AP Questions

BurnsideMommy

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We leave in just over a week for DL, and have 4 day park hopper tickets. We booked through AAA.

How much would it cost to upgrade to the AP per person (2 adults, 2 children)? It doesn't show a breakdown on our AAA documents for how much the tickets were. I know it's like $10/day per person if we upgrade to 5 day passes through AAA. Is it worth it to do that and then upgrade to the AP or is it worth it?

If we get an AP, is the DLH and character meals cheaper with that than if booked through AAA? We just stay standard view room.

How far in advance do you have to book for the AP rates at the DLH? We'll be in the partk Sept 13-16, and if we get AP's we'd like to go back the first week of December, and then again either late April/early May.

Are AP's really that great a deal? Keeping in mind we drive from Oregon to get there, and that'd be a real B in December, but it's cheaper than any airfare I've found for all 5 of us.
 
I was able to call Costco Travel and find out what the upgrade value for our 5 day PHs, so I wonder if you could call AAA and find out?

I *think* you get a bit of a discount on character meals, but don't quote me on that. :)

I don't know about the AP hotel rates.

Once you find out the value of your tickets, you can really see what sort of savings you would have for the year, vs just buying tickets for each trip. That's what we did...realized that just buying one more one-day pass (our own December plans) would actually be more than getting APs. :upsidedow
 
How much would it cost to upgrade to the AP per person (2 adults, 2 children)? It doesn't show a breakdown on our AAA documents for how much the tickets were. I know it's like $10/day per person if we upgrade to 5 day passes through AAA. Is it worth it to do that and then upgrade to the AP or is it worth it?
We upgraded our parkhoppers that we got with our aaa package a few years ago and it's value was the same as the advanced parkhopper purchase from disneyland. Assuming things haven't changed, I'm guessing the value of your parkhoppers to be $149/kids and $179/adults. So the difference to upgrade to an DAP would be $90/kids and $60/adults. Again, the $$ are just guesses. Call AAA to see if they can give you a value. If you are unsure about whether to upgrade to an DAP, but would like an extra day in the parkupgrading it to a 5 day hopper is a good idea. It still keeps your options open if you want to upgrade to an DAP.

If we get an AP, is the DLH and character meals cheaper with that than if booked through AAA?
With an AP you get 10% off most restaurants in DL, DCA, and its hotels including character meals. There's some discount at downtown disney but I'm not too sure how much of a discount. AAA also gives you a 10% discount to Goofy's Kitchen. I'm not too sure what other character meals or restaurants will give you a AAA discount.

How far in advance do you have to book for the AP rates at the DLH? We'll be in the partk Sept 13-16, and if we get AP's we'd like to go back the first week of December, and then again either late April/early May.
Standard AP discount at the 3 hotels are 10%. Special AP night rates (significant discount) happens every so often. The AP4 rate is from now until Dec 15.

Are AP's really that great a deal? Keeping in mind we drive from Oregon to get there, and that'd be a real B in December, but it's cheaper than any airfare I've found for all 5 of us.
We drive down from the Seattle area and avoid the winter months unless we fly. If you plan on going to DL at least twice within a year period, APs are an economical way of doing it. I don't think we'd go back as often if we'd have to buy parkhoppers each trip. We like to do at least 5 days per trip.


Don't mean to be nosey, are you from the Portland area? My sister lives off the Burnside exit on I-405.
 












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