Originally Posted By mater4 My DH is thinking about purchasing the deluxe APs for the whole family on our next trip. That would be two adults and two children. While we don't live in southern Ca we would use them at least a couple of times after our Dec trip. Is it worth purchasing the passes for everyone? Our three day passes in Dec amount to just over 600 dollars. AP passes would be 956 dollars.
Originally Posted By berol depends how much you wanna go on the later trips (add the cost of transportation and hotel to the extra $350)
Originally Posted By SuzieQ If you go more than once in a year, YES! Even four 2-day hoppers would for a second trip would add up to more than the Deluxe AP's.
Originally Posted By ssturgeo I live in Indiana...got my first AP (quite by accident, when I booked an 8 day trip through WDT) in June of 05...went back in Nov. of 05...then, did not renew it thinking it was a lot of money for being so far away. But got another one Nov. 06, and am going in 44 days!! And, probably again in Nov. Worth the money to me, enjoy the discounts, and I usually am at the park five days, so compared to a 5 day park hopper...not so much more after all.
Originally Posted By ssturgeo And...sometimes you manage to work that extra trip in when you have that AP already!!
Originally Posted By godalejunior We are doing three trips this year and I am blaming it on the AP!!!
Originally Posted By mater4 Well I guess that settles it. We will be buying our APs this next trip. Since we drive down from Sacramento the trip is easy to make more than once or twice a year. Thanks for all your help.
Originally Posted By TinksBestFriend Since you will be driving you might want to add parking to one of the AP's. Parking is $11 a day or $59 with the AP. If you pay for parking on the day you purchase the AP's just bring the parking stub with you to the AP center and you will be credited with the $11.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains If you need the parking I would have one of the passes be premium - it would also give you higher discounts in some places and if you do go on a blocked day (say and adult getaway) you don't have to worry about getting a ticket. My kids all have deluxe and I have premium.
Originally Posted By LVCajun <And...sometimes you manage to work that extra trip in when you have that AP already!!> LOL or three in my case. You seem to get an attitude when you have an AP. "It won't be so bad we already have the tickets for the park"...it's funny how tickets are the cheapest thing about a DL trip.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I agree with LVCajun I use to go maybe 2X a year now with the pass I average between 8-10X a year. No I don't live close either I drive from the San Francisco East Bay area (about 6hrs each way)...
Originally Posted By SuzieQ ^ same here! I'm in the East Bay, too. I went 8 times last year *gasp* I let my AP expire in January, and have no plans to go again until June. I haven't had 6 mos. between trips in the 5 years I've had an AP!
Originally Posted By mater4 WOW! I have never imagined going 8 times in one year. Although I once had a dream that I lived at DL. We actually live in Reno,Nv but stay with family in Sacramento the night before leaving. That makes the drive only six and a half to seven hours instead of 8 or 9.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I keep telling my Hubby that when he retires, I'm a stay at home mom (4 kids) that we could move to Anaheim and I will go to work selling ice cream or popcorn at DL...My Hubby is also in a band (not real job) and my daughter (8) always asks him why we can't just move into DL and he could play in the band that drives around DCA..He doesn't like either idea, oh well we can all dream at little dream!!
Originally Posted By danyoung >While we don't live in southern Ca we would use them at least a couple of times after our Dec trip.< Think of it this way - even if you only want to do 2 trips a year, you simply book your third trip to be a week or so before your AP expires. That way you get THREE full trips on one AP. This is what I do for both DL and WDW, and I live in Dallas!
Originally Posted By onlyme >>I went 8 times last year *gasp* I let my AP expire in January, and have no plans to go again until June. I haven't had 6 mos. between trips in the 5 years I've had an AP!<< Me too. Except I went 9 times.:~ It may seem odd, but to those who 'understand', once you get the pass, you gotta go. I mean, you've got the perfect 'excuse'. And while going this much may seem a bit too much. Once you start going often, you experience so many of the 'little' things, not so much the rides, per se, that you get hooked. I can't believe I haven't renewed since our last trip in December. I'm not tired of it. I really don't know what's going on. Oh well, it will be all the more fun next time.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I can't believe I went 8 times either. And only once with my family! LOLOL I flew down for the day once to meet a friend from Aus. And the rest were trips with friends, their children, etc.
