Noob question about AP's

[Emrys]

So, am I getting this correct? If I update one of our two 5 day park hopper passes to an AP, which will cost an additional $200, we could could save $250+?

Original Rerservation w/Disney(7 days with 5 day park-hoppers) : $1,936.16
Room Only : $1,314.00
35% AP Room Only Discount (IF they release this discount) : $460
AP Room Only price : $854

Tickets from UT (without discount) : $599.91
Annual Pass upgrade for 1 ticket : $200
Total $800

AP Room Only + Tickets Total = $1654

Disney Package - AP/Room Only = $282

Plus discounts off of some food and merch that I have to look into some more.

All I would need to do is buy the tickets up front, walk into one park, upgrade one ticket to AP, and show that AP to the Resort at some point?

 

[Emrys]

This is based on last years, 3 options for the end of October : free dining, AP room only, and general public room only.

I did the math of what we would spend for food with the cost of the dining plan and what we would pay OOP is about the same (roughly $650), with way too much food on the DDP. If we spent the same, and got the 20% discount we would save about $150.

AP/tickets savings + 20% food discount = ~$450. That comes out to like $2100. At this point I think IF the dining plan comes out, it would be cheaper to do the Disney package with free dining. This all so much math for one sitting

I have no idea what last years discounts actually were for moderate rooms.

I'm gonna go search...

 

[auntie]

I've been wondering whether to renew our AP. Waiting for the AP rates for Sept to come out. When adding it up with the GP discount (which from what I can see) has been pretty close to what the AP discounts have been of late. I'm not seeing a good enough reason to renew my AP at this point. I hope I'm wrong and the AP rates turn out to be a more significant discount.
Only time is getting short and I only have until June 22 to renew at the discounted rate. I'm hoping they release the AP rates prior to that.
Presently we are simply considering going with a 5 day Park Hopper as well. We may even have a couple of passes kicking around with some days on them, but I digress.
I'm just saying that the AP discounts of late haven't been significantly better than the GP discounts. Of course if you're planning another trip within that year, it's a whole other story.
Also something we forgot is that when you simply add in a dining plan..unless it's the Deluxe, it doesn't include an appetizer. Which is something we usually enjoy more than desert. So..do we go with a package that we are going to wind up adding money to? Or stick with a GP room only.
I have to say I would miss the 20% discount that you get from a Tables in Wonderland Card, offered only to AP holders.
Like the OP, I've been going in circles with this for a couple of weeks now.

 

[rt2dz]

I've been wondering whether to renew our AP. Waiting for the AP rates for Sept to come out. When adding it up with the GP discount (which from what I can see) has been pretty close to what the AP discounts have been of late. I'm not seeing a good enough reason to renew my AP at this point. I hope I'm wrong and the AP rates turn out to be a more significant discount.
Only time is getting short and I only have until June 22 to renew at the discounted rate. I'm hoping they release the AP rates prior to that.
Presently we are simply considering going with a 5 day Park Hopper as well. We may even have a couple of passes kicking around with some days on them, but I digress.
I'm just saying that the AP discounts of late haven't been significantly better than the GP discounts. Of course if you're planning another trip within that year, it's a whole other story.
Also something we forgot is that when you simply add in a dining plan..unless it's the Deluxe, it doesn't include an appetizer. Which is something we usually enjoy more than desert. So..do we go with a package that we are going to wind up adding money to? Or stick with a GP room only.
I have to say I would miss the 20% discount that you get from a Tables in Wonderland Card, offered only to AP holders.
Like the OP, I've been going in circles with this for a couple of weeks now.

nevermind.