'ULTIMATE DAY OF THRILLS'

[North of Mouse]

Has anyone done this 'tour'? Was it worth the $$$$'s? I think it is $299 per person + park hopper admission. You are taken by van to all four parks, and can ride 10 total thrill rides altogether. It includes one TS meal. Pretty 'pricey' day!! Thoughts???

 

[Dan Murphy]

Anybody?

 

[Networth]

I did it and I enjoyed it, but I hate crowds. Irony is I don't like jumping from park to park, ride to ride so I doubt we will ever do it again unless we're entertaining someone that wishes to see Disneys thrill rides in a day.

As you said no buses, boats, or monorails we used the same type of van they use for private tours I have been on previously. I believe its the same kind of van DVC tours uses. You have one guide they will drop tid bits of info about the rides/park throughout the day. Most I knew already. To be honest your paying to cut the line. I knew that going in so wasn't upset that it wasn't a "tour". I would say if your pressed for time and just want to ride 10 E tickets in a short period it's a fair price. I personally wish they would just let me buy FP's individually and not force me on a "tour".

 

[mountdew1]

It's a quick way to hit up the big E ticket thrill rides quickly. Instead of doing the VIP guide service for the day, (at $350-500 per hour for up to 10 guests) you get to hit the biggies at a lower price.

 

[jennab113]

I did it in January. I was on a trip by myself, so it was fun to make new friends. The tour guides were nice and would point things out to us about the rides before/after/during rides, which was cool. I kept a list on my phone of the rides we did. At the end, we had the option to stay at AK, take a van to TTC, or take the other van to MK. There was a family that wanted to go back to the Contemporary and they took them with the MK group. Here's my list:

Pirates
Btmrr
Haunted mansion
Sdmt
Break by Gaston
Space mountain
Buzz
Van to studios
Rock n rollercoaster
Lunch at brown derby
Tsmm
Star tours
Tower of terror
Van to ak
Everest
Dinosaur

 

[pate59]

Did it in August & my husband & I loved it. Being that it was our first day as well as the first time to Disney, we thought it was well worth the $. Gave us a great over view of the parks and at least gave us an idea of what to expect. It did not go to Epcot but staying @ the Beach Club, we were only a short walk away and used our FP's for that day for the evening @ Epcot. Would do it again if had a very limited time and wanted to hit all the top rides.

 

[Kodachrome_Dreams]

I did it in January. I was on a trip by myself, so it was fun to make new friends. The tour guides were nice and would point things out to us about the rides before/after/during rides, which was cool. I kept a list on my phone of the rides we did. At the end, we had the option to stay at AK, take a van to TTC, or take the other van to MK. There was a family that wanted to go back to the Contemporary and they took them with the MK group. Here's my list:

Pirates
Btmrr
Haunted mansion
Sdmt
Break by Gaston
Space mountain
Buzz
Van to studios
Rock n rollercoaster
Lunch at brown derby
Tsmm
Star tours
Tower of terror
Van to ak
Everest
Dinosaur

jennab113: Did you get to do more than 10 rides because the park wasn't busy? I thought the guarantee was for 10. I'm thinking of splurging on this in May since we are only doing a quick 3 night trip.

 

[Kodachrome_Dreams]

Or can anyone else comment on the itinerary--is it always 10 rides or is it sometimes more?

 

[larryz]

Very enterprising of Disney to take ACE Florida's "E-Ticket Challenge" and turn it into a money maker...

http://www.floridaace.com/verarchive/eticket.html

 

[jennab113]

jennab113: Did you get to do more than 10 rides because the park wasn't busy? I thought the guarantee was for 10. I'm thinking of splurging on this in May since we are only doing a quick 3 night trip.

I don't know, but i don't think so. I read a couple other reviews that did more than 10. I know there is a review on TripAdvisor that did 12, but the rides in MK were different than what I did. Obviously Splash was closed when I did it, so I guess we did Pirates to make up for that. It seems like they have a time to leave MK and just do as much as they can before then.

 

[magpugs]

Did it in August & my husband & I loved it. Being that it was our first day as well as the first time to Disney, we thought it was well worth the $. Gave us a great over view of the parks and at least gave us an idea of what to expect. It did not go to Epcot but staying @ the Beach Club, we were only a short walk away and used our FP's for that day for the evening @ Epcot. Would do it again if had a very limited time and wanted to hit all the top rides.

What time did this tour start and end?

 

[jennab113]

We were supposed to meet at Tomorrowland Terrace at 8:15, but the monorail broke down while I was on it, so I missed breakfast. The tour actually started at 9. It was over around 3-3:15. I don't remember exactly.

 

[kaytieeldr]

Very enterprising of Disney to take ACE Florida's "E-Ticket Challenge" and turn it into a money maker...

http://www.floridaace.com/verarchive/eticket.html

No more than Southwest offering Early Bird Check In based on enterprising 'civilians' first providing that service for a fee.

 

[Claudia1]

Is lunch included in the price?

 

[jennab113]

Yep.