Originally Posted By mater4 Premium passes are currently $359.00. That incluces tax. If you order them from the DLR site you can print an e-ticket,pick them up at the resort for $2,or have them shipped to you for $3 standard or $10 express.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>pick them up at the resort for $2 << 2 bucks? I don't understand that. I went to the website purchased and printed a "Disney E-Ticket". Used it to get inside the park .. went to Bank of Main St. to process it. That was it! There's no "2 dollar charge". I will add this as part of my advice for those purchasing a Premium pass online. In the fine print it says you have to spring the 11 bucks to park the car the first day you come in to process your printed ticket into your wallet sized PAP! BULL-(YOU KNOW WHAT!) If it shows you payed for a PAP (WITH PARKING INCLUDING) Disney should honor that by showing your printed E Ticket from your computer. Shisters! They're always trying to find another buck out of their customers .. as if 360 bucks is nothing. Park in DtD's parking lot which is free for 3 hours .... pick up the Monorail (You can use your printed ticket as a means to enter into the park here) ... Make your way into the AP processing center .... And then leave the park ... have a nice walk through DtD .. back to your car ... and drive out .. and drive back in to Mickey and Friends parking structure (just make a u-turn at Ball Rd.). This time .. you now have your PAP with parking INCLUDED! BINGO .. YOU'RE IN. No extra 11 bucks out the door that you don't have to spend! Bad policy there on Disney's part!
Originally Posted By mater4 I did not understand the $2 charge to pick them up either. Especially when you can print out an E-ticket for free.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The $2 charge is new, and was added when they started the "e-ticket" system. Before e-ticket, Will Call and standard domestic shipping (US First class mail) was free. I presume the charges are there to try and have everyone possible to use the new e-ticket system, which saves Disney money vs postal fees (and stuffing the envelope) and staffing a Will Call booth.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Thanks Darkbeer ... but I don't understand anyone who would go up to this "Willcall" window and pay this 2 dollar fee .. when people could just use the e-ticket they printed off their computer to enter the park, and simply head to the Bank of Main St. to process their pass. I made my online purchase for my PAP just last weekend .. and the day the subs grand opened .. was when I made way into DL via the Monorail at DtD station.
Originally Posted By DJ7K So there is a $2 charge to pick it up at the resort? Wow. I was checking it out about a week ago and didn't read about a $2 charge for that service. I must have missed it. All I remember reading was you can pay to have it shipped.
Originally Posted By DJ7K Ahhh, I didn't see it on the left side. I saw the other methods of pick-up and their prices on the left, but my eye didn't catch the Will Call one. Thanks for the clarification on that, folks.
Originally Posted By DJ7K >> but I don't understand anyone who would go up to this "Willcall" window and pay this 2 dollar fee .. when people could just use the e-ticket they printed off their computer << Thats ok, sometimes I don't understand myself either sometimes
Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes So tell me again how I can avoid the two dollar fee. I'll be purchacing my Premium Annual Pasport online (in the next half hour). I'm getting the idea that if I use the paperwork to enter Disneyland I can avoid this fee. Is that right? WHere do I go after that?
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Yes, choose the "e-ticket" option. Then print out the "e-ticket" on your printer. Take the printed page, that has a barcode to it to any Disneyland turnstile. The CM scans the barcode at the turnstile and prints out the Annual Pass voucher (or ParkHopper depending on what you buy). You then take that voucher to the Bank of Main Street for processing.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Another thing I discovered when I was online ... As it took me quite a while to understand the layout of Disney.com ..... If you are past the period to renew your pass, and loose out on the '20 bucks off' rate .... Don't click "renew". Even though you are, theoritically, the system won't let you "renew" online. It has to be a BRAND PURCHASE, as if you've never had an AP before. When I tried, I kept getting the PDF file for renewal .. until I figured how to do my "renewal" online. I know it's been a few weeks, and Shmitty has already done it ... but this note is for anyone else interested. But one of the features I love, is the DtD Monorail station works like a "first entry" gate too ... and entering with my printed E-Ticket there was a breaze.
Originally Posted By oc_dean oops! >>It has to be a BRAND PURCHASE, as if you've never had an AP before.<< BRAND NEW PURCHASE
Originally Posted By bjornbliss this is a good place to ask this question...we would like to have two ap deluxe passes but the dates we are in disney are blocked out dec 23 to jan 3 we are here aprox, if we purchase say a 8 day hopper pass can we upgrade it to the deluxe pass and if so when should we do that..and how , ....do the hotels say howard johnson sell these ap and say 8 day or less passes , do you know for how much thanks everyone, this site is great... just fantastic...
Originally Posted By SuzieQ If the 8-day parkhopper costs more than $238, you can not upgrade to a Deluxe AP. The AP must cost more than the parkhopper. I'm guessing you'd have to go with a Premium AP, which doesn't have any black-out dates in the first place. I don't know who sells parkhoppers for longer than 5-days other than Disney themselves. Emailing Howard Johnson's would be your best bet at getting an answer to whether they carry them and the price. Their manager's name is Willie and he's really great! william.simpson@hojoanaheim.com If you go with parkhoppers and decide to upgrade them, do so on the last day that is blocked out. You can use your new AP on a block-out day. The parkhopper must be upgraded while still valid for entry. Take your parkhopper to the bank on Main Street. Simply walk up to the window with it and they will take care of you.
Originally Posted By Darkbeer Actually an Advance Purchase 8 day ParkHopper is cheaper ($209) than a Deluxe AP ($239). 8 day ParkHoppers are available at <a href="http://www.getawaytoday.com/TicketListing.aspx?dest_id=2" target="_blank">http://www.getawaytoday.com/Ti cketListing.aspx?dest_id=2</a> So get the 8 day ParkHopper, then upgrade on December 31st, which is the last day of the Blockout dates on your trip. Make sure you don't upgrade until you have made your last entrance into Disneyland that day, as you might have problems re-entering after you upgrade, and the last thing you want to have on New Year's Eve is a problem. So you could also upgrade on January 1st. The upgrade basic rules are first, avoid blockout days and then to make sure you used your Early Entry day prior to upgrading. Once you upgrade, you will get 10% off most food purchases in the parks and the hotel restaurants, along with selected Downtown Disney with a Deluxe AP, so you want to upgrade by the 1st.
