Originally Posted By disneyfan4ever54 I need some help figuring out what to do as far as passes to DL. My DS and I will be going in Sept. for 7 days and we were planning on buying 7 daY hopper tickets and doing one early entry day. I just checked and saw that it wouldn't cost very much more to buy deluxe AP's so I think I will do that. We still want to do an early entry day though, so how do we work this out? Do I buy park hoppers to just cover the first few days when we will use the EE day, and then upgrade or what? When should I do the upgrade and where? How does the cost work out as far as the exchange amount between the tickets and the passes. I have seen posts on here before but I didn't pay much attention since it wasn't an issue for me then. Thanks for any help you can give me on this!
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The general rule is to upgrade at then end of your stay, to avoid Blockout dates. But there are only two days blocked out in September for Deluxe AP's, the 3rd and 4th. So you do not have to worry about those. So to take advantage of the 10% off most food puirchases and selected DtD discounts, I would upgrade the day you use the Early Entry. After the park officially opens and gets busy, just head to the Bank of Main Street, near the Main Street Train Station. The entire family needs to go, since everyone will have to have their picture taken. When you get to the Bank they will give you full credit for what you paid for your ParkHoppers, and charge the difference in price to whatever the Deluxe AP price is that day (currently $229).
Originally Posted By TinksBestFriend Parking is $10.00 a day. Parking with the Deluxe AP is $49.00. On the day you upgrade the AP if you buy parking, bring the parking receipt and DL will give you $10.00 credit for it (once).
Originally Posted By Kathi K My husband and I have them and I am thinking about getting the kids annual passes for Christmas. We are thinking about a one day trip for the family at Christmas. So it sounds like we should get them park hoppers on that day and then upgrade to DAPs at the end of the day. I am assuming that we should wait till we are done to do the upgrading because the DAPs would not work for Fastpass or parkhopping due to it being a blackout day, right? Is the bank open all the hours that the park is open? Do you get the discounts even on your blackout days? Thanks!
Originally Posted By disneyfan4ever54 Thanks Darkbeer and TinksBestFriend. This is exactly the info. that I was looking for! I hadn't thought about upgrading as soon as I could to get the discounts so thanks for that too. I will definitely do that!
Originally Posted By berol "we should wait till we are done to do the upgrading because the DAPs would not work for Fastpass or parkhopping due to it being a blackout day, right?" It's supposed to work, but occasionally doesn't which causes a delay to fix. Get a 1 day ticket, upgrade after your last entry. Fastpass after upgrading on a blockout day worked for me a couple of weeks ago. "Is the bank open all the hours that the park is open?" yes "Do you get the discounts even on your blackout days?" blockout admission is purely admission, no other benefits *BAWL*
Originally Posted By TinksBestFriend Please note that the Deluxe AP is blocked out between December 23, 2006 and January 1, 2007. Premium AP does not have any blockout days.
Originally Posted By disneyfan4ever54 We will be upgrading our park hoppers to AP's on a Saturday in September. How long will the lines probably be, and is there a better time of day to do this?
