Annual Pass price increase 10/23/24

[focusondisney]

From Scott Gustin this morning. WDW tickets looked at Cake Bake Shop & said… Hold my beer.

 

[fla4fun]

From Scott Gustin this morning. WDW tickets looked at Cake Bake Shop & said… Hold my beer.

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Not happy, but not surprised either.

 

[HopperFan]

So ... technically my renewal date is November 1. But I renewed in the early window time frame (early September). So is my rate locked in when I early renewed? Or will it be the rate it is on the actual renewal date?

 

[lowlight]

I was just able to rebook my flight to save 125 dollars, I was excited at the savings. Now I’ve got to renew two AP’s for 80 bucks more each. Easy come easy go.

 

[hes122]

So ... technically my renewal date is November 1. But I renewed in the early window time frame (early September). So is my rate locked in when I early renewed? Or will it be the rate it is on the actual renewal date?

If you renewed in the early window then you paid the price that was offered at that time.

 

[HopperFan]

If you renewed in the early window then you paid the price that was offered at that time.

I guess my thought process was I have not actually paid for it, I'm on the monthly plan so my payments for next year's AP do not begin until November. Hopefully it stands as a contracted price agreement.

 

[tx911]

I wonder if ticket price increases are not far behind.

 

[erionm]

I guess my thought process was I have not actually paid for it, I'm on the monthly plan so my payments for next year's AP do not begin until November. Hopefully it stands as a contracted price agreement.

Your rate is locked as of the date you completed the actual renewal process.

 

[Mango7100]

Glad we let our APs expire in May. I don’t see us buying them again. Since we are out of state and non DVC incrediPass is it and it’s pushing 5k for the 3 of us. That’s a lot of park days to justify the cost, and it locks us in to spending more vacation time there because we already invested a lot (which is kind of the point of the AP to begin with). We will be renewing our Premier Pass for Universal though.

 

[Stacybaeasm]

I'm so glad I anticipated this and bought my annual pass in July for first use in November. I still get my full year at the old price!

 

[gottalovepluto]

Not happy, but not surprised either.

Yeah, as hikes go they don’t seem that bad and Oct is when this happened last year. I remember I had saved like $50 on my DGCs last year I was saving for my renewal and then bam, price hike ate my savings (I renewed earlier this year!)

 

[RuntheMouse]

Lucked out big time, our renewal date is 12/1 but I renewed on Monday!

 

[CarolynFH]

I wonder if ticket price increases are not far behind.

My opinion is that they can raise regular ticket prices anytime. Increase the price of a day here, a day there - if you're not following the price for a specific date or range of dates, you'd never know, would you? That's why I like to buy our tickets ASAP, once we know our dates.

 

[CarolynFH]

My opinion is that they can raise regular ticket prices anytime. Increase the price of a day here, a day there - if you're not following the price for a specific date or range of dates, you'd never know, would you? That's why I like to buy our tickets ASAP, once we know our dates.

And, of course they announced single-day ticket increases today! I think they’re for 2025, though. https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/magi...025-magic-kingdom-now-199-on-select-dates.htm

Lots of other increases today - get the pain over all at once, I guess.

 

[lanejudy]

And, of course they announced single-day ticket increases today! I think they’re for 2025, though. https://www.wdwmagic.com/other/magi...025-magic-kingdom-now-199-on-select-dates.htm

Lots of other increases today - get the pain over all at once, I guess.

I believe that's specific to the Nov/Dec 2025 dates which were not available prior to today, but it's highly possible there have been increases in some earlier dates as well. Unless specifically watching a specific date(s), it's very hard to recognize if a ticket price increase may have occurred.

 

[focusondisney]

Glad we let our APs expire in May. I don’t see us buying them again. Since we are out of state and non DVC incrediPass is it and it’s pushing 5k for the 3 of us.

We’re out of state & let ours expire in May too because of other travel plans this year. We actually have 2 AP vouchers I bought from Sams Club for $1730 total in June 2019. It would be $3500 for 2 of us to buy new Incredipasses now. Double the price in just over 5 years. I’ve taken advantage of AP discounts in the past. But the difference in Disney Visa & AP discounts are negligible when factoring in the cost of the APs. I’ll have to look at future travel plans & decide when to use the vouchers. Maybe activate 1 at a time if the resort discounts are good enough on future trips, but discounted tickets for my husband. I guess I’m getting tired of feeling like out of state APs are subsidizing all the other APs.

 

[subtchr]

I guess my thought process was I have not actually paid for it, I'm on the monthly plan so my payments for next year's AP do not begin until November. Hopefully it stands as a contracted price agreement.

Double check your account.

When you renew early, monthly payments for the new pass start immediately. That means you can have up to two months of double payments, the old and the new. But then at the end of the year, you have two months with no payments. It's 12 monthly payments no matter when they start.

 

[elvispursley]

Ugh! I’m out of state too and decided not to renew my AP this year. I don’t think I’ll be buying one in the future either. Will just buy the discounted date-based tickets from DH’s employer when I decide to go again. As much as I liked the discounts I had with the AP, $1549 is a giant pill to swallow.