Don't know what to do!!!!

[Mary Diehl]

Our family will be in Florida for 8 days in June and my husband finally caved in and said we could do two days at Disney. The reason for only two days is because we'll be doing a BIG Disney vacation next year. My problem is that just staying two days will cost us quite a bit more money. We want to stay on site and we'd have to purchase 2 day tickets for 5 people(not to mention food, spending money etc). I'm not sure if it would benefit us to have one of us purchase an AP so we can get discounts for this trip plus next years vacation-knowing we'd have to finish our vacation in 366 days. That may be a problem alone because of not knowing when exactly our kids will be getting out of school. We always take our vacation right after the kids are out of school. Any suggestions on cost-efficient ways to save money-I know I can call CRO and try to use the codes they offer. We don't belong to any clubs but am thinking that maybe buying an AP would save us more than any other(AAA, Entertainment etc). Does only one of us have to have the AP in order to get the discounts and is this the best way to go? Thank you in advance!!

 

[InstImpres]

I would recommend depending how long you are staying next trip to buy Passes now. We paid about $300 for a 7 day with 4 plus features. If you use the pluses for waterpark days and not PI you can get 11 days out of this by paying upfront. Also, with Paramount Tickets, it came with a free charcter breakfast voucher.

Here is the link to mousesavers discount page for hotels:
http://www.mousesavers.com/disneyresorts.html#discounts

Good luck and enjoy

 

[mad4themouse]

I recommend buying at least 4-day park hoppers for each person this trip, if you can afford to put out that much cash at this time. It will give you the luxury of being able to hop between parks during your 2-day visit this year. You can always upgrade the remaining days to whatever type of passes you need next year.

 

[4greatboys]

I'd go with the 7 day php also. Use 2 days and still have 5 left plus 4 options for next time. Or you could use 1 day and 1 plus--maybe hit a water park then you have 6 days left plus 3 option.
You might not even need extra days on your next visit. Plus you do get the free character meal voucher--which I would use this time since your exp day will most likely be May 31, 2004.