pass sales have been paused and many of us anxiously wait for their return. Let's review what you can do about it in the meantime.
Currently, all we know about annual passes is that the sales of most new passes have been paused but will resume in the future. Exact timetables have not been shared at this time and I would keep up with
Disney Parks Blog as I am sure as soon as any news would be released, you would hear it there!
In the meantime, what you can do, is plan your trips, as usual, and purchase your tickets with your
Florida Resident Special offer. If Disney does resume sales of the annual passes you are looking for, you will be able to apply the money that you paid for your tickets to your annual pass. This applies ONLY if you have not already used your tickets, so what you paid in May/June for your vacation, you cannot use this amount in say July if the pass sales are resumed.
It sounds like you are already planning on spending some time over at EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival, which I would highly recommend. Over at Disney Parks Blog, our friends have put together a
Foodie Guide for this festival to help guide you through all the delicious seasonal food and drink offerings available during this festival. This is a great help to navigate your way around the parks and prioritize the tasty treats available!
I hope this information was helpful and fingers crossed that Disney will resume sales of annual passes real soon! I hope you have a Magical trip and please let us know if you have any further questions, we would be happy to help.
Have a Magical Day,
Nick