Originally Posted By danyoung A discussion came up on another website, so I thought I'd ask a question about it here. How many WDW AP holders are there? How many DL? I've always heard that DL had around 650,000, while WDW had closer to 200,000. If you know, can you post your source, so I can shove it down an uppity lad's throat? Thanks.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss LOL. I don't have any source, but it seems logical to me that DLR would have many more AP holders just for the fact that it's right in the middle of a much larger urban area.
Originally Posted By smeeeko we have both.. having a wdw AP makes sense if you go at least once a year and stay for an average of 7days. I am thinking that the DVC members also have APs (or at least a lot of them) because there are so MANY dvc resorts at WDW and that doesn't incude admission to the parks themselves. We're not DVC member ourselves but since we average a trip to the parks every year it pays for itself in park admission.. We usually can get 2 trips to the parks from our AP. Also the AP rates on WDW hotels make it worthwhile too. =) I have no idea what the numbers would be though for actual park going APs.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 Dan ... That DL number was accurate a few years ago. Have no idea if it is now ... my educated guess would be that it is pretty close. But WDW is much higher. MUCH! You'd be surprised at how many folks buy em for just one or two visits ... as to my source, well Danny, the reason why I get so many tidbits of info is exactly because I don't 'out' my sources, so I can't say. Sorry. But the number is a lot higher than that.
Originally Posted By Hats and Wands The main difference is that Disneyland's base is Southern Calif & WDW's base is every state but Florida. Most people who live in Florida know or are related to people who work at the resort. We're had lots of people tell us it's not worth the cost to buy the WDW pass. They just get signed in the day, or week they're in town, etc. It's the out of state people like us who buy the WDW AP, to save money on admission, rooms, etc. when we go.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<How much, ballpark?>> I don't know exactly, but you're off by a few hundred thousand ... at the least.
Originally Posted By CMDad I'm a WDW AP holder whose daughter works at WDW ... but if I used her main-gates when I am there 1) there wouln't be any for any of her friends ... and 2) wouldn't even cover my admissions <G>
Originally Posted By danyoung >I don't know exactly, but you're off by a few hundred thousand ... at the least.< Dang - I really wanted to wipe that smirk off of young Bill's face, just for a few minutes . . .
Originally Posted By hopemax I know Disney says there are over 100,000 DVC families. Multiply that by 3 (average family size?), 50% AP holders? and that's 150K. 50% AP ownership, IMO is conservative, maybe 75%? 225K. Then add the people that do a trip at the beginning and a trip of the end of the year. An AP costs less than a 10 day park hopper with no-expiration, so I think more people are buying them now than a decade ago where you had to go 12-14 days to break even.
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I have APs for every Disney resort in the World, except DLR. I do not know how many people hold APs at each park, but I can tell you where the quality is in case you need an answer to that. Let me know.
Originally Posted By Elderp Hey between TDLFAN and I we have APs for every Disney Resort in the world!!
Originally Posted By TDLFAN I actually did own AP for all resorts in the World, and that was in 2001 before HKDL opened. But I do not get to CA as often as I do to the other Disney ports, so I have not renewed my DLR AP since before 9/11.
Originally Posted By mikkiscott I have been a DL Passholder for many years, and will be attending WDW early 2008 for 7 days with my family, then returning in October for a business trip so might try to get in a day or two at the parks. Makes me wonder if an annual pass would be better for me than the 7 day ticket for the first trip. So then I got to thinking that it might be worth it if I could get food & merchandise discounts with my annual pass (and just purchase the Magic your Way passes for the rest of the family).I looked on the website to see if there are discounts at restaurants, shops, etc., but couldn't find that out. Does anyone know about WDW discounts? Thanks.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss WDW AP discounts: <a href="http://www.mousesavers.com/wdwapdiscounts.html" target="_blank">http://www.mousesavers.com/wdw apdiscounts.html</a>
Originally Posted By grammy954 I don't know about WDW, but DL AP's are quite inexpensive, and many people from AZ and NV purchase them. It is an easy drive for a long weekend and we go quite often for long weekends.
Originally Posted By BeautysBeast quote:The main difference is that Disneyland's base is Southern Calif & WDW's base is every state but Florida. Most people who live in Florida know or are related to people who work at the resort.......Thats probably a tiny portion of FLa's populae that u describe..
Originally Posted By TDLFAN Let me put this in perspective... I just paid about $650 to renew my TDR AP, which entitles me to NOTHING in the way of discounts. So yes, invest in the WDW AP.
