AP holders PAY for Carsland preview - seriously?

[jetskigrl]

Jetskigrl, I can so understand about the tires. While in line we where talking to a CM and he have us a tip that worked very well. We just sat still for a few seconds and figured out what way the tire wanted to go naturally. Then we leaned in the direction and the tire kinda took off. It was so much fun. We can't wait to ride again. Oh another tip we got is make sure you sit all the way back in the tire. That helped a lot too. Give it another shot and see if you might like it better.

Thanks so much for the tips!! We will definitely try them out next time.

 

[hjgaus]

My husband read about this in Sunday's Orange County Register and was mad that we could have gone if we just paid $50 per AP holder (which he would have gladly paid just to get in) but I told him I thought you had to get sign up & chosen for this event. Could we have gone directly to the ticket booth and just enquired of the event? Was it more than $50 for adding on dinner @ new restaurant or $50 for everything? Sorry if it sounds like a silly question but I'm trying to understand this so I don't look like the fool to my husband.

 

[disneylandkitkat]

Anyone could of purchase the tickets that had an ap, club 33, d23, vacation club and I'm sure I'm missing another.... The mourning and afternoon spot both days was 50.00. There was a 75.00 option that go you the night slot so you got to see cars land lit up and see world of color. There was also a 500.00 option that got you cars land, world of color and dinner. Saturday night walts grand daughter spoke and sunday John lasader and his wife spoke.

 

[LisainCalifornia]

I posted this on another thread, but I though I would post it here too since it is about the AP Cars Land preview. We went on Sunday. It was one of our best Disneyland experiences yet! I have paid for a few "extras" at DL before (tours, Halloween Party, etc...)--but I have to say this experience was among the top two. It wasn't crowded at all--the stores on Buena Vista Street were empty and the street itself was wide open with lots of Characters walking around playing with guests. We got some great pictures and were able to enjoy all the little details.

I especially enjoyed seeing Cars Land all lit up (the neon signs were incredible) and the themeing of the land was better than I had ever dreamed). We could see peaks of fireworks at 9:30, but not the best viewing spot for them if that is what you want to see. My girls and I haven't stopped talking about the amazing experience we had there. We leave Thursday morning, so we should be missing the crush of crowds--which is a bonus!

Here is what I wrote:

Hi guys,
we are here right now. Yesterday was our Annual Passholder Carsland Preview, and it was so much fun! It totally exceeded my expectations. It was held from 6-midnight with a World of Color show.

Carsland is so much better than I expected it to be. The stores and theming of the street areas are classic Main Street Disney style. Beautiful attention to detail. I loved the old fashioned style of Beuna Vista Street--they really thought of everything. The Characters were out in their old fashioned costumes (I think it is suppose to be from the 1940's--someone correct me if I am wrong)--and there were even cast members riding old time bicycles. We got lots of great character interaction with Mickey, Pluto, Goofy, Minnie--all in period costumes. There was so much room to walk around and look at things in the stores and on the street--it really wasn't that crowded at all.

After that we went on Radiator Springs Racers--and that blew us away! What a great ride. It is pretty long, and has a dark ride portion and then moves on to the outdoor mountain racing portion--which is thrilling, fast and so much fun! We went on that ride 4 times. My girls just loved it.

Next, we went on Luigi's tires--and I have to say that sadly this ride is a dudd! This is the only ride we had to wait a significant amount of time for (we waited a full hour) and it was riddled with waits and slow loading. I overheard a castmember telling a guest that the imagineers tested it before the opening, and felt like it was missing something, so they added in these big beach balls to toss while you are in the tires. Cute idea, but the ride is still terrible! It is really short, and it is easy to get "stuck" on the ride--where you just stick in one spot. Even when you do move, it just isn't that fun. Hopefully they can fix this ride.

The final ride is Mater's Junkyard Jamboree--which was cute and peppy. It wasn't great, but definitely a must try.

 

[ludari]

I paid the $50 for myself and it was well worth it. I was able to enjoy the rides and Cars Land without very long waits and the crowd was very manageable as well. I'm sure it's going to be worse when it opens later this week.

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

No, it's not. Disney slyly added something about charity into the announcement, which is beyond appalling because it's clearly misleading consumers. A $500/head charity dinner is very reasonable, but it's not a charity dinner. Disney is giving $500,000 to CHOC in celebration of the re-opening of DCA irrespective of these ticket sales and purchasers do not get a tax deductible form.

They aren't advertising this as a tax deductible donation. Just that the revenue will go towards this charitable donation.

 

[nunzia]

Correct. John Lasseter said more than once he appreciated the money that would go to the children from the event.