Got my fan club card yesterday

[cbrlmgr]

Using this link that I got from these boards http://www.familynetwork.com/members/update.php?sid=yEfdKL57
Ordered the universal fan club card (free-not even a shipping charge)! Called HR yesterday and got the rate of $129 for 1 night in August.
Thought about ordering the ent book, but this card was free. Thanks for the great information on these boards. Other benefits of the fan club card are rest, ticket, and merchandise discounts.
Use this link for all the benefits http://198.12.17.76/fanclub/memberorlando.asp

Also got $5 coupon for Seaworld. My family of 4 can go watch some fish for $144 by saving $20 from using the Florida vacation kit from the family network.

Right now the universal web site has double discount on multi-day passes.
http://198.12.17.76/fanclub/buytickets.htm
Does anyone know of any better deals on tickets? Applied for the discover card but havn't received it yet for the special they have.
Thanks again for all of your help!

[Meagansmom]

Hi cbrlmgr! I just checked on this website and it asks me to register. At that time it comes up with a $49.95 fee. You got yours free. Just wondering how? Would like to get it also if I can. Thanks for any help!

[bskmom]

I can't even seem to use the link. I went to the home page but I couldn't find anywhere that had fan club passes. Any help would be appreciated.
Patti

[Meagansmom]

bskmom - I typed in starting with www. Hope this helps.

[cbrlmgr]

Sorry the links didn't work in the post.

Meagansmom: Not sure about the 49.95 fee, just filled out a form with a user name, password, and email account name that I made up. The next page that asks about personal information I skipped. I believe you are just registering and not becoming a menber.

Now go to theme park discounts near the bottom of the page. That link will get you the sea world coupons plus the fan club card. You don't have to and I repeat do not have to provide any credit card information and there is no shipping or handling fees.
It took about 4 or 5 days to get the fan club card and fish coupons in my mailbox.

Try this link, it may or may not work.

http://www.familynetwork.com/members/home.php?sid=uQpoMd02

Hope this helps.

[Spaceman Spiff]

i just ordered my fan club card too. they never asked for any credit card info from myself either. maybe their system has a glitch and is letting people by-pass the credit card info. strange...:confused:

[Meagansmom]

It worked this time! Thanks!

[Meagansmom]

cbrlmgr - is there an expiration date on the card? I probably should have asked this first. Thanks for all of your information.

[bskmom]

Well I ordered it too. I hope they do not send a bill in the mail. It said it required no billing information. Thanks for the info.
Patti

[cbrlmgr]

Glad you got the fan club card ordered. There is not an expiration date on the card. There is also a toll free number for more information about the benefits the card has to offer other than the web site at
www.universalstudios.com/fanclub
The number is 1-888-777-2131.
Hope this helps.

[nhrenee]

Thanks for all the great information!

[cbrlmgr]

Your welcome.;)

[Barb]

Did you receive an actual card or was it a coupon for the card? When I placed the order, it says it's a coupon for the FanClub card. Thanks for letting us know about this. :D

[cbrlmgr]

The fan club card is an actual card that you cut out of the brochure that is sent. I'ts paper and about the size of a credit card. I also recieved a fan club card from my work wich is the same thing I got from the family netwrok site. I ordered the one from the family network to see if it was the same thing I already had, and it was.

Any more questions I'll be happy to answer.:smooth:

[Kasha]

I just ordered my card too! The $49.95 membership information came up, but I skipped it from reading this board!

Thank you - I forward this info. to my son who is going in August. I know you've helped him too!

Thanks so much for the info.

Kasha!

[cbrlmgr]

Glad to be of help.

Have fun in Orlando!:cool:

[Barb]

Thank you so much! I see what you mean about the card being part of the brochure. I have a ressie at Hard Rock already. Do you think they will honor the card after the fact?

[cbrlmgr]

Glad you finaly got your card. The way I look at the deal is this: You got a valid authentic card through a reputable company and are using it for non-fraudulent purposes. It's like using a code you got off the internet to book a room at a resort in Disney and save $30 a night(all stars $49 Aug 9-11 lol).

The name of the game is making money. The corporations in Florida are there to capitalize on their reputation of the vacation capial of the world and make the most money they can. With every big plan, there is always a loop hole.

If a few smart savy DIS board people like us come up with a few ways to save some bucks; I belive they will say "so what" The other 99 % of the people down there on vacation will spend the $240 a night at the HR and will wait in line to buy their tickets for full price while spending $340 on their compact rental car for the week.

Most people haven't even heard of priceline or hotwire. A few of us use the resources of the internet and seek all the information we can find, to save the most money we can.

We all work hard for our money, and when it's time to splurge, we go for "the best bang for our buck".
We use these boards and the information they contain to give our families and ourselves what we deserve. "THE BEST VACATION EVER".

Thanks for letting me express my opinion!

cbrlmgr

ps anyone know where to get cheap universal tickets?
lol

[bskmom]

I got my card today! Thanks for all the info. I also agree with your statements. I spend a lot of time on my vacation. I want to know how to make it the best. If I can save money in my quest then that is a great bonus. Thanks for your help.
Patti

[Bildmouse]

Thanks for the info. Got my card yesterday. DH is worrying about $$$. I keep telling him discounts are coming and just chill. This will be a great help with the Universal portion of our trip.

[cbrlmgr]

Your welcome.

I'm getting ready to post another good money saver on tickets. Been looking for two months on the best bargains for tickets and hit the jackpot.

Right now I'm doing research on the company to make sure they are legit. So far they are checking out.

Don't want to post a "rotten egg".

Watch for my post!

cbrlmgr

[ceb29]

Just want to thank you for the info. I got my card 2 days ago:p I'm so glad we'll get to save some $$$ on eats!

[ceb29]

I just read the fan club benefits. I was wondering if, when I check into the HRH I should show both my Loews First Card and my Fan Club Card? Or does that look too tacky? :confused: Also, do you think that discounts are given at the hotel restaurants with the Fan Club Card? Thanks again.

[cbrlmgr]

CityWalk® Restaurants
10% off Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages at the following locations:

Jimmy Buffett's® Margaritaville®
Bob Marley - A Tribute to FreedomSM
Motown CafeTM&© Orlando
City JazzSM
Pat O'Brien'sSM
PastamoreSM
NASCAR CafeTM
Latin QuarterTM

(Emeril's® , Hard Rock® Cafe and NBA City excluded)

I'm going to use my Loews card and any other cards I think they may take. Although the fan club card cannot be combined withany other offer, they may make an exception.

You are only using the fan club card for the discount reservation when you check in so they should honor the Lowes card. You will never know if you don't try!

Good Luck!

cbrl mgr

[Spaceman Spiff]

Got my Fan Club Card today! Thanks cbrlmgr!:) :) :)

[Barb]

If I'm not mistaken, the Loews card gets you other perks, along with discount rates. There's something about snacks and drinks in your room, and I believe the daily newspaper. I had to pick some of these things when I received my card. So, you can use the FanClub card for the room rate and the Loews card for the extra amenities. They should accept that. Plus, the more you use your Loews card, the faster you get into a new level.

[gschmerl]

If you are a memeber of AAA, take your card. You will get discounts at most food places--even cart vendors.

[ceb29]

Hey, thanks for reminding me about using AAA. I always forget to use it when I go to eat places. (God knows I pay enough a year to have it, I may as well use it!);)

[millerglass]

I went to the link which took me to a "family" membership page. When I went to the "fan club" link, I read the small print at the bottom. Is the "family" membership the same as the fan club membership? I don't want to sign up for the family membership and then get a $49 bill in the mail a month later.
Eric


*FAN CLUB membership is available from your employee services or Human Resources Department. Fan Club cards are issued through your employer and not to individuals. To have your company apply for membership, please email us at fanclub@universalorlando.com. Not available to the general public. All membership benefits are subject to change without notice. Cards have no cash value and cannot be combined with any other offers. Membership cards must be presented at time of transactions in order to be valid.

[Jillybee]

I keep trying to sign up and skip the credit info, but it won't let me. It keeps saying credit card # is invalid. :(

What am I doing wrong???? I want to take advantage of all those great deals like you guys, but I can't.

HELP!!

Jill

[cbrlmgr]

On the second page, when you sign in, there is a link at the top of the page that says I believe "skip this page" It is the page where you enter your personal information. If you skip that page you won't have to enter a credit card number.

If you enter any information on that page it won't work.

cbrlmgr

[Jillybee]

I must be a complete idiot :confused: On the first page I hit the registration, fill in name, email, password (2X) and submit. The second page comes up with credit card info needed.

I could not find a 'skip this page' anywhere. In big green letters it says - Please provide payment information. You will be notified via email when your registration has been approved. (2-3 business days.)

I must not be destined to get all those great benefits :(

Any other suggestions??

[cbrlmgr]

Just went to the site and they closed the loop-hole of getting past the 49.95 fee.:eek:

Sorry you didn't get your fan club card!

Jillybee: Email me with your address and I'll send you my extra card.

cbrlmgr

[cbrlmgr]

Millerglass: The family site and fan club card are two different things. The fan club card is given to employers and organizations as a "perk" for their employees and members.

The family site is an organization that you need to become a member of to get the benefits.

I stumbled on a loop-hole to join the organization for free and shared it here at this board in appreciation for all the help that I receive at this site.

Because of the number of new members they were getting, they were alerted to the programming error and corrected the problem. No more free memberships.

Keep searching and you may get lucky like I did.

cbrlmgr

[eetsoop]

That is just luck I guess. I'm glad I got one when the getting was good. Do you think my "membership" will still work?

[millerglass]

As usual. A day late and a dollar short.
Millerglass
Eric

[cbrlmgr]

My membership still works. Just ordered member benefits for bush gardens and seaworld for free.:)

You can still get an enternainment rate at the HR with an entertainment book coupon. The rate is a little cheaper than the fan club rate (by about $12).

I remember seeing a coupon for $10 off the entertainment book somewhere, can't rember where.
Should have bookmarked the site.

cbrlmgr

[Nita Petes]

Well I just tried all of the links in each of the posts. I followed all of the directions, but I could not get past the credit card part. Never saw the discount theme parks at the bottom of the page. What am I doing wrong? I want to get the card for free also. Please help!!
BTW, when I left the site & clicked another link, when I typed in my user name etc, it said my membership had expired and that I needed to upgrade. Funny thing is, they didn't offer a link for me to upgrade.

[cbrlmgr]

Look at 5th or 6th pevious post above.

cbrlmgr

[cbrlmgr]

Good news: Just checked the family network site again and they have waived the 49.95 membership fee.
http://www.familynetwork.com/members/update.php?sid=yEfdKL57

cbrlmgr

[Nita Petes]

Thanks for sharing the info. I just signed up and got mine. I didn't see anything for Universal, but I did find some for the Virginia them parks. I signed up for those and hope that will enable me to get my card to use at Universal.
Thanks again!

[cbrlmgr]

Nita Petes: If you click on the member benefits(2nd link) on top of page, theme park discounts come up under the title of "What's New".

Just tried it and it worked for me.

Or you can try this link

www.familynetwork.com/members/benefits.php?sid=SdWxRT01

cbrlmgr

[Nita Petes]

Thanks, the link worked and now I am suppose to be getting the discounts items.

What a great bunch of folks here. Thank you so much. *Ü*

[tinkerdorabelle]

What they said they are sending me is a fan club COUPON. What is that? Is that the same thing? Also if you order EC book do you have to order the Orlando book or is the coupon for HRH in all the EC books? Trying to get into HRH with either Fan Club card or EC book and going in a few weeks so don't have much time!

[gschmerl]

You don't have to get the Orlando Entertainment book. You can get your local one.

[cbrlmgr]

The fan club card is the same as the fan club coupon.
The fan club card a.k.a. coupon will arrive in about 3 days after you order it. The company (family network)
has a great shipping dept.

Just ordered the adventure club package on Mon. and got it today(Thur). Has coupons to Sea world and Busch gardens.

cbrlmgr

[Nita Petes]

I signed up last Thursday or Friday, can't remember which now. Anyway, I got my coupons today.

Now my ? is will they send a membership card so I can use it for other discounts, ie. hotel, dinning?

[Wintertime]

I hope you all can sort me out of my confussion.
I have the DC card that say "entertainment" on the back of it
but its no good for the HRH entertainment discount, right?
OK, I joined the FAN club for free thanks to help on this board
but their discount is not as good as the entertainment one.
Ok, I am ready to buy the "Orlando Book" which gives me a
different " entertainment " card that I can use at the HRH.
Then I read a post on this board saying you can "buy your local
book, you don't need to buy an Orlando one". This has more
appeal to me because I don't plan on going outside the parks
any as we won't have a car, however I don't want to buy the
wronge card or book or what ever it is I am supposed to buy.
Whats a person to do???
Someone take pity on me and explain to me the right path.
Thanks
Wintertime


(all this because my 4 year DD loves Scooby Doo)

[gschmerl]

You can buy your local entertainment book. The card is good for Loew's hotels.
They HRH will honor it and you can use the coupons and cards for your
local restaurants at home.

[Wintertime]

Thank you,

Now can I buy this book at my local Barnes & Knoble and will it
have an entertainment card in it?? Or do I have to order it over
the net at the link I have seen posted and again is the card
included with the book??
Thanks in advance
Wintertime

[akasleepingbeauty]

Although the $49.95 fee has been waived, the Fan Club card is no longer available. I signed up and went to the Theme Park area. Found the Universal area and clicked to get the Fun Club Coupon. Got the screen where you click to order and it comes up and says "this item has been removed." Oh well - must have had too many requests.

Anyone find another source or a way around this?

[gschmerl]

Wintertime,
I've never bought my Entertainment Book at a book store, but you can call Barnes and Noble and see. When are you going to HRH? The Enitertainment book for 2001 expires Nov.1. If you're going after that, you can make your reservations now at the Entertainment rate and buy the new book before you go.
If you can't find one to buy in a store or through a charity, then get it from www.entertainment.com

[Wintertime]

Thanks so much for all the information.
I used your link to order the entertainment book for my local area.
It was only $10.00 plus shipping, thanks to the $10.00 off per
book offer they are running right now. That a great deal to
qualify me for the entertainment rate of $117.50 that I booked
for October. Thanks for taking the time to explan it to me!
Wintertime

[gschmerl]

Glad everything worked out for you. We've been getting the Entertainment Book for years
because we LOVE to go out to eat and it saves us a LOT of money.

[Vicky Fla]

Thanks for the info. I am gonna see if I can get a fan club card.I have gotten the HRC card, ETcard, AAAcard, and the Lowes first card...I have only had luck with the aaa card. The dates I wanted in July were not open for any discounts. I live in Florida so I really don't want to stay at the HRH without a discount. It only takes us 3 hours to drive up there, so I am pretty flexable as far as the dates go. I have just been having a hard time finding a good rate after I ordered all of these cards.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:
Vicky

[Vicky Fla]

Oh Well.....I also could not get the fanclub card....Thanks for the info though...Nice site!
Vicky

[ceb29]

Vicky Fla:

What's the Hard Rock card and how do you get it? Does it cost $$$$? :confused: What perks does it give you? Thanks!