AAA Passport Plus Tickets/Magical Extras Booklet

[alphie1991]

Does anyone know what "extras" or "perks" come with these tickets?

Also, someone posted awhile ago that they were able to buy a "magical extras" (I think that was the name) booklet at WDTC in DTD that included preferred seating, MTMMM tickets, etc. Has anyone been able to get that recently?

 

[PirateFish989]

We bought these for our upcoming trip. You get free parking at the Mickey and Friends parking structure and then there is a little booklet that comes with each ticket that includes:
- AAA Diamond Card good for discounts at many restaurants and stores in DTD and the parks
- A voucher for a collectible pin and lanyard
- Preferred Seating to Aladdin Muppet Vision 3D, It's Tough To Be A Bug, and Anamation Academy
- Voucher for free transportation to South Coast Plaza
- Entry for Mickey's Toon Town Morning Madness

We paid $186 each for our three day park hoppers and we thought this was a great deal. If you plan on driving, then the free parking is a big added bonus!

 

[cinder-ellah]

We're going the 1st week of December, 2011.

Do you know if we get the 6 day Park Hopper AAA Passport Plus and then decide to upgrade to annual pass while we're there......if and how that would work ?

 

[alphie1991]

Just wanted to bump this up to confirm that AAA Passport Plus tickets come with the Magical Extras booklet as second post states. I picked up my tickets from AAA today and it came with the Magical Extras booklet. Adult 4 day park hoppers were $201 and the kids 4 day PH was $178 and there was a $13 fee IIRC.

 

[OregonMickeyLover]

We're going the 1st week of December, 2011.

Do you know if we get the 6 day Park Hopper AAA Passport Plus and then decide to upgrade to annual pass while we're there......if and how that would work ?

We just came back after using our 6 day Passport Plus hoppers, and they would charge you the difference between the AP and the Passport Plus price ($216). So if the AP is $379 (I'm just picking a number) you would pay $163 more. Hope that makes sense!

 

[M&M-Mommy]

We did exactly that too! I really wanted the Toon town morning..but didn't need the hotel. Purchased our tickets through AAA and then upgraded to season passes. We only had to pay the difference. They even sprinkled some Pixie Dust and gave us the current value of the tickets..not the discounted price we paid through AAA!
The free parking was a great bonus too!

 

[DryCreek]

Also, someone posted awhile ago that they were able to buy a "magical extras" (I think that was the name) booklet at WDTC in DTD that included preferred seating, MTMMM tickets, etc. Has anyone been able to get that recently?

Anyone have any insight to the second part of this question? I'd like to know more about that!

 

[hellotoyou]

DryCreek ... we received our AAA Disneyland tickets yesterday, and it came with a plastic ticket (similar to a credit card) and a booklet for each person that included all that PirateFish989 has listed. The Preferred Seating voucher had 4 tabs that could be pulled off as you saw each show. I do not believe that we paid extra for the booklets.

OregonMickeyLover ... I have a question regarding the lanyard and pin. I did see the listing of stores that you can pick it up from, but I'm wondering if there are a variety of lanyards and pins you can choose from at a certain dollar amount ... or are they prepackaged already. We thought we might pick it up in DTD the afternoon we arrive ... that way we would be all set for the next morning.

 

[alphie1991]

In response to something I posted awhile ago, somebody stated they were able to buy it in May -- what I received is from AAA through the Walt Disney Travel Company and it is called a magical extras booklet. However, others have said it is called a Passport Plus booklet. But you can try to get it from the WDTC in DTD and I believe it was $10 a book.

 

[OregonMickeyLover]

DryCreek ... we received our AAA Disneyland tickets yesterday, and it came with a plastic ticket (similar to a credit card) and a booklet for each person that included all that PirateFish989 has listed. The Preferred Seating voucher had 4 tabs that could be pulled off as you saw each show. I do not believe that we paid extra for the booklets.

OregonMickeyLover ... I have a question regarding the lanyard and pin. I did see the listing of stores that you can pick it up from, but I'm wondering if there are a variety of lanyards and pins you can choose from at a certain dollar amount ... or are they prepackaged already. We thought we might pick it up in DTD the afternoon we arrive ... that way we would be all set for the next morning.

Disney Travel told us the closest place to go from there was the pin trading booth in DTD. I wish I could tell you what it was near, but when you come out of Disney Travel (which is behind the bookstore near ESPN at the end pretty much) you take a right like you are going to the parks, and it is on the left side where the other booths are. We gave them the coupon and they gave us a packaged lanyard and pin from a drawer. They did not give us a choice. Because we used AAA, the lanyard is red and has AAA all around it, and the pin says Disneyland and has the main characters on it. You also get the plastic sleeve for the passes which we never use, because I'm too afraid to have them dangling around my neck or DH or DD's And my lanyard stayed on me for maybe 45 min. before I was tired of it rubbing on my sweaty neck It would be nice if they instead gave you a dollar value and let you apply it to a pin set or lanyard or whatever you wanted, but I understand the advertising side of it as well. Hope that helps!

 

[OregonMickeyLover]

In response to something I posted awhile ago, somebody stated they were able to buy it in May -- what I received is from AAA through the Walt Disney Travel Company and it is called a magical extras booklet. However, others have said it is called a Passport Plus booklet. But you can try to get it from the WDTC in DTD and I believe it was $10 a book.

I wish I had an answer for you about this, but this was the first time we had these booklets to use. In some ways I can see them selling them, but maybe it would make it too easy Make sense? It's ok if it doesn't My other thought in thinking maybe they don't is based on how long the list is for people who want the TTMM and Pref. seating tickets. I'm sure if you've seen it or are on it, but it is reeeally long, and I would imagine that for some of those people, they would be gladly pay of they could. Just my two cents that aren't worth a thing!

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

With the free parking voucher, is it 1 per ticket or whole package? And is it only good for one day?

Thanks!

 

[hellotoyou]

The back of our plastic ticket has the free parking info on it .... all of our tickets have the same thing printed on all of the backs. I believe the parking is for the number of days on our ticket.

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

I wish I had an answer for you about this, but this was the first time we had these booklets to use. In some ways I can see them selling them, but maybe it would make it too easy Make sense? It's ok if it doesn't My other thought in thinking maybe they don't is based on how long the list is for people who want the TTMM and Pref. seating tickets. I'm sure if you've seen it or are on it, but it is reeeally long, and I would imagine that for some of those people, they would be gladly pay of they could. Just my two cents that aren't worth a thing!

They are still for sale at WDTC in DTD if you ask. I agree they aren't worth $10 a person.

 

[DryCreek]

So it is called a "magical Passport"? and it can be purchased at DTD.
I won't need free parking, but the other stuff sound kinda interesting. I also see where some feel that the value received is possibly not worth the price paid.

I will be there during the slow time (last week in February), so maybe it won't be worth it for me either.

 

[prettyprincessbelle]

The back of our plastic ticket has the free parking info on it .... all of our tickets have the same thing printed on all of the backs. I believe the parking is for the number of days on our ticket.

Thank you!

 

[OregonMickeyLover]

So it is called a "magical Passport"? and it can be purchased at DTD.
I won't need free parking, but the other stuff sound kinda interesting. I also see where some feel that the value received is possibly not worth the price paid.

I will be there during the slow time (last week in February), so maybe it won't be worth it for me either.

I disagree, but maybe those people didn't also receive the Diamond Discount Card. Just the savings I received at the World of Disney store would have covered the cost of the tickets, and that doesn't include the discounts we received at other stores and restaurants. So that made all of the shows a bonus. I guess it would depend on the actual cost, and how many of the discounts you would use. We had 5 meals at DTD rest. and they each have different discounts.

Just my opinion though.

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

I disagree, but maybe those people didn't also receive the Diamond Discount Card. Just the savings I received at the World of Disney store would have covered the cost of the tickets, and that doesn't include the discounts we received at other stores and restaurants. So that made all of the shows a bonus. I guess it would depend on the actual cost, and how many of the discounts you would use. We had 5 meals at DTD rest. and they each have different discounts.

Just my opinion though.

I think DryCreek was referring to the "magical passport" booklet you can buy in DTD for $10 that includes the preferred seating, etc. It's not through AAA so it doesn't include the discount card.

 

[MeganAnne]

We bought these for our upcoming trip. You get free parking at the Mickey and Friends parking structure and then there is a little booklet that comes with each ticket that includes:
- AAA Diamond Card good for discounts at many restaurants and stores in DTD and the parks
- A voucher for a collectible pin and lanyard
- Preferred Seating to Aladdin Muppet Vision 3D, It's Tough To Be A Bug, and Anamation Academy
- Voucher for free transportation to South Coast Plaza
- Entry for Mickey's Toon Town Morning Madness

We paid $186 each for our three day park hoppers and we thought this was a great deal. If you plan on driving, then the free parking is a big added bonus!

I just wanted to get some clarification, if possible. Did you get all these benefits from buying the Passport Plus tickets separately? Or were they purchased as part of a package? I ask because the pin and lanyard are not listed under the benefits of buying the tickets separately on the AAA website. At the moment, the inclusion (or exclusion) of the pin may be the make or break factor for where my partner and I buy our tickets from.
Thanks!

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

I just wanted to get some clarification, if possible. Did you get all these benefits from buying the Passport Plus tickets separately? Or were they purchased as part of a package? I ask because the pin and lanyard are not listed under the benefits of buying the tickets separately on the AAA website. At the moment, the inclusion (or exclusion) of the pin may be the make or break factor for where my partner and I buy our tickets from.
Thanks!

Honestly the lanyard you get is a AAA lanyard. And the Pin is a generic Disneyland pin at a value around $5-6.