DVC pass

[Jaga]

I read on a previous post about a DVC pass ( 5days) for DVC members.

Is this the same as the 5 day hopper or a longer version of the 3 day pass.

Does it allow park hopping and how does it compare in cost to LOS or park hopper versions.

Thanks Again

 

[TnRobin]

Walt Disney World Magical Years Pass
(Available to DVC members only)

• For Four (4) of the next Five (5) Years, Five (5) days* per year of admission to the MAGIC KINGDOM Park,Epcot, the Disney-MGM Studios, and Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park.
• Flexibility to visit all these parks on the same
days, plus a choice of two (2) other options per year,
such as DOWNTOWN DISNEY Pleasure Island, Disney’s Water Parks (open
seasonally): Blizzard Beach, Typhoon Lagoon, River Country, or Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex

• $749 (adult or child)
• Additional discounts:
– $10 off one adult admission to DisneyQuest Indoor InteractiveTheme Park (or $5 off one child’s admission)
– 10% merchandise discount
– 50% off one round of Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex miniature golf
– 10% merchandise discount of at Disney Water Parks

 

[sgtdisney]

I would really like to know if anyone has purchased one of those passes...

 

[DavidRoss]

I am seriously considering purchasing one of these passes. While DisneyWorld is my favorite place to vacation and I usually go twice a year, I find that I want to explore other areas of Orlando. I am planning on buying this pass and perhaps another 7 day hopper plus pass (that never expires) and using the passes together. This way, if I want to go an extra day in a particular year, I will have the option. To me it seems like a good deal (not as good as what I would like to see DVC members get). If you have noticed how much passes have gone up over the last 4-5 years, this will let me lock in 4 years worth of passes at a substantially reduced rate. I believe that the price for this pass has risen to $779 + tax. With tax that works out to $206.44 per year for a 5 day hopper plus. This is pretty good.

One of the reasons I bought into DVC was so that I would be forced to take vacations. I work a high stress job and the onlytime it seems that I am not at work is when I am out of town. DVC forces me to do that. Having this pass will just reinforce this.

 

[Lisa F]

Originally posted by DavidRoss
With tax that works out to $206.44 per year for a 5 day hopper plus. This is pretty good.

As I understand it, the one main difference between this pass and a normal 5 day hopper plus is that in the case of this pass, if you don't use it, you lose it. If you go to WDW and only spend 4 days in the parks one year, you lose that last day. If something happens and you can't make it to WDW for 2 years in a row, you lose the equivalent of a 5 day parkhopper plus.

To get the same number of days of admission, you could also purchase 2 7-day parkhopper plusses and a 6 day parkhopper plus. The cost of those would be about $895 including tax (DC prices) right now. For that price, you would have 20 days of major park admission and 11 minor park admissions vs. the 20 days of major park admission and 8 minor park admissions for around $825 (including tax) for the DVC ticket.

By looking at the difference between a 5 day hopper and a 5 day hopper plus that plus options add around $15 each to the cost of the ticket. Since you get 3 more plus options, your "real" savings on the dvc option is only around $25 compared to buying the equivalent parkhoppers right now and putting them away for later.

This $25 would not be worth it to me to give up the flexibility of true parkhoppers that never expire... if I want to spend 9 days in the parks one year and only 2 days in the parks the next year, I can do that with regular parkhoppers, but I can't do that with the DVC ticket.

Of course, if your DVC habits are like clockwork and every year you spend exactly 5 days in the parks and use exactly 2 plus options and you are relatively sure that nothing will upset this routine over the next 5 years (or if something does, it only upsets it for one year) then it's a good deal.

We always get annual passes since we go a few times a year, but when we spent one trip with friends of ours and their two small children, they were REALLY glad that I had convinced them to get parkhoppers instead of getting whatever they were calling the "length of stay" passes at the time. When they realized that they couldn't do every single day in the parks, they were really glad to have 2 days of a 5 day parkhopper left to use on their next visit rather than paying more for a length of stay pass that expired when they left.


Lisa