DVC and ticket strategy

[krmlaw]

Does this make sense?

We will be planning a few trips to Disney after BabyD is born. We'll be using trades and/or points to stay in DVC places.

Im thinking it would make sense to buy 2 10 day passes with waterpark nonexpiration passes for DH and I.

Then, we can stretch the passes out to 3 or 4 times at disney

 

[Tara]

Does this make sense?

We will be planning a few trips to Disney after BabyD is born. We'll be using trades and/or points to stay in DVC places.

Im thinking it would make sense to buy 2 10 day passes with waterpark nonexpiration passes for DH and I.

Then, we can stretch the passes out to 3 or 4 times at disney

Yes, that is what a lot of people do.

 

[FindTheMickeys]

I did this 3 years ago for DS and I and I still have 4 visits on each ticket. The reason being is that we do mostly MK and EP and then a Waterpark. If I understand the way that the WaterPark and more tickets work, you get at least 1/2 of your number of visits (in my case I bought 10 day no expiration so I would get at least 5 waterpark visits) per ticket. It has really saved money (although it was a big chunk of change to begin with) as the cost of park admission has gone up at least twice in the last 3 years. So we're still vacationing on my 2006 $$$ AND since I own at DVC, my vacations are kind of pre-paid so the only thing I have to pay year-to-year is travel and food... The rest is in the budget...

 

[krmlaw]

For kids tickets ... if you check in before their 3rd birthday, but they turn 3 when you are there, are they still free?

 

[krmlaw]

And if i buy a 10 day no expiration with waterpark, it looks to me like you get 10 fun visits .. right?

http://www.undercovertourist.com/united-states/florida/orlando/attractions/magic-kingdom.html#3

 

[pyrxtc]

yes you get 10 fun visits wiht your 10 day pass. I am doing this for my upcoming vacation. Planning to use a day or two and a water park day then saving the rest. I will be buying the rest of my family their's in january since my DS will be 8 still and only use a couple of days and we won't be back until he is over 10 yrs to use the rest and I can just change it over to the adult pass for the kids price.

 

[Muushka]

For us, another advantage to the PH is that we tend to relax more, and if there are any hard ticket events (like MSSHP or MVMCP), we do them and they are actually a bargain and a lot of fun. I have a hard time justifying doing these parties when we have AP's

 

[DisneyStarWisher]

You do get 10 Minor Park entitlements when you add that option to a 10-day ticket. That's 20 days of fun!!! We are planning on getting these for our next trip and using the 10 Major Park admissions over the course of 3 trips. We will use only 1/2 of our Minor Park entitlements, so the next time we have to buy tickets, we will only need to buy 10-day No Expiration tickets; we won't need the Water Parks Fun & More option added. (It's a huge savings!!!)

 

[krmlaw]

here is what im thinking ...

Disney plans – 2010 onwards

Tickets
 2 adult 10 day water park non expiration
 1 adult 5 day water park non expiration

June or July 2010
 Baby is 10 months – 11 months
 No ticket needed for baby
 DVC trade

Schedule:
3 parks – MLK, Epcot and DHS or Animal Kingdom
2 water parks – Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach

June, July or August 2011
 Baby is 1 yr, 10 – 11 months
 No ticket needed for baby
 DVC trade

Schedule:
2 parks
2 water parks
1 Disney quest


August 2012
 Baby is 2 year, 10 – 11 months
 No ticket needed for baby
 No Zach – college
 DVC trade

Schedule:
3 parks
2 water parks

Summer or October 2013
 Baby needs ticket
 No Zach – college
 DVC trade

Schedule:
2 parks
3 water

 

[c&k]

if you buy the 10 day no exp withe water and more. does that mean you get 10 days of water parks, 10 days of fun and more. what exactly is the fun amd more. thanks.

 

[krmlaw]

yes, its 10 park visits and 10 fun visits (water park, disney quest or wide world of sports).

 

[maryserv]

For kids tickets ... if you check in before their 3rd birthday, but they turn 3 when you are there, are they still free?

It isn't the check-in date to the resort that you are "charged" for, it is the park admission. So yes, theoretically, up until your 2 year old turns 3, there would be no park admission. If Disney continues the "one free visit on your birthday" for several years, then your child's 3rd birthday is free. Any day that you go to a park after that should require a child's admission.

Now...when our DS was just past 2 into 3 years, we had the tickets, but they didn't ask for them. He was a preemie and is still at the 5th % of the growth chart, so he is smaller than others his age. He also was not allowed to ride many of the rides that taller kids his age were able to ride (that was really hard). So, we forgot the first time to give the CM his ticket, then we found he wasn't doing anything more, different, better then when he was 1 and 2 years old and basically justified the non-usage of his ticket for that trip.

I drew the line at that trip (I think he was 3 yrs and 3 months old or something like that). The next trip, we did use the tickets and of course have ever since. Also, I actually looked at the height requirements for his rides and made sure that he was tall enough or projected that he would be tall enough at the next trip. For us, there was no point in going back until he was tall enough to do Star Tours, and Stitch's Great Escape (things he was told he couldn't ride that one year). If our child isn't having fun, then we aren't going to go to WDW.

Now, ever since, we have big fun before the trip measuring height, looking up rides to see if there is one that he couldn't get on before and can now. The last few trips it was Big Thunder MR. We rode that thing over and over again - he had so much fun!

Wow what a long answer to a short question!

 

[krmlaw]

thanks mary, didnt think about the hieght thing as our baby gets close to 3. hopefully she will be tall like her dad and not short like me

 

[pyrxtc]

It isn't the check-in date to the resort that you are "charged" for, it is the park admission. So yes, theoretically, up until your 2 year old turns 3, there would be no park admission. If Disney continues the "one free visit on your birthday" for several years, then your child's 3rd birthday is free. Any day that you go to a park after that should require a child's admission.

If you check in and your child is 2 but turns 3 the next day, Disney considers your child 2 for the rest of that vacation. The child would not need a ticket until the next visit.

Now...when our DS was just past 2 into 3 years, we had the tickets, but they didn't ask for them. He was a preemie and is still at the 5th % of the growth chart, so he is smaller than others his age. He also was not allowed to ride many of the rides that taller kids his age were able to ride (that was really hard). So, we forgot the first time to give the CM his ticket, then we found he wasn't doing anything more, different, better then when he was 1 and 2 years old and basically justified the non-usage of his ticket for that trip.

I drew the line at that trip (I think he was 3 yrs and 3 months old or something like that). The next trip, we did use the tickets and of course have ever since. Also, I actually looked at the height requirements for his rides and made sure that he was tall enough or projected that he would be tall enough at the next trip. For us, there was no point in going back until he was tall enough to do Star Tours, and Stitch's Great Escape (things he was told he couldn't ride that one year). If our child isn't having fun, then we aren't going to go to WDW.

Now, ever since, we have big fun before the trip measuring height, looking up rides to see if there is one that he couldn't get on before and can now. The last few trips it was Big Thunder MR. We rode that thing over and over again - he had so much fun!

Wow what a long answer to a short question!

Does it matter that you seriously broke the rules by taking in your DS (who was clearly old enough to have to buy a ticket, tall enough or not) and getting him in for free, costing Disney a couple hundred dollars or so for that visit ? That was not a day after his birthday, it was 3 months later ! There area lot of full grown people that will never be able to ride certain rides because of their height. That is why Disney makes their rides and attractions have the ability to bring on even the youngest of newborns, for most of their stuff anyways. What about all the people that can never do any rides because of a disablity, should they never have to pay ?