DVC AP Discount

[PoohsFan1]

Hello fellow DISers, I was wondering what is the discount for DVC members? We are looking to purchase it for our September trip. Is there an adult rate and a child's rate (there will be 3 adults and 1 child when we go), or just so much $$ off per ticket? I had read somewhere that we get $100 off the gated price, is that still true? As you can see we have never bought APs before and are trying to figure out costs. Thank you to all that can help me out.

 

[hakepb]

It is an even $100 for the normal adult AP, but the PAP and children are slightly different.

Here's a link to all current ticket prices:
http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=33009006&postcount=18

Note ticket prices changed in June in 2011

FYI. The DVC AP is its own form of a base ticket. It is not a discount off a normal AP. That means it is possible to buy a discounted MYW ticket, use it in a park, then get it upgraded to a DVC AP for some additional savings

 

[PoohsFan1]

Thank you so much for all of the info....I am now going to pass this onto DH. Your awesome

 

[Disney1fan2002]

FYI. The DVC AP is its own form of a base ticket. It is not a discount off a normal AP. That means it is possible to buy a discounted MYW ticket, use it in a park, then get it upgraded to a DVC AP for some additional savings

Could you give me an example of how this would work? Thank you

 

[hakepb]

Here's the way Disney likes it:
Buy your MYW tickets now. (Disney gets $ now, let's say $300/ticket)

But before you travel, Disney raises ticket prices. (Say they go up $20) but your existing tickets are still valid.

Now Disney likes getting even more money later, too So after using your MYW tickets to enter a park (very important step) you can upgrade within 14 days of 1st use. Disney guest relations will then take your current used ticket, bridge that used $300 ticket to a current $320 MYW ticket and then you can use that $320 value ticket towards a $420 DVC AP.

In total you spent $400 ($300 +$100) for a $420 AP.

Now you can get even greater savings if you bought that "$300" MYW ticket from a discounter like UT and only spend,say, $280 then you only spend $380 ($280+100) for a DVC AP. Or if there is no ticket price increase, you still get that $20 UT savings.

There are a few catches, you would not get money back if you spent $450 on a 10 day NE MYW ticket and "upgraded" to an AP. Your upgraded AP will have a start date = to the day you first used your MYW, not the date you buy the upgrade. And water park days on a MYW ticket complicate things (if upgrading to a normal AP) so read through CF's outstanding ticketing FAQ I linked above.

 

[lovin'fl]

Here's the way Disney likes it:
Buy your MYW tickets now. (Disney gets $ now, let's say $300/ticket)

But before you travel, Disney raises ticket prices. (Say they go up $20) but your existing tickets are still valid.

Now Disney likes getting even more money later, too So after using your MYW tickets to enter a park (very important step) you can upgrade within 14 days of 1st use. Disney guest relations will then take your current used ticket, bridge that used $300 ticket to a current $320 MYW ticket and then you can use that $320 value ticket towards a $420 DVC AP.

In total you spent $400 ($300 +$100) for a $420 AP.

Now you can get even greater savings if you bought that "$300" MYW ticket from a discounter like UT and only spend,say, $280 then you only spend $380 ($280+100) for a DVC AP. Or if there is no ticket price increase, you still get that $20 UT savings.

There are a few catches, you would not get money back if you spent $450 on a 10 day NE MYW ticket and "upgraded" to an AP. Your upgraded AP will have a start date = to the day you first used your MYW, not the date you buy the upgrade. And water park days on a MYW ticket complicate things (if upgrading to a normal AP) so read through CF's outstanding ticketing FAQ I linked above.

What's this? Never heard of this. So, what if I buy a 2 day park hopper...I can then upgrade to an AP for just $100 more?

 

[Missyrose]

What's this? Never heard of this. So, what if I buy a 2 day park hopper...I can then upgrade to an AP for just $100 more?

You can upgrade any MYW ticket to an AP within the first 14 days of use (and provided you still have at least a day left on the ticket when you do it).

The cost would be the price of the AP minus the gate price of whatever ticket you have bought.

So if you bought a MYW ticket that cost $240 and the DVC AP cost $440, you'd pay $200 to upgrade that MYW ticket to the AP.