Disney Announces New Premier Passport

[sonnyjane]

WAIT!!!Maybe i'm not understanding this but,,,you get admission to Disneyland AND Disney World?????with the same $700 pass?????

Yup, to everything listed in the OP!

 

[toby78]

Yup, to everything listed in the OP!

Holy crap then,,,thats a steal if you can get to both places often enough!!!!!!

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

Wow!!! If I can plan my Orlando trip right, I may have to consider this!!! But $4200 for the 6 of us.....OUCH!!! (maybe I'll leave my anti-Disney DH at home???)

 

[glendalais]

I wonder if I buy a wdw annual now for my aug trip when I go to DL in Nov will i be able to upgrade it to the premier.

Bug

Yes, if you purchase a Walt Disney World Resort Annual Pass, you will be able to present it at the Disneyland Resort and upgrade it to a Disney Premier Passport. The same applies vice versa - you will be able to present and upgrade your Disneyland Resort Annual Passport at any Walt Disney World Resort Guest Relations location to the Disney Premier Passport.

Wonder what the upgrade cost is

It would be the difference between the price paid for your Disneyland Resort Annual Passport and/or Walt Disney World Resort Annual Pass and the Disney Premier Passport price of $722.75.

I do have some other tidbits about this new Pass that y'all may be interested in:

Payment/Prices

Because of state laws, the pricing on this pass is a little odd.

The State of California does not impose sales tax on the sale of Theme Park Admission. As such, there is no sales tax paid on $350.00 of the Pass Price.

However, the State of Florida does impose such a tax. As such, a tax of $22.75 is imposed on $350.00 of the Pass Price. This brings the total price to $722.75.

Pass Prices will apply for all Guests ages 3 years and older.

At this time, the Disney Premier Passport will not be eligible for the Monthly Payment Plans offered to Southern California Residents by the Disneyland Resort.

Please note that this Annual Pass is only available at Walt Disney World Resort from any Guest Relations location. It is not purchaseable in Florida from the ticket booths.

Auto-Upgrades

Guests who held as of March 1, 2010 any valid Disneyland Resort Annual Passport AND one of the following Walt Disney World Resort Annual Passes will receive a complimentary Disney Premier Passport by mail:

• (Florida Resident) Premium Annual Pass
• (Florida Resident) Annual Pass
• Florida Resident Seasonal Pass
• Florida Resident Weekday Select Pass

At this time, the Epcot After 4PM Pass, as well as Annual Passes to the Walt Disney World Resort Water Parks and/or DisneyQuest in the Downtown Disney Area are not valid for the Auto-Upgrade.

Passholder Benefits

Disney Premier Passport Guests will receive Passholder Benefits equivalent to those accorded Disneyland Resort Premium Annual Passport and Walt Disney World Resort Premium Annual Pass Guests.

This includes complimentary parking, no blockout dates and discounts at a wide variety of Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort locations.

 

[Sherry E]

Well, without the monthly payment option, that may prevent some folks from being able to get these new Premier passes for the whole family all at once, but it certainly seems worth it to get just one, and plunk down the $722 at one time. Even if I had to cough up $722 in one lump sum, I still think it is a great bargain for 6 theme parks, 2 water parks, DisneyQuest and ESPN, parking in both Anaheim and Orlando and discounts on hotels, food and merchandise, 365 days a year!!! I just wish I could go to Florida in the next year!! I would do a DLR Christmas trip and a WDW Christmastime trip!

 

[3Minnies1Mickey]

Well, without the monthly payment option, that may prevent some folks from being able to get these new Premier passes for the whole family all at once, but it certainly seems worth it to get just one, and plunk down the $722 at one time. Even if I had to cough up $722 in one lump sum, I still think it is a great bargain for 6 theme parks, 2 water parks, DisneyQuest and ESPN, parking in both Anaheim and Orlando and discounts on hotels, food and merchandise, 365 days a year!!! I just wish I could go to Florida in the next year!! I would do a DLR Christmas trip and a WDW Christmastime trip!

I know!! I just plugged in the price for a 10 day PH with water option at WDW and it's $347, add my DAP and subtract the discounts.

 

[Bugdozer]

Yes, if you purchase a Walt Disney World Resort Annual Pass, you will be able to present it at the Disneyland Resort and upgrade it to a Disney Premier Passport. The same applies vice versa - you will be able to present and upgrade your Disneyland Resort Annual Passport at any Walt Disney World Resort Guest Relations location to the Disney Premier Passport.



It would be the difference between the price paid for your Disneyland Resort Annual Passport and/or Walt Disney World Resort Annual Pass and the Disney Premier Passport price of $722.75.

I do have some other tidbits about this new Pass that y'all may be interested in:

Payment/Prices

Because of state laws, the pricing on this pass is a little odd.

The State of California does not impose sales tax on the sale of Theme Park Admission. As such, there is no sales tax paid on $350.00 of the Pass Price.

However, the State of Florida does impose such a tax. As such, a tax of $22.75 is imposed on $350.00 of the Pass Price. This brings the total price to $722.75.

Pass Prices will apply for all Guests ages 3 years and older.

At this time, the Disney Premier Passport will not be eligible for the Monthly Payment Plans offered to Southern California Residents by the Disneyland Resort.

Please note that this Annual Pass is only available at Walt Disney World Resort from any Guest Relations location. It is not purchaseable in Florida from the ticket booths.

Auto-Upgrades

Guests who held as of March 1, 2010 any valid Disneyland Resort Annual Passport AND one of the following Walt Disney World Resort Annual Passes will receive a complimentary Disney Premier Pass by mail:

• (Florida Resident) Premium Annual Pass
• (Florida Resident) Annual Pass
• Florida Resident Seasonal Pass
• Florida Resident Weekday Select Pass

At this time, the Epcot After 4PM Pass, as well as Annual Passes to the Walt Disney World Resort Water Parks and/or DisneyQuest in the Downtown Disney Area are not valid for the Auto-Upgrade.

Passholder Benefits

Disney Premier Pass Guests will receive Passholder Benefits equivalent to those accorded Disneyland Resort Premium Annual Passport and Walt Disney World Resort Premium Annual Pass Guests.

This includes complimentary parking, no blockout dates and discounts at a wide variety of Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort locations.

Is this info from a Disney Site? I can't find it.

Bug

 

[SuzanneSLO]

[snip]Because of state laws, the pricing on this pass is a little odd.

The State of California does not impose sales tax on the sale of Theme Park Admission. As such, there is no sales tax paid on $350.00 of the Pass Price.

However, the State of Florida does impose such a tax. As such, a tax of $22.75 is imposed on $350.00 of the Pass Price. This brings the total price to $722.75.
[snip]

Thanks for the info. I was just speculating on another thread about it being cheaper to buy at DL than WDW due to the sales tax issues. Looks like Disney already dealt with this.

I have assumed that we can use a GAD GADD voucher to upgrade to this pass, and if that is the case, it is actually $7 cheaper in WDW! -- Suzanne

 

[toocherie]

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It would be the difference between the price paid for your Disneyland Resort Annual Passport and/or Walt Disney World Resort Annual Pass and the Disney Premier Passport price of $722.75.

I do have some other tidbits about this new Pass that y'all may be interested in:

Payment/Prices

Because of state laws, the pricing on this pass is a little odd.

The State of California does not impose sales tax on the sale of Theme Park Admission. As such, there is no sales tax paid on $350.00 of the Pass Price.

However, the State of Florida does impose such a tax. As such, a tax of $22.75 is imposed on $350.00 of the Pass Price. This brings the total price to $722.75.

Pass Prices will apply for all Guests ages 3 years and older.

At this time, the Disney Premier Passport will not be eligible for the Monthly Payment Plans offered to Southern California Residents by the Disneyland Resort.

Please note that this Annual Pass is only available at Walt Disney World Resort from any Guest Relations location. It is not purchaseable in Florida from the ticket booths.

Auto-Upgrades

Guests who held as of March 1, 2010 any valid Disneyland Resort Annual Passport AND one of the following Walt Disney World Resort Annual Passes will receive a complimentary Disney Premier Passport by mail:

• (Florida Resident) Premium Annual Pass
• (Florida Resident) Annual Pass
• Florida Resident Seasonal Pass
• Florida Resident Weekday Select Pass

At this time, the Epcot After 4PM Pass, as well as Annual Passes to the Walt Disney World Resort Water Parks and/or DisneyQuest in the Downtown Disney Area are not valid for the Auto-Upgrade.

Passholder Benefits

Disney Premier Passport Guests will receive Passholder Benefits equivalent to those accorded Disneyland Resort Premium Annual Passport and Walt Disney World Resort Premium Annual Pass Guests.

This includes complimentary parking, no blockout dates and discounts at a wide variety of Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort locations.

I have both a DLR PAP and a WDW annual pass (non-Florida resident). My WDW annual pass was good for 15 months from last November. How are those handled? I guess I don't get the auto-upgrade? can I still trade the two in for the Premiere Pass?

 

[pycees312]

wait... you can only purchase this in Disneyworld and not Disneyland did i read that post right???

 

[KermitRocks]

I am going to D-land tomorrow and have already purchased a 3-day Hopper. I wonder if I can upgrade it to a premier pass. I called WDW and they told me I have to check with the ticket window tomorrow. If I can upgrade I will. Keeping my fingers crossed...

 

[toocherie]

No it's available at Disneyland--it's just saying in Florida you have to go to Guest Relations and not ticket booths.

 

[PHXscuba]

Saw this, did the math for 6 people (like 3Minnies1Mickey) and about fainted. But we are planning to go to WDW next fall, so I'll have to price out what it would be to upgrade whatever tickets we get for that trip to get the rest of the year to play at Disneyland ... I'm sure by then people will have done the math calculations on this ad nauseum.

It's good thing DH doesn't read these boards so he doesn't know how much of his future income I'm plotting to spend.

PHXscuba

 

[SpoiledDisFam]

I am sooo excited by this. We are planning to go to WDW for xmas this year for 10 days and we always try to go to DL a couple of times a year. This so works for years like this.

I can't wait.....

 

[onelilspark]

Make sure that you do the math on it...we've got passes for DLR (4 days at $161) and are toying with a WDW AP. We wouldn't buy the Premium Pass at WDW, so we're looking at $489. Combined, it's $650, less than the Premier Pass.

 

[Disney Fool]

Yes, but the dual annual pass is good for an entire year!

 

[KermitRocks]

I called Disneyland and they said I can upgrade!!!!!

 

[SpoiledDisFam]

The only reason this would work for us is because we would go for a short weekend or (crazy that we are) for an overnighter, a few times a year. We typically go for a 4 day weekend in Oct and this year instead of DLR, we would be going to WDW for Xmas. We have gone to DL some years 4+ trips.

My question is about the WDW discounts though. At DL with the PAP we get the 10% off merch, is there anything like this there? What are the typical discounts on food and merch?

 

[Sherry E]

The only reason this would work for us is because we would go for a short weekend or (crazy that we are) for an overnighter, a few times a year. We typically go for a 4 day weekend in Oct and this year instead of DLR, we would be going to WDW for Xmas. We have gone to DL some years 4+ trips.

My question is about the WDW discounts though. At DL with the PAP we get the 10% off merch, is there anything like this there? What are the typical discounts on food and merch?

In Glendalais' post with the info, it says:

Passholder Benefits

Disney Premier Passport Guests will receive Passholder Benefits equivalent to those accorded Disneyland Resort Premium Annual Passport and Walt Disney World Resort Premium Annual Pass Guests.

This includes complimentary parking, no blockout dates and discounts at a wide variety of Disneyland Resort and Walt Disney World Resort locations.

So I am sure that with the Premier AP, you will still get the merchandise discount, food discount (15%, because it's equivalent to DLR Premium) and hotel discounts.

 

[cccdisney]

For clarification as to which AP's they are upgrading see question #12 of the Disney Parks Blog. He answers the question. Looks like I'll be getting one mailed to me tomorrow!


http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2010/03/disney-premier-passport-unveiled/