AAA diamond parking - voucher or pass?

[Jenny]

i was just wondering something.....i have only had one experience w/ the pass & am curious about how it's supposed to work. i ordered 1 Disney park ticket online, will-call, & got a AAA parking pass to my surprise to be printed out. i was so excited ! i read the fine print & it didn't say that it was a voucher, but rather a pass w/ the date 2006 on the top, etc.

when i got to AK, our first park, i asked the attendant at the booth which lane i should go in & she said that my piece of paper was a voucher that should have been exchanged for a pass at a local AAA office & that i wouldn't be able to use it. as it turned out, i did use it at all 4 parks for the days to come but i can't really say that anyone really looked at it closely but they did see that it was a paper not a small pass.

my question is - was the AK attendant correct to say that i should have exchanged it for a valid pass? i ask now b/c i'm about to order another tix from AAA online & hope to get a 2007 parking pass & want to know if i need to allow time for a run to the local AAA office. i want to know if i really do need a pass - is it supposed to be a plastic card?

thanks!

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

It's a small blue/red colored paper pass with the current year printed at the top.

i was just wondering something.....i have only had one experience w/ the pass & am curious about how it's supposed to work. i ordered 1 Disney park ticket online, will-call, & got a AAA parking pass to my surprise to be printed out. i was so excited ! i read the fine print & it didn't say that it was a voucher, but rather a pass w/ the date 2006 on the top, etc.

when i got to AK, our first park, i asked the attendant at the booth which lane i should go in & she said that my piece of paper was a voucher that should have been exchanged for a pass at a local AAA office & that i wouldn't be able to use it. as it turned out, i did use it at all 4 parks for the days to come but i can't really say that anyone really looked at it closely but they did see that it was a paper not a small pass.

my question is - was the AK attendant correct to say that i should have exchanged it for a valid pass? i ask now b/c i'm about to order another tix from AAA online & hope to get a 2007 parking pass & want to know if i need to allow time for a run to the local AAA office. i want to know if i really do need a pass - is it supposed to be a plastic card?

thanks!

 

[Jenny]

has anyone else received a pass from the internet & used it?

 

[Jenny]

It's a small blue/red colored paper pass with the current year printed at the top.

i don't think i have the same one but i'm guessing that mine is just as valid as the one given in the office. i'm going to call AAA today.

 

[boswellnakia]

Does it get you free parking at the parks or just preferred parking? Is the preferred parking worth it?

 

[ExPirateShopGirl]

Does it get you free parking at the parks or just preferred parking? Is the preferred parking worth it?

It gets you parking upfront near the diabled parking at the major parks. You still have to pay for parking if you're not staying on-site.

 

[lordog]

I live in California. If I order a hopper pass on AAA's website, would it come with a free pass (and would the parking pass be valid during the week before Easter)? Is this something that only Florida AAA offices give out? We're going to be driving into the parks everyday because we don't want to deal with folding our stroller on the busses, so the closer we can park the better.