AP sales…

[Ms Bibbidi]

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[wolfawk]

This whole thing is pretty hilarious

desantos will cancel reedy creek placing $1B of debt on the home owners of orange and Osceola counties equally upwards of $2000 per house hold in extra annual taxes

were i an Orange County home owner I’d be marching to Tallahassee with a pitchfork

that said even if this passes the house voters in both counties have to agree to the termination of reedy creek.

If voters agree then they deserve the $1B debt bill coming their way. That’s just the start of the butchers bill

this of course doesn’t even begin to take into account the annual cost to maintain facilities previously paid for by reedy creek. Florida voters better hold on to their britches and get out their check books

I think one thing to remember. Maintaining facilities to Disney standards and minimum legal standards are different. So the counties could seek to reduce maintenance requirements, reduce staffing at fire departments, etc.

 

[Ms Bibbidi]

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[wendy welcher]

Anyone else seeing this around?

 

[MamaBelle4]

Relatively unrelated to annual passes, but do the prices fluctuate from UT and other resellers? I know they go UP, but do they ever go down?

 

[TiggerBouncy]

AP renewals are suspended in Disneyland. Is this the beginning of the end of AP's? AFAIK up to now, they have been allowing all renewals, just not new purchases.

https://wdwnt.com/2022/04/breaking-...enewal-of-dream-and-believe-magic-key-passes/

 

[Sandisw]

AP renewals are suspended in Disneyland. Is this the beginning of the end of AP's? AFAIK up to now, they have been allowing all renewals, just not new purchases.

https://wdwnt.com/2022/04/breaking-...enewal-of-dream-and-believe-magic-key-passes/

From my understanding, this was just one guest who had used a certain ticket to upgrade and played a role in why it couldn't be renewed. No one will be up for a real renewal until the fall and I wouldn't take one incident as a policy change...

 

[erionm]

Relatively unrelated to annual passes, but do the prices fluctuate from UT and other resellers? I know they go UP, but do they ever go down?

Third party ticket sellers purchase tickets at a wholesale rate which is about 10% less than gate pricing. They then set their own pricing. UT and other 3rd party ticket sellers do offer sales or discounts periodically.

 

[CraigInPA]

Disney’s stock dropped by 7 points in after hour trading on Netflix news they Lost 200,000 vs gaining the expected 2.5M

fingers crossed Disney+ is in the same boat. The worse Disney+ performs the more Disney will need to rely on traditional business lines and ap may look more appealing to the bottom line

cross those fingers

Don't expect Disney+ to have any effect on annual pass sales. Annual pass sales are in the theme park's revenue stream. That stream is such a gigantic number that the revenue from annual pass sales is not even measurable to the bottom line. They'll make more money by raising the price of a Mickey Ice Cream Bar by 25 cents.

 

[MamaBelle4]

Third party ticket sellers purchase tickets at a wholesale rate which is about 10% less than gate pricing. They then set their own pricing. UT and other 3rd party ticket sellers do offer sales or discounts periodically.

Really? I have a little while to wait (we go in December), so I can wait to order to see what happens.

 

[mistysue]

Really? I have a little while to wait (we go in December), so I can wait to order to see what happens.

If it helps you with decision making, the sales I have noticed have been either save a few dollars if you buy Disney + another location, OR "2 days only, get $5 off" type things. So if you aren't going to parks outside Disney, maybe wait until you get anxiety over needing to reserve parks but not any longer.

ETA- join their mailing list and they will tell you when they have a sale

 

[MamaBelle4]

If it helps you with decision making, the sales I have noticed have been either save a few dollars if you buy Disney + another location, OR "2 days only, get $5 off" type things. So if you aren't going to parks outside Disney, maybe wait until you get anxiety over needing to reserve parks but not any longer.

ETA- join their mailing list and they will tell you when they have a sale

I joined UT mailing list.

I'm talking about 5 adult & 3 kid 5 day passes, so any little bit helps!! Thanks!

 

[mistysue]

I joined UT mailing list.

I'm talking about 5 adult & 3 kid 5 day passes, so any little bit helps!! Thanks!

That may make $5 worth waiting for. The one thing I will say is don't make the mistake I did- be sure you know how many days and whether you want Genie+ on there. We ended up adding a day to one ticket and Genie+ and wiped out the savings. While it used to be useful that you could modify after first use, now that means the risk of no park reservation so plan ahead.

 

[VanDammage]

Our annual passes are up for renewal and our youngest is turning 3 soon. Am I to assume he is out of luck with an annual pass if we choose to renew? Really puts into question whether we should renew.

 

[Sandisw]

Our annual passes are up for renewal and our youngest is turning 3 soon. Am I to assume he is out of luck with an annual pass if we choose to renew? Really puts into question whether we should renew.

No. Children who turn 3 for a family that already has AP's is the exception to the rule. They are selling passes in this case so you should be able to get them one.

 

[VanDammage]

No. Children who turn 3 for a family that already has AP's is the exception to the rule. They are selling passes in this case so you should be able to get them one.

Thank you! Glad I asked.

 

[CarolMN]

Thank you! Glad I asked.

Get MS to help you with 3 year old's new pass when you call to renew. (You have to call to renew Sorceror's pass).

 

[TiggerBouncy]

From my understanding, this was just one guest who had used a certain ticket to upgrade and played a role in why it couldn't be renewed. No one will be up for a real renewal until the fall and I wouldn't take one incident as a policy change...

Thank you for the clarification! The misleading story did not read that way.

 

[keishashadow]

Surprised this is still dragging on TBH. Had thot purchase ability would be reinstated by now.

not that I expect any sympathy here, want to interject tho that one of the nice benefits in the past as an AP holder was ability to use the passes when booking bonus trips offsite, not necessarily in the DS bubble.

like many others, several times since mid-point last year, we’ve found no DVC availability where we would want to stay for ’last minute’ trips i.e. a few months out. Found ourselves booking highly inflated rates at the values, $200 range per night.

We haven’t been back to one of our favorite offsite properties, WBC, since they instituted the 3 days at a time park reservations rule. Just too nervous we’d be locked out of even Ep or AK for day 4 of trip

In that vein of changes, do wonder when they do re-instate the ability to purchase at a discount; what other restrictive baggage might possibly be attached to the APs and gladly embraced after a long, dry spell For the members.

 

[mistysue]

Surprised this is still dragging on TBH. Had thot purchase ability would be reinstated by now.

As did we all.
I think you're right about people being willing to give up more now that they've had to live in AP-less world. Concessions I would have been quite angry about 4 years ago would now still feel like relief.