Originally Posted By soroc Hi, my family and I are going to WDW for the first time in April and are getting the 10 day pass with park hopper and water park and more option. I believe this includes 5 entries into the water parks and disney quest. My question is, if we only go to a water park for a day and not to one of the 4 major parks will this eliminate one of the 10 day entries into the parks or only one of the 5 entries into the water parks?
Originally Posted By vbdad55 the park entries and the 'extras' like water parks are separate entities although on the same media. An entry into the water park does not count against the 10 days for the 4 parks--- Now that being said you should make sure you purchase the 'no expiration' option also or else whatever you don;t use goes away. This way , lets day you go to the parks 6 times and 1 water park this trip.. without the expiration option you lose what's left. With it you keep them - and have that for next trip. We had 10 day hoppers no expiration a year ago - we have now used all the park entries but have 5 water parks left on each. So the next time we have to buy media for a trip - we don't have to buy the plus tickets - we can purchase parks only. the only down side is keeping your old cards also ( the ones with only the water parks left) - gets cumbersome but for the savings well worth it. I now have an AP as DVc discounted them and made them worthwhile for me ...I do not have the plus AP - just parks only as I still have like 4 water park entries left on old hopper packages I hope that helps....
Originally Posted By CTXRover It will only eliminate one of the 5 entries into the water parks. The 10 day base ticket gives you 10 full days in the four main theme parks. The water park and more option does not effect the base ticket. As you may have seen, effective tomorrow, all tickets will see a price hike. It doesn't have too much of an impact of 10 day tickets (I think $6.00 more a ticket and $5.00 more for the park hopper option than before), but if you know that is what you want, purchase them today.
Originally Posted By soroc Thanks so much for the info! We will be in Orlando for 15 days so we will probably use up all the tickets which I will go buy today! Thanks again from Calgary, Alberta.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<We will be in Orlando for 15 days so we will probably use up all the tickets which I will go buy today!>> I assume that means you will be purchasing them online from the WDW website. That is a great idea. You save over $50 per ticket on a 10-day Magic Your Way Premium pass purchases in advance on the web.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 Ok-- that makes sense -- 10 parks and 5 water parks = 15 days -- great planning and as trippy said, good to buy on line.....Hope you have a great trip !
Originally Posted By demderedoseguys Does anyone think it might make sense for them to purchase an AP for a 15 day stay?
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Does anyone think it might make sense for them to purchase an AP for a 15 day stay? >> If they would actually go to the parks all 15 days it would be cost effective. But frankly, I can't even imagine going to the parks that many days during one vacation. Our February trip to WDW was 10 days and we were in the parks every one of those ten days. At the end of our trip we had definitely had enough. I think a 10 day ticket for a 15 day trip sounds about perfect.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<Does anyone think it might make sense for them to purchase an AP for a 15 day stay? >> Yes.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss Currently the advanced-purchase price of an adult 10-day premium ticket is $300.34. A basic AP is $462.21, and a premium (which would include the water parks) is $542.11. It might make sense to buy one PAP and the rest 10-dat premium tickets, but only if they reap more than $242 in total savings on their room, food and souvenir purchases.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 <<but only if they reap more than $242 in total savings on their room, food and souvenir purchases.>> Just an AP rate on the room would net that (and a lot more for a 15-day stay), forgetting about any food or merchandise savings.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Just an AP rate on the room would net that (and a lot more for a 15-day stay), forgetting about any food or merchandise savings.>> Assuming that an AP rate is available at the resort you want when you want it and that you know about it early enough that you can still get a decent airfare. I've found that generally NOT to be the case which is one of the reasons I joined DVC.
Originally Posted By Spirit of 74 ^^^Trippy, I haven't paid rack rate for a WDW resort since April 1998 during DAK's opening week. Now, you're correct if someone MUST stay at one specific resort or isn't flexible by a day or two sometimes. But the discounts are out there and they're usually plentiful.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Now, you're correct if someone MUST stay at one specific resort or isn't flexible by a day or two sometimes.>> That flexibility can be hard to come by when you need to book airfare pretty far in advance to grab a bargain when it comes along. Also, if I'm set on staying at the Poly, I'm not sure that a big discount at the Beach Club is going to be worth much to me. Can the AP discounts be a good deal? Yes, for people like you who live close enough that you have more flexibility in your plans. Not so much for people like me.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<Just an AP rate on the room would net that (and a lot more for a 15-day stay), forgetting about any food or merchandise savings.>> I only wanted to point out what calculation would need to be made in order to facilitate a decision. Of course an AP rate would yield savings that would automatically pay for the difference, but as RT points out, there is always the possibility it may not be available.
Originally Posted By soroc Hi again. I am back from the AMA. We have a reservation for the All Star Music resort Suite for April 8-18. The other 5 days we will be staying at Sheraton Safari Suites a few miles away. They would not sell us Magic Your Way package until Monday, our agent said they told her they were not selling packages that far in advance but she said it was their way of holding off selling packages until the price increase went into effect. As far as getting an AP for the discounts, I'm pretty sure there wouldn't be any discount (especially at the value resorts) during Easter and we are doing the dining plan which I think is a better deal than the AP discount and when you stay on property you get free parking anyway. Thanks so much for everyone's well wishes and input. I am so glad I found this sight!
Originally Posted By ChiMike The AP deal has been ruined by everyone taking advantage of it. Especially those who bought one child in their party a child's AP and then used that AP to get a discount on 2 or 3 rooms for one visit. Like many other programs, what once was a nice little niche program for loyal, repeat customers was ballooned and abused as a primary way to plan a vacation. No ones fault, just the nature of the internet age. It makes me grin that Disney is now offering AP rates for only $5 less than what anyone can get. Disney should employ this strategy to more of the programs that they let get away from them.
