Buying Silver AP online, what is considered day 1?

[wilto]

GM everybody!

So my wife and I have decided it is time to purchase annual passes for the first time.
2 Adults, 2 Kids 3-9 and 2 kids less than 3 (twin toddlers )

We are Florida Residents and are planning on going in Feb 2017. We are looking at the Disney Silver Pass, blackout dates are fine, we would avoid Disney during the blackout dates anyway due to how busy it gets.

My question is this, if I buy them today, is today considered the 1st day of the annual pass, or is our first day at the Parks in February 2017 considered the 1st day?

The reason I ask is that I have this new credit card (Chase Sapphire Preferred) and it has a spend $4000 in first 3 months get 50k points = $625.00 travel rewards, which will pay for just over half of our hotel stay. We are avid off-Disney resort vacationers. So the $1650.00 ish for the annual passes will help us get to $4000.00 quicker.

 

[ravenclawtrekkie]

Your pass starts the day you come to a ticket window or Guest Relations and activate the pass.

 

[wilto]

Wow that was quick

I figured as much as this is how the 3 day passes etc work but couldn't locate the appropriate FAQ.

 

[MakiraMarlena]

Robo is right, if you buy a new annual pass, it is not active until you activate it at WDW. It will expire on the date you activate it, the following year.

 

[DisneyWisher]

To the OP I would consider buying 1 gold AP (for only 1 person not entire family) since it includes the photos that you can download. One of my daughter got the gold for her and my granddaughter. All of our MDE accts are linked together (me, 3 adult daughters and 3 grandkids) I can see photo from when oldest (Silver) went with just her kids. When my friend and I went by ourselves. It is about $160 more for the ticket but think of all the great pics you can download, including the magic shots