Car Parking

[samphe]

Hi everyone and anyone. First ever post....bound to do it wrong.
Am buying a 21 day pass for disney and am going to try and go as often as possible while my family and I are there for 3 weeks from the 19th May. What I would like to know , if anybody does, is, the car parking fees are $8 i think.
If I visit the theme parks 10 times during my stay that is going to add up to be a very expensive car park fee. Any ideas how i can reduce this cost ????

Thanks

 

[Grants Mom]

If you are staying in a hotel off site you can see if there is a bus/shuttle from your hotel to the parks. My husband and I did that the first time we went and it worked out OK.

 

[dis-happy]

If you are staying off-site, you should consider getting at least one AP for someone in your party (even a child). It includes free parking at the parks---just show it as you drive in.

 

[MickeyFlirt]

What is the cost differnce from a 21 day pass and an AP then you could get free parking, discounts on some merchandise, and of course for 50.00 more 20% off most restaurants. I haven't priced regular tickets lately but would think 21 days would cost a lot maybe about the same as an AP? Esp. when you include parking for everyday that you are there.

 

[shellybaxter]

If you are staying for 21 days why not buy an Annual Pass instead and get free parking? I've never heard of a 21 day pass, so I'm not sure how much it costs, but if its 21 days of Magic Your Way tickets it should be cheaper to buy the AP.

Shelly

PS - If you are staying onsite your parking will be free as well

 

[samphe]

Thanks for all the advice.
looked into all your suggestions and calculated that the disney premium annual pass for a child in my party would cost an additional £113. If I visit the parks approximately 10 times it will only cost me £45, so it doesn't really pay to get the annual pass. However £45 is still a lot to pay for parking so any other ideas would be welcome.

 

[TSR6]

Don't forget the AP discounts you get with the pass when factoring the prices in.s

 

[extraredstuff]

Ya, the discounts are a great thing to factor in..... shoot, what we spend/save at World of Disney in DTD ended up as a HUGE savings.

Check this page out for more info on AP perks: http://allearsnet.com/pl/apass.htm#2005