Originally Posted By SafariRob Some co-workers and I are traveling to LA and Orange County several times this year on business. We think it might be fun to get annual passes to Disneyland so that we would have a place to hang out in the evenings when we are not working. Any suggestions on which annual pass would be the best one to get? None of us are from southern California so we cannot get the discounted pass (or can we?)
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I would say one of you should get the premium - cost more but offers free parking and tons of discounts on food and such. The others should just go with the Deluxe costs less but has less discounts. I would also check for block out days (www.disneyland.com -annually passholder information) If you know you won't be there on the block out days deluxe would be good. If someone has a family that they may want to bring down separately on a trip would be the one I would pick for the Premium as they would get the most for their money.
Originally Posted By SafariRob Thanks for the quick reply. Sounds like our options are limited to two choices: Premium and Deluxe. Do you know of any place that sells discounted AP's? Costco perhaps?
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains No you can't get an AP for less until you already have one - then when you renew they will take $20 off if you renew before the expiratioin date. You can buy a ticket and upgrade it to a pass when you are there, but you will only get the face value of the ticket towards the cost of the pass...
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove DEFINITELY gotta love those villains! Thanks for the great advice for us out-of-staters. I'll be getting my very first premium annual pass this year and I'm so excited!
Originally Posted By dlkozy >>>"I would say one of you should get the premium - cost more but offers free parking and tons of discounts on food and such."<<< We only buy the Deluxe now. Darkbeer figured out what you would have to spend to really save with the Premium and it is A LOT more than you think. As far as TONS of discounts with the Premium-I would not go that far. The Deluxe has discounts too-just a bit less than the Premium such as 10% of meals instead of 15%. And unless you will be drving to DL and using the parking-(we stay on property and don't bring a car or as with Candy Cane Inn we use their shuttle), then the parking perk wouldn't count into your savings.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains I drive and most of the time park in the lot(use priceline and pay $50 for Hilton is worth driving to the park) and at $11 a vehicle it has more than paid the difference (8-10 trips a year 3-4 days each) I you can also get food discounts at some of the DTD places and also the Lego Store, Movies, and BAB (just ones I have used) I do agree if you don't need the parking or the higher discount (4 kids to feed and souvinears) then the deluxe is just fine.
Originally Posted By iamgoofy Hey gottaluvdavillains You say you pay 50 a night for the Hilton through Priceline. I am planning a trip to DL from 8/27/07 to 9/3/07 and am getting a price of 179 a night at the Anaheim Hilton through pricline. Can you give up your secret of how you are getting it for 50 a night? Thanks much…iamgoofy
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Well through LP I found out you just go to priceline select the option to name your price so I did. I selected the Dinseyland area (you can't specify a certain hotel) and how many stars the hotel should be rated - so I select 3 stars at $50 per night and the computer did it's magic and I was given the Hilton for next weekend. On the down side if your offer on price is accepted you have to take the hotel you are given and you cannot cancel - you can get the insurance however but I don't know how that works with canceling...
Originally Posted By iamgoofy Thanks for the information gottaluvdavillains...i will try bidding for my room at Priceline when the time comes to book my vacation.
