Originally Posted By capteoyes I always tend to let my AP lapse after the last date I can use it. THEN, whenever I feel the true desire to go back to Disneyland, I go to the park and renew. The benefit to this is that I get all that extra time on my AP that I didnt feel the desire to go, AND, I can renew on a BLACKOUT Date and enter the park that day. What about you?
Originally Posted By MomluvsDisney I chose to renew mine before it lapsed to save the money. But I go on a whim at times, so it is best to have in hand ready to go for me.
Originally Posted By spaceace I just renewed mine last week. It was about a week before it expired. You save $20 (Premium and Deluxe) and get a coupon for 20% off merchandise $50 or more. The Premium is a great deal when you look at a 1 day park hopper $97 + $14 parking is $111 a day. So 4 day trips and you are more than even and that is not adding in 10% off $10 purchases and 10% to 15% off at restaurants.
Originally Posted By retlawfan When I renew depends on when I'm planning on going. If it is less than 2 months after expiration date, I renew to lock in the lower price, and get the"bounce back" coupon. If it is MORE than two months, I let them expire, and pay the higher amount, but they last that much longer the following year, and didn't waste the $$ on time it wasn't used. At least that is the plan. A lot of it really depends on if I have funds available to renew 4 passes when they all expire.
Originally Posted By disneymamaof3 We are letting ours lapse this time. They expired yesterday *sigh* We're going to wait until the end of August to renew. We get the So. CA passes, so there's no incentive to renew before they expire.
Originally Posted By iamsally Pretty much echo retlawfan. We just went on the last day that ours were good. That was a bit hard. But we are not going back until October this year so it would be a waste to renew now. From 2002-2007 we never let them lapse. Times are a bit different now.
Originally Posted By danyoung I live in Dallas, and get out to DL and WDW a couple times a year. I try to get 3 trips out of each AP, for example July 2009, December 2009, and June 2010. Then let the AP lapse till the next trip. That way I go maybe 6 months without paying for time I can't use.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE We have had Ap passes for a while now, we usually will get a Premium one , the rest deluxe ones...we have never received any notices or any news on renewing, there seems to be a glitch with canadian Guests, the system has a flaw in it, that is what we were told in Disney, my pass runs out on dec 5th, I hope to be there in the summer, then all of us at christmas time ,,,hope to be able to meet you all then, once people meet they have a better understanding of each other...sorry, just me rambling on...What is the bounce back voucher thatyou spoke of retlawfan..
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones When I used to have an AP I would let it lapse for a few months in order to take a break. Then I would get a new AP once I felt the urge to go again.
Originally Posted By retlawfan Now you'll be able to get an AP good at ANY US Disney Park for $700. Great idea for those that travel to both coasts in the same year for multiple trips.
Originally Posted By nemopoppins We used to get our AP's late one summer for about a 7 or 8 day trip. Then we'd take a number of smaller length trips during the year and end with an early summer week long trip again. Really made the AP worthwhile. Then we'd let it lapse and have to wait over a year until late the next summer and do it all over again. Unfortunately, divorced and unemployed, I won't be getting an AP (or visiting Disneyland very much) for a while.
Originally Posted By danyoung I'm still undecided on the both parks AP thing. I keep an AP for both, but I'll let months lapse between expiration and renewal, as I just don't have any trips scheduled. I'm thinking I'll get longer coverage by leaving these lapses in and buying only one park pass at a time. I still need to run some math and see.
Originally Posted By capteoyes How about a $1000 WORLDWIDE PASS! Would you buy that? How many of you goto every Disney theme park in a year?!?!
Originally Posted By mousermerf Umm.. if I present them 3 parks worth of APs would I get that pass for free too? Then I'd get TDR for free and that'd be awesome and then I'd just keep racking up airline miles until I could afford Tokyo and I'd be set.
Originally Posted By Sparrow Last year I renewed a week or so early because they were increasing the prices right after mine expired. So I saved about $20 by renewing a week early and the gal gave me the same expiration date. So I essentially got an extra week and saved $20. Before that we let it lapse until we felt like going again. That way we weren't paying for a month we didn't use it.
Originally Posted By GMLSKIS "I always tend to let my AP lapse after the last date I can use it. THEN, whenever I feel the true desire to go back to Disneyland, I go to the park and renew. The benefit to this is that I get all that extra time on my AP that I didnt feel the desire to go, AND, I can renew on a BLACKOUT Date and enter the park that day." I do the same thing.
