Annual passport questions!

[Orbitron]

Hi,

my wife and I would like to visit Disneyland next year in March for Kid's Free season and once again in September to see all the stuff for the 15th Anniversary! Now we thought of buying an Annual passport, because I think it's worth it when we got two times. I tried to find informations about the passport, but the official website is in French and I don't speek any French. I searched also here on the bord and now I have a lot of questions. Hope somebody can help me? Thanks!

Where can we buy the passports? Can we preorder them or do we have to buy them in the park?

If we have to buy them in the park and we have already booked a package, can we change the hopper ticket into a passport with just paying the money that's left and use it for that visit?

If we have the passports we don't have to buy tickets, because the passport is the ticket, am I right? ... but we need a hotel. Is it possible to book a Disneyland hotel only without tickets? I've heard that it's much more expensive if you book just the hotel?

If we buy the passport in March 2007 is it valid till March 2008 or just till December 2007?

Well, that's all for this time. Maybe this questions have been answered a thousand times before, but as I say i didn't find nothing matching to it. So thanks for everybody who is able to help me!

Georgios

 

[6.2.6]

Where can we buy the passports? Can we preorder them or do we have to buy them in the park?
There are some places where you can buy them online, but it's only for people living in France, so you better buy them at the park

If we have to buy them in the park and we have already booked a package, can we change the hopper ticket into a passport with just paying the money that's left and use it for that visit?
You only can change ticket bough at the gates, never the tickets of your package

If we have the passports we don't have to buy tickets, because the passport is the ticket, am I right? ... but we need a hotel.
If you have an Annual Passport, you don't need to buy a ticket, as Passport is the ticket

Is it possible to book a Disneyland hotel only without tickets? I've heard that it's much more expensive if you book just the hotel?
Yes, you can. It's more expensive, but not much more expensive. My reservation:
Hotel New York, 8-12 December (4 nights), two adults: 749 euro
You cannot take advantage of offers like 3x4 (or kids free season), but you get a discount of, al least, 10% on Disney hotels. And even 25% on selected dates (except Disneyland Hotel)

You don't have a different passport price for kids. You need a passport for your kids (if the are over 3), and price it's the same as yours

If we buy the passport in March 2007 is it valid till March 2008 or just till December 2007?
One year. From, lets say, 25 Mar 2007 to 24 Mar 2008

If you finally get those passports, take a look at this thread. You may get a 10% discount:

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1104480

 

[Cyrano]

You can trade in your package tickets but you will only get one day's credit so it is not worthwhile.

The hotel discount depends on when you go and which hotel you choose. At special times you will get higher discount but throughout the year expect around 10% on accomodation.

Remember with Fantasy passport you have blackout days when you will not be allowed entry into the park

 

[Orbitron]

Thank you very much. As I see a Annual Passport is not for us! We always booked a package: hotel + tickets. If we would like to have a Passport we would have to go Disneyland and buy a one-day-ticket there and change into a Passport. We couldn't book a hotel in advance because it's to expensive without the discount of the passport and I don't think there is a room left to book on the same day! Why is it so complicated?

We don't have kids. We want to bring our five years old nephew with us for "Kid's Free Season", but if we can't take advantage of offers and we have to pay full price for him, it is way to expensive!

I think it's worth if you visit Disneyland more than just two times, but for us it is cheaper to book packages and use offers!