Originally Posted By Donald75 I will be heard to WDW this October and I have a few questions about purchasing an annual pass. Between October '05 and Octoher '06 I will be going at least 3 times so the price of the annual makes sense. My questions are. 1. I have 3 existing no expiration days on 2 different tickets can I use these to reduce the price of an annual pass and if so do they give you the full current face value of the ticket? 2. If I purchase now but don't use it until October when would my year start. Is it from date of purchase or date of first use? 3. I know this is random due to availabilty but how much on average is the savings on a room? 4. Other then some food discounts and free parking are there any other discounts that an annual passholder gets? 5. I know that the ticket is no good in Disneyland but can a WDW passholder get any discounts in Disneyland? Thank you in advance for any help!!
Originally Posted By jazzfan4 1. don't know, maybe 2. First use, when you renew it will from the expiration of the prev\ious years AP 3. 10 to 35% off current rates. 4.) 10% off at World of Disney DTD but world of disney only! 5.) none that I ever found.
Originally Posted By Labuda 1. Yes, you should be able to, and the credit will be whatever the value was at time of original purchase of those tickets if I'm ot mistaken. 2. As long as you buy it from a place that gives a voucher - i.e., ot the Disney Welcome Center in Ocala, the Disney Store at MCO, or onsite at WDW. Elsewhere (like at the Disney Stores in your local town, and, *I believe*, online from Disney.com. 3. Check mousesavers.com - I think it's usually about $25 a night on value, $50 on mod, and $100 on deluxe. 4. Get the Disney Dining Experience card!!!! 5. Nope - but the Premium Anual Passport discounts at DLR beat the heck out of the ones at WDW IMO. hehe
Originally Posted By leemac I believe you can only credit one pass per AP. So if you have two different tickets they are only meant to credit one of them.
Originally Posted By Labuda Donald - the voucher is a piece of plastic that you hold onto and take with you when you get to the parks (or Downtown Disney) and visit a Guest Services Window, where you ca the activate your pass - the start date of your pass will be the day you activate the voucher.
Originally Posted By sun-n-fun Donald75 - We are thinking of getting AP's for our Feb trip and someone on LP suggested going to www.allearsnet.com for info. It is great and can answer a lot of your questions. It did for me!! I found it's also a great site for many other Disney ?'s and info. Enjoy!
Originally Posted By danyoung Also, I strongly suggest NOT renewing you AP next year. Sure, you save $20, but the clock keeps on running. In your case (I assume you meant October 06 through October 07 ???), if your last visit on this card were in October 07, and you renewed, your pass would be active through October 08. But if you wait until your next visit, say March 07, your all new AP would be active through March 08. The $20 savings is just not worth it unless you're a local and going all the time.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Good Advice DY -- my AP just expired June 14 -- I used it for two trips in the period I had it....excellent. But not being a local our next trip in not until next July . As much as I like being a passholder, and it is slightly cheaper to renew than buy a new AP, I will not go in the next year ( at least not likely) - so that would be a waster of money for me. Same thing with my Disney Dining Experience Card- it expires 6/30 -- and I will not renew-- but ABSOLUTELY will get again next year before I go... this year my DDE card caved over $550 as we were traveling as a party of 8 and 20% adds up very quickly --
Originally Posted By Donald75 Ok I am even more confused now, but I still thank eveyone for there help. I will be down this October 2005 for 5 days, returning in Feb of '07 and possibly may and june. does the pass make sense?
Originally Posted By jazzfan4 Yes!! if you plan to come back 3 or 4 times in the next year then the AP makes great sense. If you were to buy a 4 day MYW Hopper ticket each visit it would be over $900 and the AP is about $425 with tax, and the discounts at the resorts will help. Your AP will be good from XX Oct 2006 thru XX Oct 2007. If your not coming back till Summer 2008 there is no point in renewing that AP till you plan to use it again.
