AP Renewal Question

[SheriBerry]

I should know the answer to this as we've renewed annual passes before but I'm having a brain fart/pregnancy brain/whatever-you-want-to-call-it.

Our annual passes expire in May. If we renew, does the new annual pass just continue from the date of expiration of the original or do we get a voucher and it starts the first day we use it on our next trip in October?

TIA!

 

[BillPA]

If you renew, the date starts the day your current AP expires. If you buy a new AP, you get a voucher that starts when you first use it.

 

[SheriBerry]

That's what I thought but wanted to make sure. Thanks!

 

[Simba's Mom]

Since the renewal is less expensive than just buying a new pass, I'm wondering if there's a "number of days after it renews until your next visit" where it pays to renew versus when it's better in the long run just to wait and go ahead and buy a new pass. Since it's always been several months until our next visit, like the OP, we just wait and buy new passes. Haven't bought a renewal yet.

 

[supersnoop]

Since the renewal is less expensive than just buying a new pass, I'm wondering if there's a "number of days after it renews until your next visit" where it pays to renew versus when it's better in the long run just to wait and go ahead and buy a new pass. Since it's always been several months until our next visit, like the OP, we just wait and buy new passes. Haven't bought a renewal yet.

I think it depends less on how many days until your next visit and more on how spread out are your visits.

 

[CarolynFH]

For us it depends on the cumulative cost of tickets for the park days planned over the course of the year. But having APs also provides flexibility (read: temptation ) for spur of the moment trips too.

 

[jlundeen]

Good morning, folks. Glad I found this thread. I had the same question as a first time AP guest. I definitely will come out ahead savings-wise this year, and would be up for renewal in October 2016. I only will probably have only one trip scheduled after that, in December 2016. My math tells me that between the savings of Park Hopper pass for that trip, plus (hopefully) being able to convert that resv to an Passholders Discount, I will come out pretty close to saving the cost of the AP renewal and TIW...(hope my math is correct!!) That is not counting the discounts associated with AP purchases over the following year.

My additional question is this...If for some reason I don't renew my AP, but have already converted (if that is a reality!) my resv to a AP discounted special, what happens to my reservation...does it just revert to the original non-discounted cost, or do they cancel it?

EDITED TO ADD: Sorry, I didn't realize this was a DVC thread...I am not a DVC member. Just did a search for AP renewal....

 

[rlovew]

Good morning, folks. Glad I found this thread. I had the same question as a first time AP guest. I definitely will come out ahead savings-wise this year, and would be up for renewal in October 2016. I only will probably have only one trip scheduled after that, in December 2016. My math tells me that between the savings of Park Hopper pass for that trip, plus (hopefully) being able to convert that resv to an Passholders Discount, I will come out pretty close to saving the cost of the AP renewal and TIW...(hope my math is correct!!) That is not counting the discounts associated with AP purchases over the following year.

My additional question is this...If for some reason I don't renew my AP, but have already converted (if that is a reality!) my resv to a AP discounted special, what happens to my reservation...does it just revert to the original non-discounted cost, or do they cancel it?

EDITED TO ADD: Sorry, I didn't realize this was a DVC thread...I am not a DVC member. Just did a search for AP renewal....

Just to answer your question if you have an AP discount and cannot produce an AP you will pay rack rate for your stay instead of any discounted rate.

 

[ludari]

My AP expires at the end of next month and I renewed my AP yesterday. I was given a new AP and told I can use my existing pass until my expiration date and then use the new AP. I was hoping DVC was going to offer a new DVC discount before I had to renew but unfortunately they did not. Oh well life moves on.

 

[jlundeen]

Just to answer your question if you have an AP discount and cannot produce an AP you will pay rack rate for your stay instead of any discounted rate.

Thanks, that's pretty much what I thought.

 

[wdwfan1]

I just looked at the website and do not see the Gold Pass listed on the website. I want to replace my current AP (expired this month) with the Gold. Anyone know why it isn't listed?

 

[River Country]

I just looked at the website and do not see the Gold Pass listed on the website. I want to replace my current AP (expired this month) with the Gold. Anyone know why it isn't listed?

Yes for some reason DVC AP renewals were not working online when I did mine either and that was back before I did the changes. OR you need to be signed into MDE and have the DVC linked to it as well. The Gold Pass is just for DVC and Florida Residents

 

[supersnoop]

I don't think renewals have ever been available online for DVC rates.