Annual Pass Prices????

[BELLE16127]

We bought annual passes a couple years ago and I am sure the price has gone up recently. So now with all the talk about the DISCOUNTS we MAY be getting I ws wondering if anyone had the prices of the passes now? And can we order them by mail as DVC members or do we have to be at the parks to do it? I know I am asking things that may be posted somewhere in here, but I haven't had time to be in here latley and may have missed them. If anyone has the answers could you please post it all here in one place??? Thanks

 

[JudithM]

I spoke to a DVC CM last week who looked up annual pass prices for me. In my case I would be getting a new (not renewal) annual pass for an adult. I am not a FL resident. The current cost is ABOUT $380. This qualifies me for the DVC price - taking up to $100 off the price. So my total cost would be ABOUT $300 (ticket & tax).

Someone on another thread asked about the break even point for an annual pass. For simplicity sake, let's say a one day park ticket costs $50 (I know it is more). $300 for my AP divided by $50 is 6 days. I plan to be in the Orlando area for at least six days next year!

 

[deerh]

Actually,
The AP is $379 +tax (6.5), so it is: 403.25. With a discount of $100, it would be $279 + tax:$297.13... So A NICE savings indeed.
Now, a 1 day park hopper is $58.22, so divide this by $297.13= 5.10 days to break even..
For us, we are going down in June for 6 days, and can go back in the summer, and again in December, so it is worth it for us...

HTH!
DeerH

 

[new_yawka]

A 5 day park-hopper (pre-purchase price) is $244.95 or $48.99/day. This is probably the better figure to use, as one who is considering purchasing an AP is not likely to buy single day park hoppers.

Dividing $48.99 into the cost of the reduced rate AP would give you (297.13/48.99) = 6.07. Accordingly, the AP will likely pay for itself in approximately 6 days (especially if one were to take advantage of any of the discounts available to an AP holder).

This, assumes yours is not a family that takes advantage of the water parks, disney quest and pleasure island. If so, you should be keying your numbers off of the PAP and the park-hopper plus prices.

We are going down in February and are trying to determine if we will be going again before the same time next year (I believe we will). If so, it seems the AP is the way to go.

 

[pumpkinboy]

Deb Wills's site, AllEarsNet, has a very illustrative comparison for the
AP Breakeven analysis. The long and the short of it is that at regular prices, normal AP breakeven is at about 8 days, while PAP breakeven is about 13 days. Throwing the discount in (which is now accounted for on AllEarsNet), breakeven drops to about 6 days for APs and 8 days for PAPs.

I love this new discount, even tho we already had our APs (bought earlier this month - of course two of them were free, so none of us are crying about it).

 

[Horace Horsecollar]

Originally posted by deerh
Now, a 1 day park hopper is $58.22, so divide this by $297.13= 5.10 days to break even..

For a valid analysis, you also need to consider Park Hopper and Park Hopper Plus passes. For 6 days, you'll get much more value for essentially the same amount of money (as a DVC discount Annual Pass) with an advance purchase 6-day Park Hopper Plus.

Take a look at my post in this recent thread.

 

[MrShiny]

Probably the best way to look at it is your probably use over the foreseeable future. For us, the discounted AP will be the way to go. Pleasure Island is so cheap now, it's not worth using a "Plus" on, and if we get to the water parks once a trip it's a lot.

So for us, getting the AP and paying as we go for water parks and PI makes by far the most sense.

I do this - plan out your probable trips for the next 2 years. Figure out how many 7 day PHP's you'd need (the most economical way to buy park admission without an AP). If not a multiple of 7 days, just divide the cost by 7 for a quick and dirty estimate of the cost of additional days. Then compare that to the AP and renewal. For us, it was better.

YMMV!

 

[jekjones1558]

Don't forget to factor in the wonderful LUXURY of being able to come and go in the parks at will. That is the BEST part of having an AP. It makes the parks a home-away-from-home rather like DVC makes accommodations feel like home, IMHO.

 

[LeftCoaster]

Originally posted by new_yawka
A 5 day park-hopper (pre-purchase price) is $244.95 or $48.99/day. This is probably the better figure to use, as one who is considering purchasing an AP is not likely to buy single day park hoppers.

Dividing $48.99 into the cost of the reduced rate AP would give you (297.13/48.99) = 6.07. Accordingly, the AP will likely pay for itself in approximately 6 days (especially if one were to take advantage of any of the discounts available to an AP holder).

This, assumes yours is not a family that takes advantage of the water parks, disney quest and pleasure island. If so, you should be keying your numbers off of the PAP and the park-hopper plus prices.

It also depends on how you use Pleaure Island. For me, I'm there every night. So, a normal park hopper ticket would have never been a good option for me. I've always gotten a regular AP and a Pleasure Island AP ($55 for the PI AP).

I think the best way to figure it out is the simple question "Are you comfortable with your purchase?" There arejust so many variables that will "adjust" the breakeven point for an AP.