aussiemickeys
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Buying Annual Passes (& magic morning access)
If you are staying in one of the 3 Disney hotels you automatically get Magic Morning access each day it is on. If you stay anywhere else though the only way you can take advantage of this (one time only) that I know of at the moment is when you buy a 3 or more day parkhopper Bonus ticket. Annual passes don't get the access either.
We are staying offsite this time & so have decided to do it this way - we have purchased a 3 day parkhopper bonus ticket & plan to use it to get a magic morning entry. Once we have done that (& before it expires we will then take it to a ticket booth & upgrade it to an Annual Pass. They have a record of how much you have paid for the original ticket & then charge you the difference in price.
Of course only if you have an interest in doing Magic Morning would you bother with this (& I can't recommend Magic Mornings enough by the way - if for nothing else, getting great uncrowded pictures of the castle).
Two other things to note is that with Annual Passes you are entitled to dining & shopping discounts which if you do it the above way you would miss out on the first day ot two, until you upgrade.
The second is when we pre purchased Annual passes 2 years ago, we received with each one (& we got 5) a 20% off voucher for World of Disney. These were awesome. I am not sure if they do this anymore or not, but would be worth enquiring about. They did have the usual restrictions (like collectables, watches & such & so on - but still fantastic value!)
So I guess, for each family it is whatever your priority is, 1 magic morning or instant Annual Pass discounts. Just wanted to put the info out there in case people had not considered this as an option.
If you are staying in one of the 3 Disney hotels you automatically get Magic Morning access each day it is on. If you stay anywhere else though the only way you can take advantage of this (one time only) that I know of at the moment is when you buy a 3 or more day parkhopper Bonus ticket. Annual passes don't get the access either.
We are staying offsite this time & so have decided to do it this way - we have purchased a 3 day parkhopper bonus ticket & plan to use it to get a magic morning entry. Once we have done that (& before it expires we will then take it to a ticket booth & upgrade it to an Annual Pass. They have a record of how much you have paid for the original ticket & then charge you the difference in price.
Of course only if you have an interest in doing Magic Morning would you bother with this (& I can't recommend Magic Mornings enough by the way - if for nothing else, getting great uncrowded pictures of the castle).
Two other things to note is that with Annual Passes you are entitled to dining & shopping discounts which if you do it the above way you would miss out on the first day ot two, until you upgrade.
The second is when we pre purchased Annual passes 2 years ago, we received with each one (& we got 5) a 20% off voucher for World of Disney. These were awesome. I am not sure if they do this anymore or not, but would be worth enquiring about. They did have the usual restrictions (like collectables, watches & such & so on - but still fantastic value!)
So I guess, for each family it is whatever your priority is, 1 magic morning or instant Annual Pass discounts. Just wanted to put the info out there in case people had not considered this as an option.
I'm counting the days until I can call and make our reservations. Only a couple of weeks to go now!
I was just wondering if you had any problems getting the places you wanted at the times you wanted, or did you get all your first choices?
It's now Monday night Anaheim time 
have to give them a try. 
Where did you hear this? Sorry for freaking out, but we're on an Oct 27 direct Melb-LAX flight and now I'm stressing.
I wasn't sure if she was trying to drop a hint or not.
